82 FR 24304 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 101 (May 26, 2017)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 101 (May 26, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-10827 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 101 (Friday, May 26, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 24304-24306] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-10827] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XF400 Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Applications for one new scientific research permit and five scientific research permit renewals. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received six scientific research permit application requests relating to Pacific salmon and steelhead. The proposed research is intended to increase knowledge of species listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to help guide management and conservation efforts. The applications 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 June 26, 2017. ADDRESSES: Written comments on the applications should be sent to the Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232-1274. Comments may also be sent via fax to 503-230- 5441 or by email to [email protected] (include the permit number in the subject line of the fax or email). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Clapp, Portland, OR (ph.: 503-231- 2314), Fax: 503-230-5441, 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): Endangered upper Columbia River (UCR); threatened Snake River (SR) spring/summer (spr/ sum). Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened UCR; threatened SR; threatened middle Columbia River (MCR), threatened Lower Columbia River (LCR). 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 222-226). 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. Applications Received Permit 1379-7R The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) is seeking to renew a permit that currently allows them to take listed salmonids (UCR steelhead and Chinook) while conducting research designed to (1) increase what we know about the status and productivity of various fish populations, (2) collect data on migratory and exploitation (harvest) patterns, and (3) develop baseline information on various population and habitat parameters in order to guide salmonid restoration strategies. Much of the work in the permit has been conducted for nearly 20 years--first [[Page 24305]] under permit 1134, and then under six previous versions of 1379. The permit would comprise three studies: Project 1--Juvenile Upriver Bright Fall Chinook Sampling at the Hanford Reach; Project 2--Adult Sockeye Sampling at Tumwater and Wells Dams; and Project 3--Acoustic trawl survey for Lake Wenatchee juvenile sockeye salmon. The research, as a whole, would benefit listed fish by helping managers set in-river and ocean harvest regimes so that they have minimal impacts on listed populations. It would also help managers prioritize projects in a way that gives maximum benefit to listed species--including projects designed to help the listed fish recover. The researchers would use beach- and stick seines to capture and tag juvenile fish in the Hanford reach of the Columbia River and capture fish during mid-water trawls in Lake Wenatchee. Those fish that are not immediately released upon capture would be transported to a holding facility where they would be anesthetized, examined for marks, adipose- clipped, coded wire tagged, allowed to recover, and released. The researchers would also collect, anesthetize, tissue-sample, and tag adult salmonids at Tumwater and Wells Dams in Washington State. The CRITFC researchers do not intend to kill any of the fish being captured but a small number may die as an unintended result of the activities. Permit 13381-3R The Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC) is seeking to renew their permit to annually take natural juvenile SR spring/summer Chinook salmon and SR steelhead in various places in the Salmon River drainage in Idaho and at Little Goose and Lower Granite Dams on the lower Snake River. The purpose of the research is to continue monitoring parr-to- smolt survival and outmigration behavior in SR wild spring/summer Chinook salmon populations from Idaho. Steelhead juveniles that are inadvertently collected would also be tagged to help supplement an ongoing Idaho Department of Fish and Game study. The research would benefit the fish by continuing to supply managers with the information they need to budget water releases at hydropower facilities in ways designed to help protect migrating juvenile salmonids. The information gained would also be used to build long-term data sets on parr-to-smolt migration behavior and survival rates. This information, coupled with water quality, weather, and climate data, is intended to provide a foundation for understanding these populations' life histories--the knowledge of which is critical to building effective recovery actions. The listed fish would be captured (using seines, dip nets, and electrofishing), anesthetized, tagged, and released. A portion of these fish would also be re-captured at a smolt bypass facility, anesthetized, weighed, measured, and released. The researchers do not intend to kill any of the fish being captured, but a small percentage may die as an unintended result of the research activities. Permit 13382-3R The NWFSC is seeking to renew for five years a permit that currently allows them to annually take juvenile threatened SR spr/sum Chinook salmon and juvenile threatened SR steelhead at various places in the Snake River in Idaho and in various streams of Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon. Most of the activities under this permit have been under way for nearly 20 years--first under Permit 1406 and then under previous versions of Permit 13382. Under the permit, the listed fish would be variously captured (using seines, dip nets, traps, and electrofishing), anesthetized, tissue sampled, weighed, measured, and released. They researchers would also add another study for this permit--one in which a small number of juvenile fish would be caught using electrofishing methods, anesthetized, and then held at varying temperature regimes to measure their cardiac performance. The fish would then in all cases be allowed to recover from the anesthetic and returned live to the place of their capture. The purposes of the research are therefore (1) to continue monitoring the effects of supplementation among steelhead and spring/ summer Chinook salmon populations in Idaho, and (2) measure cardiac performance in juvenile salmonids. The research would benefit the fish by continuing to supply managers with the information they need when seeking to use hatchery programs to conserve listed species. The researchers do not intend to kill any of the fish being captured, but some may die as an unintended result of the process. Permit 17222-2R The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWSRO) are seeking a five-year permit to annually take MCR steelhead during the course of research designed to determine the feasibility of PIT-tagging juvenile summer/fall Chinook (a non-listed species) in the Deschutes River, Oregon. The purpose of the research is to generate population metrics such as juvenile growth rates, smolt-to-adult return ratios, size/condition at emigration, etc. This information would be used to develop performance indicators for monitoring the fishes' status and trends. This research would benefit listed species by helping managers develop a picture of river health and salmonid population trends in the Deschutes River. That information, in turn, would be used in recovery planning efforts and generally incorporated into resource management decisions that may affect the Deschutes River. The researchers intend to use seines to capture the fish and all captured MCR steelhead will be released immediately. The researchers do not propose to kill any of the listed salmonids being captured, but a small number may die as an unintended result of the activities. Permit 17306-2R The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is seeking a five-year permit to capture threatened MCR steelhead (adults and juveniles) in the upper Deschutes River, Oregon. The various proposed activities would include adult and juvenile snorkel surveys throughout the basin, screw trapping, backpack and boat electrofishing and mark/ recapture studies, hook and line surveys, telemetry, seining, spawning ground surveys using weirs and redd counts, monitoring habitat restoration projects, and setting traps and nets in reservoirs for population monitoring. Data collected from this work would be used to inform management decisions in the Deschutes River watershed. Biologists from the ODFW have been conducting this work in the area for decades. The researchers do not intend to kill any of the fish being captured, but a small percentage may be killed as an inadvertent result of the activities. Permit 21220 The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) is seeking a five-year permit to take adult and juvenile LCR steelhead while conducting in-depth ecosystem research at an aquatic monitoring site on Martha Creek on the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest in the State of Washington. The NEON researchers intend to collect a comprehensive suite of biotic and abiotic data at the site, including sampling for fish, macroinvertebrates, microbes, plants, algae, sediments, water quality, and reaeration. Additionally, they would make discharge measurements, conduct a [[Page 24306]] riparian habitat assessment and a morphological survey. The purpose of the research is to establish an ecological observatory with the goal of monitoring climate change, land use changes, and invasive species for the next 30 years. The researchers would use backpack electrofishing equipment to capture fish. The fish would then be anesthetized, identified, photographed, measured, allowed to recover, and released back to the stream. Some tissue samples may be taken as well. The research would benefit listed fish by generating long-term data sets on the animals' health, abundance, and status in general. Those data, in turn, would be used to inform management decisions on the Gifford-Pinchot National Forest and the lower Columbia River ecosystem. The researchers do not intend to kill any of the fish being captured, but a small percentage may be killed as an inadvertent result of the activities. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will evaluate the applications, associated documents, and comments submitted to determine whether the applications meet the requirements of section 10(a) of the ESA and Federal regulations. The final permit decisions will not be made until after the end of the 30-day comment period. NMFS will publish notice of its final action in the Federal Register. Dated: May 22, 2017. Angela Somma, Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2017-10827 Filed 5-25-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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Time (EDT) and the second meeting is 5 meeting and by 12 p.m. on August 24 5441 or by email to nmfs.nwr.apps@
scheduled for August 31, 2017 from 1:00 for the August 31 meeting. noaa.gov (include the permit number in
p.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. These times and Matters to be Considered: The the subject line of the fax or email).
the agenda topics described below are meeting on July 5 will include FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob
subject to change. For the latest agenda discussions on short term work plan Clapp, Portland, OR (ph.: 503–231–
please refer to the SAB Web site: http:// topics for the SAB and the revised 2314), Fax: 503–230–5441, email:
sab.noaa.gov/SABMeetings.aspx. Terms of Reference and proposed Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov). Permit
ADDRESSES: Conference call. Public members for the proposed High application instructions are available
access is available at: NOAA, SSMC 3 Performance Computing subcommittee. from the address above, or online at
Room 11836, 1315 East-West Highway, The August 31 meeting will include https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov.
Silver Spring, MD for the July 5 meeting further discussion on the SAB short SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
and SSMC 3, Room 7836 for the August term work plan and discussion of
31 meeting. Members of the public will results of the subcommittee reviews. Species Covered in This Notice
not be able to dial in to this meeting. Meeting materials, including work The following listed species are
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. products will be made available on the covered in this notice:
Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, SAB Web site: http://sab.noaa.gov/ Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
SSMC3, Room 11230, 1315 East-West SABMeetings.aspx. tshawytscha): Endangered upper
Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone Dated: May 22, 2017. Columbia River (UCR); threatened
Number: 301–734–1156; Email: Paul Johnson, Snake River (SR) spring/summer (spr/
Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov; or visit the Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer/CAO, sum).
SAB Web site at http://sab.noaa.gov/ Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened
SABMeetings.aspx. National Oceanic and Atmospheric UCR; threatened SR; threatened middle
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Administration. Columbia River (MCR), threatened
NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) [FR Doc. 2017–10798 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am] Lower Columbia River (LCR).
was established by a Decision BILLING CODE 3510–KD–P Authority
Memorandum dated September 25,
Scientific research permits are issued
1997, and is the only Federal Advisory
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE in accordance with section 10(a)(1)(A)
Committee with responsibility to advise
of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
the Under Secretary of Commerce for
National Oceanic and Atmospheric regulations governing listed fish and
Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies
Administration wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 222–226).
for research, education, and application
NMFS issues permits based on findings
of science to operations and information RIN 0648–XF400
that such permits: (1) Are applied for in
services. SAB activities and advice
Endangered and Threatened Species; good faith; (2) if granted and exercised,
provide necessary input to ensure that
Take of Anadromous Fish would not operate to the disadvantage
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
of the listed species that are the subject
Administration (NOAA) science
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries of the permit; and (3) are consistent
programs are of the highest quality and
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and with the purposes and policy of section
provide optimal support to resource
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2 of the ESA. The authority to take
management.
Status: The July 5, 2017 meeting will Commerce. listed species is subject to conditions set
be open to public participation with a ACTION: Applications for one new forth in the permits.
5-minute public comment period at TBD scientific research permit and five Anyone requesting a hearing on an
PM EDT. The August 31, 2017 meeting scientific research permit renewals. application listed in this notice should
will have a 5-minute public comment set out the specific reasons why a
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that hearing on that application would be
period at 5:20 p.m. EDT. The SAB
NMFS has received six scientific appropriate (see ADDRESSES). Such
expects that public statements presented
research permit application requests hearings are held at the discretion of the
at its meetings will not be repetitive of
relating to Pacific salmon and steelhead. Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,
previously submitted verbal or written
The proposed research is intended to NMFS.
statements. In general, each individual
increase knowledge of species listed
or group making a verbal presentation Applications Received
under the Endangered Species Act
will be limited to a total time of three
(ESA) and to help guide management Permit 1379–7R
minutes. Written comments for the July
and conservation efforts. The The Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
5, 2017 meeting by June 28, 2017 and
applications may be viewed online at: Commission (CRITFC) is seeking to
written comments for the August 31,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/ renew a permit that currently allows
2017 meeting should be received in the
preview_open_for_comment.cfm. them to take listed salmonids (UCR
SAB Executive Director’s Office by
August 24, 2017 to provide sufficient DATES: Comments or requests for a steelhead and Chinook) while
time for SAB review. Written comments public hearing on the applications must conducting research designed to (1)
received after by the SAB Executive be received at the appropriate address or increase what we know about the status
Director after these dates will be fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later and productivity of various fish
distributed to the SAB, but may not be than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on populations, (2) collect data on
reviewed prior to the meeting date. June 26, 2017. migratory and exploitation (harvest)
Special Accommodations: These ADDRESSES: Written comments on the patterns, and (3) develop baseline
meetings are physically accessible to applications should be sent to the information on various population and
people with disabilities. Requests for Protected Resources Division, NMFS, habitat parameters in order to guide
special accommodations may be 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, salmonid restoration strategies. Much of
directed to the Executive Director no Portland, OR 97232–1274. Comments the work in the permit has been
later than 12 p.m. on June 28 for the July may also be sent via fax to 503–230– conducted for nearly 20 years—first
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riparian habitat assessment and a DATES: Written comments must be IV. Request for Comments
morphological survey. The purpose of submitted on or before July 25, 2017. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the research is to establish an ecological ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments the proposed collection of information
observatory with the goal of monitoring to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental is necessary for the proper performance
climate change, land use changes, and Paperwork Clearance Officer, of the functions of the agency, including
invasive species for the next 30 years. Department of Commerce, Room 6616, whether the information shall have
The researchers would use backpack 14th and Constitution Avenue NW., practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
electrofishing equipment to capture fish. Washington, DC 20230 (or via the agency’s estimate of the burden
The fish would then be anesthetized, Internet at pracomments@doc.gov). (including hours and cost) of the
identified, photographed, measured, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: proposed collection of information; (c)
allowed to recover, and released back to Requests for additional information or ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
the stream. Some tissue samples may be copies of the information collection clarity of the information to be
taken as well. The research would instrument and instructions should be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
benefit listed fish by generating long- directed to Melissa Yencho, (301) 427– burden of the collection of information
term data sets on the animals’ health, 8193 or melissa.yencho@noaa.gov. on respondents, including through the
abundance, and status in general. Those SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: use of automated collection techniques
data, in turn, would be used to inform or other forms of information
management decisions on the Gifford- I. Abstract
technology.
Pinchot National Forest and the lower This request is for extension of a Comments submitted in response to
Columbia River ecosystem. The current information collection. this notice will be summarized and/or
researchers do not intend to kill any of National Oceanic and Atmospheric included in the request for OMB
the fish being captured, but a small Administration (NOAA) annually approval of this information collection;
percentage may be killed as an collects information from seafood and they also will become a matter of public
inadvertent result of the activities. industrial fishing processing plants on record.
This notice is provided pursuant to the volume and value of their processed
fishery products and their monthly Dated: May 22, 2017.
section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will
employment figures. NOAA also Sarah Brabson,
evaluate the applications, associated
documents, and comments submitted to collects monthly production volume of NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
determine whether the applications fish meal, oil, and solubles. The [FR Doc. 2017–10787 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am]
meet the requirements of section 10(a) information gathered is used by NOAA BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
of the ESA and Federal regulations. The in the economic and social analyses
final permit decisions will not be made developed when proposing and
until after the end of the 30-day evaluating fishery management actions. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
comment period. NMFS will publish II. Method of Collection National Oceanic and Atmospheric
notice of its final action in the Federal Administration
Register. In the current survey, NOAA
Fisheries provides each processor with RIN 0648–XF452
Dated: May 22, 2017. a pre-printed survey form that includes
Angela Somma, the products produced by that processor New England Fishery Management
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office in the previous year. The processor only Council; Public Meeting
of Protected Resources, National Marine needs to fill in the quantity of product,
Fisheries Service. value of product, monthly employment, AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
[FR Doc. 2017–10827 Filed 5–25–17; 8:45 am] and add any new products. New firms Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P to the survey are provided blank forms. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Responses are submitted by mail, via Commerce.
postage-paid envelopes provided by ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOAA Fisheries.
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
National Oceanic and Atmospheric III. Data Management Council (Council) is
Administration OMB Control Number: 0648–0018. scheduling a public meeting of its Skate
Form Number: NOAA Forms 88–13, Committee to consider actions affecting
Proposed Information Collection; 88–13C. New England fisheries in the exclusive
Comment Request; Processed Type of Review: Regular submission economic zone (EEZ).
Products Family of Forms (extension of a current information Recommendations from this group will
AGENCY:National Oceanic and collection). be brought to the full Council for formal
Affected Public: Business or other for- consideration and action, if appropriate.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
profit organizations. DATES: This meeting will be held on
Commerce. Estimated Number of Respondents: Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 9:30 a.m.
ACTION: Notice. 747.
Estimated Time per Response: 30 ADDRESSES:
SUMMARY: The Department of minutes for an Annual Processed Meeting address: The meeting will be
Commerce, as part of its continuing Products Report and 15 minutes for a held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire
effort to reduce paperwork and monthly Fishery Products Report Fish Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone:
respondent burden, invites the general Meal and Oil. (508) 339–2200.
public and other Federal agencies to Estimated Total Annual Burden Council address: New England
take this opportunity to comment on Hours: 392. Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
proposed and/or continuing information Estimated Total Annual Cost to Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
collections, as required by the Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. costs. Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Applications for one new scientific research permit and five scientific research permit renewals. | |
| Dates | Comments or requests for a public hearing on the applications | |
| Contact | Rob Clapp, Portland, OR (ph.: 503-231- 2314), Fax: 503-230-5441, email: [email protected]). Permit | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 24304 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XF40 |
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