[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44855-44856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21403]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040795A]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of
Public Comment Period on the Proposed Recovery Plan for Snake River
Salmon
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening the public comment period on the Proposed
Recovery Plan for Snake River salmon. This will provide the public with
the opportunity to comment until and after the direct costs addendum to
the Proposed Recovery Plan becomes available. All interested parties
are invited to submit comments.
DATES: The comment period, which originally closed on July 17, 1995,
has been reopened and now closes on November 17, 1995.
NMFS will accept comments received between July 17, 1995, and
November 17, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and materials regarding the Proposed
Recovery Plan and the direct costs addendum should be directed to Snake
River Salmon Recovery Plan, National Marine Fisheries Service, 525 NE
Oregon Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Hollar, (503) 231-2337.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 18, 1995 (60 FR 19388), NMFS
published a notice of availability of the Proposed Recovery Plan for
Snake River salmon protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Public comments were solicited, 11 public hearings were announced, and
the comment period was set to expire on July 17, 1995. Further
opportunity for public input was subsequently requested (60 FR 26720,
May 18, 1995), and additional public hearings were conducted in Idaho
Falls, ID on June 21, 1995, and in Spokane, WA, on June 29, 1995.
NMFS is keenly aware of the public interest in salmon recovery.
This notice reopens the public comment period until November 17, 1995.
An estimate of the direct costs of Proposed Recovery Plan tasks, and a
description of the time required to carry out those tasks will be
available this fall, during the public comment period, as an addendum
to the Proposed Recovery Plan. Copies will be mailed to everyone who
received the Proposed Recovery Plan. Notice of the availability of this
addendum and its comment period are expected to be published in the
Federal Register in October.
Dated: August 21, 1995.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-21403 Filed 8-28-95; 8:45 am]
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