Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Public Comment Period on the Proposed Recovery Plan for Snake River Salmon

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040795A]

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of

Public Comment Period on the Proposed Recovery Plan for Snake River

Salmon

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening the public comment period on the Proposed

Recovery Plan for Snake River salmon. This will provide the public with

the opportunity to comment until and after the direct costs addendum to

the Proposed Recovery Plan becomes available. All interested parties

are invited to submit comments.

DATES: The comment period, which originally closed on July 17, 1995,

has been reopened and now closes on November 17, 1995.

NMFS will accept comments received between July 17, 1995, and

November 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and materials regarding the Proposed

Recovery Plan and the direct costs addendum should be directed to Snake

River Salmon Recovery Plan, National Marine Fisheries Service, 525 NE

Oregon Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Hollar, (503) 231-2337.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 18, 1995 (60 FR 19388), NMFS

published a notice of availability of the Proposed Recovery Plan for

Snake River salmon protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Public comments were solicited, 11 public hearings were announced, and

the comment period was set to expire on July 17, 1995. Further

opportunity for public input was subsequently requested (60 FR 26720,

May 18, 1995), and additional public hearings were conducted in Idaho

Falls, ID on June 21, 1995, and in Spokane, WA, on June 29, 1995.

NMFS is keenly aware of the public interest in salmon recovery.

This notice reopens the public comment period until November 17, 1995.

An estimate of the direct costs of Proposed Recovery Plan tasks, and a

description of the time required to carry out those tasks will be

available this fall, during the public comment period, as an addendum

to the Proposed Recovery Plan. Copies will be mailed to everyone who

received the Proposed Recovery Plan. Notice of the availability of this

addendum and its comment period are expected to be published in the

Federal Register in October.

Dated: August 21, 1995.

William W. Fox, Jr.,

Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 95-21403 Filed 8-28-95; 8:45 am]

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