Endangered and Threatened Species; Direct Budgetary Cost Addendum to the Proposed Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040795A]

Endangered and Threatened Species; Direct Budgetary Cost Addendum

to the Proposed Snake River Salmon Recovery Plan

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

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

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

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SUMMARY: NMFS is announcing the availability of the Direct Budgetary

Cost Addendum (Addendum) to its Proposed Recovery Plan for Snake River

Salmon (Proposed Recovery Plan); the Addendum provides more complete

estimates of the direct cost to the Federal Government and a better

description of the time required to implement the Proposed Recovery

Plan. To provide the public with the opportunity to comment on this

Addendum and the Proposed Recovery Plan, NMFS is extending the public

comment period.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 11, 1995. NMFS

will accept all comments on the Proposed Recovery Plan, including the

Direct Cost Addendum, submitted between April 18, 1995, and December

11, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments and information regarding the Proposed Recovery

Plan and the Addendum, as well as requests for copies of these

documents, should be submitted 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 listed under the Endangered Species Act and

announced that the public comment period would close on July 17, 1995.

NMFS also announced its intention to provide more complete cost

estimates of the Proposed Recovery Plan tasks and a better description

of the time required to carry out these tasks. Since April 18, 1995,

thousands of members of the public have provided comments on the

Proposed Recovery Plan in writing or at public hearings. As a result of

the large response, and because the Addendum to the Proposed Recovery

Plan was expected to be published in mid-October of 1995, the public

comment period was extended to November 17, 1995 (60 FR 44855, August

29, 1995).

NMFS is keenly aware of the public's interest in the process of

salmon recovery and values public comments as an important source of

information to help improve Federal decisions. Therefore, NMFS further

extends the comment period on the Proposed Recovery Plan to December

11, 1995. Copies of the Addendum will be mailed to every person who

received the Proposed Recovery Plan and are available upon request (see

ADDRESSES).

Dated: October 30, 1995.

William W. Fox,

Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 95-27746 Filed 11-8-95; 8:45 am]

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