81 FR 39911 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 118 (June 20, 2016)

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Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this notice announces that NMFS intends to obtain information necessary to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 11 Hatchery and Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs) for salmon hatchery programs jointly submitted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), the Lummi Nation, the Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (referred to as the co- managers), for NMFS's evaluation and determination under Limit 6 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) 4(d) Rule for threatened salmon and steelhead. The HGMPs specify the propagation of salmon in the Nooksack River Basin in Washington State. NMFS provides this notice to advise other agencies and the public of its plans to analyze effects related to the action, and obtain suggestions and information that may be useful to the scope of issues and alternatives to include in the EIS.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE673


Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; 
request for comments.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this 
notice announces that NMFS intends to obtain information necessary to 
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for 11 Hatchery and 
Genetic Management Plans (HGMPs) for salmon hatchery programs jointly 
submitted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), the 
Lummi Nation, the Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, 
and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (referred to as the co-
managers), for NMFS's evaluation and determination under Limit 6 of the 
Endangered Species Act (ESA) 4(d) Rule for threatened salmon and 
steelhead. The HGMPs specify the propagation of salmon in the Nooksack 
River Basin in Washington State.
    NMFS provides this notice to advise other agencies and the public 
of its plans to analyze effects related to the action, and obtain 
suggestions and information that may be useful to the scope of issues 
and alternatives to include in the EIS.

DATES: Written or electronic scoping comments must be received at the 
appropriate address or email mailbox (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 
p.m. Pacific Time July 20, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following 
methods:
     Email to the following address: 
[email protected] with the following identifier in the 
subject line: Nooksack Hatcheries Scoping.
     Mail or hand-deliver to NMFS Sustainable Fisheries 
Division, 510 Desmond Drive SE., Suite 103, Lacey, WA 98503.
     Fax to (360) 753-9517.
    Comments received will be available for public inspection, by 
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address. All 
Personal Identifying Information (for example, name, address, etc.) 
voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do 
not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or 
protected information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Leider, NMFS, by phone at (360) 
753-4650, or email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

ESA-Listed Species Covered in This Notice

    Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): Threatened, naturally and 
artificially produced in Puget Sound.
    Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha): Threatened, naturally and 
artificially produced in Puget Sound.
    Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened, naturally and artificially 
produced Hood Canal summer-run.
    Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus): Threatened Puget Sound/
Washington Coast.

Background

    The WDFW, the Lummi Nation, the Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Upper 
Skagit Indian Tribe, and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, have 
jointly submitted to NMFS HGMPs for 11 hatchery programs in the 
Nooksack River Basin in Washington State. The HGMPs were updated and 
submitted to NMFS from 2013 to 2015, pursuant to limit 6 of the 4(d) 
Rule for salmon and steelhead. The hatchery programs include releases 
of ESA-listed Chinook salmon, and non-listed coho, pink, and fall-run 
chum salmon into the Nooksack River Basin.
    NEPA requires Federal agencies to conduct environmental analyses of 
their proposed major actions to determine if the actions may affect the 
human environment. NMFS's action of determining that the co-managers' 
HGMPs meet criteria under Limit 6 of the 4(d) Rule for salmon and 
steelhead promulgated under the ESA, is a major Federal action subject 
to environmental review under NEPA. Therefore, NMFS is seeking public 
input on the scope of the required NEPA analysis, including the range 
of reasonable alternatives, recommendations for relevant analysis 
methods, and information associated with impacts of the alternatives to 
the resources listed below or other relevant resources.
    NMFS will perform an environmental review of the HGMPs and prepare 
an EIS that will identify potentially significant direct, indirect, and 
cumulative impacts on the following resources that may be affected by 
the Proposed Action or its alternatives:

 Listed and Non-listed Species and their habitats
 Water Quantity
 Socioeconomics
 Environmental Justice
 Cumulative Impacts

    NMFS will rigorously explore and objectively evaluate a full range 
of reasonable alternatives in the EIS, including the Proposed Action 
and a no-action alternative. Other alternatives may include a decreased 
production alternative.
    For all potentially significant impacts, the EIS will identify 
measures to avoid, minimize, and mitigate the impacts, where feasible.

Request for Comments

    NMFS provides this notice to: (1) Advise other agencies and the 
public of its plans to analyze effects related to the action, and (2) 
obtain suggestions and information that may be useful to the scope of 
issues and the full range of alternatives to include in the EIS.
    NMFS invites comment from all interested parties to ensure that the 
full range of issues related to the 11 salmon HGMPs is identified. 
Comments should be as specific as possible.
    Written comments concerning the Proposed Action and the 
environmental

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review should be directed to NMFS as described above (see ADDRESSES). 
All comments and materials received, including names and addresses, 
will become part of the administrative record and may be released to 
the public.

Authority

    The environmental review of the 11 salmon HGMPs in the Nooksack 
River Basin of Washington State will be conducted in accordance with 
requirements of the NEPA of 1969 as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 
NEPA Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), other appropriate Federal 
laws and regulations, and policies and procedures of NMFS for 
compliance with those regulations. This notice is being furnished in 
accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7 to obtain suggestions and information 
from other agencies and the public on the scope of issues and 
alternatives to be addressed in the EIS.

    Dated: June 15, 2016.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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a postponement is necessary for the the co-managers), for NMFS’s evaluation hatchery programs in the Nooksack
Department to conduct a complete and and determination under Limit 6 of the River Basin in Washington State. The
thorough analysis. The petitioner Endangered Species Act (ESA) 4(d) Rule HGMPs were updated and submitted to
further stated that a postponement is for threatened salmon and steelhead. NMFS from 2013 to 2015, pursuant to
needed to allow time to address the The HGMPs specify the propagation of limit 6 of the 4(d) Rule for salmon and
various deficiencies in the questionnaire salmon in the Nooksack River Basin in steelhead. The hatchery programs
responses submitted in this case. The Washington State. include releases of ESA-listed Chinook
petitioner submitted its request more NMFS provides this notice to advise salmon, and non-listed coho, pink, and
than 25 days before the scheduled date other agencies and the public of its fall-run chum salmon into the Nooksack
of the preliminary determination.3 plans to analyze effects related to the River Basin.
For the reasons stated above, and action, and obtain suggestions and NEPA requires Federal agencies to
because there are no compelling reasons information that may be useful to the conduct environmental analyses of their
to deny the petitioner’s request, the scope of issues and alternatives to proposed major actions to determine if
Department is postponing the include in the EIS. the actions may affect the human
preliminary determination in this DATES: Written or electronic scoping environment. NMFS’s action of
investigation in accordance with section comments must be received at the determining that the co-managers’
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR appropriate address or email mailbox HGMPs meet criteria under Limit 6 of
351.205(b)(2) by 50 days until August (see ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. the 4(d) Rule for salmon and steelhead
24, 2016. Pacific Time July 20, 2016. promulgated under the ESA, is a major
The deadline for the final Federal action subject to environmental
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
determination will continue to be 75 review under NEPA. Therefore, NMFS
sent by any of the following methods:
days after the date of the preliminary • Email to the following address: is seeking public input on the scope of
determination, unless postponed at a NooksackHatcheriesEIS.wcr@noaa.gov the required NEPA analysis, including
later date. with the following identifier in the the range of reasonable alternatives,
This notice is issued and published subject line: Nooksack Hatcheries recommendations for relevant analysis
pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the Act Scoping. methods, and information associated
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). • Mail or hand-deliver to NMFS with impacts of the alternatives to the
Dated: June 13, 2016. Sustainable Fisheries Division, 510 resources listed below or other relevant
Paul Piquado, Desmond Drive SE., Suite 103, Lacey, resources.
WA 98503. NMFS will perform an environmental
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance. • Fax to (360) 753–9517. review of the HGMPs and prepare an
Comments received will be available EIS that will identify potentially
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for public inspection, by appointment, significant direct, indirect, and
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during normal business hours at the cumulative impacts on the following
above address. All Personal Identifying resources that may be affected by the
Information (for example, name, Proposed Action or its alternatives:
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address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by • Listed and Non-listed Species and
National Oceanic and Atmospheric the commenter may be publicly their habitats
Administration accessible. Do not submit Confidential • Water Quantity
Business Information or otherwise • Socioeconomics
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sensitive or protected information. • Cumulative Impacts
Endangered and Threatened Species; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
NMFS will rigorously explore and
Take of Anadromous Fish Steve Leider, NMFS, by phone at (360) objectively evaluate a full range of
753–4650, or email to steve.leider@ reasonable alternatives in the EIS,
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
noaa.gov. including the Proposed Action and a no-
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: action alternative. Other alternatives
Commerce. may include a decreased production
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an alternative.
Notice
Environmental Impact Statement; For all potentially significant impacts,
request for comments. Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): the EIS will identify measures to avoid,
Threatened, naturally and artificially minimize, and mitigate the impacts,
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National produced in Puget Sound. where feasible.
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha):
Threatened, naturally and artificially Request for Comments
notice announces that NMFS intends to
obtain information necessary to prepare produced in Puget Sound. NMFS provides this notice to: (1)
an Environmental Impact Statement Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened, Advise other agencies and the public of
(EIS) for 11 Hatchery and Genetic naturally and artificially produced Hood its plans to analyze effects related to the
Management Plans (HGMPs) for salmon Canal summer-run. action, and (2) obtain suggestions and
hatchery programs jointly submitted by Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus): information that may be useful to the
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the Washington Department of Fish and Threatened Puget Sound/Washington scope of issues and the full range of
Wildlife (WDFW), the Lummi Nation, Coast. alternatives to include in the EIS.
the Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Upper NMFS invites comment from all
Background interested parties to ensure that the full
Skagit Indian Tribe, and the Swinomish
Indian Tribal Community (referred to as The WDFW, the Lummi Nation, the range of issues related to the 11 salmon
Nooksack Indian Tribe, the Upper HGMPs is identified. Comments should
Request for Extension of the Deadline for the Skagit Indian Tribe, and the Swinomish be as specific as possible.
Preliminary Determination,’’ dated June 1, 2016. Indian Tribal Community, have jointly Written comments concerning the
3 See 19 CFR 351.205(e). submitted to NMFS HGMPs for 11 Proposed Action and the environmental

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review should be directed to NMFS as action will be effective on the date Dated: June 15, 2016.
described above (see ADDRESSES). All following the end of the comment Aaron Siegel,
comments and materials received, period unless comments are received Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison
including names and addresses, will which result in a contrary Officer, Department of Defense.
become part of the administrative record determination.
and may be released to the public. A0190–45 OPMG
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The environmental review of the 11 by any of the following methods: Records (MPRP) (November 19, 2012, 77
salmon HGMPs in the Nooksack River * Federal Rulemaking Portal: http:// FR 69445).
Basin of Washington State will be www.regulations.gov. Follow the
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requirements of the NEPA of 1969 as SYSTEM ID:
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comments and other submissions from which created the Military Police
Angela Somma, members of the public is to make these Report. Official mailing addresses are
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office submissions available for public
of Protected Resources, National Marine
published as an appendix to the Army’s
viewing on the Internet at http:// compilation of systems of records
Fisheries Service. www.regulations.gov as they are
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information. U.S. Army Crime Records Center, 27130
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; request for comments.
Dates		Written or electronic scoping comments must be received at the
Contact		Steve Leider, NMFS, by phone at (360) 753-4650, or email to [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 39911
RIN Number		0648-XE67

81 FR 39911 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish

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