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order to implement any of the routine
road maintenance activities. Chapters 3
through 9 provide the Best Management
Practices (BMPs) for routine road
maintenance activities, and includes a
description of the activity, any
environmental concerns, permits that
may be required, and useful references.
The Manual also consists of specific
road maintenance activities, staff
training, implementation and
effectiveness monitoring, adaptive
management, emergency response
measures, and reporting requirements.
For each road maintenance activity,
the Manual provides BMPs designed to
achieve desired conservation outcomes.
Only activities that fall under the
definition of ‘‘maintenance’’ are include
in the Manual. Repair and maintenance
include activities that are conducted on
currently serviceable structures,
facilities, and equipment which involve
no expansion of or change in use of
such structures, facilities, and
equipment beyond those which existed
previously, and do not result in
significant negative hydrological
impact.
The road maintenance project
categories covered by the Manual
include maintaining roads (e.g., grading,
road surfacing, dust abatement,
vegetation management, and winterizing
the road system), maintaining culverts
(e.g., culvert cleaning, improvement,
repair, sizing, and replacement; ditch
relief culverts, and temporary stream
diversions), disposal of spoils, managing
maintenance yards (e.g., facility
housekeeping practices, building and
grounds maintenance, vehicle and
equipment maintenance, and material
use and storage), maintaining bridges
(e.g., bridge maintenance, repair, and
drift removal), working with an
emergency (e.g., emergency
maintenance, slide and settlement
repair, and accident clean-up), and
dealing with snow and ice (snow and
ice removal, de-icing/anti-icing and
sanding).
As specified in 50 CFR
223.203(b)(10)(i), the prohibitions of 50
CFR 223.203(a) relating to certain
threatened species do not apply to
routine road maintenance activities
provided that NMFS finds that the
program meets or exceeds the
protections provided by the ODOT
Guide.
Authority
Under section 4 of the ESA, the
Secretary of Commerce is required to
adopt such regulations as he deems
necessary and advisable for the
conservation of species listed as
threatened. The ESA salmon and
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steelhead 4(d) rule (June 28, 2005; 70 FR
37160) specifies categories of activities
that contribute to the conservation of
listed salmonids and sets out the criteria
for such activities. The rule further
provides that the prohibitions of
paragraph (a) of the rule do not apply to
activity associated with routine road
maintenance, provided that any state or
local program comports with the
standard described above and has been
approved by NMFS to be in accordance
with the salmon and steelhead 4(d) rule
(June 28, 2005; 70 FR 37160).
Dated: March 30, 2007.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 040207B]
Endangered Species; File No. 1547–01
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit
modification.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (Kathryn
Hattala, Principal Investigator), 21
South Putt Corners Road; New Paltz,
New York 12561, has been issued a
modification to scientific research
Permit Number 1547.
ADDRESSES: The permit modification
and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 713–2289; fax (301) 427–2521; and
Northeast Region, NMFS, One
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930–2298; phone (978) 281–9328; fax
(978) 281–9394.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Malcolm Mohead or Brandy Hutnak,
(301) 713–2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
February 23, 2007, notice was published
in the Federal Register that a
modification of Permit Number 1547,
issued October 27, 2006, (71 FR 65470),
had been requested by the above named
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organization. The requested permit
modification has been granted under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR parts 222–226).
In order to evaluate seasonal
movement of shortnose sturgeon
(Acipenser brevirostrum) in Haverstraw
and Newburgh Bays of the Hudson
River, the NYSDEC was previously
authorized annually to capture a
maximum of 500 adult and juvenile
shortnose sturgeon with gill nets, and to
measure, weigh, scan for tags, insert
passive integrated transponder tags and
Carlin tags (if untagged) and then
release. The applicant now proposes to
collect soft fin-ray tissue samples from
all captured shortnose sturgeon. The
goal of the additional research would be
to document and map the genetic
identity of shortnose sturgeon in the
Hudson River. The modification would
run concurrently with the original
permit until October 31, 2011.
Issuance of this modification, as
required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permit (1) was applied
for in good faith, (2) will not operate to
the disadvantage of the endangered
species which is the subject of this
permit, and (3) is consistent with the
purposes and policies set forth in
section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: April 2, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Dynegy Northeast Generations, Inc.
(Dynegy), 992–994 River Road,
Newburgh, New York 12550, has been
issued a permit to take shortnose
sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum) for
purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related
documents are available for review
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040207B]
Endangered Species; File No. 1547-01
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit modification.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (Kathryn Hattala, Principal Investigator),
21 South Putt Corners Road; New Paltz, New York 12561, has been issued
a modification to scientific research Permit Number 1547.
ADDRESSES: The permit modification and related documents are available
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following
offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD
20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 427-2521; and
Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298; phone (978) 281-9328; fax (978) 281-9394.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Malcolm Mohead or Brandy Hutnak, (301)
713-2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 23, 2007, notice was published
in the Federal Register that a modification of Permit Number 1547,
issued October 27, 2006, (71 FR 65470), had been requested by the above
named organization. The requested permit modification has been granted
under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the regulations governing the taking,
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR
parts 222-226).
In order to evaluate seasonal movement of shortnose sturgeon
(Acipenser brevirostrum) in Haverstraw and Newburgh Bays of the Hudson
River, the NYSDEC was previously authorized annually to capture a
maximum of 500 adult and juvenile shortnose sturgeon with gill nets,
and to measure, weigh, scan for tags, insert passive integrated
transponder tags and Carlin tags (if untagged) and then release. The
applicant now proposes to collect soft fin-ray tissue samples from all
captured shortnose sturgeon. The goal of the additional research would
be to document and map the genetic identity of shortnose sturgeon in
the Hudson River. The modification would run concurrently with the
original permit until October 31, 2011.
Issuance of this modification, as required by the ESA, was based on
a finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: April 2, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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