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Visiting Committee on Advanced
Technology (VCAT)
Please submit nominations
to Karen Lellock, Executive Director,
VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
1060. Nominations may also be
submitted via fax to 301–216–0529 or
via email at [email protected].
Additional information regarding the
VCAT, including its charter, current
membership list, and executive
summary may be found on its electronic
homepage at http://www.nist.gov/
director/vcat/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Lellock, Executive Director,
VCAT, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail
Stop 1060, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–
1060, telephone 301–975–8678, fax
301–216–0529; or via email at
[email protected].
ADDRESSES:
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Committee Information
The VCAT (Committee) was
established in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 278 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
App.
Objectives and Duties
1. The Committee shall review and
make recommendations regarding
general policy for NIST, its organization,
its budget, and its programs, within the
framework of applicable national
policies as set forth by the President and
the Congress.
2. The Committee will function solely
as an advisory body, in accordance with
the provisions of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C.
App.
3. The Committee shall report to the
Director of NIST.
4. The Committee shall provide an
annual report, through the Director of
NIST, to the Secretary of Commerce for
submission to the Congress not later
than 30 days after the submittal to
Congress of the President’s annual
budget request in each year. Such report
shall deal essentially, though not
necessarily exclusively, with policy
issues or matters which affect NIST, or
with which the Committee in its official
role as the private sector policy adviser
of NIST is concerned. Each such report
shall identify areas of research and
research techniques of NIST of potential
importance to the long-term
competitiveness of United States
industry, in which NIST possesses
special competence, which could be
used to assist United States enterprises
and Untied States industrial joint
research and development ventures.
Such report also shall comment on the
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programmatic planning document and
updates thereto submitted to Congress
by the Director under subsections (c)
and (d) of section 278i of the NIST Act.
The Committee shall submit to the
Secretary and the Congress such
additional reports on specific policy
matters as it deems appropriate.
Membership
1. The Committee shall consist of
fifteen members appointed by the
Director of NIST, at least ten of whom
shall be from United States industry.
Members shall be selected solely on the
basis of established records of
distinguished service; shall provide
representation of a cross-section of
traditional and emerging United States
industries; and shall be eminent in
fields such as business, research, new
product development, engineering,
labor, education, management
consulting, environment, and
international relations. No employee of
the Federal Government shall serve as a
member of the Committee.
2. The Director of NIST shall appoint
the members of the Committee.
Members shall be selected on a clear,
standardized basis, in accordance with
applicable Department of Commerce
guidance.
3. The term of office of each member
of the Committee shall be three years,
except that vacancy appointments shall
be for the remainder of the unexpired
term of the vacancy.
Miscellaneous
1. Members of the Committee will not
be compensated for their services, but
will, upon request, be allowed travel
expenses in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
5701 et seq., while attending meetings
of the Committee or of its
subcommittees, or while otherwise
performing duties at the request of the
chairperson, while away from their
homes or a regular place of business.
2. Members of the Committee shall
serve as Special Government Employees
(SGEs) and will be subject to the ethics
standards applicable to SGEs. As SGEs,
the members are required to file an
annual Executive Branch Confidential
Financial Disclosure Report.
3. Meetings of the VCAT usually take
place at the NIST headquarters in
Gaithersburg, Maryland, and may be
held periodically at the NIST site in
Boulder, Colorado. Meetings are usually
two days in duration and are held at
least twice each year.
4. Generally, Committee meetings are
open to the public.
Nomination Information:
1. Nominations are sought from all
fields described above.
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2. Nominees should have established
records of distinguished service and
shall be eminent in fields such as
business, research, new product
development, engineering, labor,
education, management consulting,
environment and international relations.
The category (field of eminence) for
which the candidate is qualified should
be specified in the nomination letter.
Nominations for a particular category
should come from organizations or
individuals within that category. A
summary of the candidate’s
qualifications should be included with
the nomination, including (where
applicable) current or former service on
federal advisory boards and federal
employment. In addition, each
nomination letter should state that the
candidate agrees to the nomination,
acknowledges the responsibilities of
serving on the VCAT, and will actively
participate in good faith in the tasks of
the VCAT.
3. The Department of Commerce is
committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace and seeks a broad-based and
diverse VCAT membership.
Dated: October 30, 2014.
Richard Cavanagh,
Acting Associate Director for Laboratory
Programs.
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Administration
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Applications for three new
scientific research permits, one permit
modification, and seven research permit
renewals.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received 11 scientific
research permit application requests
relating to Pacific salmon, 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.
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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
December 5, 2014.
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 nmfs.nwr.apps@
noaa.gov.
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.
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:
Applications Received
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Species Covered in This Notice
The following listed species are
covered in this notice:
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): Threatened Lower
Columbia River (LCR); threatened Puget
Sound (PS); threatened Snake River (SR)
fall-run; threatened SR spring/summerrun (spr/sum); endangered Upper
Columbia River (UCR) spring-run;
threatened Upper Willamette River
(UWR).
Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened
UCR; threatened SR; threatened middle
Columbia River (MCR); threatened LCR;
threatened PS; threatened UWR.
Sockeye salmon (O. nerka):
Endangered SR.
Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened
Columbia River (CR); threatened Hood
Canal summer (HCS).
Coho salmon (O. kisutch): Threatened
LCR; threatened Oregon Coast (OC).
Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus):
Threatened southern distinct population
segment (DPS) (S. eulachon).
Green sturgeon (Acipenser
medirostris): Threatened southern DPS.
Rockfish (Sebastes spp.): Endangered
Puget Sound/Georgia Basin (PS/GB)
bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis);
threatened PS/GB canary rockfish (S.
pinniger); threatened PS/GB yelloweye
rockfish (S. ruberrimus).
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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
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Permit 1523–3R
The National Council of Air and
Stream Improvements (NCASI) is
seeking to renew its permit to annually
take listed salmon while conducting
research in the McKenzie and
Willamette rivers in Oregon. The
researchers are requesting another fiveyear permit to take juvenile UWR
Chinook salmon while studying water
quality and biological conditions in
rivers receiving paper and pulp mill
discharges. The research would provide
information on existing conditions in
the watersheds and on changes in those
conditions over time. Ultimately, the
research would produce data regarding
the aquatic communities’ responses to
environmental stressors. The
information would be used in a larger
effort to monitor watershed health,
water quality, and salmon recovery in
the upper Willamette River subbasin.
The NCASI researchers propose to
capture (using boat electrofishers),
handle, and release listed salmon. They
do not intend to capture adult fish but
some may be in the area being fished
and would be avoided as much as
possible. While most of the fish would
be unharmed, some juveniles may
unintentionally be killed during the
course of the research.
Permit 1525–6R
The Northwest Fisheries Science
Center (NWFSC) is seeking to renew its
permit to annually take listed salmonids
while studying habitat occurrence, diet,
contaminant concentrations, and health
indicators in juvenile salmonids from
the Lower Willamette and Columbia
Rivers. The NWFSC is requesting
another five-year permit to take SR
spring/summer Chinook salmon, SR fall
Chinook salmon, SR sockeye, SR
steelhead, UCR Chinook salmon, UCR
steelhead, MCR steelhead, LCR Chinook
salmon, LCR coho salmon, LCR
steelhead, UWR Chinook salmon, UWR
steelhead, CR chum salmon, Southern
Distinct Population Segment (DPS)
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green sturgeon, and Southern DPS
eulachon. The purposes of the study are
to (1) determine contaminant
concentrations in fish, (2) understand
bioaccumulation in juvenile salmon and
determine site specific factors, (3)
analyze for the presence of
physiological biomarkers, and (4)
investigate the presence of indicators of
exposure to environmental estrogens.
The research would benefit the fish by
providing resource managers with
information on contaminant presence
and concentration for a variety of
contaminants and in a wide array of
species. That data, in turn, would be
used to inform numerous processes and
documents from fishing regulations to
recovery plans. The NWFSC would
collect samples with seines or high
speed rope trawls in the lower
Willamette River, Oregon, and in the
Columbia River from Bonneville Dam to
the mouth. Researchers would handle
juvenile fish and intentionally kill some
of them to assay pathogen prevalence
and intensity, biochemical composition,
histopathological attributes, and
stomach content analyses.
Permit 10020–4M
The City of Bellingham (COB) is
seeking to modify a five-year research
permit that currently allows them to
take juvenile PS Chinook salmon and
juvenile and adult PS steelhead. The
sampling would take place in Cemetery
and Squalicum creeks near Bellingham,
WA. The purpose of the study is to
assess the effectiveness of habitat
restoration measures implemented as
part of the Whatcom Creek Long-term
Restoration Plan by documenting fish
population trends. This research would
benefit the affected species by informing
future restoration designs as well as
providing data to support future
enhancement projects. The COB
proposes to capture fish using smolt
traps placed in Cemetery and Squalicum
creeks. Fish would be captured,
anesthetized, identified by species,
measured, have a tissue sample taken
(to determine their origin), and allowed
to recover in cool, aerated water before
being released back to the stream. 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 14668–2R
The United States Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) is seeking to renew its
permit to take listed salmonids while
conducting the National Wild Fish
Health Survey. The FWS is requesting
another five-year permit to take listed
salmon and steelhead while conducting
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research on the distribution of the
Spring Viremia virus in wild carp. The
FWS would capture, handle, and release
listed juvenile salmonids (UCR
Chinook, UCR steelhead, SR spring/
summer Chinook, SR fall Chinook, SR
steelhead, SR sockeye, MCR steelhead,
LCR Chinook, LCR coho, LCR steelhead,
CR chum, UWR Chinook, UWR
steelhead, and OC coho) while
conducting the research on carp. The
FWS researchers would use beach
seines and boat- and backpack
electrofishing equipment to capture
juvenile fish. The researchers would
avoid contact with adult salmonids. If
listed fish are captured during the
research, they would be released
immediately. The researchers do not
expect to kill any listed fish but a small
number may die as an unintended result
of the research activities.
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Permit 15205–3R
The KWIAHT Center for the Historical
Ecology of the Salish Sea is seeking to
renew for five years a research permit
that currently allows them to take
juvenile PS Chinook salmon. Sampling
sites would occur offshore of Blakely,
Decatur, Lopez, and Waldron islands in
the San Juan Island archipelago in
Washington’s Puget Sound. The purpose
of this research is to measure prey
opportunities (quantity and quality) for
juvenile Chinook and other salmonids
when they congregate annually in the
San Juan Islands basin. This research
would benefit PS Chinook salmon by
analyzing the importance of terrestrial
prey to juvenile wild Chinook during
their neritic life history stage. The
researchers propose using a beach seine
to capture the fish. Fish would be
captured, anesthetized, measured, have
a tissue sample taken (sample scale and
fin clip), gastric lavaged, and be allowed
to recover in cool, aerated water until
they are ready for release. 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 15230–2R
West Fork Environmental, Inc. (WFE)
is seeking to renew for five years a
research permit that currently allows
them to take juvenile PS Chinook
salmon and PS steelhead. The work
would be conducted at sampling sites
on the Tolt River (Snoqualmie River
sub-basin). The purpose of the study is
to better understand the seasonal use of
the Tolt River and its tributaries by
juvenile summer PS steelhead prior to
their outmigration. This research would
benefit PS steelhead by providing a
better understanding of population-
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specific age structure, genetic structure,
and movement patterns. The WFE
researchers propose to capturing fish
using beach seines, backpack
electrofishing, and boat electrofishing.
Steelhead would be captured,
anesthetized, measured, weighed, have
a tissue sample taken (sample scale and
fin clip), PIT tagged, and allowed to
recover in cool, aerated water until they
are ready for release. All captured PS
Chinook would be anesthetized, held
until they recover, and released. 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 17062–4R
The NWFSC is seeking to renew for
five years a research permit that
currently allows them to take juvenile
and adult HCS chum, PS Chinook
salmon, PS steelhead, and PS/GB
bocaccio. The researchers may also take
juvenile and adult PS/GB canary
rockfish and PS/GB yelloweye rockfish,
for which there are currently no ESA
take prohibitions. Sampling would take
place throughout the Puget Sound, the
Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Hood Canal,
Washington. The purpose of the study is
to determine how much genetic
variation exists between coastal and PS/
GB DPS populations of bocaccio, canary
rockfish, and yelloweye rockfish. The
research would benefit rockfish by
increasing the understanding of the
connectivity (or lack thereof) between
rockfish populations in the Puget Sound
and populations on the outer coast. The
NWFSC proposes to capture fish by (1)
using hook and line equipment at
depths of 50–100 meters and (2) using
a hand net while SCUBA diving at
depths up to 40 meters. For the hook
and line fishing, captured rockfish
would be slowly reeled to the surface
and returned to the water via rapid
submersion techniques to reduce
barotrauma. For the hand netting,
juvenile rockfish would be processed
either at the capture site or brought to
the surface before being released. All
captured ESA-listed rockfish would be
measured, sexed, have a tissue sample
taken, floy tagged, and released. If an
individual of these species is captured
dead or deemed nonviable, it would be
retained for genetic analysis. All other
fish would be immediately released at
the capture site. The researchers do not
propose to kill any of the listed fish
being captured, but a small number may
die as an unintended result of the
activities.
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Permit 14772–2R
The Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife (ODFW) is seeking to renew its
permit to take juvenile and adult OC
coho salmon. They are requesting
another five-year permit to take OC coho
while studying fish abundance and
distribution and habitat preference in
the Umpqua River. The researchers
would also study the distribution of
non-native invasive species,
interspecific competition, and predatorprey interactions. The information
would benefit OC coho by helping to
improve management plans. The fish
would be captured using backpack and
boat electrofishing equipment; they
would then be handled and released
unharmed. The ODFW researchers
would avoid adult coho, but a few may
be shocked. In the event that an adult
coho is encountered, the research crew
would shut off the electrical current and
allow the fish to swim away and no
more electrofishing would occur in that
location. The ODFW researchers do not
intend to kill any of the fish being
captured but a small number of juvenile
coho may die as an unintended result of
the activities.
Permit 18852
The FWS is seeking a five-year permit
to take UCR Chinook and steelhead and
MCR steelhead while conducting three
studies in the mid- and upper Columbia
River in Washington State. The studies
are (1) The Yakima Habitat Restoration
Project Assessment (in which the
effectiveness of habitat restoration
projects would be measured); (2) The
Toppenish Refuge Steelhead Use
Assessment (in which steelhead habitat
use on the Toppenish National Wildlife
Refuge would be examined); and (3)
Fish Population and Distribution
Assessments (in which the FWS would
study bull trout and Pacific lamprey
distribution and abundance and
possibly encounter listed salmonids).
Under Study 1, the researchers would
use backpack electrofishers to capture
MCR steelhead. The captured fish
would be identified by species,
anesthetized, measured, and released.
Under Study 2, the researchers would
use a screw trap to capture juvenile
MCR steelhead. The captured fish
would be anesthetized, tagged and
tissue sampled, measured, allowed to
recover, and released. Under Study 3,
the primary collection method would be
netting while snorkeling, but in some
areas backpack electrofishing equipment
(including lamprey electrofishers)
would be used. Non-target species,
including UCR steelhead and Chinook
salmon, would be not be netted if they
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can be identified. The captured
steelhead and Chinook would be
released with minimal handling, but
some may be anesthetized, identified by
species, and scanned for PIT tags. These
fish will be held and allowed to recover
in cool, aerated water and released at or
near the site of capture.
The studies would benefit the fish by
helping guide habitat restoration efforts
and refuge planning and adding
information on fish presence and
interactions in areas where they are
currently poorly understood. The
researchers do not intend to kill any of
the fish being captured but a small
number may die as an inadvertent result
of the activities.
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Permit 18883
The City of Portland has requested a
one-year permit to take listed salmon
and steelhead while conducting fish
tissue sampling in the Columbia River
slough. The City performs fish tissue
sampling every 10 years to assess
whether upland source control actions
have reduced the level of toxins in fish
tissue and to evaluate exposure levels
for people who consume fish. Due to
their high lipid content and feeding
habits, carp are the target fish species
used to evaluate exposure levels. The
City would collect adult carp, using boat
electrofishing equipment, from locations
throughout the Slough. Although
salmon and steelhead are not the target
of the study, the City may inadvertently
take juvenile and adult LCR Chinook
salmon, LCR coho salmon, LCR
steelhead, UWR Chinook salmon, and
UWR steelhead. These fish would
benefit from the information to be
gained because that information would
be used to reduce contaminant loads in
all fish using the slough. The City does
not intend to kill any of the salmonids
being captured but a small number of
juvenile fish may die as an unintended
result of the activities.
Permit 18906
The Northwest Straits Foundation
(NSF) is seeking a five-year research
permit to annually take juvenile HCS
chum salmon, PS Chinook salmon, and
PS steelhead. The researchers may also
take adult S eulachon, for which there
are currently no ESA take prohibitions.
Sampling would take place at 20 to 30
sites in Puget Sound at the following
locations: Fidalgo Bay, Bowman Bay,
Shannon Point, Fort Townsend, Oak
Bay, and Smugglers Cove. The purpose
of the study is to monitor ecosystem
response to restoration efforts and
determine the restoration activities’
effectiveness at reestablishing habitat as
a natural functioning ecosystem. The
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research would benefit the listed species
by determining the effectiveness of
these restoration efforts and helping
guide future efforts. The NSF proposes
to use beach seines to capture the fish;
they would then be identified by
species, measured, and released. The
researchers do not propose to kill any of
the listed fish being captured, but a
small number may die as an unintended
result of the activities.
Permit 19013
Long Live the Kings (LLTK) is seeking
a five-year research permit to annually
take juvenile HCS chum salmon, PS
Chinook salmon, and PS steelhead from
the Hamma Hamma River, Washington,
while assessing effects and effectiveness
of PS steelhead supplementation in that
area. The research would benefit the
listed species by determining what
legacy effects the PS steelhead hatchery
program has had on natural steelhead
populations (abundance, genetic
diversity, and life history diversity). The
LLTK researchers propose to use a
rotary screw trap to capture the fish
which would then be anesthetized,
weighed, measured, have a tissue
sample taken (sample scale and fin
clip), and allowed to recover in cool,
aerated water until they are ready for
release. 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.
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: October 29, 2014.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt for a request to
modify an existing scientific research
and enhancement permit.
Notice is hereby given that
NMFS has received one permit
application request to modify an
existing research and enhancement
permit. The proposed research is
intended to increase knowledge of
species listed under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) and to help guide
management, conservation, and
recovery efforts. The application 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 application must
be received at the appropriate address or
fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later
than 5 p.m. Pacific standard time on
December 5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
application should be submitted to the
Protected Resources Division, NMFS,
777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa
Rosa, CA 95404. Comments may also be
submitted via fax to 707–578–3435 or by
email to [email protected]
(include the permit number in the
subject line of the email).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey Jahn, Santa Rosa, CA (ph.: 707–
575–6097), Fax: 707–578–3435, email:
[email protected]). Permit
application instructions are available
from the address above, or online at
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Species Covered in This Notice
The following listed species are
covered in this notice:
Endangered white abalone (Haliotis
sorenseni).
Authority
Scientific research and enhancement
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
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