21162 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 91 / Thursday, May 9, 1996 / Notices

Notice was published on November

27, 1995 (60 FR 58334) that an

application had been filed by FWS

(P45V) for a scientific research/

enhancement permit. FWS applied for a

scientific research/enhancement permit

to continue their authorization to take

adult and juvenile, endangered,

Sacramento River winter-run chinook

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

associated with supplementation

hatchery programs and a captive

broodstock program, currently

authorized under permit 747. Permit

747, issued to FWS on August 8, 1991,

was to expire on December 31, 1995 but

was extended by two amendments (61

FR 346, January 4, 1996; 61 FR 16898,

April 18, 1996) to expire on November

30, 1996. Due to continued technical

concerns with hybridization and

imprinting problems, NMFS was unable

to complete the necessary actions

required to issue a new scientific

research/enhancement permit to replace

permit 747.

The amendments also established a

moratorium on the collection of adult

ESA-listed fish for broodstock in 1996 to

avoid compromising the genetic

integrity of the winter-run chinook

salmon population due to the

hybridization problems and to avoid a

significant drain on the 1996 spawning

population if juveniles continue to

imprint exclusively on Battle Creek,

where FWS’s Coleman National Fish

Hatchery is located, rather than

returning to the mainstem Sacramento

River as intended.

NMFS has received notification that

FWS would like to withdraw their

request for a scientific research/

enhancement permit. Prior to the

expiration of permit 747, FWS will

submit a new scientific research/

enhancement permit application that

will fully discuss the operational

procedures to be implemented to correct

the hybridization and imprinting

problems.

Issuance of the permit, as required by

the ESA, was based on a finding that the

permit: (1) Was requested in good faith,

(2) will not operate to the disadvantage

of the ESA-listed species that is the

subject of the permit, and (3) is

consistent with the purposes and

policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA

and the NMFS regulations governing

ESA-listed species permits.

Dated: May 2, 1996.

Margaret Lorenz,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of modification to

permit no. 778 (P772#59).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on

[leave blank for date stamp] Permit No.

778, issued to The National Marine

Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries

Science Center, La Jolla, CA 92038, was

modified.

ADDRESSES: The modification and

related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following office(s):

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, National Marine Fisheries

Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Suite

13130 Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/

713–2289);

Director, Southwest Region, National

Marine Fisheries Service, 501 West

Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long

Beach, CA 90802–4213 (310/980–4001);

and

Coordinator, Pacific Area Office,

Southwest Region, National Marine

Fisheries Service, 2570 Dole Street,

Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822–2396

(808/973–2987).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject modification has been issued

under the authority of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the

provisions of Sections 216.33(d) and (3)

of the Regulations Governing the Taking

and Importing of Marine Mammals (50

CFR Part 216), the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.), and the provisions of Section

222.25 of the regulations governing the

taking, importing, and exporting of

endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR

Part 222).

The permittee is authorized to

increase the number of seals authorized

to be retagged under the permit from

250 to 500. This modification involves

no increase in the originally authorized

take of 1200 monk seals.

Dated: April 29, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits & Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources.

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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Modification no. 2 to scientific

research permit No. 840 (P531D).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

request for modification of scientific

research permit No. 840 submitted by

Mr. Craig Matkin, North Gulf Oceanic

Society, Merimac Drive, Mile 10.5 East

Road, Homer, AK 99603, has been

granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification and

related documents are available for

review upon written request or by

appointment in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Suite 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802–1668

(907/586–7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 20, 1996, notice was published

in the Federal Register (61 FR 6353) that

a modification of permit No. 840, issued

May 25, 1993 (59 FR 31370), had been

requested by the above-named

individual. The requested modification

has been granted under the authority of

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.), and the provisions of §§ 216.33(d)

and (e) of the Regulations Governing the

Taking and Importing of Marine

Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

Permit No. 840 authorizes biopsy

sampling and photo-identification and

behavioral studies of killer whales in

Prince William Sound and adjacent

waters. It has been modified to expand

the research to include all Alaska

waters.

Dated: April 26, 1996.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits and Documentation Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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Program, and 575—CME/MATIF CrossExchange Trading

AGENCY: Commodity Futures Trading

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ACTION: Notice of proposed amendments

to Chicago Mercantile Exchange rules

giving commodity trading advisors

access to GLOBEX terminals.