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[FR Doc No: 94-6789]
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Part VI
Department of the Interior
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Fish and Wildlife Service
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50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018-AC41
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification
of the Sacramento River Winter-Run Chinook Salmon From Threatened to
Endangered Status
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Service is reclassifying the Sacramento River winter-run
chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from threatened to endangered
status. This measure, required by the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(Act), reflects a final determination of endangered status by the
National Marine Fisheries Service, which has jurisdiction for the
Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon.
EFFECTIVE DATE: March 23, 1994.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jamie Rappaport Clark, Chief,
Division of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N.
Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop 452, Arlington, Virginia 22203 (703/358-2171).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), and in accordance with Reorganization Plan No. 4 of
1970, the National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce, is responsible
for the Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon. Under section
4(a)(2)(A) of the Act, NMFS must decide whether a species under its
jurisdiction should be changed in status from a threatened species to
an endangered species. The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is
responsible for the actual addition of a species to the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in 50 CFR 17.11(h).
NMFS published its determination of endangered status for the
Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon on January 4, 1994 (59 FR
440). Accordingly, the FWS is revising the status of the Sacramento
River winter-run chinook salmon from threatened to endangered on the
List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. Because this action of the
FWS is nondiscretionary, and in view of the public comment period
provided by NMFS on the proposed reclassification (June 19, 1992; 57 FR
27416), the FWS finds that good cause exists to omit the notice and
public comment procedures of 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and to make this action
effective on March 23, 1994.
National Environmental Policy Act
The Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that an Environmental
Assessment, as defined under the authority of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, need not be prepared in connection
with regulations adopted pursuant to section 4(a) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended. A notice outlining the Service's
reasons for this determination was published in the Federal Register on
October 25, 1983 (48 FR 49244).
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and threatened species, Export, Import, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, and Transportation.
Regulation Promulgation
Accordingly, part 17, subchapter B of chapter 1, title 50 of the
Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as set forth below:
PART 17--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 16 U.S.C. 1531-1544; 16 U.S.C.
4201-4245; Pub. L. 99-625, 100 Stat. 3500, unless otherwise noted.
Sec. 17.11 [Amended]
2. Section 17.11(h) is amended by revising the entry under FISHES
for ``Salmon, chinook'' for the vertebrate population that reads
``Sacramento R. (U.S.A.--CA) winter run, wherever found'' to read ``E''
under ``Status'' and to read ``383E, 407, 534'' under ``When listed.''
Dated: February 28, 1994.
Mollie H. Beattie,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 94-6789 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]
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