2023-00902: Endangered Species; File No: 26645
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Notice is hereby given that NMFS has issued an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) (No. 26645) to the Arnold Irrigation District, Central Oregon Irrigation District, Lone Pine Irrigation District, North Unit Irrigation District, Ochoco Irrigation District, Swalley Irrigation District, Three Sisters Irrigation District, Tumalo Irrigation District, and the City of Prineville (hereafter applicants), pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended, for the incidental take of Middle Columbia River (MCR) steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss), listed threatened under the ESA, and the nonessential experimental population of steelhead (NEP) occurring upstream of the Round Butte Dam and Deschutes River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) which are not currently listed under the ESA (hereafter, covered species). Incidental take is associated with the otherwise lawful water management activitiesincluding the storage, release, diversion, and return of irrigation water by the eight irrigation districts and groundwater withdrawals, effluent discharges, and surface water diversions by the City of Prineville. The permit is issued for a duration of 28 years.
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