[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54111-54112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27056]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092898B]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of applications for scientific research permits (1108,
1109, 1110, 1117, 1121, 1154, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1170, 1172),
enhancement permits (1077, 1078, 1084, 1171), scientific research and
enhancement permit (1090); receipt of requests to modify scientific
research permits (1041, 1045, 1046, 1055, 1059, 1066, 1075, 1080, 1097,
1103, 1105).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the following entities have
applied for permits authorizing the take of endangered or threatened
species:
For scientific research: the Monterey Bay Water Management District
(MBWMD) in Monterey, CA (1108), California Department of Fish and Game
(CDFG) in San Diego, CA (1109), National Marine Fisheries Service,
Southwest Region (SWR), Long Beach, CA (1110), Carmel River Steelhead
Association (CRSA), Carmel, CA (1117), Santa Clara Valley Water
District (SCVWD), San Jose, CA (1121), National Marine Fisheries
Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), Seattle, WA
(1154), East Bay Municipal Utilities District (EBMUD), Lodi, CA (1163),
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Ventura, CA (1164), U.S. Forest
Service (USFS), Goleta, CA (1165), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Sacramento, CA (1170), and Environmental Science Associates (EnSci),
San Francisco, CA.
For enhancement: the Salmon Restoration Association (SRA), Fort
Bragg, CA (1077, 1084), the Rowdy Creek Hatchery (RCH), Crescent City,
CA (1078), and Annette Thompson, Oakland, CA (1171).
For research/enhancement: the Mattole Watershed Salmon Support
Group (MSG) in Petrolia, CA (1090).
Notice is also given that the following entities have applied for
modifications to their existing permits: California Department of
Transportation, District 4 (CalTrans), Oakland, CA (1041), Michael
Fawcett, Bodega Bay, CA (1045), U.S. National Park Service (NPS), San
Francisco, CA (1046), Amy Harris, Sacramento, CA (1055), Carl Page,
Cotati, CA (1059), D.W. Alley and Associates (DWAA), Brookdale, CA
(1066), Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA),
Miranda, CA (1075), Jerry Smith, San Jose, CA (1080), Scott Cressey, El
Cerrito, CA (1097), California Department of Forestry and Fire
Protection (CDFFP), Santa Rosa, CA (1103), and Hagar Environmental
Science (HES), Richmond, CA.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on any of
these applications must be received on or before November 9, 1998.
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
review in the following office, by appointment:
Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528 (707-575-6066).
All documents may also be reviewed by appointment in the Office of
Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401);
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Hablett, Protected Species
Division, NMFS, Santa Rosa Office (707-575-6066).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority
The permit applicants identified in the preceding SUMMARY section
of this Notice request permits and/or modifications to permits 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).
Those individuals requesting a hearing on any of these applications
should set out the specific reasons why a hearing would be appropriate
(see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a hearing is at the discretion of
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and
opinions contained in the permit application summaries are those of the
applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.
Species and Activities Covered Under This Notice
This notice covers the following species: central California coast
(CCC) and southern Oregon/northern California coast (SONCC) coho salmon
(Oncorhynchus kisutch), southern California coast (SoCC), south-central
California coast (SCCC), central California coast (CCC), and Central
Valley (CV) steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and Sacramento River
winter-run (SaRWR) chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).
The scientific studies listed below consist of adult and/or
juvenile distribution/abundance surveys, genetic studies, and spawner
surveys. ESA-listed fish are proposed to be captured, anesthetized,
handled (identified, measured, and sampled for tissues), allowed to
recover from the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed fish carcasses
are proposed to be collected, measured and sampled for tissues, and
returned to the water. ESA-listed adult and/or juvenile fish indirect
mortalities associated with the research are also requested.
Enhancement activities include obtaining adult coho salmon broodstock
for propagation purposes, and releasing artificially-reared juveniles
coho salmon into area watersheds. All initial permit requests are for a
five-year duration.
Permits Requested
MBWMD (1108) requests takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population, migration, and spawning
studies, and the rescue of stranded fish in the Carmel River within the
SCCC steelhead Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU).
CDFG (1109) requests takes of adult and juvenile, endangered,
steelhead associated with presence/absence studies in the San Luis Rey
River, the Santa Margarita River and San Mateo Creek within the SoCC
steelhead ESU.
SWR (1110) requests takes of adult and juvenile, endangered,
steelhead associated with presence/absence studies throughout the SoCC
steelhead ESU.
CRSA (1117) requests takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with the rescue of stranded fish in the Carmel
River within the SCCC steelhead ESU.
SCVWD (1121) requests takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population, migration, and spawning
studies, and the rescue of stranded fish in the Santa Clara County
jurisdictional waters within the CCC and SCCC steelhead ESUs.
NWFSC (1154) requests takes of juvenile, threatened, coho salmon,
adult and juvenile, threatened steelhead, and adult and juvenile,
endangered, chinook salmon associated with the National
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Wild Fish Health Survey in two estuarine studies on the Klamath River
and San Francisco Bay, within the CCC and SONCC coho salmon, CCC and CV
steelhead, and SaRWR chinook salmon ESUs. The study consists of the
capture and intentional killing of targeted ESA-listed juveniles for a
tissues analysis of bacterial and parasitic pathogens in the species.
Direct mortalities of 200 SONCC juvenile coho salmon and 200 SaRWR
juvenile chinook salmon annually are requested.
EBMUD (1163) requests takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population, migration, and spawning
studies in the Mokelumne River within the CV steelhead ESU.
FWS (1164) requests takes of adult and juvenile, endangered,
steelhead associated with fish population, migration, and spawning
studies throughout the SoCC steelhead ESU.
USFS (1165) requests takes of adult and juvenile, endangered and
threatened, steelhead associated with fish population, migration, and
spawning studies in USFS jurisdictional waters within the SoCC and SCCC
steelhead ESUs.
USGS (1170) requests takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead, and adult and juvenile, endangered chinook salmon associated
with fish population, migration, and spawning studies in the Sacramento
River drainage within the CV steelhead and SaRWR chinook salmon ESUs.
EnSci (1172) requests takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population studies in the Squaw Creek
watershed within the CCC steelhead ESU.
SRA (1077,1084) requests takes of adult and juvenile coho salmon
for enhancement purposes at their Ten-mile River and Hollow Tree Creek
hatcheries within the CCC coho salmon ESU.
RCH (1078) requests takes of adult and juvenile coho salmon for
enhancement purposes at their Rowdy Creek hatchery within the
California portion of the SONCC coho salmon ESU.
Annette Thompson (1171) requests minor takes of threatened
steelhead eggs (n=1000) from areas that are unsuitable for successful
reproduction, hatch/rear the fish in public school classrooms, and
release the juveniles to their parent streams within the CCC steelhead
ESU.
MSG (1090) requests takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, coho
salmon associated with fish population, migration, and spawning
studies, and for enhancement purposes in the Mattole River drainages
within the CCC coho salmon ESU.
Modifications Requested
CalTrans requests modification 1 to permit 1041 for authorization
to include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, steelhead
associated with fish population and habitat studies throughout the CCC
and SCCC steelhead ESUs for the duration of the permit which expires on
June 30, 2002.
Michael Fawcett requests modification 1 to permit 1045 for
authorization to include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population and habitat studies
throughout the CCC steelhead ESU for the duration of the permit which
expires on June 30, 2002.
NPS requests modification 1 to permit 1046 for authorization to
include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, steelhead associated
with fish population and habitat studies in jurisdictional waters
within the CCC steelhead ESU for the duration of the permit which
expires on June 30, 2002.
Amy Harris requests modification 1 to permit 1055 for authorization
to include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, steelhead
associated with fish population and habitat studies in the Sacramento-
San Joaquin watershed within the CV steelhead ESU for the duration of
the permit which expires on June 30, 1999.
Carl Page requests modification 1 to permit 1059 for authorization
to include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, steelhead
associated with fish population and habitat studies throughout the CCC
and SCCC steelhead ESUs for the duration of the permit which expires on
June 30, 2003.
DWAA requests modification 1 to permit 1066 for authorization to
include takes of adult and juvenile, endangered and threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population and habitat studies
throughout the SoCC, CCC and SCCC steelhead ESUs for the duration of
the permit which expires on June 30, 2002.
PCFFA requests modification 1 to permit 1075 for authorization to
include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened coho salmon for
enhancement purposes in Redwood Creek within the California portion of
the SONCC coho salmon ESU for the duration of the permit which expires
on June 30, 2003.
Jerry Smith requests modification 1 to permit 1080 for
authorization to include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population and habitat studies
throughout the CCC and SCCC steelhead ESUs for the duration of the
permit which expires on June 30, 2002.
Scott Cressey requests modification 1 to permit 1097 for
authorization to include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened,
steelhead associated with fish population and habitat studies
throughout the CCC and SCCC steelhead ESUs for the duration of the
permit which expires on June 30, 2003.
CDFFP requests modification 2 to permit 1103 for authorization to
include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, steelhead associated
with fish population and habitat studies throughout the CCC steelhead
ESU for the duration of the permit which expires on June 30, 2002.
HES requests modification 1 to permit 1105 for authorization to
include takes of adult and juvenile, threatened, steelhead associated
with fish population and habitat studies throughout the CCC and SCCC
steelhead ESUs for the duration of the permit which expires on June 30,
2003.
Dated: October 1, 1998.
Kevin Collins,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-27056 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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