Notice2025-05258
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
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Published
March 27, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received one enhancement permit renewal application (permit 14741-2R) from the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (District) to implement their revised Carmel River Rescue Rearing and Management Plan (RRMP). The application and RRMP have been submitted per the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended. NMFS is furnishing this notice in order to allow other agencies, Tribes, and the public an opportunity to review and submit to NMFS written data, views, or arguments with respect to the taking or to other activities proposed in the application, or to request a hearing in connection with the action to be taken thereon. The documents are available on the internet at: https:// apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/preview_open_for_comment.cfm.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13858-13859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05258]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE729]
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for an enhancement permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received one enhancement
permit renewal application (permit 14741-2R) from the Monterey
Peninsula Water Management District (District) to implement their
revised Carmel River Rescue Rearing and Management Plan (RRMP). The
application and RRMP have been submitted per the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) of 1973, as amended. NMFS is furnishing this notice in order to
allow other agencies, Tribes, and the public an opportunity to review
and submit to NMFS written data, views, or arguments with respect to
the taking or to other activities proposed in the application, or to
request a hearing in connection with the action to be taken thereon.
The documents are available on the internet at: <a href="https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/preview_open_for_comment.cfm">https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov/preview/preview_open_for_comment.cfm</a>.
DATES: Written comments on the RRMP must be received at the appropriate
address (see ADDRESSES section) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard
Time on April 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the permit application by the
following methods:
<bullet> Email: Submit to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd97929891d39e9c8e9c9a8f9c939998bd93929c9cd39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b01040e0745080a180a0c190a050f0e2b05040a0a450c041d">[email protected]</span></a> and include
``Permit 1474-2R'' in the subject line.
<bullet> Mail: Submit written comments to the National Marine
Fisheries Service, West Coast Region, California Coastal Office, 777
Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, California 95404; Attention: Joel
Casagrande.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joel Casagrande, 707-575-6016,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cf6f3f9f0b2fffdeffdfbeefdf2f8f9dcf2f3fdfdb2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f15101a13511c1e0c1e180d1e111b1a3f11101e1e51181009">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This Notice
Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Threatened, South-Central
California Coast (S-CCC) Distinct Population Segment.
Background
The District has applied for an enhancement permit under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA for a period of 10 years that would allow take
of juvenile and adult S-CCC steelhead pursuant to an RRMP, which was
developed with technical assistance from NMFS. The objective of the
District's program is to assist with the restoration, conservation, and
maintenance of the steelhead population in the Carmel River watershed
as mitigation for environmental impacts caused by diversion of surface
and subsurface streamflow in the lower 24 miles of the mainstem Carmel
River in Monterey County, California. The program which was initiated
in 1997, was necessary to ensure compliance with California
Environmental Quality Act from the environmental impacts of California
American Water Company's water withdrawals.
The RRMP will be implemented as an enhancement program at the
Sleepy Hollow Rearing Facility (Facility); actions taken pursuant to
the permit are designed to enhance survival of S-CCC steelhead that are
subject to annual low-
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flow river dry-back in the Carmel River and tributaries. The RRMP
incorporates three main components: (1) rescue and relocation
activities; (2) captive rearing activities; and (3) subsequent post-
release monitoring. There is no captive spawning (i.e., artificial
propagation) of steelhead held at the facility. Activities that would
constitute take of S-CCC steelhead include: capture, handling and
transport, tagging, and temporary rearing in captivity. The RRMP
includes measures to minimize the likelihood of ecologic effects to
naturally produced S-CCC steelhead resulting from operations at the
Facility, and rescue and relocation activities. Post-release monitoring
activities conducted by the District will collect necessary data to
document achievement of performance indicators specified in the RRMP.
For a more detailed discussion of these activities, please see the
application 14741-2R.
Authority
Section 9 of the ESA and Federal regulations prohibit the taking of
a species listed as endangered or threatened. The ESA defines ``take''
to mean harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture,
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. NMFS may issue
permits for scientific purposes or for the enhancement of the
propagation or survival of the affected endangered or threatened
species authorizing the taking, importation, or other acts otherwise
prohibited by section 9 of the ESA (50 CFR 222.308). The final permit
decision will not be made until after the end of the 30-day public
review period. NMFS will publish notice of its final action in the
Federal Register.
Dated: March 24, 2024.
Lisa Manning,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-05258 Filed 3-26-25; 8:45 am]
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