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Endangered and Threatened Species:
Recovery Plan Preparation for 16
Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs)
of Pacific Salmon and Steelhead
National Marine Service
(NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for
information.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to
develop recovery plans for 16 ESUs of
Pacific salmon and steelhead in the
Northwest listed as threatened or
endangered under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) and requests
information from the public. NMFS is
required by the ESA to develop and
implement recovery plans for the
conservation and survival of listed
species. NMFS is working with state,
Federal, tribal and local entities in
Washington, Oregon and Idaho to
produce draft recovery plans by
December 2005.
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All information must be received
no later than 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight
Time on September 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Information may be
submitted by any of the following
methods:
• E-mail: The mailbox address for
submitting e-mail information for
recovery planning is
RecoveryInfo.nwr@noaa.gov. Please
include in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the identifier ‘‘Information for
ESA Recovery Planning, Attention:
(insert name of appropriate NMFS
Recovery Coordinator)’’ and specify the
recovery domain to which your
information applies (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
• Federal e-rulemaking portal: https://
www.regulations.gov
• Mail: Submit written comments and
information to Salmon Recovery Branch
Chief, NMFS, Salmon Recovery
Division, 1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard,
Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon, 97232–
1274. Please identify information as
regarding the ‘‘Information for ESA
Recovery Planning.’’
• Hand Delivery/Courier: NMFS,
Salmon Recovery Division, 1201 NE
Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland,
Oregon, 97232–1274. You can handdeliver written information to our office
at the street address above. Business
hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Fax: 503–872–2737. Please identify
the fax comment as regarding
‘‘Information for Recovery Plans’’ and
specify the recovery domain to which
your information applies (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
NMFS, Northwest Region, Salmon
Recovery Division, and contact the
recovery coordinator listed below for
the area in which you are interested.
Additional salmon-related materials are
available on the Internet at
www.nwr.noaa.gov.
Puget Sound Recovery Domain:
Elizabeth Babcock, (phone: 206–526–
4505), email address:
Elizabeth.Babcock@noaagov; Upper
Columbia Recovery Domain: Lynn
Hatcher, (phone: 509–962–8911 x 223),
email address: Lynn.Hatcher@noaa.gov;
Mid Columbia Recovery Domain: Paula
Burgess, (phone: 503–808–6525), email
address: Paula.Burgess@noaa.gov;
Willamette/Lower Columbia Recovery
Domain: Patty Dornbusch, (phone: 503–
230–5430), email address:
Patty.Dornbusch@noaa.gov; Oregon
Coast Recovery Domain: Rosemary
Furfey, (phone: 503–231–2149), email
address: Rosemary.Furfey@noaa.gov;
Snake River Recovery Domain: David
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Mabe, (phone: 208–378–5698), email
address: David.Mabe@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is
charged with the recovery of Pacific
salmon and steelhead species listed
under the ESA. Recovery under the Act
means that listed species and their
ecosystems are restored, and their future
secured, so that the protections of the
ESA are no longer necessary.
There are 15 ‘‘distinct population
segments’’ or ESUs of salmon and
steelhead listed as threatened or
endangered in Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho:
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): Upper Willamette River;
Lower Columbia River; Upper Columbia
River Spring-run; Puget Sound; Snake
River Fall-run; and Snake River Spring/
Summer-run.
Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta):
Hood Canal summer-run; Columbia
River.
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus
nerka): Snake River; Ozette Lake.
Steelhead Salmon (Oncorhynchus
mykiss): Upper Willamette River; Lower
Columbia River; Middle Columbia
River; Upper Columbia River; Snake
River Basin.
NMFS has proposed to list Oregon
Coast coho and the Lower Columbia
River coho ESUs as threatened (69 FR
33102; June 14, 2004). If these ESUs are
listed, they will be included in the
Oregon Coast and Willamette/Lower
Columbia River recovery planning
efforts. Notice of recovery plans for the
Southern Oregon/Northern California
Coast coho ESU will be announced
separately with other California ESUs.
The ESA requires that NMFS develop
and implement recovery plans for the
conservation and survival of endangered
and threatened species. These recovery
plans provide blueprints to determine
priority recovery actions for funding
and implementation. The ESA specifies
that recovery plans must include: (1) a
description of site-specific management
actions as may be necessary to achieve
the plan’s goals for the conservation and
survival of the species; (2) objective,
measurable criteria, which when met,
would result in the species being
removed from the list; and (3) estimates
of the time and costs required to achieve
the plan’s goal and achieve intermediate
steps toward that goal. NMFS will take
into consideration information provided
during this comment period to prepare
draft recovery plans.
In order to develop recovery plans
that address multiple species in an
ecosystem context, NMFS organized the
listed and proposed ESUs in the
Northwest into six recovery areas or
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‘‘domains’’ (Puget Sound, Upper
Columbia, Middle Columbia, Snake
River, Oregon Coast, and Willamette/
Lower Columbia). Each domain will
have a recovery plan that addresses all
listed salmon and steelhead ESUs
within that area. While each recovery
plan will meet the requirements of the
ESA and will utilize consistent
scientific principles, each plan also will
be unique because of conditions in that
domain and because it will be based on
local initiatives such as the State of
Washington’s regional recovery boards,
the Northwest Power and Conservation
Council’s subbasin plans and the State
of Oregon’s Oregon Plan for Salmon and
Watersheds’ Oregon Coast Coho Project.
To develop key technical products and
provide science support NMFS formed
teams of scientists, called ‘‘Technical
Recovery Teams’’ for: Puget Sound,
Willamette/Lower Columbia, Interior
Columbia, and Oregon Coast recovery
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domains. Finally, NMFS has developed
a schedule for producing draft recovery
plans in each recovery domain by
December 2005. Because draft recovery
plans will be based on local recovery
planning efforts, the level of detail in
these draft recovery plans completed by
December will vary. After further local
public review by federal agencies, state
and tribal co-managers, and interested
persons, NMFS will publish proposed
recovery plans in the Federal Register
and public comment will be sought for
each proposed plan.
As part of its recovery planning
process, NMFS published a Notice of
Availability of a Draft Interim Regional
Recovery Plan for Portions of Three
ESUs of Salmon and Steelhead within
the Washington Lower Columbia
Management Unit (70 FR 20531; April
20, 2005). Public comment is being
sought until June 20, 2005, on this draft
regional recovery plan.
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NMFS requests relevant information
from the public that should be
addressed during preparation of draft
recovery plans. Such information
should address: (1) criteria for removing
the ESUs from the list of threatened and
endangered species; (2) factors that are
presently limiting, or threaten to limit
survival of the ESUs; (3) actions to
address limiting factors and threats; (4)
estimates of time and cost to implement
recovery actions; and 5) research,
monitoring, and evaluation needs.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: June 30, 2005.
P. Michael Payne,
Acting Division Chief, Endangered Species
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Parts 223 and 224
[I.D. 062005C]
Endangered and Threatened Species: Recovery Plan Preparation for
16 Evolutionarily Significant Units (ESUs) of Pacific Salmon and
Steelhead
AGENCY: National Marine Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for information.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to develop recovery plans for 16
ESUs of Pacific salmon and steelhead in the Northwest listed as
threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and
requests information from the public. NMFS is required by the ESA to
develop and implement recovery plans for the conservation and survival
of listed species. NMFS is working with state, Federal, tribal and
local entities in Washington, Oregon and Idaho to produce draft
recovery plans by December 2005.
DATES: All information must be received no later than 5 p.m. Pacific
Daylight Time on September 6, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Information may be submitted by any of the following
methods:
E-mail: The mailbox address for submitting e-mail
information for recovery planning is RecoveryInfo.nwr@noaa.gov. Please
include in the subject line of the e-mail comment the identifier
``Information for ESA Recovery Planning, Attention: (insert name of
appropriate NMFS Recovery Coordinator)'' and specify the recovery
domain to which your information applies (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Federal e-rulemaking portal: https://www.regulations.gov
Mail: Submit written comments and information to Salmon
Recovery Branch Chief, NMFS, Salmon Recovery Division, 1201 NE Lloyd
Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon, 97232-1274. Please identify
information as regarding the ``Information for ESA Recovery Planning.''
Hand Delivery/Courier: NMFS, Salmon Recovery Division,
1201 NE Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland, Oregon, 97232-1274. You
can hand-deliver written information to our office at the street
address above. Business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 503-872-2737. Please identify the fax comment as
regarding ``Information for Recovery Plans'' and specify the recovery
domain to which your information applies (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: NMFS, Northwest Region, Salmon
Recovery Division, and contact the recovery coordinator listed below
for the area in which you are interested. Additional salmon-related
materials are available on the Internet at www.nwr.noaa.gov.
Puget Sound Recovery Domain: Elizabeth Babcock, (phone: 206-526-
4505), email address: Elizabeth.Babcock@noaagov; Upper Columbia
Recovery Domain: Lynn Hatcher, (phone: 509-962-8911 x 223), email
address: Lynn.Hatcher@noaa.gov; Mid Columbia Recovery Domain: Paula
Burgess, (phone: 503-808-6525), email address: Paula.Burgess@noaa.gov;
Willamette/Lower Columbia Recovery Domain: Patty Dornbusch, (phone:
503-230-5430), email address: Patty.Dornbusch@noaa.gov; Oregon Coast
Recovery Domain: Rosemary Furfey, (phone: 503-231-2149), email address:
Rosemary.Furfey@noaa.gov; Snake River Recovery Domain: David Mabe,
(phone: 208-378-5698), email address: David.Mabe@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is charged with the recovery of Pacific
salmon and steelhead species listed under the ESA. Recovery under the
Act means that listed species and their ecosystems are restored, and
their future secured, so that the protections of the ESA are no longer
necessary.
There are 15 ``distinct population segments'' or ESUs of salmon and
steelhead listed as threatened or endangered in Oregon, Washington, and
Idaho:
Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): Upper Willamette River;
Lower Columbia River; Upper Columbia River Spring-run; Puget Sound;
Snake River Fall-run; and Snake River Spring/Summer-run.
Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta): Hood Canal summer-run; Columbia
River.
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka): Snake River; Ozette Lake.
Steelhead Salmon (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Upper Willamette River;
Lower Columbia River; Middle Columbia River; Upper Columbia River;
Snake River Basin.
NMFS has proposed to list Oregon Coast coho and the Lower Columbia
River coho ESUs as threatened (69 FR 33102; June 14, 2004). If these
ESUs are listed, they will be included in the Oregon Coast and
Willamette/Lower Columbia River recovery planning efforts. Notice of
recovery plans for the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast coho
ESU will be announced separately with other California ESUs.
The ESA requires that NMFS develop and implement recovery plans for
the conservation and survival of endangered and threatened species.
These recovery plans provide blueprints to determine priority recovery
actions for funding and implementation. The ESA specifies that recovery
plans must include: (1) a description of site-specific management
actions as may be necessary to achieve the plan's goals for the
conservation and survival of the species; (2) objective, measurable
criteria, which when met, would result in the species being removed
from the list; and (3) estimates of the time and costs required to
achieve the plan's goal and achieve intermediate steps toward that
goal. NMFS will take into consideration information provided during
this comment period to prepare draft recovery plans.
In order to develop recovery plans that address multiple species in
an ecosystem context, NMFS organized the listed and proposed ESUs in
the Northwest into six recovery areas or
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``domains'' (Puget Sound, Upper Columbia, Middle Columbia, Snake River,
Oregon Coast, and Willamette/Lower Columbia). Each domain will have a
recovery plan that addresses all listed salmon and steelhead ESUs
within that area. While each recovery plan will meet the requirements
of the ESA and will utilize consistent scientific principles, each plan
also will be unique because of conditions in that domain and because it
will be based on local initiatives such as the State of Washington's
regional recovery boards, the Northwest Power and Conservation
Council's subbasin plans and the State of Oregon's Oregon Plan for
Salmon and Watersheds' Oregon Coast Coho Project. To develop key
technical products and provide science support NMFS formed teams of
scientists, called ``Technical Recovery Teams'' for: Puget Sound,
Willamette/Lower Columbia, Interior Columbia, and Oregon Coast recovery
domains. Finally, NMFS has developed a schedule for producing draft
recovery plans in each recovery domain by December 2005. Because draft
recovery plans will be based on local recovery planning efforts, the
level of detail in these draft recovery plans completed by December
will vary. After further local public review by federal agencies, state
and tribal co-managers, and interested persons, NMFS will publish
proposed recovery plans in the Federal Register and public comment will
be sought for each proposed plan.
As part of its recovery planning process, NMFS published a Notice
of Availability of a Draft Interim Regional Recovery Plan for Portions
of Three ESUs of Salmon and Steelhead within the Washington Lower
Columbia Management Unit (70 FR 20531; April 20, 2005). Public comment
is being sought until June 20, 2005, on this draft regional recovery
plan.
NMFS requests relevant information from the public that should be
addressed during preparation of draft recovery plans. Such information
should address: (1) criteria for removing the ESUs from the list of
threatened and endangered species; (2) factors that are presently
limiting, or threaten to limit survival of the ESUs; (3) actions to
address limiting factors and threats; (4) estimates of time and cost to
implement recovery actions; and 5) research, monitoring, and evaluation
needs.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: June 30, 2005.
P. Michael Payne,
Acting Division Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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