[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6401-6402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2536]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA110


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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 its proposed 
evaluation and pending determination on the 2010-2014 Puget Sound 
Chinook Resource Management Plan. The comment period is being reopened 
to provide additional opportunity for public comment.

DATES: Written comments on the Secretary's proposed evaluation must be 
received at the appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES) no 
later than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Daylight Time on February 22, 2011.

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ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for copies of the proposed evaluation 
should be addressed to Susan Bishop, Salmon Management Division, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 
98115-0070, or faxed to (206) 526-6736. Comments on this proposed 
evaluation may be submitted by e-mail. The mailbox address for 
providing e-mail comments is [email protected]. Include in 
the subject line the following document identifier: ``2010 CHNK 
PSHARVEST proposed evaluation''. The document is also available on the 
Internet at http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Harvest-Hatcheries/State-Tribal-Management/PS-Chinook-RMPs.cfm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Bishop at phone number: 206/526-
4587, Puget Sound Harvest Team Leader or e-mail: [email protected] 
regarding the RMP.

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 for public comment of the proposed 
evaluation of the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) as to how the Puget 
Sound Chinook Resource Management Plan (RMP) addresses the criteria in 
Limit 6 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 4(d) Rule. 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 Puget Sound Treaty Tribes and the Washington Department of 
Fish and Wildlife submitted to NMFS, pursuant to the protective 
regulations promulgated for Puget Sound Chinook salmon under Limit 6 of 
the ESA 4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead, a jointly developed RMP. 
The RMP specifies the future management of commercial, recreational, 
subsistence and tribal salmon fisheries potentially affecting listed 
Puget Sound Chinook salmon from May 1, 2010, through April 30, 2015.

    Dated: January 31, 2011.
Therese Conant,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-2536 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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