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handling, tissue sampling (by finclipping) and release of fish.
CDFG Region 3 requests a 5–year
permit (10094) for take of juvenile and
adult Central California Coast coho
salmon, California Coastal Chinook
salmon, Northern California steelhead,
Central California Coast steelhead, and
South-Central California Coast steelhead
associated with 3 scientific research
projects located throughout the
California Coast.
Project 1 is a North Bay watershed
restoration and resource assessment
study including investigations of
salmonid occurrence and distribution,
abundance, life history, and adult
escapement. Surveys will be supervised
out of Yountville, California and
conducted throughout the rivers,
streams, and reservoirs in Mendocino,
Sonoma, Napa and Marin Counties,
California. CDFG Region 3 requests
authorization for an estimated annual
non-lethal take of: 2300 juvenile Central
California Coast coho salmon, with no
more than 1 percent unintentional
mortality resulting from capture (by
backpack electrofishing or funnel/fyke
traps), handling, anesthetizing, and
release of fish; and 800 juvenile
California Coastal Chinook salmon, 800
juvenile Northern California steelhead,
and 7100 juvenile Central California
Coast steelhead with no more than 2
percent unintentional mortality
resulting from capture (by backpack
electrofishing or funnel/fyke traps),
handling, anesthetizing, and release of
fish. CDFG Region 3 also requests
authorization of an estimated annual
non-lethal take of: 340 adult Central
California Coast coho salmon, 140 adult
California Coastal Chinook salmon, 130
adult Northern California steelhead, and
1050 adult Central California Coast
steelhead, with no more than 1 percent
unintentional mortality resulting from
capture (by Resistance Board weir or
fish ladder trap), handling, tissue
sampling (by fin-clipping or opercularhole-punching), scale sampling, tagging
(using Floy tags), and release of fish.
CDFG Region 1 also requests
authorization for an estimated annual
non-lethal take of: 100 Central
California Coast coho salmon carcasses,
100 California Coastal Chinook salmon
carcasses, 100 Northern California
steelhead carcasses, and 100 Central
California Coast steelhead carcasses,
with no permanent removal from
streams resulting from spawning
surveys, handling, tissue sampling (by
fin-clipping), scale sampling, and
release of fish carcasses.
Project 2 is a South Bay watershed
restoration and resource assessment
study including investigations of
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salmonid occurrence and distribution,
abundance, life history, and adult
escapement. Surveys will be supervised
out of Yountville, California and
conducted throughout the rivers,
streams, and reservoirs in Monterey,
San Luis Obispo, San Benito, San
Mateo, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Santa
Clara, Alameda, and Contra Costa
counties, California. CDFG Region 3
requests authorization for an estimated
annual non-lethal take of: 2000 juvenile
Central California Coast coho salmon,
100 juvenile California Coastal Chinook
salmon, 16400 juvenile Central
California Coast steelhead, and 6200
juvenile South-Central California Coast
steelhead, with no more than 1 percent
unintentional mortality resulting from
capture (by backpack electrofishing,
funnel/fyke traps or beach seining),
handling, anesthetizing, and release of
fish. CDFG Region 3 also requests
authorization of an estimated annual
non-lethal take of: 310 adult Central
California Coast coho salmon, 10 adult
California Coastal Chinook salmon,
1060 adult Central California Coast
steelhead, and 120 adult South-Central
California Coast steelhead, with no more
than 1 percent unintentional mortality
resulting from capture (by Resistance
Board weir or fish ladder trap),
handling, tissue sampling (by finclipping or opercular-hole-punching),
scale sampling, tagging (using Floy
tags), and release of fish. CDFG Region
1 also requests authorization for an
estimated annual non-lethal take of: 100
Central California Coast coho salmon
carcasses, 100 California Coastal
Chinook salmon carcasses, 100 Central
California Coast steelhead carcasses,
and 100 South-Central California Coast
steelhead carcasses, with no permanent
removal from streams resulting from
spawning surveys, handling, tissue
sampling (by fin-clipping or opercularhole-punching), scale sampling, and
release of fish carcasses.
Project 3 is a Bay Delta Region wild
trout assessment study including
investigations of salmonid abundance,
life history, occurrence and distribution.
Surveys will be supervised out of
Yountville, California and conducted
throughout the rivers, streams, and
reservoirs in Mendocino, Sonoma,
Napa, Marin, San Mateo, San Francisco,
Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Alameda, Yolo,
Solano, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and
Contra Coast counties, California. CDFG
Region 3 requests authorization for an
estimated annual non-lethal take of: 100
juvenile Central California Coast coho
salmon, 100 juvenile California Coastal
Chinook salmon, 1000 juvenile
Northern California steelhead, 1000
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juvenile Central California Coast
steelhead, and 1000 juvenile SouthCentral California Coast steelhead, with
no more than 2 percent unintentional
mortality resulting from capture (by
backpack electrofishing or hook & line),
handling, anesthetizing, and release of
fish. CDFG Region 3 also requests
authorization of an estimated annual
non-lethal take of: 1 adult Central
California Coast coho salmon, 1 adult
California Coastal Chinook salmon, 10
adult Northern California steelhead, 10
adult Central California Coast steelhead,
and 10 adult South-Central California
Coast steelhead, with no more than 1
percent unintentional mortality
resulting from capture (by backpack
electrofishing or hook & line), handling,
tissue sampling (by fin-clipping), scale
sampling, and release of fish.
Dated: January 11, 2008.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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Notice of Public Hearings on the Cook
Inlet Beluga Whale Subsistence
Harvest Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a two public
hearings regarding the Cook Inlet beluga
whale subsistence harvest Draft
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (DSEIS).
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for specific dates, times, and location of
public hearings for this issue.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Mahoney, NMFS, 222 West 7th
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513,
telephone (907) 271 3448.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 28, 2007, notice was
published in the Federal Register (72
FR 73798) of availability of the DSEIS
for review and comments. Written
comments on the DSEIS must be
received by March 4, 2008. NMFS will
hold two public hearings to inform
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interested parties of the alternatives
analyzed and accept comments.
Public Hearings Agenda
Public hearings will be held at the
following dates, times, and locations in
Alaska:
1. January 29, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m.;
Loussac Public Library, Wilda Marston
Room, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage,
AK.
2. January 30, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m.;
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly
chambers, 144 North Binkley Street,
Soldotna, AK.
Written comments will be accepted at
these hearings as well as during the
comment period.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Barbara Mahoney (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) at least 5
business days before the scheduled
meeting date.
References
The DSEIS and other materials related
to Cook Inlet belugas can be found on
the NMFS Alaska Region Web site:
https://www/fakr/noaa/gov.
Dated: January 10, 2008.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Science Advisory Board; The
Preliminary Report of the NOAA
Science Advisory Board, Extension,
Outreach and Education Working
Group
Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
NOAA Research (OAR)
publishes this notice on behalf of the
NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) to
announce the availability of the
preliminary report of the SAB
Extension, Outreach, and Education
Working Group’s (here called the
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EOEWG) external review of NOAA’s
activities in extension, outreach and
education activities for public comment.
The preliminary report of the EOEWG
has been prepared pursuant to the
request initiated by the NOAA Science
Advisory Board, and approved by the
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere, for an external
panel of experts to conduct a review of
NOAA’s extension, outreach and
education programs and provide advice
to NOAA on ways to strengthen,
coordinate, organize and improve its
extension, outreach and education
activities to fully engage its
constituents.
DATES: Comments on this preliminary
report must be received by 5 p.m. EDT
on February 15, 2008.
ADDRESSES: The Preliminary Report of
the EOEWG will be available on the
NOAA Science Advisory Board Web site
at https://www.sab.noaa.gov/Reports/
EOEWG.
The public is encouraged to submit
comments electronically to
noaa.sab.comments@noaa.gov. For
individuals who do not have access to
the Internet, comments may be
submitted in writing to: NOAA Science
Advisory Board (SAB) c/o Dr. Cynthia
Decker, 1315 East-West Highway-R/
SAB, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Cynthia Decker, Executive Director,
Science Advisory Board, NOAA, 1315
East-West Highway-R/SAB, Silver
Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301–
734–1156, Fax: 301–734–1459, E-mail:
Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov) during
normal business hours of 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through
Friday, or visit the NOAA SAB Web site
at https://www.sab.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
preliminary report of the EOEWG has
been drafted pursuant to the request
initiated by the NOAA Science
Advisory Board and approved by the
Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere to conduct an
external review of NOAA’s extension,
outreach and education activities. This
report was prepared in response to the
charge to the working group to explore
opportunities to enhance the impact of
NOAA’s extension, outreach and
education activities with its
constituents, including, but not limited
to, the following:
1. Define NOAA’s purpose and
unique role in extension, outreach, and
education.
2. Identify opportunities at different
levels of geographic granularity (e.g.,
local, state, regional, national, and
international).
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3. Identify opportunities for NOAA’s
research enterprise to better connect
with constituencies through extension,
outreach, and education.
4. Review the legislative authorities of
NOAA in extension, outreach, and
education and the opportunities to
expand these authorities.
5. Explore the communication paths
between NOAA and its constituents
with the goal to improve channels and
enhance processes.
6. Cite best management practices and
examples that could be broadly utilized
within NOAA.
7. Review training opportunities and
funding support for NOAA programs
and staff involved in extension,
outreach, and education.
The SAB is chartered under the
Federal Advisory Committee Act and is
the only Federal Advisory Committee
with the responsibility to advise the
Under Secretary on long- and short-term
strategies for research, education, and
application of science to resource
management and environmental
assessment and prediction.
NOAA welcomes all comments on the
content of the preliminary report. We
also request comments on any
inconsistencies perceived within the
report, and possible omissions of
important topics or issues. This
preliminary report is being issued for
comment only and is not intended for
interim use. For any shortcoming noted
within the preliminary report, please
propose specific remedies. Suggested
changes will be incorporated where
appropriate, and a final report will be
posted on the SAB Web site.
Please follow these instructions for
preparing and submitting comments.
Using the format guidance described
below will facilitate the processing of
comments and assure that all comments
are appropriately considered. Overview
comments should be provided first and
should be numbered. Comments that are
specific to particular pages, paragraphs
or lines of the section should follow any
overview comments and should identify
the page and line numbers to which
they apply. Please number each page of
your comments.
Dated: January 10, 2008.
Mark E. Brown,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RIN 0648-XE79]
Notice of Public Hearings on the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
Subsistence Harvest Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public hearings.
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SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a two public hearings regarding the Cook Inlet
beluga whale subsistence harvest Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (DSEIS).
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates, times, and
location of public hearings for this issue.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Mahoney, NMFS, 222 West 7th
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone (907) 271 3448.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 28, 2007, notice was published
in the Federal Register (72 FR 73798) of availability of the DSEIS for
review and comments. Written comments on the DSEIS must be received by
March 4, 2008. NMFS will hold two public hearings to inform
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interested parties of the alternatives analyzed and accept comments.
Public Hearings Agenda
Public hearings will be held at the following dates, times, and
locations in Alaska:
1. January 29, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m.; Loussac Public Library,
Wilda Marston Room, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage, AK.
2. January 30, 2008, from 4 to 7 p.m.; Kenai Peninsula Borough
Assembly chambers, 144 North Binkley Street, Soldotna, AK.
Written comments will be accepted at these hearings as well as
during the comment period.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be
directed to Barbara Mahoney (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at
least 5 business days before the scheduled meeting date.
References
The DSEIS and other materials related to Cook Inlet belugas can be
found on the NMFS Alaska Region Web site: https://www/fakr/noaa/gov.
Dated: January 10, 2008.
James H. Lecky,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 08-121 Filed 1-11-08; 2:19 pm]
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