62 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 2, 2002 / Notices 

Authorization

In recognition of the timely receipt 

and acceptance of the reports required 

under 50 CFR 216.135 and a 

determination that the mitigation 

measures required pursuant to 50 CFR 

216.134 and the LOA have been 

undertaken, NMFS issued an LOA to the 

North Atlantic Energy Services 

Corporation on June 26, 2001, for the 

taking of harbor seals, gray seals, harp 

seals, and hooded seals incidental to 

routine operations of the Seabrook 

Station nuclear power plant, provided 

the mitigation, monitoring, and 

reporting requirements described in 50 

CFR 216.134 through 135 and in the 

LOA are undertaken.

Dated: December 20, 2001.

David Cottingham

Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–32238 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 121701C]

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Amendment of Permit # 1291

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of an amended 

application for a scientific research 

permit (1291); Request for comments.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received an amended 

application for an ESA section 

10(a)(1)(A) scientific research permit 

from the U.S. Geological Survey at 

Cook, WA (USGS).

DATES: Written comments on the 

amended permit application must be 

received no later than 5pm Pacific 

standard time on February 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

application should be sent to Protected 

Resources Division (PRD), F/NWO3, 525 

NE Oregon Street, Suite 500, Portland, 

OR 97232–2737. Comments may also be 

sent via fax to 503–230–5435. 

Comments will not be accepted if 

submitted via e-mail or the internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

permit 1291: Robert Koch, Portland, OR 

(ph: 503-230-5424, Fax: 503–230–5435, 

e-mail: robert.koch@noaa.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species and 

evolutionary significant units (ESU’s) 

are covered in this notice:

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): threatened lower 

Columbia River (LCR).

Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened 

LCR.

Amended Application Received

Notice was published on February 21, 

2001 (66 FR 11002) that the Columbia 

River Research Laboratory, USGS 

applied for a 5–year scientific research 

permit (1291) for annual takes of ESAlisted salmon and steelhead juveniles 

associated with a scientific research 

project at John Day, The Dalles, and 

Bonneville Dams on the lower Columbia 

River in the Pacific Northwest. The 

purpose of the research is to monitor 

juvenile fish movement, distribution, 

behavior, and survival from John Day 

Dam downstream past Bonneville Dam 

using radiotelemetry technology. The 

research will benefit ESA-listed fish 

species by providing information on 

spill effectiveness, forebay residence 

times, and guidance efficiency under 

various flow regimes that will allow 

Federal resource managers to make 

adjustments to bypass/collection 

structures to optimize downriver 

migrant survival at the hydropower 

projects. NMFS has received an 

amended application from USGS to 

include annual takes of juvenile, 

threatened, LCR chinook salmon and 

juvenile, threatened, LCR steelhead 

associated with the fish sampling at 

Bonneville Dam. ESA-listed salmon and 

steelhead juveniles are proposed to be 

obtained by Smolt Monitoring Program 

personnel at Bonneville Dam, handled, 

and released or implanted with radio 

transmitters, transported, held for as 

long as 24 hours, released, and tracked 

electronically. Smolt Monitoring 

Program personnel are authorized to 

collect ESA-listed juvenile fish under a 

separate take authorization. Based on 

the above average spawning success this 

year, the estimates of total out-migrants 

for LCR chinook and LCR steelhead are 

expected to exceed 300,000 juveniles. 

The indirect mortalities of 162 ESAlisted juvenile salmon and 11 steelhead 

juveniles associated with the research 

will not impede recovery of the species. 

In fact, it should assist in recovery 

planning by providing information on 

how juveniles migrate through hydropower systems.

Dated: December 21, 2001.

Phil Williams,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 01–32241 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

[I.D. 121701B]

Permits; Foreign Fishing

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of periodic need for 

break-bulk refrigerated cargo vessels.

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes for public 

review and comment information 

provided by U.S. joint venture (JV) 

partners regarding their need for breakbulk refrigerated cargo vessels to 

support approved foreign fishing 

operations in the U.S. Exclusive 

Economic Zone (EEZ).

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted to NMFS, Office of 

Sustainable Fisheries, International 

Fisheries Division, 1315 East-West 

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert A. Dickinson, Office of 

Sustainable Fisheries, (301) 713–2276.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act (16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act), any person may submit an 

application requesting a permit 

authorizing a vessel other than a vessel 

of the United States to engage in fishing 

consisting solely of transporting fish or 

fish products at sea from a point within 

the EEZ or, with the concurrence of a 

State, within the boundaries of that 

State, to a point outside the United 

States.

This notice concerns the fact that 

potential U.S. JV partners have reported 

that they will need to have a number of 

break-bulk refrigerated cargo vessels 

permitted under section 204(d) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act to support 

approved foreign fishing operations in 

the EEZ. The JV partners have reported 

that arrangements for such support 

vessels must generally be made on short 

notice immediately prior to the need for 

transport services. The U.S. JV partners 

have also reported that they are not 

aware of the availability of any U.S.-flag