[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 8 (Thursday, January 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 1910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00473]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD638]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Withdrawal of notice of intent to prepare an environmental 
impact statement.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, and 
local government agencies and the public of withdrawal of the Notice of 
Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the 
proposed operation of salmon hatchery programs in the Nooksack River 
Basin in Washington.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morgan Robinson, Lacey, WA (phone: 
253-307-2670, email: [email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS published a NOI in the Federal Register 
on June 20, 2016 (81 FR 39911) to prepare an EIS in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to analyze the impacts on the 
human environment resulting from the operation of salmon hatchery 
programs in the Nooksack River Basin in Washington. NMFS hereby advises 
the public of the rescission of this NOI. This change occurred because 
the proposed hatchery and genetic management plans jointly submitted by 
the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Lummi Nation, the 
Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the Swinomish 
Indian Tribal Community as co-managers were withdrawn since the NOI was 
published.
    Any future hatchery and genetic management plans submitted by the 
above parties to NMFS will comply with the environmental review 
requirements of NEPA.

    Dated: January 8, 2024.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-00473 Filed 1-10-24; 8:45 am]
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