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List of Subjects
49 CFR Part 392
Alcohol abuse, Drug abuse, Highway
safety, Motor carriers.
49 CFR Part 396
Highway safety, Motor carriers, Motor
vehicle safety, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
For the reasons stated in the
preamble, FMCSA amends title 49 CFR,
Code of Federal Regulations, chapter III,
to read as follows:
PART 392—DRIVING OF COMMERCIAL
MOTOR VEHICLES
1. The authority citation for part 392
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 504, 13902, 31136,
31151, 31502; Section 112 of Pub. L. 103–
311, 108 Stat. 1673, 1676 (1994), as amended
by sec. 32509 of Pub. L. 112–141, 126 Stat.
405–805 (2012); and 49 CFR 1.87.
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2. Revise § 392.7(a) to read as follows:
or deficiency discovered by or reported
to the driver which would affect the
safety of operation of the vehicle or
result in its mechanical breakdown. If a
driver operates more than one vehicle
during the day, a report must be
prepared for each vehicle operated. The
driver of a passenger-carrying CMV
subject to this regulation must prepare
and submit a report even if no defect or
deficiency is discovered by or reported
to the driver; the drivers of all other
commercial motor vehicles are not
required to prepare or submit a report if
no defect or deficiency is discovered by
or reported to the driver.
(ii) The driver must sign the report.
On two-driver operations, only one
driver needs to sign the driver vehicle
inspection report, provided both drivers
agree as to the defects or deficiencies
identified.
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Dated: December 9, 2014.
Anthony R. Foxx,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–29331 Filed 12–17–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
§ 392.7
Equipment, inspection and use.
(a) No commercial motor vehicle shall
be driven unless the driver is satisfied
that the following parts and accessories
are in good working order, nor shall any
driver fail to use or make use of such
parts and accessories when and as
needed:
Service brakes, including trailer brake
connections.
Parking (hand) brake.
Steering mechanism.
Lighting devices and reflectors.
Tires.
Horn.
Windshield wiper or wipers.
Rear-vision mirror or mirrors.
Coupling devices.
Wheels and rims.
Emergency equipment.
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PART 396—INSPECTION, REPAIR,
AND MAINTENANCE
3. The authority citation for part 396
continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136,
31151, and 31502; sec. 32934, Pub. L. 112–
141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; and 49 CFR 1.87.
4. Amend § 396.11 as follows:
a. Remove paragraphs (c) and (d); and
b. Revise paragraph (a)(2) to read as
follows:
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§ 396.11 Driver vehicle inspection
report(s).
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(2) Report content. (i) The report must
identify the vehicle and list any defect
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 130123065–4999–02]
RIN 0648–BC95
Fisheries Off West Coast States; West
Coast Salmon Fisheries; Amendment
18 to the Salmon Fishery Management
Plan
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
NMFS issues a final rule
under authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (MSA) to implement
Amendment 18 to the Pacific Coast
Salmon Fishery Management Plan for
Commercial and Recreational Salmon
Fisheries off the Coasts of Washington,
Oregon, and California (FMP).
Amendment 18 revises the description
and identification of essential fish
habitat (EFH) for Pacific salmon
managed under the FMP, designates
habitat areas of particular concern
(HAPCs), updates information on
fishing activities, and updates the list of
non-fishing related activities that may
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adversely affect EFH and potential
conservation and enhancement
measures to minimize those effects.
NMFS approved Amendment 18 on
September 12, 2014.
DATES: This final rule is effective
January 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: This final rule is accessible
on the Web site of NMFS’ West Coast
Region (https://
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov). The
current FMP, through Amendment 18, is
available on the Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s Web site
(https://www.pcouncil.org/).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Mundy at 206–526–4323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) developed Amendment 18 in
compliance with the MSA’s requirement
to periodically review EFH provisions,
and to revise or amend those provisions,
as warranted, based on available
information (50 CFR 600.815(a)(10)).
The Council took final action on
Amendment 18 in September 2013 and
transmitted the amendment to NMFS on
June 10, 2014. Alternatives considered
in the development of Amendment 18
were analyzed in a draft Environmental
Assessment (EA). NMFS published a
notice of availability of Amendment 18
in the Federal Register (79 FR 34272,
June 16, 2014) to notify the public of the
availability of the amendment and draft
EA, and invite comments. NMFS
published a proposed rule in the
Federal Register (79 FR 56547,
September 22, 2014) to notify the public
and invite comments. NMFS received
no comments in response to either the
notice of availability or the proposed
rule.
Amendment 18 revises the
description and identification of EFH
for Pacific salmon managed under the
FMP, designates HAPCs, updates the
current information on fishing activities,
and updates the list of non-fishing
related activities that may adversely
affect EFH and potential conservation
and enhancement measures to minimize
those effects. The details of Amendment
18 were described in the proposed rule
(79 FR 56547, September 22, 2014) and
are not repeated here. This final rule
identifies changes to the regulations
under 50 CFR 660 subpart H to
implement Amendment 18 and
describes changes made from the
proposed rule.
Response to Comments
NMFS received no comments on the
proposed rule. The Department of the
Interior submitted a letter stating that
they had no comments.
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Changes From Proposed Rule
This final rule includes changes to the
existing regulations at 50 CFR 660.412
to implement Amendment 18. These are
largely unchanged from the proposed
rule; those that have changed from the
proposed rule are described below.
Table 1 to Subpart H of Part 660
Three table cells that were
inadvertently left blank in the proposed
rule have been corrected to identify EFH
designations in hydrologic units
17100207, 17110012, and 17110016.
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Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the
MSA, the NMFS Assistant
Administrator has determined that this
final rule is consistent with Amendment
18, the Pacific Salmon Fishery
Management Plan, the MSA, and other
applicable law.
This final rule has been determined to
be not significant for purposes of
Executive Order 12866.
An EA has been prepared for
Amendment 18; a copy of the EA is
available online at https://
www.pcouncil.org/. The EA includes a
regulatory impact review (RIR) prepared
by NMFS.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation of
the Department of Commerce certified
to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration, at the
proposed rule stage, that this rule would
not have a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small
entities. No comments were received on
this certification, and no new
information has been received
concerning the economic impact of this
rule. As a result, no Final Regulatory
Flexibility Analysis is required, and
none has been prepared. NMFS will
conduct the appropriate analyses for
any subsequent rulemakings stemming
from this final rule.
This final rule would not establish
any new reporting or recordkeeping
requirements. This final rule does not
include a collection of information. No
Federal rules have been identified that
duplicate, overlap, or conflict with this
action.
This action is not expected to have
adverse effects on any ESA-listed
species or critical habitat. As described
in the EA for Amendment 18, this action
may have minimal effects on ESA-listed
species in freshwater areas where EFH
designations would change slightly
under the preferred alternative. NMFS
has consulted with itself under ESA
section 7 and prepared a memo
concluding that implementation of the
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preferred alternative is not likely to
adversely affect any listed species or
critical habitat.
This final rule was developed after
meaningful collaboration with the
affected tribes, through the PFMC
process. Under the MSA at 16 U.S.C.
1852(b)(5), one of the voting members of
the PFMC must be a representative of an
Indian Tribe with Federally recognized
fishing rights from the area of the
PFMC’s jurisdiction.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660
Fisheries, Fishing, Recordkeeping and
reporting requirements.
Dated: December 11, 2014.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the
preamble, NMFS amends 50 CFR part
660 as follows:
PART 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST
COAST STATES
1. The authority citation for part 660
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. et seq. and 16 U.S.C.
773 et seq.
2. Section 660.412 is revised to read
as follows:
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§ 660.412 EFH identifications and
descriptions for Pacific salmon.
Essential fish habitat (EFH) is
identified for anadromous Pacific
salmon stocks managed by the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (PFMC)
under the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). These
managed salmon include most of the
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha) stocks and all of the coho
salmon (O. kisutch) stocks from
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
California; as well as pink salmon (O.
gorbuscha) stocks originating from
watersheds within Puget Sound east of,
and including, the Elwha River. The
geographic extent of freshwater EFH is
specifically identified in the FMP as all
water bodies currently or historically
occupied by PFMC-managed salmon in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and
California; including aquatic areas
above all artificial barriers that are not
specifically excluded. Freshwater EFH,
identified in Table 1 of this subpart H,
is described using fourth field
hydrologic unit codes developed by the
U.S. Geological Survey (defined in U.S.
Geological Survey and U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service: Federal
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guidelines, requirements, and
procedures for the national Watershed
Boundary Dataset: U.S. Geological
Survey Techniques and Methods 11–A3,
2009). Table 1 also identifies the dams
that represent the upstream extent of
EFH in each hydrologic unit.
(a) Chinook salmon EFH includes all
water bodies currently or historically
occupied by PFMC-managed Chinook
salmon in Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
and California as identified in Table 1
of this subpart. Chinook salmon EFH
also includes the estuarine and marine
areas extending from the extreme high
tide line in nearshore and tidal
submerged environments within state
territorial waters out to the full extent of
the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (200
nautical miles) offshore of Washington,
Oregon, and California north of Point
Conception; and the marine areas of
Alaska that are designated as Chinook
salmon EFH by the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council (NPFMC),
for stocks that are also managed by the
PFMC.
(b) Coho salmon EFH includes all
water bodies currently or historically
occupied by PFMC-managed coho
salmon in Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
and California as identified in Table 1
of this subpart. Coho salmon EFH also
includes the estuarine and marine areas
extending from the extreme high tide
line in nearshore and tidal submerged
environments within state territorial
waters out to the full extent of the EEZ
(200 nautical miles) offshore of
Washington, Oregon, and California
north of Point Conception; and the
marine areas of Alaska that are
designated as coho salmon EFH by the
NPFMC, for stocks that are also
managed by the PFMC.
(c) Puget Sound pink salmon EFH
includes all water bodies currently or
historically occupied by PFMC-managed
Puget Sound pink salmon in
Washington State as identified in Table
1 of this subpart. Puget Sound pink
salmon EFH also includes the estuarine
and marine areas extending from the
extreme high tide line in nearshore and
tidal submerged environments within
state territorial waters north and east of
Cape Flattery, Washington, including
Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca
and Strait of Georgia; the waters of the
U.S. EEZ north of 48° N latitude to the
U.S.-Canada border; and marine areas of
Alaska that are designated as pink
salmon EFH by the NPFMC, for stocks
that are also managed by the PFMC.
3. Table 1 to Subpart H of Part 600 is
revised to read as follows:
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TABLE 1 TO SUBPART H OF PART 660—PACIFIC SALMON EFH IDENTIFIED BY USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE (HUC)
4th Field hydrologic unit
code
17020005
17020006
17020007
17020008
17020009
17020010
17020011
17020012
17020015
17020016
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Hydrologic unit name
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
WA
17030001 .......................
Chief Joseph ..................
Okanogan ......................
Similkameen ..................
Methow ..........................
Lake Chelan ...................
Upper Columbia-Entiat ..
Wenatchee .....................
Moses Coulee ................
Lower Crab ....................
Upper Columbia-Priest
Rapids.
Upper Yakima ................
17030002 .......................
17030003
17060101
17060102
17060103
17060104
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17060105
17060106
17060107
17060108
17060110
17060201
17060202
17060203
17060204
17060205
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17060206 .......................
17060207 .......................
17060208
17060209
17060210
17060301
17060302
17060303
17060304
17060305
17060306
17060308
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17070101 .......................
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17070106
17070306
17080001
17080002
17080003
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17080004
17080005
17080006
17090001
17090002
17090003
17090004
17090005
17090006
17090007
17090008
17090009
17090010
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Chinook
salmon
State(s)
Coho salmon
Puget Sound
pink salmon
Impassable dam(s)
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
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X
X
X
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X
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Chief Joseph Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
WA ..........
X
X
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Naches ...........................
WA ..........
X
X
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Lower Yakima ................
Hells Canyon .................
Imnaha River .................
Lower Snake-Asotin .......
Upper Grande Ronde
River.
Wallowa River ................
Lower Grande Ronde ....
Lower Snake-Tucannon
Palouse River ................
Lower Snake River ........
Upper Salmon ................
Pahsimeroi .....................
Middle Salmon-Panther
Lemhi .............................
Upper Middle Fork Salmon.
Lower Middle Fork Salmon.
Middle Salmon-Chamberlain.
South Fork Salmon ........
Lower Salmon ................
Little Salmon ..................
Upper Selway ................
Lower Selway ................
Lochsa ...........................
Middle Fork Clearwater
South Fork Clearwater ...
Clearwater ......................
Lower North Fork Clearwater.
Middle Columbia-Lake
Wallula.
Umatilla ..........................
WA ..........
OR/ID .....
OR/ID .....
OR/WA/ID
OR ..........
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
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Keechelus Dam Kachess
Dam (Kachess River).
Rimrock Dam (Tieton
River).
n/a.
Hells Canyon Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
OR ..........
OR/WA ...
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
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n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
ID ............
X
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n/a.
ID ............
X
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n/a.
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
ID ............
WA/ID .....
ID ............
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
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X
X
X
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n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Dworshak Dam.
OR/WA ...
X
X
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n/a.
OR ..........
X
X
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OR/WA ...
WA ..........
OR ..........
OR/WA ...
WA ..........
OR/WA ...
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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McKay Dam (McKay
Creek).
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Bull Run Dam #2.
n/a.
n/a.
WA ..........
WA ..........
OR/WA ...
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Dorena Dam.
n/a.
Cougar Dam.1
Big Cliff Dam.2
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Middle Columbia-Hood ..
Klickitat ...........................
Lower Deschutes ...........
Lower Columbia-Sandy
Lewis ..............................
Lower ColumbiaClatskanie.
Upper Cowlitz ................
Cowlitz ...........................
Lower Columbia .............
Middle Fork Willamette ..
Coast Fork Willamette ...
Upper Willamette ...........
McKenzie .......................
North Santiam ................
South Santiam ...............
Middle Willamette ..........
Yamhill ...........................
Molalla-Pudding .............
Tualatin ..........................
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TABLE 1 TO SUBPART H OF PART 660—PACIFIC SALMON EFH IDENTIFIED BY USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE (HUC)—
Continued
4th Field hydrologic unit
code
Hydrologic unit name
State(s)
Chinook
salmon
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Clackamas .....................
Lower Willamette ...........
Hoh-Quillayute ...............
Queets-Quinault .............
Upper Chehalis ..............
Lower Chehalis ..............
Grays Harbor .................
Willapa ...........................
Necanicum .....................
Nehalem .........................
Wilson-Trask-Nestucca ..
Siletz-Yaquina ................
Alsea ..............................
Siuslaw ...........................
Siltcoos ..........................
North Umpqua ...............
South Umpqua ...............
Umpqua .........................
Coos ...............................
Coquille ..........................
Sixes ..............................
Upper Rogue .................
Middle Rogue .................
Applegate .......................
Lower Rogue .................
Illinois .............................
Chetco ............................
Fraser .............................
Strait Of Georgia ............
San Juan Islands ...........
Nooksack .......................
Upper Skagit ..................
Sauk ...............................
Lower Skagit ..................
Stillaguamish ..................
Skykomish ......................
Snoqualmie ....................
OR ..........
OR ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
OR ..........
CA/OR ....
OR ..........
CA/OR ....
CA/OR ....
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
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X
X
X
X
X
X
17110011 .......................
17110012 .......................
Snohomish .....................
Lake Washington ...........
WA ..........
WA ..........
X
X
X
X
X
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17110013
17110014
17110015
17110016
17110017
17110018
17110019
17110020
17110021
18010101
18010102
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Duwamish ......................
Puyallup .........................
Nisqually ........................
Deschutes ......................
Skokomish .....................
Hood Canal ....................
Puget Sound ..................
Dungeness-Elwha ..........
Crescent-Hoko ...............
Smith River ....................
Mad-Redwood ................
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
WA ..........
CA/OR ....
CA ..........
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
X
X
X
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X
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X
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X
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18010103
18010104
18010105
18010106
18010107
18010108
18010109
18010110
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Upper Eel .......................
Middle Fork Eel ..............
Lower Eel .......................
South Fork Eel ...............
Mattole ...........................
Big-Navarro-Garcia ........
Gualala-Salmon .............
Russian ..........................
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
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X
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18010207
18010208
18010209
18010210
18010211
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Upper Klamath ...............
Shasta ............................
Scott ...............................
Lower Klamath ...............
Salmon ...........................
Trinity .............................
CA/OR ....
CA ..........
CA ..........
CA/OR ....
CA ..........
CA ..........
X
X
X
X
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17100203
17100204
17100205
17100206
17100207
17100301
17100302
17100303
17100304
17100305
17100306
17100307
17100308
17100309
17100310
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n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
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n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Lost Creek Dam.
Emigrant Dam.
Applegate Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Gorge Lake Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Tolt Dam (S. Fork Tolt
River).
n/a.
Cedar Falls (Masonry)
Dam (Cedar River).
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Robert W. Matthews
Dam.
Scott Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Coyote Valley Dam (E.
Fork Russian R.)
Warm Springs Dam
(Dry Cr.).
Keno Dam.
Dwinnell Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Lewiston Dam.
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Continued
4th Field hydrologic unit
code
Hydrologic unit name
State(s)
Coho salmon
Puget Sound
pink salmon
18010212 .......................
18020104 .......................
South Fork Trinity ..........
Sacramento-Stone Corral.
Lower American .............
Upper Stony ...................
Upper Cache ..................
Upper Yuba ....................
Upper Bear ....................
Cow Creek .....................
Cottonwood Creek .........
Battle Creek ...................
Clear Creek-Sacramento
River.
CA ..........
CA ..........
X
X
X
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n/a.
n/a.
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
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X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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CA ..........
X
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Nimbus Dam.
Black Butte Dam.
Capay Dam.3
n/a.
Camp Far West Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
n/a.
Keswick Dam (Sacramento R.),
Whiskeytown Dam
(Clear Creek).
n/a.
CA ..........
X
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n/a.
CA ..........
X
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n/a.
CA ..........
CA ..........
X
X
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CA ..........
X
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n/a.
Feather River Fish Barrier Dam.
n/a.
CA ..........
CA ..........
CA ..........
X
X
X
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X
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18040003 .......................
18040007 .......................
18040008 .......................
Lower San Joaquin
River 5
San Joaquin Delta .........
Fresno River ..................
Upper Merced ................
CA ..........
CA ..........
CA ..........
X
X
X
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18040009 .......................
Upper Tuolumne ............
CA ..........
X
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18040010
18040011
18040012
18040013
18050001
18050002
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Upper Stanislaus ...........
Upper Calaveras ............
Upper Mokelumne .........
Upper Cosumnes ...........
Suisun Bay .....................
San Pablo Bay ...............
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
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X
X
X
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18050003 .......................
18050004 .......................
18050005 .......................
Coyote ............................
San Francisco Bay ........
Tomales-Drake Bays .....
CA ..........
CA ..........
CA ..........
X
X
X
X
X
X
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18050006 .......................
San Francisco Coastal
South.
Monterey Bay 6
CA ..........
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X
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n/a.
Hidden Dam.
Crocker-Huffman Diversion Dam.
La Grange Dam
(Tuolumne R.).
Goodwin Dam.
New Hogan Dam.
Camanche Dam.
n/a.
n/a.
San Pablo Dam (San
Pablo Cr.).
LeRoy Anderson Dam.
n/a.
Nicasio Dam (Nicasio
Cr.) Peters Dam
(Lagunitas Cr.).
n/a.
CA ..........
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X
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Newell Dam (Newell Cr.)
18020111
18020115
18020116
18020125
18020126
18020151
18020152
18020153
18020154
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18020155 .......................
18020156 .......................
18020157 .......................
18020158 .......................
18020159 .......................
18020161 .......................
18020162 .......................
18020163 .......................
18040001 .......................
18040002 .......................
18060015 .......................
Paynes Creek-Sacramento River.
Thomes Creek-Sacramento River.
Big Chico Creek-Sacramento River.
Butte Creek ....................
Honcut HeadwatersLower Feather.
Upper Coon-Upper Auburn 4
Upper Putah ...................
Lower Sacramento .........
Middle San JoaquinLower Chowchilla 5
Chinook
salmon
1 Cougar
Monticello Dam.
n/a.
Buchanan Dam
(Chowchilla River),
Bear Dam (Bear
Creek), Owens Dam
(Owens Creek)
Mariposa Dam.
n/a.
Dam is a barrier to coho salmon only. Chinook salmon are trapped and hauled above the dam.
Cliff Dam is a barrier to coho salmon only. Chinook salmon are trapped and hauled above the dam.
Dam was selected as the upstream extent of EFH because it was identified as a complete barrier by NMFS biologists and is located
in the vicinity of the historical upstream extent of Chinook salmon distribution.
4 Natural ‘‘lower falls’’ are downstream of any artificial barriers that would meet the criteria for designating them as the upstream extent of EFH;
therefore, the upstream extent of EFH within this HU is at the ‘‘lower falls’’.
5 EFH for Chinook salmon in the Middle San Joaquin-Lower Chowchilla HU (18040001) and Lower San Joaquin River HU (18040002) includes
the San Joaquin River, its eastern tributaries, and the lower reaches of the western tributaries. Although there is no evidence of current or historical Chinook salmon distribution in the western tributaries (Yoshiyama et al. 2001), the lower reaches of these tributaries could provide juvenile
rearing habitat or refugia from high flows during floods as salmon migrate along the mainstem in this area.
6 EFH for coho salmon in the Monterey Bay HU does not include the sections south of the Pajaro HU (18060002).
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 75449-75454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-29557]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 130123065-4999-02]
RIN 0648-BC95
Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries;
Amendment 18 to the Salmon Fishery Management Plan
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: NMFS issues a final rule under authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to implement
Amendment 18 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan for
Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries off the Coasts of
Washington, Oregon, and California (FMP). Amendment 18 revises the
description and identification of essential fish habitat (EFH) for
Pacific salmon managed under the FMP, designates habitat areas of
particular concern (HAPCs), updates information on fishing activities,
and updates the list of non-fishing related activities that may
adversely affect EFH and potential conservation and enhancement
measures to minimize those effects. NMFS approved Amendment 18 on
September 12, 2014.
DATES: This final rule is effective January 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: This final rule is accessible on the Web site of NMFS' West
Coast Region (https://www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov). The current
FMP, through Amendment 18, is available on the Pacific Fishery
Management Council's Web site (https://www.pcouncil.org/).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Mundy at 206-526-4323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) developed Amendment 18 in compliance with the MSA's
requirement to periodically review EFH provisions, and to revise or
amend those provisions, as warranted, based on available information
(50 CFR 600.815(a)(10)). The Council took final action on Amendment 18
in September 2013 and transmitted the amendment to NMFS on June 10,
2014. Alternatives considered in the development of Amendment 18 were
analyzed in a draft Environmental Assessment (EA). NMFS published a
notice of availability of Amendment 18 in the Federal Register (79 FR
34272, June 16, 2014) to notify the public of the availability of the
amendment and draft EA, and invite comments. NMFS published a proposed
rule in the Federal Register (79 FR 56547, September 22, 2014) to
notify the public and invite comments. NMFS received no comments in
response to either the notice of availability or the proposed rule.
Amendment 18 revises the description and identification of EFH for
Pacific salmon managed under the FMP, designates HAPCs, updates the
current information on fishing activities, and updates the list of non-
fishing related activities that may adversely affect EFH and potential
conservation and enhancement measures to minimize those effects. The
details of Amendment 18 were described in the proposed rule (79 FR
56547, September 22, 2014) and are not repeated here. This final rule
identifies changes to the regulations under 50 CFR 660 subpart H to
implement Amendment 18 and describes changes made from the proposed
rule.
Response to Comments
NMFS received no comments on the proposed rule. The Department of
the Interior submitted a letter stating that they had no comments.
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Changes From Proposed Rule
This final rule includes changes to the existing regulations at 50
CFR 660.412 to implement Amendment 18. These are largely unchanged from
the proposed rule; those that have changed from the proposed rule are
described below.
Table 1 to Subpart H of Part 660
Three table cells that were inadvertently left blank in the
proposed rule have been corrected to identify EFH designations in
hydrologic units 17100207, 17110012, and 17110016.
Classification
Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the MSA, the NMFS Assistant
Administrator has determined that this final rule is consistent with
Amendment 18, the Pacific Salmon Fishery Management Plan, the MSA, and
other applicable law.
This final rule has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866.
An EA has been prepared for Amendment 18; a copy of the EA is
available online at https://www.pcouncil.org/. The EA includes a
regulatory impact review (RIR) prepared by NMFS.
The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce
certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business
Administration, at the proposed rule stage, that this rule would not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities. No comments were received on this certification, and no new
information has been received concerning the economic impact of this
rule. As a result, no Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis is
required, and none has been prepared. NMFS will conduct the appropriate
analyses for any subsequent rulemakings stemming from this final rule.
This final rule would not establish any new reporting or
recordkeeping requirements. This final rule does not include a
collection of information. No Federal rules have been identified that
duplicate, overlap, or conflict with this action.
This action is not expected to have adverse effects on any ESA-
listed species or critical habitat. As described in the EA for
Amendment 18, this action may have minimal effects on ESA-listed
species in freshwater areas where EFH designations would change
slightly under the preferred alternative. NMFS has consulted with
itself under ESA section 7 and prepared a memo concluding that
implementation of the preferred alternative is not likely to adversely
affect any listed species or critical habitat.
This final rule was developed after meaningful collaboration with
the affected tribes, through the PFMC process. Under the MSA at 16
U.S.C. 1852(b)(5), one of the voting members of the PFMC must be a
representative of an Indian Tribe with Federally recognized fishing
rights from the area of the PFMC's jurisdiction.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660
Fisheries, Fishing, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
Dated: December 11, 2014.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, NMFS amends 50 CFR part
660 as follows:
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES
0
1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. et seq. and 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.
0
2. Section 660.412 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 660.412 EFH identifications and descriptions for Pacific salmon.
Essential fish habitat (EFH) is identified for anadromous Pacific
salmon stocks managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC)
under the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP). These
managed salmon include most of the Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha) stocks and all of the coho salmon (O. kisutch) stocks from
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and California; as well as pink salmon (O.
gorbuscha) stocks originating from watersheds within Puget Sound east
of, and including, the Elwha River. The geographic extent of freshwater
EFH is specifically identified in the FMP as all water bodies currently
or historically occupied by PFMC-managed salmon in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho, and California; including aquatic areas above all artificial
barriers that are not specifically excluded. Freshwater EFH, identified
in Table 1 of this subpart H, is described using fourth field
hydrologic unit codes developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (defined
in U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural
Resources Conservation Service: Federal guidelines, requirements, and
procedures for the national Watershed Boundary Dataset: U.S. Geological
Survey Techniques and Methods 11-A3, 2009). Table 1 also identifies the
dams that represent the upstream extent of EFH in each hydrologic unit.
(a) Chinook salmon EFH includes all water bodies currently or
historically occupied by PFMC-managed Chinook salmon in Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, and California as identified in Table 1 of this subpart.
Chinook salmon EFH also includes the estuarine and marine areas
extending from the extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal
submerged environments within state territorial waters out to the full
extent of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (200 nautical miles)
offshore of Washington, Oregon, and California north of Point
Conception; and the marine areas of Alaska that are designated as
Chinook salmon EFH by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council
(NPFMC), for stocks that are also managed by the PFMC.
(b) Coho salmon EFH includes all water bodies currently or
historically occupied by PFMC-managed coho salmon in Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, and California as identified in Table 1 of this subpart.
Coho salmon EFH also includes the estuarine and marine areas extending
from the extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal submerged
environments within state territorial waters out to the full extent of
the EEZ (200 nautical miles) offshore of Washington, Oregon, and
California north of Point Conception; and the marine areas of Alaska
that are designated as coho salmon EFH by the NPFMC, for stocks that
are also managed by the PFMC.
(c) Puget Sound pink salmon EFH includes all water bodies currently
or historically occupied by PFMC-managed Puget Sound pink salmon in
Washington State as identified in Table 1 of this subpart. Puget Sound
pink salmon EFH also includes the estuarine and marine areas extending
from the extreme high tide line in nearshore and tidal submerged
environments within state territorial waters north and east of Cape
Flattery, Washington, including Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca
and Strait of Georgia; the waters of the U.S. EEZ north of 48[deg] N
latitude to the U.S.-Canada border; and marine areas of Alaska that are
designated as pink salmon EFH by the NPFMC, for stocks that are also
managed by the PFMC.
0
3. Table 1 to Subpart H of Part 600 is revised to read as follows:
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Chinook Puget Sound
4th Field hydrologic unit code Hydrologic unit name State(s) salmon Coho salmon pink salmon Impassable dam(s)
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17020005........................... Chief Joseph......... WA................... X X .............. Chief Joseph Dam.
17020006........................... Okanogan............. WA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17020007........................... Similkameen.......... WA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17020008........................... Methow............... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17020009........................... Lake Chelan.......... WA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17020010........................... Upper Columbia-Entiat WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17020011........................... Wenatchee............ WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17020012........................... Moses Coulee......... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17020015........................... Lower Crab........... WA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17020016........................... Upper Columbia-Priest WA................... X X .............. n/a.
Rapids.
17030001........................... Upper Yakima......... WA................... X X .............. Keechelus Dam Kachess
Dam (Kachess River).
17030002........................... Naches............... WA................... X X .............. Rimrock Dam (Tieton
River).
17030003........................... Lower Yakima......... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17060101........................... Hells Canyon......... OR/ID................ X .............. .............. Hells Canyon Dam.
17060102........................... Imnaha River......... OR/ID................ X .............. .............. n/a.
17060103........................... Lower Snake-Asotin... OR/WA/ID............. X X .............. n/a.
17060104........................... Upper Grande Ronde OR................... X X .............. n/a.
River.
17060105........................... Wallowa River........ OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17060106........................... Lower Grande Ronde... OR/WA................ X X .............. n/a.
17060107........................... Lower Snake-Tucannon. WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17060108........................... Palouse River........ WA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060110........................... Lower Snake River.... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17060201........................... Upper Salmon......... ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060202........................... Pahsimeroi........... ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060203........................... Middle Salmon-Panther ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060204........................... Lemhi................ ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060205........................... Upper Middle Fork ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Salmon.
17060206........................... Lower Middle Fork ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Salmon.
17060207........................... Middle Salmon- ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Chamberlain.
17060208........................... South Fork Salmon.... ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060209........................... Lower Salmon......... ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060210........................... Little Salmon........ ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060301........................... Upper Selway......... ID................... X X .............. n/a.
17060302........................... Lower Selway......... ID................... X X .............. n/a.
17060303........................... Lochsa............... ID................... X .............. .............. n/a.
17060304........................... Middle Fork ID................... X X .............. n/a.
Clearwater.
17060305........................... South Fork Clearwater ID................... X X .............. n/a.
17060306........................... Clearwater........... WA/ID................ X X .............. n/a.
17060308........................... Lower North Fork ID................... X .............. .............. Dworshak Dam.
Clearwater.
17070101........................... Middle Columbia-Lake OR/WA................ X X .............. n/a.
Wallula.
17070103........................... Umatilla............. OR................... X X .............. McKay Dam (McKay
Creek).
17070105........................... Middle Columbia-Hood. OR/WA................ X X .............. n/a.
17070106........................... Klickitat............ WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17070306........................... Lower Deschutes...... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17080001........................... Lower Columbia-Sandy. OR/WA................ X X .............. Bull Run Dam #2.
17080002........................... Lewis................ WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17080003........................... Lower Columbia- OR/WA................ X X .............. n/a.
Clatskanie.
17080004........................... Upper Cowlitz........ WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17080005........................... Cowlitz.............. WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17080006........................... Lower Columbia....... OR/WA................ X X .............. n/a.
17090001........................... Middle Fork OR................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Willamette.
17090002........................... Coast Fork Willamette OR................... X .............. .............. Dorena Dam.
17090003........................... Upper Willamette..... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17090004........................... McKenzie............. OR................... X X .............. Cougar Dam.\1\
17090005........................... North Santiam........ OR................... X X .............. Big Cliff Dam.\2\
17090006........................... South Santiam........ OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17090007........................... Middle Willamette.... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17090008........................... Yamhill.............. OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17090009........................... Molalla-Pudding...... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17090010........................... Tualatin............. OR................... X X .............. n/a.
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17090011........................... Clackamas............ OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17090012........................... Lower Willamette..... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100101........................... Hoh-Quillayute....... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17100102........................... Queets-Quinault...... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17100103........................... Upper Chehalis....... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17100104........................... Lower Chehalis....... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17100105........................... Grays Harbor......... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17100106........................... Willapa.............. WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17100201........................... Necanicum............ OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100202........................... Nehalem.............. OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100203........................... Wilson-Trask-Nestucca OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100204........................... Siletz-Yaquina....... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100205........................... Alsea................ OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100206........................... Siuslaw.............. OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100207........................... Siltcoos............. OR................... .............. X .............. n/a.
17100301........................... North Umpqua......... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100302........................... South Umpqua......... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100303........................... Umpqua............... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100304........................... Coos................. OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100305........................... Coquille............. OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100306........................... Sixes................ OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100307........................... Upper Rogue.......... OR................... X X .............. Lost Creek Dam.
17100308........................... Middle Rogue......... OR................... X X .............. Emigrant Dam.
17100309........................... Applegate............ CA/OR................ X X .............. Applegate Dam.
17100310........................... Lower Rogue.......... OR................... X X .............. n/a.
17100311........................... Illinois............. CA/OR................ X X .............. n/a.
17100312........................... Chetco............... CA/OR................ X X .............. n/a.
17110001........................... Fraser............... WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17110002........................... Strait Of Georgia.... WA................... X X X n/a.
17110003........................... San Juan Islands..... WA................... .............. X .............. n/a.
17110004........................... Nooksack............. WA................... X X X n/a.
17110005........................... Upper Skagit......... WA................... X X X Gorge Lake Dam.
17110006........................... Sauk................. WA................... X X X n/a.
17110007........................... Lower Skagit......... WA................... X X X n/a.
17110008........................... Stillaguamish........ WA................... X X X n/a.
17110009........................... Skykomish............ WA................... X X X n/a.
17110010........................... Snoqualmie........... WA................... X X X Tolt Dam (S. Fork
Tolt River).
17110011........................... Snohomish............ WA................... X X X n/a.
17110012........................... Lake Washington...... WA................... X X .............. Cedar Falls (Masonry)
Dam (Cedar River).
17110013........................... Duwamish............. WA................... X X X n/a.
17110014........................... Puyallup............. WA................... X X X n/a.
17110015........................... Nisqually............ WA................... X X X n/a.
17110016........................... Deschutes............ WA................... X X .............. n/a.
17110017........................... Skokomish............ WA................... X X X n/a.
17110018........................... Hood Canal........... WA................... X X X n/a.
17110019........................... Puget Sound.......... WA................... X X X n/a.
17110020........................... Dungeness-Elwha...... WA................... X X X n/a.
17110021........................... Crescent-Hoko........ WA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010101........................... Smith River.......... CA/OR................ X X .............. n/a.
18010102........................... Mad-Redwood.......... CA................... X X .............. Robert W. Matthews
Dam.
18010103........................... Upper Eel............ CA................... X X .............. Scott Dam.
18010104........................... Middle Fork Eel...... CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010105........................... Lower Eel............ CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010106........................... South Fork Eel....... CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010107........................... Mattole.............. CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010108........................... Big-Navarro-Garcia... CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010109........................... Gualala-Salmon....... CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010110........................... Russian.............. CA................... X X .............. Coyote Valley Dam (E.
Fork Russian R.)
Warm Springs Dam
(Dry Cr.).
18010206........................... Upper Klamath........ CA/OR................ X X .............. Keno Dam.
18010207........................... Shasta............... CA................... X X .............. Dwinnell Dam.
18010208........................... Scott................ CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010209........................... Lower Klamath........ CA/OR................ X X .............. n/a.
18010210........................... Salmon............... CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18010211........................... Trinity.............. CA................... X X .............. Lewiston Dam.
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18010212........................... South Fork Trinity... CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18020104........................... Sacramento-Stone CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Corral.
18020111........................... Lower American....... CA................... X .............. .............. Nimbus Dam.
18020115........................... Upper Stony.......... CA................... X .............. .............. Black Butte Dam.
18020116........................... Upper Cache.......... CA................... X .............. .............. Capay Dam.\3\
18020125........................... Upper Yuba........... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18020126........................... Upper Bear........... CA................... X .............. .............. Camp Far West Dam.
18020151........................... Cow Creek............ CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18020152........................... Cottonwood Creek..... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18020153........................... Battle Creek......... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18020154........................... Clear Creek- CA................... X .............. .............. Keswick Dam
Sacramento River. (Sacramento R.),
Whiskeytown Dam
(Clear Creek).
18020155........................... Paynes Creek- CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Sacramento River.
18020156........................... Thomes Creek- CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Sacramento River.
18020157........................... Big Chico Creek- CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Sacramento River.
18020158........................... Butte Creek.......... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18020159........................... Honcut Headwaters- CA................... X .............. .............. Feather River Fish
Lower Feather. Barrier Dam.
18020161........................... Upper Coon-Upper CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
Auburn \4\
18020162........................... Upper Putah.......... CA................... X .............. .............. Monticello Dam.
18020163........................... Lower Sacramento..... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18040001........................... Middle San Joaquin- CA................... X .............. .............. Buchanan Dam
Lower Chowchilla \5\ (Chowchilla River),
Bear Dam (Bear
Creek), Owens Dam
(Owens Creek)
Mariposa Dam.
18040002........................... Lower San Joaquin CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
River \5\
18040003........................... San Joaquin Delta.... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18040007........................... Fresno River......... CA................... X .............. .............. Hidden Dam.
18040008........................... Upper Merced......... CA................... X .............. .............. Crocker-Huffman
Diversion Dam.
18040009........................... Upper Tuolumne....... CA................... X .............. .............. La Grange Dam
(Tuolumne R.).
18040010........................... Upper Stanislaus..... CA................... X .............. .............. Goodwin Dam.
18040011........................... Upper Calaveras...... CA................... X .............. .............. New Hogan Dam.
18040012........................... Upper Mokelumne...... CA................... X .............. .............. Camanche Dam.
18040013........................... Upper Cosumnes....... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18050001........................... Suisun Bay........... CA................... X .............. .............. n/a.
18050002........................... San Pablo Bay........ CA................... X X .............. San Pablo Dam (San
Pablo Cr.).
18050003........................... Coyote............... CA................... X X .............. LeRoy Anderson Dam.
18050004........................... San Francisco Bay.... CA................... X X .............. n/a.
18050005........................... Tomales-Drake Bays... CA................... X X .............. Nicasio Dam (Nicasio
Cr.) Peters Dam
(Lagunitas Cr.).
18050006........................... San Francisco Coastal CA................... .............. X .............. n/a.
South.
18060015........................... Monterey Bay \6\ CA................... .............. X .............. Newell Dam (Newell
Cr.)
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\1\ Cougar Dam is a barrier to coho salmon only. Chinook salmon are trapped and hauled above the dam.
\2\ Big Cliff Dam is a barrier to coho salmon only. Chinook salmon are trapped and hauled above the dam.
\3\ Capay Dam was selected as the upstream extent of EFH because it was identified as a complete barrier by NMFS biologists and is located in the
vicinity of the historical upstream extent of Chinook salmon distribution.
\4\ Natural ``lower falls'' are downstream of any artificial barriers that would meet the criteria for designating them as the upstream extent of EFH;
therefore, the upstream extent of EFH within this HU is at the ``lower falls''.
\5\ EFH for Chinook salmon in the Middle San Joaquin-Lower Chowchilla HU (18040001) and Lower San Joaquin River HU (18040002) includes the San Joaquin
River, its eastern tributaries, and the lower reaches of the western tributaries. Although there is no evidence of current or historical Chinook
salmon distribution in the western tributaries (Yoshiyama et al. 2001), the lower reaches of these tributaries could provide juvenile rearing habitat
or refugia from high flows during floods as salmon migrate along the mainstem in this area.
\6\ EFH for coho salmon in the Monterey Bay HU does not include the sections south of the Pajaro HU (18060002).
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