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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 29 / Tuesday, February 16, 2021 / Notices
activities that involve live black abalone.
This notice is provided pursuant to section 10c of the ESA. NMFS will evaluate the application, associated documents, and comments submitted to determine whether the application meets the requirements of section 10a of the ESA and Federal regulations. The final permit decision 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.
Authority Scientific research permits are issued in accordance with section 10a1A
of the ESA 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. and regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits 50 CFR parts 222226.
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 the application listed in this notice should set out the specific reasons why a hearing on the application would be appropriate see ADDRESSES. Such hearings are held at the discretion of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS.
Dated: February 9, 2021.
Angela Somma, Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RTID 0648XA873

Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice, receipt of 17 application permit renewals, 2 permit modifications, and 6 new permits.

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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received 25 scientific research permit application requests relating to Pacific salmon, steelhead,
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green sturgeon, rockfish, and eulachon.
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 March 18, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Because all West Coast NMFS offices are currently closed, all written comments on the applications should be sent to by email to nmfs.wcrapps@noaa.gov please include the permit number in the subject line of the email.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Clapp, Portland, OR ph.: 503231
2314, fax: 5032305441, email:
Robert.Clapp@noaa.gov. Permit application instructions are available from the address above, or online at https apps.nmfs.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Species Covered in This Notice Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha: Threatened Lower Columbia River LCR; threatened Puget Sound PS; threatened Snake River SnkR spring/summer-run; threatened SnkR fall-run; endangered Upper Columbia River UCR spring-run;
threatened Upper Willamette River UWR, threatened Central Valley spring-run CVS; endangered Sacramento River SacR winter-run;
threatened California Coastal CC.
Steelhead O. mykiss: Threatened LCR; threatened Middle Columbia River MCR; threatened PS; threatened SnkR;
threatened UCR; threatened UWR;
threatened Northern California NC;
threatened Central California Coast CCC; threatened California Central Valley CCV; threatened South-Central California Coast SCCC; endangered Southern California SC.
Chum salmon O. keta: Threatened Hood Canal Summer-run HCS, threatened Columbia River CR.
Coho salmon O. kisutch: Threatened LCR; threatened Oregon Coast OC
coho; threatened Southern Oregon/
Northern California Coast SONCC, endangered Central California Coast CCC.
Sockeye salmon O. nerka:
Endangered SnkR.
Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus:
Threatened southern S.

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Green sturgeon Acipenser medirostris: Threatened southern Distinct Population Segment SDPS.
Rockfish Sebastes spp.: Endangered Puget Sound/Georgia Basin PS/GB
bocaccio Sebastes paucispinis;
threatened PS/GB yelloweye rockfish S.
ruberrimus.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Red Bluff Office is seeking to renew a permit that allows them to annually take juvenile and adult SacR winter-run and CVS Chinook salmon, adult and juvenile CCV steelhead, and egg, larval, and juvenile SDPS green sturgeon in the Sacramento River and in Clear and Battle Creeks in the Central Valley, California. This permit renewal would cover nine research projects carried out by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Red Bluff office. The names and purposes of the nine studies are: 1
Battle Creek Fish Community Structure Evaluation Pre/Post-Restorationthe primary goal of this study is to assess how fish community distribution changes in response to the restoration project. 2 Battle Creek Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring Projectthe goal is to monitor annual juvenile production and develop production indices, assess restoration efforts, and gather information on the history and migration of juvenile salmonids. 3
Battle Creek Adult Salmonid Monitoring Projectthe purpose is to monitor escapement, migration timing, and population distribution of adult spring run and steelhead. 4 Battle Creek emergence trappingthe purpose is to monitor fry emergence in conjunction with the Battle Creek winter-run Jumpstart Project and Reintroduction Program efforts. 5 Clear Creek Juvenile Salmonid Monitoring Projectthe purpose is to monitor juvenile Chinook and steelhead production, size, condition, and environmental data with the goal of information restoration actions in Clear Creek. 6 Clear Creek Fish Restoration Program Monitoring the purpose is to monitor restored stream channel form and function i.e., improved water quality and quantity, reduced sedimentation, etc.. 7
Sacramento River Juvenile Fish Monitoring at Red Bluff Diversion Dam RBDDthe primary objectives of this project are to a obtain juvenile winter Chinook production indices and to correlate these indices with estimated escapement from adult estimates provided by the winter Chinook carcass survey, b define seasonal and temporal patterns of abundance of winter, spring,
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