[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 241 (Friday, December 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 74777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7458]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 120205B]


Endangered and Threatened Species: Notice of Intent to Prepare a 
Recovery Plan for Central California Coast Coho Salmon

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

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare a recovery plan; request for 
information.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is required by the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(ESA), as amended to develop plans for the conservation and survival of 
Federally listed species, i.e., recovery plans. NMFS is announcing its' 
intent to prepare a recovery plan for the Central California Coast coho 
salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Evolutionarily Significant Unit (CCC coho 
salmon ESU) and requests information from the public.

DATES: Information must be received within 120 days of the publication 
of this notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit materials by any of the following methods:
     E-mail: [email protected] (No files larger than 
5MB will be accepted).
     Mail: National Marine Fisheries Service, 777 Sonoma 
Avenue, Suite 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, ATTN: Recovery Coordinator/CCC 
Coho Salmon Recovery Plan Comments.
     Hand-Delivered: National Marine Fisheries Service, 777 
Sonoma Avenue, Suite 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, ATTN: Recovery 
Coordinator/CCC Coho Salmon Recovery Plan Comments. Business hours are 
8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Fax: (707) 578-3435. Please include the following on the 
cover page of the fax ``Attn: Recovery Coordinator/CCC Coho Salmon 
Recovery Plan Comments''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlotte Ambrose, North-Central 
California Coast Recovery Coordinator at 707-575-6068 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is charged with the recovery of Pacific 
salmon and steelhead species listed under the ESA. The recovery 
planning process is guided by the statutory language of section 4(f) of 
the ESA and NMFS policies. Recovery is the use of all methods and 
procedures which are necessary to bring any endangered species or 
threatened species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant 
to the ESA are no longer necessary. The ESA specifies that recovery 
plans must include: (1) a description of 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 time and costs required to achieve the plan's goal and the 
intermediate steps towards that goal. Section 4(f) of the ESA, as 
amended in 1988, requires that public notice and an opportunity for 
public review and comment be provided during recovery plan development. 
NMFS is hereby soliciting relevant information on CCC coho salmon ESU 
populations and their freshwater/marine habitats.
    NMFS will work closely with the California Department of Fish and 
Game to integrate, where appropriate, the recently developed and State-
approved February 2004 Recovery Strategy for California Coho Salmon 
with the Federal Recovery Plan. Workshops during recovery plan 
development will be noticed across the range of the CCC coho salmon ESU 
and, upon completion, the draft Recovery Plan will be available for 
public review and comment through publication in the Federal Register. 
NMFS requests relevant information from the public that should be 
considered by NMFS during preparation of the draft recovery plan.

Authority

    The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the ESA.

    Dated: December 12, 2005.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-7458 Filed 12-15-05; 8:45 am]
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