[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 129 (Thursday, July 6, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 38270-38277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6017]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 223

[I.D. No. 060204C]


Endangered and Threatened Species: Final Listing Determinations 
for Elkhorn Coral and Staghorn Coral; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: We, the National Marine Fisheries Service, are correcting a 
previously published Federal Register rule that contained incorrect 
data. On June 2, 2006, a correction was published in the Federal 
Register to add citations for elkhorn and staghorn corals to the 
published table of threatened species. The effective date for this 
correction was inadvertently set for a date prior to the effective date 
of the final rule to list these corals as threatened under the 
Endangered Species Act. In addition, the citation for the North 
American green sturgeon was inadvertently omitted from the table. This 
rule therefore serves to correct the effective date of the June 2, 2006 
rule and to add the citation for green sturgeon to the table of 
threatened species.

DATES: This correction is effective on July 7, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marta Nammack or Lisa Manning, 
(301)713-1401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the May 9, 2006, issue of the Federal 
Register, we published a final rule to implement our determination to 
list elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn (A. cervicornis) corals as 
threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. The 
table printed in this rule contained inadequate data and was 
subsequently corrected in a June 2, 2006 Federal Register Notice. The 
effective date of this correction, however, was June 2, 2006, which was 
prior to the effective date for the final rule to list elkhorn and 
staghorn corals. In addition, the June 2, 2006, correction omitted the 
citation for the Southern distinct population segment (DPS) of the 
North American green sturgeon from the table. Therefore in this rule, 
we seek to correct the effective date of the June 2, 2006 correction 
and revise the table of threatened species.
    In rule document 06-4988 beginning on page 31965 in the issue of 
Friday, June 2, 2006, make the following corrections:

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1. On page 31965, in the third column, under the DATES heading, ``June 
2, 2006'' should read ``July 7, 2006''.
Sec.  223.102 [Corrected]
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2. On pages 31966 through 31977, correct the table in Sec.  223.102 to 
read as follows:

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                    Species\1\                                            Citation(s) for        Citation for
---------------------------------------------------    Where Listed           Listing         Critical  Habitat
           Common name             Scientific name                       Determination(s)        Designation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(a) Marine Mammals                 ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(1) Guadalupe fur seal             Arctocephalus    Wherever found     50 FR 51252; Dec 16,  NA
                                    townsendi        U.S.A. (Farallon   1985
                                                     Islands of CA)
                                                     south to Mexico
                                                     (Islas
                                                     Revillagigedo)
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(2) Steller sea lion               Eumetopias       Eastern            55 FR 13488; Apr 10,  58 FR 45278; Aug
                                    jubatus          population,        1990                  27, 1993
                                                     which consists    55 FR 50006; Dec 4,   64 FR 14067; Mar
                                                     of all Steller     1990                  23, 1999
                                                     sea lions from    62 FR 30772; Jun 5,
                                                     breeding           1997
                                                     colonies located
                                                     east of 144[deg]
                                                     W. longitude

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(b) Sea Turtles                    ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(1) Green turtle \2\               Chelonia mydas   Wherever found,    43 FR 32808; Jul 28,  63 FR 46701; Sep 2,
                                                     except where       1978                  1998
                                                     listed as                               64 FR 14067; Mar
                                                     endangered under                         23, 1999
                                                     Sec.
                                                     224.101(c);
                                                     circumglobal in
                                                     tropical and
                                                     temperate seas
                                                     and oceans
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(2) Loggerhead turtle \2\          Caretta caretta  Wherever found;    43 FR 32808; Jul 28,  NA
                                                     circumglobal in    1978
                                                     tropical and
                                                     temperate seas
                                                     and oceans
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(3) Olive ridley turtle \2\        Lepidochelys     Wherever found,    43 FR 32808; Jul 28,  NA
                                    olivacea         except where       1978
                                                     listed as
                                                     endangered under
                                                     Sec.
                                                     224.101(c);
                                                     circumglobal in
                                                     tropical and
                                                     temperate seas.
(c) Fishes                         ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(1) Green sturgeon - southern DPS  Acipenser        U.S.A., CA. The    71 FR 17757; April    ...................
                                    medirostris      southern DPS       7, 2006;
                                                     includes all      71 FR 19241; April
                                                     spawning           13, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     green sturgeon
                                                     south of the Eel
                                                     River
                                                     (exclusive),
                                                     principally
                                                     including the
                                                     Sacramento River
                                                     green sturgeon
                                                     spawning
                                                     population.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(2) Gulf sturgeon                  Acipenser        Wherever found.    56 FR 49653; Sep 30,  68 FR 13370; Mar
                                    oxyrinchus                          1991                  19, 2003
                                    desotoi
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(3) Ozette Lake sockeye            Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- WA,        64 FR 14528; Mar 25,  70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
                                    nerka            including all      1999                  2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     sockeye salmon
                                                     in Ozette Lake
                                                     and streams and
                                                     tributaries
                                                     flowing into
                                                     Ozette Lake,
                                                     Washington, as
                                                     well as two
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Umbrella Creek
                                                     and Big River
                                                     sockeye hatchery
                                                     programs.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(4) Central Valley spring-run      Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- CA,        64 FR 50394; Sep 16,  70 FR 52488; Sep 2,
 Chinook                            tshawytscha      including all      1999                  2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     spring-run
                                                     Chinook salmon
                                                     in the
                                                     Sacramento River
                                                     and its
                                                     tributaries in
                                                     California,
                                                     including the
                                                     Feather River,
                                                     as well as the
                                                     Feather River
                                                     Hatchery spring-
                                                     run Chinook
                                                     program.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(5) California Coastal Chinook     Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.-CA,         64 FR 50394; Sep 16,  70 FR 52488; Sep 2,
                                    tshawytscha      including all      1999                  2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     Chinook salmon
                                                     from rivers and
                                                     streams south of
                                                     the Klamath
                                                     River to the
                                                     Russian River,
                                                     California, as
                                                     well as seven
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Humboldt Fish
                                                     Action Council
                                                     (Freshwater
                                                     Creek), Yager
                                                     Creek, Redwood
                                                     Creek, Hollow
                                                     Tree, Van
                                                     Arsdale Fish
                                                     Station, Mattole
                                                     Salmon Group,
                                                     and Mad River
                                                     Hatchery fall-
                                                     run Chinook
                                                     hatchery
                                                     programs.

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                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(6) Upper Willamette River         Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR,        64 FR 14308; Mar. 24  70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
 Chinook                            tshawytscha      including all      1999                  2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     spring-run
                                                     Chinook salmon
                                                     in the Clackamas
                                                     River and in the
                                                     Willamette
                                                     River, and its
                                                     tributaries,
                                                     above Willamette
                                                     Falls, Oregon,
                                                     as well as seven
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     McKenzie River
                                                     Hatchery (Oregon
                                                     Department of
                                                     Fish and
                                                     Wildlife (ODFW)
                                                     stock 24), Marion
                                                     Forks/North Fork
                                                     Santiam River
                                                     (ODFW stock
                                                     21),
                                                     South Santiam
                                                     Hatchery (ODFW
                                                     stock 23) in the
                                                     South Fork
                                                     Santiam River,
                                                     South Santiam
                                                     Hatchery in the
                                                     Calapooia River,
                                                     South Santiam
                                                     Hatchery in the
                                                     Mollala River,
                                                     Willamette
                                                     Hatchery (ODFW
                                                     stock 
                                                     22), and
                                                     Clackamas
                                                     hatchery (ODFW
                                                     stock 19) spring-run
                                                     Chinook hatchery
                                                     programs.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(7) Lower Columbia River Chinook   Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    64 FR 14308; Mar.     70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
                                    tshawytscha      including all      24, 1999              2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     Chinook salmon
                                                     from the
                                                     Columbia River
                                                     and its
                                                     tributaries from
                                                     its mouth at the
                                                     Pacific Ocean
                                                     upstream to a
                                                     transitional
                                                     point between
                                                     Washington and
                                                     Oregon east of
                                                     the Hood River
                                                     and the White
                                                     Salmon River,
                                                     and includes the
                                                     Willamette River
                                                     to Willamette
                                                     Falls, Oregon,
                                                     exclusive of
                                                     spring-run
                                                     Chinook salmon
                                                     in the Clackamas
                                                     River, as well
                                                     as seventeen
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Sea Resources
                                                     Tule Chinook
                                                     Program, Big
                                                     Creek Tule
                                                     Chinook Program,
                                                     Astoria High
                                                     School (STEP)
                                                     Tule Chinook
                                                     Program,
                                                     Warrenton High
                                                     School (STEP)
                                                     Tule Chinook
                                                     Program,
                                                     Elochoman River
                                                     Tule Chinook
                                                     Program, Cowlitz
                                                     Tule Chinook
                                                     Program, North
                                                     Fork Toutle Tule
                                                     Chinook Program,
                                                     Kalama Tule
                                                     Chinook Program,
                                                     Washougal River
                                                     Tule Chinook
                                                     Program, Spring
                                                     Creek NFH Tule
                                                     Chinook Program,
                                                     Cowlitz spring
                                                     Chinook Program
                                                     in the Upper
                                                     Cowlitz River
                                                     and the Cispus
                                                     River, Friends
                                                     of the Cowlitz
                                                     spring Chinook
                                                     Program, Kalama
                                                     River spring
                                                     Chinook Program,
                                                     Lewis River
                                                     spring Chinook
                                                     Program, Fish
                                                     First spring
                                                     Chinook Program,
                                                     and the Sandy
                                                     River Hatchery
                                                     (ODFW stock
                                                     11)
                                                     Chinook hatchery
                                                     programs.

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                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(8) Puget Sound Chinook            Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- WA,        64 FR 14308; Mar.     70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
                                    tshawytscha      including all      24, 1999              2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     Chinook salmon
                                                     from rivers and
                                                     streams flowing
                                                     into Puget Sound
                                                     including the
                                                     Straits of Juan
                                                     De Fuca from the
                                                     Elwha River,
                                                     eastward,
                                                     including rivers
                                                     and streams
                                                     flowing into
                                                     Hood Canal,
                                                     South Sound,
                                                     North Sound and
                                                     the Strait of
                                                     Georgia in
                                                     Washington, as
                                                     well as twenty-
                                                     six artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Kendal Creek
                                                     Hatchery,
                                                     Marblemount
                                                     Hatchery (fall,
                                                     spring
                                                     yearlings,
                                                     spring
                                                     subyearlings,
                                                     and summer run),
                                                     Harvey Creek
                                                     Hatchery,
                                                     Whitehorse
                                                     Springs Pond,
                                                     Wallace River
                                                     Hatchery
                                                     (yearlings and
                                                     subyearlings),
                                                     Tulalip Bay,
                                                     Issaquah
                                                     Hatchery, Soos
                                                     Creek Hatchery,
                                                     Icy Creek
                                                     Hatchery, Keta
                                                     Creek Hatchery,
                                                     White River
                                                     Hatchery, White
                                                     Acclimation
                                                     Pond, Hupp
                                                     Springs
                                                     Hatchery,
                                                     Voights Creek
                                                     Hatchery, Diru
                                                     Creek, Clear
                                                     Creek, Kalama
                                                     Creek, George
                                                     Adams Hatchery,
                                                     Rick's Pond
                                                     Hatchery, Hamma
                                                     Hamma Hatchery,
                                                     Dungeness/Hurd
                                                     Creek Hatchery,
                                                     Elwha Channel
                                                     Hatchery Chinook
                                                     hatchery
                                                     programs.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(9) Snake River fall-run Chinook   Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    57 FR 14653; Apr 22,  58 FR 68543; Dec
                                    tshawytscha      ID, including      1992                  28, 1993
                                                     all naturally     57 FR 23458; Jun 3,
                                                     spawned            1992
                                                     populations of    70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     fall-run Chinook   2005
                                                     salmon in the
                                                     mainstem Snake
                                                     River below
                                                     Hells Canyon
                                                     Dam, and in the
                                                     Tucannon River,
                                                     Grande Ronde
                                                     River, Imnaha
                                                     River, Salmon
                                                     River, and
                                                     Clearwater
                                                     River, as well
                                                     as four
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Lyons Ferry
                                                     Hatchery, Fall
                                                     Chinook
                                                     Acclimation
                                                     Ponds Program,
                                                     Nez Perce Tribal
                                                     Hatchery, and
                                                     Oxbow Hatchery
                                                     fall-run Chinook
                                                     hatchery
                                                     programs.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(10) Snake River spring/summer-    Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    57 FR 14653; Apr 22,  58 FR 68543; Dec
 run Chinook                        tshawytscha      ID, including      1992                  28, 1993
                                                     all naturally     57 FR 23458; Jun 3,   64 FR 57399; Oct
                                                     spawned            1992                  25, 1999
                                                     populations of    70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spring/summer-     2005
                                                     run Chinook
                                                     salmon in the
                                                     mainstem Snake
                                                     River and the
                                                     Tucannon River,
                                                     Grande Ronde
                                                     River, Imnaha
                                                     River, and
                                                     Salmon River
                                                     subbasins, as
                                                     well as fifteen
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Tucannon River
                                                     conventional
                                                     Hatchery,
                                                     Tucannon River
                                                     Captive
                                                     Broodstock
                                                     Program, Lostine
                                                     River, Catherine
                                                     Creek,
                                                     Lookingglass
                                                     Hatchery, Upper
                                                     Grande Ronde,
                                                     Imnaha River,
                                                     Big Sheep Creek,
                                                     McCall Hatchery,
                                                     Johnson Creek
                                                     Artificial
                                                     Propagation
                                                     Enhancement,
                                                     Lemhi River
                                                     Captive Rearing
                                                     Experiment,
                                                     Pahsimeroi
                                                     Hatchery, East
                                                     Fork Captive
                                                     Rearing
                                                     Experiment, West
                                                     Fork Yankee Fork
                                                     Captive Rearing
                                                     Experiment, and
                                                     the Sawtooth
                                                     Hatchery spring/
                                                     summer-run
                                                     Chinook hatchery
                                                     programs.

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                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(11) Southern Oregon/Northern      Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- CA, OR,    62 FR 24588; May 6,   64 FR 24049; May 5,
 California Coast coho              kisutch          including all      1997                  1999
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     coho salmon in
                                                     coastal streams
                                                     between Cape
                                                     Blanco, Oregon,
                                                     and Punta Gorda,
                                                     California, as
                                                     well three
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Cole Rivers
                                                     Hatchery (ODFW
                                                     stock 
                                                     52), Trinity
                                                     River Hatchery,
                                                     and Iron Gate
                                                     Hatchery coho
                                                     hatchery
                                                     programs.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(12) Lower Columbia River coho     Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    70 FR 37160; Jun 28,  NA
                                    kisutch          including all      2005
                                                     naturally
                                                     spawned
                                                     populations of
                                                     coho salmon in
                                                     the Columbia
                                                     River and its
                                                     tributaries in
                                                     Washington and
                                                     Oregon, from the
                                                     mouth of the
                                                     Columbia up to
                                                     and including
                                                     the Big White
                                                     Salmon and Hood
                                                     Rivers, and
                                                     includes the
                                                     Willamette River
                                                     to Willamette
                                                     Falls, Oregon,
                                                     as well as
                                                     twenty-five
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Grays River, Sea
                                                     Resources
                                                     Hatchery,
                                                     Peterson Coho
                                                     Project, Big
                                                     Creek Hatchery,
                                                     Astoria High
                                                     School (STEP)
                                                     Coho Program,
                                                     Warrenton High
                                                     School (STEP)
                                                     Coho Program,
                                                     Elochoman Type-S
                                                     Coho Program,
                                                     Elochoman Type-N
                                                     Coho Program,
                                                     Cathlamet High
                                                     School FFA Type-
                                                     N Coho Program,
                                                     Cowlitz Type-N
                                                     Coho Program in
                                                     the Upper and
                                                     Lower Cowlitz
                                                     Rivers, Cowlitz
                                                     Game and Anglers
                                                     Coho Program,
                                                     Friends of the
                                                     Cowlitz Coho
                                                     Program, North
                                                     Fork Toutle
                                                     River Hatchery,
                                                     Kalama River
                                                     Type-N Coho
                                                     Program, Kalama
                                                     River Type-S
                                                     Coho Program,
                                                     Lewis River Type-
                                                     N Coho Program,
                                                     Lewis River Type-
                                                     S Coho Program,
                                                     Fish First Wild
                                                     Coho Program,
                                                     Fish First Type-
                                                     N Coho Program,
                                                     Syverson Project
                                                     Type-N Coho
                                                     Program, Eagle
                                                     Creek National
                                                     Fish Hatchery,
                                                     Sandy Hatchery,
                                                     and the
                                                     Bonneville/
                                                     Cascade/Oxbow
                                                     complex coho
                                                     hatchery
                                                     programs.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(13) Columbia River chum           Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    64 FR 14508; Mar.     70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
                                    keta             including all      25, 1999              2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     chum salmon in
                                                     the Columbia
                                                     River and its
                                                     tributaries in
                                                     Washington and
                                                     Oregon, as well
                                                     as three
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Chinook River
                                                     (Sea Resources
                                                     Hatchery), Grays
                                                     River, and
                                                     Washougal River/
                                                     Duncan Creek
                                                     chum hatchery
                                                     programs.

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                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(14) Hood Canal summer-run chum    Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- WA,        64 FR 14508; Mar.     70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
                                    keta             including all      25, 1999              2005
                                                     naturally         70 FR 37160; Jun 28,
                                                     spawned            2005
                                                     populations of
                                                     summer-run chum
                                                     salmon in Hood
                                                     Canal and its
                                                     tributaries as
                                                     well as
                                                     populations in
                                                     Olympic
                                                     Peninsula rivers
                                                     between Hood
                                                     Canal and
                                                     Dungeness Bay,
                                                     Washington, as
                                                     well as eight
                                                     artificial
                                                     propagation
                                                     programs: the
                                                     Quilcene NFH,
                                                     Hamma Hamma Fish
                                                     Hatchery,
                                                     Lilliwaup Creek
                                                     Fish Hatchery,
                                                     Union River/
                                                     Tahuya, Big Beef
                                                     Creek Fish
                                                     Hatchery, Salmon
                                                     Creek Fish
                                                     Hatchery,
                                                     Chimacum Creek
                                                     Fish Hatchery,
                                                     and the
                                                     Jimmycomelately
                                                     Creek Fish
                                                     Hatchery summer-
                                                     run chum
                                                     hatchery
                                                     programs.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(15) South-Central California      Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- CA,        62 FR 43937; Aug 18,  70 FR 52488; Sep 2,
 Coast Steelhead                    mykiss           including all      1997                  2005
                                                     naturally         71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     steelhead (and
                                                     their progeny)
                                                     in streams from
                                                     the Pajaro River
                                                     (inclusive),
                                                     located in Santa
                                                     Cruz County,
                                                     California, to
                                                     (but not
                                                     including) the
                                                     Santa Maria
                                                     River.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(16) Central California Coast      Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- CA,        62 FR 43937; Aug 18,  70 FR 52488; Sep 2,
 Steelhead                          mykiss           including all      1997                  2005
                                                     naturally         71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     steelhead (and
                                                     their progeny)
                                                     in streams from
                                                     the Russian
                                                     River to Aptos
                                                     Creek, Santa
                                                     Cruz County,
                                                     Californian
                                                     (inclusive), and
                                                     the drainages of
                                                     San Francisco
                                                     and San Pablo
                                                     Bays eastward to
                                                     the Napa River
                                                     (inclusive),
                                                     Napa County,
                                                     California.
                                                     Excludes the
                                                     Sacramento-San
                                                     Joaquin River
                                                     Basin of the
                                                     Central Valley
                                                     of California.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(17) California Central Valley     Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- CA,        63 FR 13347; Mar.     70 FR 52488; Sep 2,
 Steelhead                          mykiss           including all      19, 1998              2005
                                                     naturally         71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     steelhead (and
                                                     their progeny)
                                                     in the
                                                     Sacramento and
                                                     San Joaquin
                                                     Rivers and their
                                                     tributaries,
                                                     excluding
                                                     steelhead from
                                                     San Francisco
                                                     and San Pablo
                                                     Bays and their
                                                     tributaries.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(18) Northern California           Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- CA,        65 FR 36074; June 7,  70 FR 52488; Sep 2,
 Steelhead                          mykiss           including all      2000                  2005
                                                     naturally         71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     steelhead (and
                                                     their progeny)
                                                     in California
                                                     coastal river
                                                     basins from
                                                     Redwood Creek in
                                                     Humboldt County,
                                                     California, to
                                                     the Gualala
                                                     River,
                                                     inclusive, in
                                                     Mendocino
                                                     County,
                                                     California.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(19) Upper Willamette River        Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR,        62 FR 43937; Aug 18,  70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
 Steelhead                          mykiss           including all      1997                  2005
                                                     naturally         71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     winter-run
                                                     steelhead in the
                                                     Willamette
                                                     River, Oregon,
                                                     and its
                                                     tributaries
                                                     upstream from
                                                     Willamette Falls
                                                     to the Calapooia
                                                     River,
                                                     inclusive.

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                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(20) Lower Columbia River          Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    63 FR 13347; Mar 19,  70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
 Steelhead                          mykiss           including all      1998                  2005
                                                     naturally         71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     steelhead (and
                                                     their progeny)
                                                     in streams and
                                                     tributaries to
                                                     the Columbia
                                                     River between
                                                     the Cowlitz and
                                                     Wind Rivers,
                                                     Washington,
                                                     inclusive, and
                                                     the Willamette
                                                     and Hood Rivers,
                                                     Oregon,
                                                     inclusive.
                                                     Excluded are
                                                     steelhead in the
                                                     upper Willamette
                                                     River Basin
                                                     above Willamette
                                                     Falls, Oregon,
                                                     and from the
                                                     Little and Big
                                                     White Salmon
                                                     Rivers,
                                                     Washington.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(21) Middle Columbia River         Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    57 FR 14517; Mar 25,  70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
 Steelhead                          mykiss           including all      1999                  2005
                                                     naturally         71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     steelhead in
                                                     streams from
                                                     above the Wind
                                                     River,
                                                     Washington, and
                                                     the Hood River,
                                                     Oregon
                                                     (exclusive),
                                                     upstream to, and
                                                     including, the
                                                     Yakima River,
                                                     Washington.
                                                     Excluded are
                                                     steelhead from
                                                     the Snake River
                                                     Basin.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(22) Snake River Basin Steelhead   Oncorhynchus     U.S.A.- OR, WA,    62 FR 43937; Aug 18,  70 FR 52630; Sep 2,
                                    mykiss           ID, including      1997                  2005
                                                     all naturally     71 FR 834; January
                                                     spawned            5, 2006
                                                     populations of
                                                     steelhead (and
                                                     their progeny)
                                                     in streams in
                                                     the Snake River
                                                     Basin of
                                                     southeast
                                                     Washington,
                                                     northeast
                                                     Oregon, and
                                                     Idaho.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(d) Marine Invertebrates           ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(1) Elkhorn coral                  Acropora         Wherever found.    71 FR 26852, May 9,   NA
                                    palmata          Includes United    2006
                                                     States Florida,
                                                     Puerto Rico,
                                                     U.S. Virgin
                                                     Islands,
                                                     Navassa; and
                                                     wider Caribbean
                                                     Belize,
                                                     Colombia, Costa
                                                     Rica, Guatemala,
                                                     Honduras,
                                                     Mexico,
                                                     Nicaragua,
                                                     Panama,
                                                     Venezuela and
                                                     all the islands
                                                     of the West
                                                     Indies.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(2) Staghorn coral                 Acropora         Wherever found.    71 FR 26852, May 9,   NA
                                    cervicornis      Includes United    2006
                                                     States Florida,
                                                     Puerto Rico,
                                                     U.S. Virgin
                                                     Islands,
                                                     Navassa; and
                                                     wider Caribbean
                                                     Belize,
                                                     Colombia, Costa
                                                     Rica, Guatemala,
                                                     Honduras,
                                                     Mexico,
                                                     Nicaragua,
                                                     Panama,
                                                     Venezuela and
                                                     all the islands
                                                     of the West
                                                     Indies.
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(e) Marine Plants                  ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
                                   ...............  .................  ....................  ...................
(1) Johnson's seagrass             Halophila        Wherever found.    63 FR 49035; Sep 14,  65 FR 17786; Apr 5,
                                    johnsonii        U.S.A. -           1998                  2000
                                                     Southeastern FL
                                                     between
                                                     Sebastian Inlet
                                                     and north
                                                     Biscayne Bay.
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\1\ Species includes taxonomic species, subspecies, distinct population segments (DPSs) (for a policy statement,
  see 61 FR 4722, February 7, 1996), and evolutionarily significant units (ESUs) (for a policy statement, see 56
  FR 58612, November 20, 1991).
\2\ Jurisdiction for sea turtles by the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
  National Marine Fisheries Service, is limited to turtles while in the water.



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    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531-1543; subpart B, Sec.  223.201-202 
also issued under 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 5503(d) for 
Sec.  223.206(d)(9).

    Dated: June 27, 2006.
John Oliver,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Operations, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 06-6017 Filed 7-5-06; 8:45 am]
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