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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
50 CFR Parts 222 and 227

[Docket No. 930779-3179; I.D. 062993A]

 

Endangered and Threatened Species; Screening of Water Diversions 
To Protect Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Advance notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is extending for 90 days the public comment period on an 
advance notice of proposed rulemaking concerning screening requirements 
for water diversions from the Sacramento River and Delta to protect 
winter-run chinook salmon. The first comment period ended December 27, 
1993.

DATES: Comments will be accepted until March 28, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to Gary Matlock, Acting Regional 
Director, NMFS, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James H. Lecky, Protected Species Division, Southwest Region, NMFS, 
(310) 980-4015 or Margaret C. Lorenz, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, (301) 713-2322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 18, 1993, NMFS announced in an 
advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (58 FR 53703) that it was 
considering proposing regulations under the Endangered Species Act that 
would establish screening requirements for water diversions from the 
Sacramento River and Delta to protect the Federally listed winter-run 
chinook salmon. In the announcement, NMFS requested the following 
specific information from Federal and state agencies and private 
individuals and organizations: (1) The numbers, types, and sizes of 
existing unscreened and screened diversions; (2) the magnitude of 
entrainment losses of winter-run chinook salmon and other species 
caused by unscreened or poorly screened diversions; (3) the feasibility 
of installing positive-barrier screens or other fish-deterrent devices 
to reduce these losses; (4) the estimated costs of screen design, 
installation, maintenance and evaluation; (5) the available funding 
mechanisms for these activities; and (6) the availability and 
feasibility of alternative management options for reducing entrainment 
losses.

    Dated: January 5, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 94-1113 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]
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