[Federal Register: March 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 56)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 14329-14333]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 223 and 224

[Docket No. 990303060-9060-01; I.D.022398C]
RIN 0648-AM54

 
Endangered and Threatened Species: Notice of Partial 6-Month 
Extension on Final Listing Determinations for Four Evolutionarily 
Significant Units (ESUs) of West Coast Chinook Salmon

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; partial extension of deadline for final 
determination.

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SUMMARY: NMFS has determined that substantial scientific disagreements 
exist regarding the sufficiency and accuracy of data relevant to final 
listing determinations for the California Central Valley spring-run and 
Central Valley fall/late fall-run, Southern Oregon and California 
Coastal, and Snake River fall-run ESUs of chinook salmon.
    By this publication, NMFS intends to extend the deadline for a 
final listing determination for these four ESUs for 6 months to collect 
and analyze specific additional information from co-managing agency 
scientists and other scientific experts on this species that will 
enable NMFS to make a final listing determination based on the best 
available scientific information. NMFS has also issued final listing 
determinations for Puget Sound chinook salmon, Lower Columbia River 
chinook salmon, Upper Willamette spring-run chinook salmon and Upper 
Columbia River spring-run chinook salmon which published elsewhere in 
the Rules and Regulations section of this Federal Register issue.

DATES: Comments must be received by April 23, 1999. The new deadline 
for final action on the four ESUs of west coast chinook salmon is 
extended from March 9, 1999, to September 9, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Chief, Protected 
Resources Division, NMFS, Northwest Region, 525 NE Oregon Street, Suite 
500, Portland, OR 97232-2737; or to Chief, Protected Resources 
Division, NMFS, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213; or to Chief, Endangered Species Division, 
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Griffin, 503-231-2005, Craig 
Wingert, 310-980-4021, or Christopher Mobley, 301-713-1401.