[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 22903-22904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10799]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 227
[I.D. 040797B]
Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating
Critical Habitat: Petition To Revise Critical Habitat Designation for
Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon in Idaho
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of finding and request for information.
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SUMMARY: NMFS has received a petition to revise critical habitat for
Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to
not include Napias Creek, a tributary to the Salmon River, located in
the State of Idaho. NMFS has determined that the petition presents
substantial scientific information indicating that the petitioned
revision may be warranted. Therefore, NMFS is initiating a review to
determine if the petitioned action is warranted. NMFS is soliciting
information and comments on the petitioned revision.
DATES: Information and comments on the revision must be received by
June 27, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Information and comments on this action should be submitted
to Garth Griffin, Protected Species Program, NMFS, 525 NE Oregon
Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Griffin, NMFS, Northwest Region,
(503) 231-2005 or Marta Nammack, NMFS, Office of Protected Resources,
(301) 713-1401.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
NMFS proposed listing Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon (56
FR 29542) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) on June 27, 1991. The final determination listing Snake River
spring/summer chinook salmon as threatened was published on April 22,
1992 (57 FR 14653) and corrected on June 3, 1992 (57 FR 23458).
Critical habitat was designated for Snake River spring/summer chinook
salmon on December 28, 1993 (58 FR 68543). An emergency
reclassification of spring/summer chinook salmon was published on
August 18, 1994, (59 FR 42529) and expired twelve months later.
Section 4(b)(3)(D) of the ESA contains provisions concerning
petitions from interested persons requesting the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) to revise a critical habitat determination. Section
4(b)(3)(D)(i) of the ESA requires that, to the maximum extent
practicable, within 90 days after receiving such a petition, the
Secretary make a finding whether the petition presents substantial
scientific information indicating that the petitioned action may be
warranted.
On January 6, 1997, the Secretary received a petition from Meridian
Gold Company to revise critical habitat for Snake River spring/summer
chinook salmon in Napias Creek, a tributary to the Salmon River,
located near Salmon, ID. Copies of this petition are available (see
ADDRESSES). The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA, has
determined that the petition presents substantial scientific
information indicating that a revision may be warranted pursuant to the
criteria specified in 50 CFR 424.14(c)(2). In accordance with section
4(b)(3)(D)(ii) of the ESA, the Secretary will make his determination
whether a revision is warranted within 12 months from the date the
petition was received (January 6, 1997). Interested parties are
encouraged to provide comments and additional information on this
action (see DATES and ADDRESSES).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: April 21, 1997.
Hilda Diaz-Soltero,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-10799 Filed 4-25-97; 8:45 am]
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