81 FR 56603 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 162 (August 22, 2016)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 162 (August 22, 2016)
| Page Range | 56603-56604 | |
| FR Document | 2016-19890 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 56603-56604] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-19890] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XE806 Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of receipt. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received one permit application from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to enhance the propagation and survival of species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended, for a 10 year period. As part of this permit application, USFWS has submitted two HGMPs. The HGMPs specify methods for the operation of two [[Page 56604]] hatchery programs at Livingston Stone National Fish Hatchery (LSNFH); the Winter Chinook Integrated-Recovery Supplementation Program, and the Winter Chinook Captive Broodstock Program. LSNFH is located on the Upper Sacramento River in California's Central Valley. This document serves to notify the public of the availability of the permit application and associated HGMPs for review and comment, prior to a decision by NMFS whether to issue the permit. The permit application and associated HGMPs may be viewed online at: https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/preview_open_for_comment.cfm. DATES: Comments or requests for a public hearing on the applications must be received at the appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on September 21, 2016. ADDRESSES: Written comments on the application should be submitted to the California Central Valley Office, NMFS, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5- 100, Sacramento, CA 95814. Comments may also be submitted via fax to 916-930-3629 or by email to [email protected] (include the permit number in the subject line of the fax or email). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda Cranford, Sacramento, CA (ph.: 916-930-3706), Fax: 916-930-3629, email: [email protected]). Permit application instructions are available from the address above, or online at https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Species Covered in This Notice The following listed species are covered in this notice: Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): Threatened Central Valley spring-run (CVSR); endangered Sacramento River winter-run (SRWR). Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened California Central Valley (CCV). Authority Scientific research permits are issued in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222-227). NMFS issues permits based on findings that such permits: (1) Are applied for in good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, would not operate to the disadvantage of the listed species that are the subject of the permit; and (3) are consistent with the purposes and policy of section 2 of the ESA. The authority to take listed species is subject to conditions set forth in the permits. Anyone requesting a hearing on an application listed in this notice should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on that application would be appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such hearings are held at the discretion of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS. Permit Application(s) Received Permit 16477 The USFWS has applied for a permit under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA for a period of 10 years that would allow take of adult and juvenile SRWR Chinook salmon, from the endangered Sacramento River Evolutionarily Significant Unit pursuant to HGMPs, which were developed with technical assistance from NMFS. Take of adult CVSR Chinook salmon and adult CCV steelhead may also occur as a result of hatchery activities at LSNFH. The HGMPs will be implemented as part of the existing Integrated-Recovery Supplementation Program and Captive Broodstock Program at LSNFH. Actions taken pursuant to the permit are designed to enhance the survival of SRWR Chinook salmon residing in the Upper Sacramento River below Keswick Dam. The HGMPs incorporate two main components: Artificial propagation activities and research, monitoring and evaluation (RM&E). Artificial propagation activities that could lead to the take of ESA-listed salmonids include; adult broodstock collection, spawning, rearing, handling, evaluation, tagging and release of progeny. Additionally, USFWS will maintain a Captive Broodstock Program at LSNFH sourced from fish originating from the Integrated-Recovery Supplementation Program. Release of captive broodstock will not be authorized under Permit 16477. Release of these fish will be permitted through separate section 10(a)(1)(A) Permits or authorizations, as needed. The HGMPs include measures to minimize the likelihood of genetic or ecological effects to naturally produced, ESA-listed salmonids resulting from hatchery operations and propagation of SRWR Chinook salmon. RM&E activities will collect necessary data to document achievement of performance indicators specified in the HGMPs. USFWS is currently involved with the following research and monitoring projects directly involved with evaluating the effects of the hatchery programs at LSNFH: (1) The Adult Acoustic Telemetry Study to monitor the movements of adult winter-run Chinook salmon that are captured at the Keswick Dam Fish Trap and not retained for broodstock; and (2) the Juvenile Acoustic Tracking Study using acoustic tags to study emigration patterns and survival of juvenile hatchery-origin winter-run Chinook salmon. For a more detailed discussion of the RM&E activities, please see the permit application package. Public Comments Solicited NMFS invites the public to comment on the permit application and associated HGMPs during a 30 day public comment period beginning on the date of this notice. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1529(c)). All comments and materials received, including names and addresses, will become part of the administrative record and may be released to the public. We provide this notice in order to allow the public, agencies, or other organizations to review and comment on these documents. Next Steps NMFS will evaluate the applications, associated documents, and comments submitted to determine whether the applications meet the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA and Federal regulations. The final permit decisions will not be made until after the end of the 30-day public comment period and after NMFS has fully considered all relevant comments received. NMFS will publish notice of its final action in the Federal Register. Dated: August 15, 2016. Donna S. Wieting, Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2016-19890 Filed 8-19-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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The LAL assay is used by medical conditions and requirements be met for month after the end of the participation
professionals, drug companies, and issuance of the EFP: period, the following data on a
pharmacies to detect endotoxins in 1. The permit must be carried on minimum of 200 randomly selected
intravenous pharmaceuticals and board the vessel named. crabs tagged:
medical devices that come into contact 2. A State of New Jersey Division of a. morphometric data, by sex, e.g.
with human blood or spinal fluid. Fish and Wildlife (NJDFW) supplied interocular distance and weight; and
Limuli last harvested horseshoe crabs observer must be taken when requested b. levels of activity, as measured by a
from the reserve in 2013. The results of to do so by the New Jersey Bureau of horseshoe crab struggles after being
that collection were summarized in a Marine Fisheries. placed on a weighing scale or by
Federal Register Notice relating to 3. When fishing under the permit in distance traveled after release on beach.
Limuli’s 2015 EFP application on the Reserve during the participation The EFP exempted two commercial
October 7, 2015 (80 FR 60633). period specified above, the vessel: vessels from regulations at 50 CFR
a. must use a 5 and 1⁄2 inch mesh 697.7(e) and 697.23(f), which prohibit
Horseshoe Crab Technical Committee flounder trawl net;
and Delaware Bay Ecosystem Technical the harvest and possession of horseshoe
b. must not exceed 30 minutes during crabs from the Reserve on a vessel with
Committee Consultation and Review any one tow (measured from the time a trawl or dredge gear aboard.
NMFS consulted with the trawl doors enter the water until they
Commission’s Horseshoe Crab are removed from the water per 50 CFR Proposed Modifications for the 2016
Technical Committee and Delaware Bay 223.206(d)(3)(i)); EFP
Ecosystem Technical Committee via c. must notify State of New Jersey Law Conditions and requirements may be
conference call on June 8 and July 11, Enforcement daily of when and where added or amended prior to the issuance
2016, asking members comment on the the collection will take place; of the EFP or on an annual basis. NMFS
utility of the data collected under the d. must abide by any other federal is considering modifying past terms and
past EFPs. fishery regulation in effect in the conditions on the permit to possibly
The Technical Committees had Reserve; include or modify harvest, data
varying opinions on the overall quality e. must withdraw from this exempted collection and reporting requirements.
of the data from the EFP. Technical fishery before enrolling or participating A final decision on issuance of the
Committees members pointed out that in any other exempted fishery. EFP will depend on NMFS’ review of
the EFP data was some of the only data 4. The following species may be public comments received on the
on horseshoe crabs from the reserve, possessed by the vessel when fishing application, an ESA consultation with
and that the data was included in past under this permit with the specified the FWS, and a determination that the
scientific papers. Most members trawl gear during the participation EFP is consistent with all applicable
believed that the collection of the data period above: Horseshoe Crab. laws.
was at least generally useful, and many 5. The fishing vessel that is issued a
permit to conduct this experimental Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
suggested that the data should be further
considered as part of the 2018 fishing activity may not possess or land Dated: August 17, 2016.
benchmark stock assessment for catch in excess of a combined total of Emily H. Menashes,
horseshoe crabs. The meetings 500 horseshoe crabs per day during the Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
summaries are available upon request participation period. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
(see ADDRESSES). 6. The fishing vessel that is issued a [FR Doc. 2016–19996 Filed 8–19–16; 8:45 am]
permit to conduct this experimental BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
ESA Consultations fishing activity may not possess or land
On August 5, 2014, NMFS completed in excess of a combined total of 10,000
an intra-agency consultation under horseshoe crabs from the Reserve during DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
section 7 of the ESA for proposed the participation period.
approval of an EFP to allow the 7. Participant must return all captured National Oceanic and Atmospheric
biomedical harvest of horseshoe crabs horseshoe crabs to waters adjacent to Administration
from the Reserve which determined that those from which they were captured as
RIN 0648–XE806
the proposed action is not likely to soon as possible after blood collection.
adversely affect any listed species under 8. Participant must supply to National Endangered and Threatened Species;
our jurisdiction. The consultation Marine Fisheries Service, the Atlantic Take of Anadromous Fish
covers the years from 2014–2018. States Marine Fisheries Commission
NMFS started to conference with FWS (Commission), and the NJDFW, one AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
in May 2016 on starting the consultation month after the end of the participation Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
under section 7 of the ESA for rufa red period, the following data on all Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
knot, because this species had no horseshoe crabs bled for biomedical Commerce.
previous consultation. The consultation purposes: ACTION: Notice of receipt.
is ongoing and NMFS intends to a. sex ratio; and
conclude the consultation before b. daily numbers of horseshoe crabs SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
making a final decision on the merits of caught. NMFS has received one permit
9. Participant must tag 15 percent of application from the United States Fish
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
the EFP application.
all horseshoe crabs bled for biomedical and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to
Past EFP Conditions and Requirements purposes, and supply to NMFS, the enhance the propagation and survival of
Limuli Laboratories proposes to Commission, and NJDFW, one month species listed under the Endangered
conduct an exempted fishery operation after the end of the participation period, Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended,
in 2016 using the same means, methods, data on horseshoe crabs tagged, for a 10 year period. As part of this
and seasons proposed/utilized during released, and recaptured. permit application, USFWS has
the EFPs in 2001–2013. In past EFPs, 10. Participant must supply to NMFS, submitted two HGMPs. The HGMPs
NMFS required that the following the Commission, and the NJDFW, one specify methods for the operation of two
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hatchery programs at Livingston Stone Anyone requesting a hearing on an retained for broodstock; and (2) the
National Fish Hatchery (LSNFH); the application listed in this notice should Juvenile Acoustic Tracking Study using
Winter Chinook Integrated-Recovery set out the specific reasons why a acoustic tags to study emigration
Supplementation Program, and the hearing on that application would be patterns and survival of juvenile
Winter Chinook Captive Broodstock appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such hatchery-origin winter-run Chinook
Program. LSNFH is located on the hearings are held at the discretion of the salmon. For a more detailed discussion
Upper Sacramento River in California’s Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, of the RM&E activities, please see the
Central Valley. This document serves to NMFS. permit application package.
notify the public of the availability of
Permit Application(s) Received Public Comments Solicited
the permit application and associated
HGMPs for review and comment, prior Permit 16477 NMFS invites the public to comment
to a decision by NMFS whether to issue on the permit application and
The USFWS has applied for a permit
the permit. The permit application and associated HGMPs during a 30 day
under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA for
associated HGMPs may be viewed public comment period beginning on
a period of 10 years that would allow
online at: https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/ the date of this notice. This notice is
take of adult and juvenile SRWR
preview/preview_open_for_ provided pursuant to section 10(c) of
Chinook salmon, from the endangered
comment.cfm. the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1529(c)). All
Sacramento River Evolutionarily
comments and materials received,
DATES: Comments or requests for a Significant Unit pursuant to HGMPs,
including names and addresses, will
public hearing on the applications must which were developed with technical
become part of the administrative record
be received at the appropriate address or assistance from NMFS. Take of adult
and may be released to the public. We
fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later CVSR Chinook salmon and adult CCV
provide this notice in order to allow the
than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on steelhead may also occur as a result of
public, agencies, or other organizations
September 21, 2016. hatchery activities at LSNFH. The
to review and comment on these
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the HGMPs will be implemented as part of
documents.
application should be submitted to the the existing Integrated-Recovery
California Central Valley Office, NMFS, Supplementation Program and Captive Next Steps
650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5–100, Broodstock Program at LSNFH. Actions NMFS will evaluate the applications,
Sacramento, CA 95814. Comments may taken pursuant to the permit are associated documents, and comments
also be submitted via fax to 916–930– designed to enhance the survival of submitted to determine whether the
3629 or by email to Amanda.Cranford@ SRWR Chinook salmon residing in the applications meet the requirements of
noaa.gov (include the permit number in Upper Sacramento River below Keswick section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA and
the subject line of the fax or email). Dam. The HGMPs incorporate two main Federal regulations. The final permit
components: Artificial propagation decisions will not be made until after
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
activities and research, monitoring and the end of the 30-day public comment
Amanda Cranford, Sacramento, CA (ph.: evaluation (RM&E).
916–930–3706), Fax: 916–930–3629, period and after NMFS has fully
Artificial propagation activities that
email: Amanda.Cranford@noaa.gov). considered all relevant comments
could lead to the take of ESA-listed
Permit application instructions are received. NMFS will publish notice of
salmonids include; adult broodstock
available from the address above, or its final action in the Federal Register.
collection, spawning, rearing, handling,
online at https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov. evaluation, tagging and release of Dated: August 15, 2016.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: progeny. Additionally, USFWS will Donna S. Wieting,
Species Covered in This Notice maintain a Captive Broodstock Program Director, Office of Protected Resources,
at LSNFH sourced from fish originating National Marine Fisheries Service.
The following listed species are from the Integrated-Recovery [FR Doc. 2016–19890 Filed 8–19–16; 8:45 am]
covered in this notice: Supplementation Program. Release of BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus captive broodstock will not be
tshawytscha): Threatened Central Valley authorized under Permit 16477. Release
spring-run (CVSR); endangered of these fish will be permitted through DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Sacramento River winter-run (SRWR). separate section 10(a)(1)(A) Permits or
Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened authorizations, as needed. The HGMPs National Oceanic and Atmospheric
California Central Valley (CCV). include measures to minimize the Administration
likelihood of genetic or ecological
Authority Requesting Nominations for the Marine
effects to naturally produced, ESA-listed
Scientific research permits are issued Protected Areas Federal Advisory
salmonids resulting from hatchery
in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A) Committee; Notice of Public Meeting
operations and propagation of SRWR
of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and Chinook salmon. AGENCY: National Marine Protected
regulations governing listed fish and RM&E activities will collect necessary Areas Center, Office of National Marine
wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–227). data to document achievement of Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
NMFS issues permits based on findings performance indicators specified in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
that such permits: (1) Are applied for in HGMPs. USFWS is currently involved
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Administration, U.S. Department of
good faith; (2) if granted and exercised, with the following research and Commerce.
would not operate to the disadvantage monitoring projects directly involved ACTION: Notice and request for
of the listed species that are the subject with evaluating the effects of the nominations and notice of public
of the permit; and (3) are consistent hatchery programs at LSNFH: (1) The meeting.
with the purposes and policy of section Adult Acoustic Telemetry Study to
2 of the ESA. The authority to take monitor the movements of adult winter- SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
listed species is subject to conditions set run Chinook salmon that are captured at (Department) is seeking nominations for
forth in the permits. the Keswick Dam Fish Trap and not membership on the Marine Protected
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| Contact | Amanda Cranford, Sacramento, CA (ph.: 916-930-3706), Fax: 916-930-3629, email: [email protected]). | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 56603 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XE80 |
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