[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33850]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA907


Endangered and Threatened Species; Recovery Plan Southern Oregon/
Northern California Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit

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

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces the availability for public review of the draft 
Recovery Plan (Plan) for the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast 
(SONCC) Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) Evolutionarily Significant 
Unit (ESU). NMFS is soliciting review and comment from the public and 
all interested parties on the Plan, and will consider all substantive 
comments received during the review period before submitting the Plan 
for final approval. In addition, public meetings will be announced as 
opportunities for providing comments on the Draft Plan (dates to be 
determined).

DATES: Comments must be received no later than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight 
time on March 5, 2012. NMFS will accept anonymous comments (enter N/A 
in the required fields, if you wish to remain anonymous). You may 
submit attachments to electronic comments in Microsoft Word, Excel, or 
Adobe PDF file formats only.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Via email: [email protected] (No files larger than 
5MB can be accepted).
     Via U.S. Mail: Julie Weeder, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, 1655 Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521, Attn: Recovery 
Coordinator/SONCC Coho Salmon Public Draft Recovery Plan Comments.
     Hand delivered: National Marine Fisheries Service, 1655 
Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521, Attn: Recovery Coordinator/SONCC Coho 
Salmon Public Draft Recovery Plan Comments. Business hours are 8 a.m. 
to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Via fax: (707) 825-4840. Please include the following on 
the cover page of the fax: ``Attn: Recovery Coordinator/SONCC Coho 
Salmon Public Draft Recovery Plan Comments.''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Weeder ((707) 825-5168), email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS is charged with the recovery of Pacific 
salmon and steelhead species listed under the Endangered Species Act 
(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 SONCC Coho Salmon ESU populations 
and their freshwater/marine habitats. In addition, NMFS is soliciting 
comment on the contents of the proposed recovery plan.
    Persons wishing to review the Draft Plan can obtain an electronic 
copy (i.e., CD ROM) from Ms. Cynthia Anderson by calling (707) 825-5162 
or by emailing a request to [email protected] with the subject 
line ``CD ROM Request for SONCC Coho Salmon Draft Recovery Plan.'' 
Electronic copies of the Draft Plan are also available on line on the 
following NMFS Web site: http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/recovery.

Public Meetings

    Public meetings are planned. Information on locations, dates, and 
times will be posted on the Web site listed above.

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

    Dated: December 29, 2011.
Susan Pultz,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-33850 Filed 1-4-12; 8:45 am]
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