[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 15843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04608]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD771]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Salmon Hatcheries

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

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal.

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SUMMARY: We, NMFS, are issuing this notice to advise Federal, state, 
and local government agencies and the public that we are withdrawing a 
notice of intent (NOI) to prepare an environmental impact statement 
(EIS) for the proposed operation of eight salmon hatchery programs in 
the Puyallup-White River Basin and Minter Creek Basin in Washington 
State.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Molly Gorman, Seattle, WA (email: 
[email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS published a NOI in the Federal Register 
on September 12, 2016 (81 FR 62732) 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 8 
salmon hatchery programs in the Puyallup-White River Basin and Minter 
Creek Basin in Washington State. 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 Puyallup Tribe of 
Indians, and the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe as co-managers were withdrawn 
and re-submitted with substantive changes 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.

Authority

    We provide this notice in accordance with the requirements of NEPA 
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and its implementing regulations 
(40 CFR 1506.6), and other appropriate Federal laws and regulations, 
and policies and procedures of NMFS for compliance with those 
regulations.

    Dated: February 29, 2024.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-04608 Filed 3-4-24; 8:45 am]
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