[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 6402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2535]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA111


Notice of Availability of a Draft Framework for Ranking the 
Relative Importance of Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Populations and 
Watersheds for ESU Recovery and Delisting

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

ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening the comment period for a draft technical 
framework for ranking recovery potential of populations of Puget Sound 
Chinook salmon and watersheds supporting them. The comment period is 
being reopened to provide additional opportunity for public comment.

DATES: Information and comments on the draft framework must be received 
at the appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES), no later than 
5 p.m. on February 22, 2011. We encourage the public's involvement in 
reviewing this framework.

ADDRESSES: Information and comments on this draft framework should be 
submitted to Garth Griffin, Chief, Protected Resources Division, NMFS. 
Comments may also be sent via facsimile (fax) to (503) 230-5435 or by 
e-mail. The framework document is also available on the Internet at 
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/Recovery-Domains/Puget-Sound/PS-Chinook-Plan.cfm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Babcock, NMFS, Northwest 
Region, (206) 526- 4505.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Reopening of Comment Period

    The comment period will be reopened through February 22, 2011.

Background

    NMFS published a document in the Federal Register of December 29, 
2010, concerning the availability of a draft technical framework for 
ranking recovery potential of populations of Puget Sound Chinook salmon 
and watersheds supporting them. The comment period for this action 
ended Friday, January 28, 2011. The comment period is being reopened to 
provide additional opportunity for public comment. The draft framework 
relies on the best available scientific information regarding the 
status and structure of Puget Sound Chinook salmon populations and 
their habitat. It builds on the work of the Puget Sound technical 
recovery team, which provided the technical foundation of the Puget 
Sound Chinook recovery plan (NMFS 2006).

    Dated: January 31, 2011.
Therese Conant,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-2535 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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