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et seq.) requires NMFS and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (FWS) to prepare
stock assessments for each stock of
marine mammals occurring in waters
under the jurisdiction of the United
States, including the Exclusive
Economic Zone. These reports must
contain information regarding the
distribution and abundance of the stock,
population growth rates and trends,
estimates of annual human-caused
mortality and serious injury (M/SI) from
all sources, descriptions of the fisheries
with which the stock interacts, and the
status of the stock.
The MMPA requires NMFS and FWS
to review the SARs at least annually for
strategic stocks and stocks for which
significant new information is available,
and at least once every three years for
non-strategic stocks. The term ‘‘strategic
stock’’ means a marine mammal stock:
(A) for which the level of direct humancaused mortality exceeds the potential
biological removal level; (B) which,
based on the best available scientific
information, is declining and is likely to
be listed as a threatened species under
the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
within the foreseeable future; or (C)
which is listed as a threatened species
or endangered species under the ESA.
NMFS and the FWS are required to
revise a SAR if the status of the stock
has changed or can be more accurately
determined. We published a notice of
the availability of the draft 2016 Alaska,
Atlantic, and Pacific regional marine
mammal SARs in the Federal Register
on October 11, 2016 (81 FR 70097).
Subsequent to soliciting public
comment on the draft 2016 SARs, we
were made aware that the draft Atlantic
2016 SARs contained some technical
errors. A problem with our electronic
file formatting conversion introducted
some erroneous numbers into the
document. For example, in some of the
tables contained in the reports (e.g.,
bycatch table in Atlantic white-sided
dolphin), the ‘‘years’’ column and/or the
‘‘mean combined annual mortality’’
column had incorrect values. In one
case, the PBR for a stock was correct in
the summary table, but incorrect in the
text of the individual report. Most of the
errors that we discovered in the reports
involved incorrect text strike-throughs,
where only a portion of a number was
struck out, rather than the entire value.
We immediately corrected the errors
and posted a revised version of the draft
Atlantic 2016 SARs on the NMFS Web
site on December 1, 2016. With this
Federal Register notice, we are
notifying the public and soliciting
comments on the revised version by
January 9, 2017. If members of the
public need additional time to review
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the draft Atlantic 2016 SARs, please
contact Shannon Bettridge (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Dated: December 12, 2016.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; availability of evaluation
of tribal resource management plan and
request for comment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Confederated Colville Tribes have
submitted a Tribal Resource
Management Plan (Tribal Plan) to NMFS
pursuant to the limitation on take
prohibitions for actions conducted
under Tribal Plans promulgated under
the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The
Tribal Plan specifies artificial
propagation, harvest, and research and
monitoring activities in the Okanogan
River basin and portions of the upper
Columbia River. This document serves
to notify the public of the availability
for comment of the proposed evaluation
of the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) as to whether
implementation of the Tribal Plan will
appreciably reduce the likelihood of
survival and recovery of ESA-listed
Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook
salmon and steelhead.
This notice further advises the public
of the availability for review of a draft
Environmental Assessment of the effects
of the NMFS determination on the
subject Tribal Plan.
DATES: Comments must be received at
the appropriate address or fax number
(see ADDRESSES) no later than 5:00 p.m.
Pacific time on December 30, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
proposed evaluation and pending
determination should be addressed to
the NMFS Sustainable Fisheries
Division, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd.,
Portland, OR 97232. Comments may be
submitted by email. The mailbox
address for providing email comments
is: OkanoganPlan.wcr@noaa.gov.
SUMMARY:
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Include in the subject line of the email
comment the following identifier:
Comments on Colville Okanogan Tribal
Plan. The documents are available
online at
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov.
Comments received will also be
available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours by calling (503) 230–5418.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Natasha Meyers-Cherry at (503) 231–
2178 or by email at natasha.meyerscherry@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This
Notice
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): Endangered (but
functionally extirpated in the analysis
area), naturally produced Upper
Columbia River spring-run.
Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened,
naturally produced and artificially
propagated Upper Columbia River.
Background
The Confederated Colville Tribes have
submitted to NMFS a Tribal Plan for
hatchery, fishery harvest, predator
control, kelt reconditioning, and
monitoring and evaluation activities in
the Okanogan River basin, in the upper
Columbia River basin in Washington
State. The Tribal Plan was submitted
February 4, 2014, pursuant to the Tribal
ESA 4(d) Rule.
The Tribal Plan describes actions
involving fisheries, hatchery, predator
control, and kelt reconditioning
activities (with associated monitoring
and evaluation) in the Okanogan Basin
and Columbia River mainstem. The
Tribal Plan is intended to contribute to
the recovery of the steelhead population
in the Okanogan Basin, and to
responsibly enhance fishing opportunity
on non-listed Chinook salmon.
As required by the ESA 4(d) rule for
Tribal Plans (65 FR 42481; July 10,
2000), the Secretary is seeking public
comment on her pending determination
as to whether the Tribal Plan Chinook
salmon would appreciably reduce the
likelihood of survival and recovery of
the Upper Columbia River Steelhead
Evolutionary Significant Unit.
Authority
Under section 4 of the ESA, the
Secretary is required to adopt such
regulations as she deems necessary and
advisable for the conservation of the
species listed as threatened.
The ESA Tribal 4(d) Rule (65 FR
42481; July 10, 2000) states that the ESA
section 9 take prohibitions will not
apply to Tribal Plans that will not
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provides updated climate science
findings and projections, and is an
important input to the authors of the
next quadrennial NCA, expected in
2018.
appreciably reduce the likelihood of
survival and recovery for the listed
species.
Dated: December 12, 2016.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Notice of Availability of Draft Scientific
Assessment for Public Comment
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
on Behalf of the United States Global
Change Research Program (USGCRP)
ACTION: Notice of availability of draft
scientific assessment for public
comment.
AGENCY:
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is
publishing this notice on behalf of the
United States Global Change Research
Program (USGCRP) to announce the
availability of a draft assessment, the
Climate Science Special Report, for a
45-day public review, collected
comments will be carefully reviewed by
the relevant chapter author teams.
Following revision and further review, a
revised draft will undergo final Federal
interagency clearance.
Context: The U.S. Global Change
Research Program (USGCRP) is
mandated under the Global Change
Research Act (GCRA) of 1990 to conduct
a quadrennial National Climate
Assessment (NCA). Under its current
decadal strategic plan (https://
go.usa.gov/3qGU4), USGCRP is building
sustained assessment capacity. The
sustained assessment supports the
Nation’s ability to understand,
anticipate, and respond to risks and
potential impacts brought about by
global environmental change. As part of
the ongoing NCA process, a Climate
Science Special Report is being
developed to inform the assessment.
The last NCA from 2014 (NCA3: https://
nca2014.globalchange.gov) and the
process to develop it provided a
foundation for subsequent activities and
reports. This special report provides an
update to the physical climate science
presented in the 2014 National Climate
Assessment (NCA). Specifically, the
special report updates Chapter 2 and
Appendices 3 and 4 of the 2014 NCA
(https://www.globalchange.gov/nca3downloads-materials). The report
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Comments on this draft scientific
assessment must be received by 11:59
p.m. ET on 28 January 2017.
ADDRESSES: The draft USGCRP Climate
Science Special Report can be accessed
via the USGCRP Open Notices page
(https://www.globalchange.gov/notices)
or directly at the USGCRP Review and
Comment System (https://
review.globalchange.gov/). Registration
details can be found on the review site
home page, and review instructions on
a dedicated special report page where
comments from the public will be
accepted electronically. Comments may
be submitted only via this online
mechanism.
All comments received through this
process will be considered by the
relevant chapter authors without
knowledge of the commenters’
identities. When the final assessment is
issued, the comments and the
commenters’ names, along with the
authors’ responses, will become part of
the public record and made available on
https://www.globalchange.gov.
Information submitted by a commenter
as part of the registration process (such
as an email address) will not be
disclosed publicly.
Instructions: Response to this notice
is voluntary. Responses to this notice
may be used by the government for
program planning on a non-attribution
basis. NOAA therefore requests that no
business proprietary information or
copyrighted information be submitted in
response to this notice. Please note that
the U.S. Government will not pay for
response preparation, or for the use of
any information contained in the
response.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
USGCRP Contact: David Dokken;
telephone 202–419–3473; or email:
ddokken@usgcrp.gov.
NOAA Contact: David Fahey;
telephone 303–497–5277; or email:
david.w.fahey@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Climate Science Special Report is a
product of the USGCRP, organized and
led by an interagency team. The draft
assessment was written by Federal and
non-Federal authors identified via an
Open Call for nominations (https://
www.federalregister.gov/documents/
2016/03/31/2016-07208/united-statesglobal-change-research-program). An
interagency Federal steering committee
selected authors based on their
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demonstrated subject matter expertise,
relevant publications, and knowledge of
specific topics designated in an outline
included in the special report
prospectus (https://
downloads.globalchange.gov/cssr/
USGCRP_CSSR-Prospectus_FINAL.pdf).
The draft assessment responds to the
1990 Congressional mandate to
periodically produce National Climate
Assessments and to assist the nation in
understanding, assessing, predicting,
and responding to human-induced and
natural processes of global change. The
report adheres to the Information
Quality Act requirements (https://
www.cio.noaa.gov/services_programs/
info_quality.html) for quality,
transparency, and accessibility as
appropriate for a Highly Influential
Scientific Assessment (HISA).
Dated: Tuesday, December 6, 2016.
Dan Barrie,
Program Manager, Assessments Program,
NOAA Climate Program Office.
Dated: December 9, 2016.
Jason Donaldson,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; availability of evaluation
of joint state/tribal hatchery plans and
request for comment.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife and the Tulalip Tribes have
submitted six Hatchery and Genetic
Management Plans, to be considered
jointly, to NMFS pursuant to the
limitation on take prohibitions for
actions conducted under Limit 6 of the
4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead
promulgated under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA). The plans specify
the propagation of three species of
salmon in the Snohomish River basin of
Washington State. This document serves
to notify the public of the availability
for comment of the proposed evaluation
of the Secretary of Commerce
SUMMARY:
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RIN 0648-XF076
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; availability of evaluation of tribal resource
management plan and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Confederated Colville Tribes
have submitted a Tribal Resource Management Plan (Tribal Plan) to NMFS
pursuant to the limitation on take prohibitions for actions conducted
under Tribal Plans promulgated under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
The Tribal Plan specifies artificial propagation, harvest, and research
and monitoring activities in the Okanogan River basin and portions of
the upper Columbia River. This document serves to notify the public of
the availability for comment of the proposed evaluation of the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) as to whether implementation of the
Tribal Plan will appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and
recovery of ESA-listed Upper Columbia River Spring Chinook salmon and
steelhead.
This notice further advises the public of the availability for
review of a draft Environmental Assessment of the effects of the NMFS
determination on the subject Tribal Plan.
DATES: Comments must be received at the appropriate address or fax
number (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific time on December
30, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the proposed evaluation and pending
determination should be addressed to the NMFS Sustainable Fisheries
Division, 1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Portland, OR 97232. Comments may be
submitted by email. The mailbox address for providing email comments
is: OkanoganPlan.wcr@noaa.gov. Include in the subject line of the email
comment the following identifier: Comments on Colville Okanogan Tribal
Plan. The documents are available online at
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov. Comments received will also be
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business
hours by calling (503) 230-5418.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasha Meyers-Cherry at (503) 231-
2178 or by email at natasha.meyers-cherry@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This Notice
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha): Endangered (but
functionally extirpated in the analysis area), naturally produced Upper
Columbia River spring-run.
Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened, naturally produced and
artificially propagated Upper Columbia River.
Background
The Confederated Colville Tribes have submitted to NMFS a Tribal
Plan for hatchery, fishery harvest, predator control, kelt
reconditioning, and monitoring and evaluation activities in the
Okanogan River basin, in the upper Columbia River basin in Washington
State. The Tribal Plan was submitted February 4, 2014, pursuant to the
Tribal ESA 4(d) Rule.
The Tribal Plan describes actions involving fisheries, hatchery,
predator control, and kelt reconditioning activities (with associated
monitoring and evaluation) in the Okanogan Basin and Columbia River
mainstem. The Tribal Plan is intended to contribute to the recovery of
the steelhead population in the Okanogan Basin, and to responsibly
enhance fishing opportunity on non-listed Chinook salmon.
As required by the ESA 4(d) rule for Tribal Plans (65 FR 42481;
July 10, 2000), the Secretary is seeking public comment on her pending
determination as to whether the Tribal Plan Chinook salmon would
appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and recovery of the Upper
Columbia River Steelhead Evolutionary Significant Unit.
Authority
Under section 4 of the ESA, the Secretary is required to adopt such
regulations as she deems necessary and advisable for the conservation
of the species listed as threatened.
The ESA Tribal 4(d) Rule (65 FR 42481; July 10, 2000) states that
the ESA section 9 take prohibitions will not apply to Tribal Plans that
will not
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appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and recovery for the
listed species.
Dated: December 12, 2016.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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