Permits: Endangered and threatened species; correction,

[Federal Register: September 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 171)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 073099C]

Endangered Species; Permits; Correction

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit 1168 and correction.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued a permit to the Washington Department of Natural Resources at Olympia, WA (WDNR) that authorizes annual incidental takes of Endangered Species Act-listed anadromous fish, subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for review in the following office, by appointment:

Washington State Habitat Branch, 510 Desmond Drive SE, Suite 103, Lacey, WA 98503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Landino (360-753-9530).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The permit was issued under the authority of section 10(a)(1)(B) 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 222-227).

Notice was published on August 10, 1998 (63 FR 42615), that an application had been filedby WDNR for an incidental take permit. Permit 1168 was issued to WDNR on June 14, 1999. Permit 1168 authorizes WDNR annual incidental takes of threatened Lower Columbia River (LCR) steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss); LCR chinook and Puget Sound chinook (O. tshawytscha); Hood Canal summer-run chum and Columbia River chum (O. keta); and Ozette Lake sockeye (O. nerka). WDNR's covered activities include timber and non-timber management and related operations as described in the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and associated Draft (DEIS) and Final Environmental Impact Statements (FEIS). The 30-day waiting period for the FEIS ended on December 2, 1996.

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Corrections

Errors that were discovered in the August 10, 1998, notice are corrected in this notice.

In the Federal Register of August 10, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-21254, on page 42615, in the third column, in the third paragraph under the ``Background'' heading, in the fourth line, the phrase ``50-year permit'' is corrected to read ``70 to 100-year permit.''

In the Federal Register of August 10, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-21254, on page 42615, in the second column, in the first paragraph under the ``Summary'' heading, in the eighth line, the phrase ``associated with timber management activities in western Washington state'' is corrected to read ``in western Washington state associated with timber management activities and specific non-timber management activities described in the WDNR Habitat Conservation Plan.''

In the Federal Register of August 10, 1998, in FR Doc. 98-21254, on page 42616, in the first column, in the second paragraph under the ``Implementation Agreement Provisions'' heading, in the third line, the phrase ``timber management activities'' is corrected to read ``timber management activities and specific non-timber management activities.''

Further, the recent listing for ESA protection of other species of anadromous fish means that those species are listed on the permit in addition to the one species (i.e., LCR steelhead) that was mentioned in the August 10, 1998 notice. The HCP was specifically developed to address all species of anadromous fish and any species that becomes listed in the future will be reviewed at the time of listing to determine whether it can be added to the permit. In this case, that review was documented in an ESA section 7 Biological Opinion approved June 14, 1999.

Permit 1168 expires on January 30, 2067.

Issuance of the permit was based on a finding that WDNR had met the permit issuance criteria of 50 CFR 222.22(c).

Dated: August 28, 1999. Wanda L. Cain, Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 99-22953Filed9-2-99; 8:45 am]

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