[Federal Register: December 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 249)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 72960-72961]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AF82

 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
Threatened Status for Two Chinook Salmon Evolutionarily Significant 
Units (ESUs) in California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) are adding 
the Central Valley spring-run Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) and 
the California Coastal ESU of the west coast chinook salmon 
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to the List of Endangered and Threatened 
Wildlife as threatened. This amendment to the list, authorized by the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), is based on a determination by 
the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), which has jurisdiction 
for this species.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Gloman, Chief, Division of 
Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (703/358-2171).