[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 13081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-5983]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV18


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 availability; request for comments and notice of 
public meetings.

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SUMMARY:  NMFS announces that the Draft Recovery Plan for Central 
California Coast coho salmon (Draft Plan) is available for public 
review and comment. The Draft Plan addresses the Central California 
Coast coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Evolutionarily Significant 
Unit (ESU). NMFS is soliciting review and comment from the public and 
all interested parties on the Draft Plan. In addition, public meetings 
will be announced as opportunities for providing comments on the Draft 
Plan (dates to be determined).

DATES:  NMFS will consider and address all substantive comments 
received during the comment period. Comments must be received no later 
than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight time on May 17, 2010. Public meetings will 
also be held (see Public Meetings section below).

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
     Via email: [email protected] (No files larger than 
5MB can be accepted).
     Via U.S. mail: Charlotte A. Ambrose, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Suite 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 
ATTN: Recovery Coordinator/CCC Coho Salmon Public Draft Recovery Plan 
Comments.
     Hand delivered: National Marine Fisheries Service, 777 
Sonoma Avenue, Suite 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 ATTN: Recovery 
Coordinator/CCC Coho Salmon Comments. Business hours are 8 am to 5 pm 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Via fax: 707-578-3435. Please include the following on the 
cover page of the fax ``ATTN: Recovery Coordinator/CCC Coho Salmon 
Public Draft Recovery Plan Comments''.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Charlotte Ambrose, North Central 
California Coast Recovery Coordinator (707-575-6068).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is charged with the recovery of Pacific 
salmon and steelhead species listed under the ESA. Recovery means that 
listed species and their ecosystems are restored, and their future 
secured, so that the protections of the ESA are no longer necessary. 
The ESA specifies that recovery plans must include: (1) a description 
of management actions 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 worked closely with the California Department of Fish and Game 
to integrate, where appropriate, recovery actions included in the 
previously approved February 2004 Recovery Strategy for California Coho 
Salmon. The document was used as a foundational tool to aid in the 
development of the Draft Plan. NMFS requests relevant information from 
the public that should be considered by NMFS during preparation of the 
final recovery plan.
    Persons wishing to review the Draft Plan can obtain an electronic 
copy (i.e., CD ROM) from Ms. Andrea Berry by calling 1-866-300-2948 or 
by e-mailing a request to [email protected] with the subject line 
``CD ROM Request for CCC coho Salmon and Recovery Draft Plan.'' 
Electronic copies of the Draft Plan are also available on line on the 
following NMFS websites:
     http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/recovery
     ftp://ftp.afsc.noaa.gov/SWR/Public/Public draft recovery 
plan CCC coho salmon/

Public Meetings

    Public meetings are planned for Ft. Bragg, Santa Cruz and Santa 
Rosa, CA. Information on exact locations, dates and times will be 
posted on the above website.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

    Dated: March 15, 2010.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-5983 Filed 3-17-10; 8:45 am]
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