[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34800-34801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 062796A]


Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 7 to scientific 
research permit 825 (P513).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Columbia River Inter-tribal 
Fish Commission at Portland, OR (CRITFC) has applied in due form for a 
modification to a permit to take endangered and threatened species for 
the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before August 2, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Environmental and Technical Services Division, 525 NE Oregon 
Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-4169 (503-230-5400).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of 
Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CRITFC requests a modification to a permit 
under the authority of section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-
listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
    CRITFC (P513) requests modification 7 to permit 825 for 
authorization to take juvenile, threatened, Snake River fall chinook 
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) annually associated with a study 
designed to monitor the extent of dissolved nitrogen gas 
supersaturation effects on outmigrating juvenile anadromous fish in the 
Snake and Columbia Rivers in the Pacific Northwest. Permit 825 
authorizes an annual take of adult and juvenile, threatened, Snake 
River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and 
juvenile, endangered, Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) 
associated with several scientific research studies including the 
dissolved nitrogen gas supersaturation study. Juvenile fall chinook 
salmon are proposed to be captured, anesthetized, examined, allowed to 
recover from the anesthetic, and released. The probability of a 
juvenile, ESA-listed, Snake River fall chinook salmon indirect 
mortality associated with the study is negligible. Modification 7 is 
requested for the duration of the permit. Permit 825 expires on 
December 31, 1997.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set 
out the specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be 
appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the discretion of the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and 
opinions contained in this application summary are those of

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the applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: June 27, 1996.
Robert C. Ziobro,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-17051 Filed 7-2-96; 8:45 am]
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