[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 6402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2535]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA111
Notice of Availability of a Draft Framework for Ranking the
Relative Importance of Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Populations and
Watersheds for ESU Recovery and Delisting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of comment period.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening the comment period for a draft technical
framework for ranking recovery potential of populations of Puget Sound
Chinook salmon and watersheds supporting them. The comment period is
being reopened to provide additional opportunity for public comment.
DATES: Information and comments on the draft framework must be received
at the appropriate address or fax number (see ADDRESSES), no later than
5 p.m. on February 22, 2011. We encourage the public's involvement in
reviewing this framework.
ADDRESSES: Information and comments on this draft framework should be
submitted to Garth Griffin, Chief, Protected Resources Division, NMFS.
Comments may also be sent via facsimile (fax) to (503) 230-5435 or by
e-mail. The framework document is also available on the Internet at
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/Salmon-Recovery-Planning/Recovery-Domains/Puget-Sound/PS-Chinook-Plan.cfm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Babcock, NMFS, Northwest
Region, (206) 526- 4505.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Reopening of Comment Period
The comment period will be reopened through February 22, 2011.
Background
NMFS published a document in the Federal Register of December 29,
2010, concerning the availability of a draft technical framework for
ranking recovery potential of populations of Puget Sound Chinook salmon
and watersheds supporting them. The comment period for this action
ended Friday, January 28, 2011. The comment period is being reopened to
provide additional opportunity for public comment. The draft framework
relies on the best available scientific information regarding the
status and structure of Puget Sound Chinook salmon populations and
their habitat. It builds on the work of the Puget Sound technical
recovery team, which provided the technical foundation of the Puget
Sound Chinook recovery plan (NMFS 2006).
Dated: January 31, 2011.
Therese Conant,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-2535 Filed 2-3-11; 8:45 am]
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