[Federal Register: May 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 93)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 26355-26357]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr14my99-29]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 223, 224, and 226

[Docket No. 990504118-9118-01; I.D. 031199F]
RIN 0648-XA25

 
Endangered and Threatened Species; Notification of Finding on a 
Petition to List Summer Steelhead Trout in the Middle Fork of the Eel 
River, California

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

ACTION: Notification of petition finding.

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SUMMARY: NMFS announces a finding for a petition to list summer 
steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and designate critical habitat in 
the Middle Fork of the Eel River, California, pursuant to the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973. NMFS finds that the petitioner 
has not presented any new, substantial scientific or commercial 
information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. 
NMFS previously reviewed the data which was submitted by the petitioner 
for this population and has published its findings in a west coast 
status review for steelhead trout and subsequent Federal Register 
documents (see ``Previous Federal ESA Actions Related to West Coast 
Steelhead'').

DATES: The finding announced in this document was made on April 29, 
1999.

ADDRESSES: Requests for information concerning this petition should be 
sent to Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910; telephone: (301)713-1401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Wingert at (562) 980-4021 or 
Chris Mobley at (301)713-1401.