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medical examination and certification 

as qualified to drive did not occur 

during the preceding 12 months; 

* * * * * 

■ 7. Amend § 391.51 by revising 

paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows: 

§ 391.51 General requirements for driver 

qualification files. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(3) The certificate of driver’s road test 

issued to the driver pursuant to 

§ 391.31(e), a copy of the license or 

certificate which the motor carrier 

accepted as equivalent to the driver’s 

road test pursuant to § 391.33, or the 

original of the written statement 

providing that the motor carrier 

determined the driver is not required by 

§ 391.44(d) to complete a road test 

pursuant to § 391.44(d)(3)(ii)(A) and the 

original, or a copy, of the driver’s 

certification required by 

§ 391.44(d)(3)(i); 

* * * * * 

■ 8. Amend § 391.64 by revising the 

section title and paragraph (b) 

introductory text, and adding paragraph 

(b)(4) to read as follows. 

§ 391.64 Grandfathering for certain drivers 

who participated in the vision waiver study 

program. 

* * * * * 

(b) Until [DATE 60 DAYS AND 1 

YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF 

PUBLICATION OF THE FINAL RULE 

IN THE Federal Register], the 

provisions of § 391.41(b)(10) do not 

apply to a driver who was a participant 

in good standing on March 31, 1996, in 

a waiver study program concerning the 

operation of commercial motor vehicles 

by drivers with visual impairment in 

one eye; provided: 

* * * * * 

(4) On [DATE 60 DAYS AND 1 YEAR 

AFTER THE DATE OF PUBLICATION 

OF THE FINAL RULE IN THE Federal 

Register], the provisions of paragraph 

(b) of this section are removed, and any 

medical examiner’s certificate issued 

under § 391.43 of this part on the basis 

that the driver is qualified by operation 

of the provisions of 49 CFR 391.64(b), 

related to drivers with visual 

impairment in one eye, is void. 

Appendix A to Part 391—Medical 

Advisory Criteria [Amended] 

■ 9. Remove and reserve paragraph II. J., 

Vision: § 391.41(b)(10), of Appendix A 

to Part 391. 

Issued under the authority of delegation in 

49 CFR 1.87. 

James W. Deck, 

Deputy Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Parts 223 

[Docket No. 201125–0320] 

RIN 0648–BK00 

Endangered and Threatened Species: 

Designation of Nonessential 

Experimental Population of Central 

Valley Spring-Run Chinook Salmon in 

the Upper Yuba River Upstream of 

Englebright Dam, CA; Extension of 

Public Comment Period 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce the 

extension of the public comment period 

on our December 11, 2020, 30-day 

proposal of a rule to designate and 

authorize the release of a nonessential 

experimental population (NEP) of 

Central Valley (CV) spring-run Chinook 

salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) in the upper Yuba River and its 

tributaries upstream of Englebright Dam, 

California, and establish take exceptions 

for the NEP for particular activities. A 

draft environmental assessment (EA) 

has been prepared on this proposed 

action and is available for comment. As 

part of that proposed action, we 

solicited comment on the proposed rule 

and EA over a 30-day period to end on 

January 11, 2021. Today, we update 

contact information, website addresses 

and extend the public comment period 

by 60 days to March 12, 2021. 

Comments previously submitted need 

not be resubmitted, as they will be fully 

considered in the agency’s proposed 

action. 

DATES: The deadline for receipt of 

comments is extended from January 11, 

2021 until March 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on this proposed rule, identified by 

‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2020–0139’’ by any one 

of the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://beta.regulations.gov/docket/ 

NOAA-NMFS-2020-0139/document 

click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

• Phone: (916) 930–3717; Fax: (916) 

930–3629. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are part of the public record 

and will generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All personal identifying information 

(e.g., name, address, etc.), confidential 

business information, or otherwise 

sensitive information submitted 

voluntarily by the sender will be 

publicly accessible. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats 

only. 

You may access a copy of the draft EA 

and other supporting documents by 

visiting the NMFS website at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/ 

proposed-rule-authorize-reintroductioncentral-valley-spring-run-chinooksalmon-upper-yuba. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Ambrose, by phone at (916) 

930–3717, or by mail at National Marine 

Fisheries Service, 650 Capitol Mall, 

Suite 5–100, Sacramento, CA 95814. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 11, 2020, we published 

a proposed rule to designate and 

authorize the release of a NEP of CV 

spring-run Chinook salmon under the 

ESA in the upper Yuba River and its 

tributaries upstream of Englebright Dam, 

California, and establish take exceptions 

for the NEP for particular activities. In 

that notice we also announced a 30-day 

public comment period and the 

availability of a draft EA. 

We received a request to extend the 

public comment period by 90 days in 

order to provide the public with 

additional time to adequately comment 

on the proposed rule. We considered the 

request and concluded that a 60-day 

extension should allow sufficient time 

for responders to submit comments 

without significantly delaying 

finalization of the proposed rule. We are 

therefore extending the close of the 

public comment period from January 11, 

2021, to March 12, 2021. In addition to 

extending the public comment period, 


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we have also updated contact 

information and our website address to 

review the proposed rule and 

supporting materials. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: January 5, 2021. 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00178 Filed 1–8–21; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Parts 402 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2020–0102; 

FXES1114090FEDR–201–FF09E30000; 

Docket No. 201231–0363] 

RIN 1018–BF17; 0648–BJ77 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Regulations for 

Interagency Cooperation 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior; National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (FWS) and the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) (collectively 

referred to as the ‘‘Services’’ or ‘‘we’’) 

propose to amend the Services’ 

consultation regulations under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended, pertaining to the U.S. Forest 

Service and Bureau of Land 

Management. The proposed revisions 

would clarify that reinitiation of 

consultation would not be required for 

these agencies’ previously approved 

land management plans when new 

information reveals that effects of a plan 

may affect listed species or critical 

habitat in a manner or to an extent not 

previously considered, provided that 

any authorized actions for which the 

new information is relevant will be 

addressed through a separate actionspecific consultation. The proposed 

revisions would also replace the 

existing regulation’s temporary 

instructions concerning National Forest 

System lands with permanent 

instructions. The Services are proposing 

this change to improve and clarify the 

interagency cooperation procedures by 

making them more efficient and 

consistent. 

DATES: We will accept comments from 

all interested parties until February 11, 

2021. Please note that if you are using 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see 

ADDRESSES below), the deadline for 

submitting an electronic comment is 

11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on 

this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter FWS–HQ–ES–2012;2020–0102, 

which is the docket number for this 

rulemaking. Then in the Search panel 

on the left side of the screen, under the 

Document Type heading, click on the 

Proposed Rules link to locate this 

document. You may submit a comment 

by clicking on ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

(2) By Hard Copy: Submit by U.S. 

mail to: Public Comments Processing, 

Attn: FWS–HQ–ES–2020–0102, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, MS:JAO/3W, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803 or National Marine 

Fisheries Service, Office of Protected 

Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910. 

We request that you send comments 

only by the methods described above. 

We will post all comments on https:// 

www.regulations.gov. This generally 

means that we will post any personal 

information you provide us (see Public 

Comments below for more information). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Frazer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior, Washington, 

DC 20240, telephone 202/208–4646; or 

Samuel D. Rauch, III, National Marine 

Fisheries Service, Department of 

Commerce, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone 

301/427–8000. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the Deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The purposes of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended 

(‘‘ESA’’ or ‘‘Act’’; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.), are to provide a means to conserve 

the ecosystems upon which listed 

species depend, to develop a program 

for the conservation of listed species, 

and to achieve the purposes of certain 

treaties and conventions. Moreover, the 

Act states that it is the policy of 

Congress that the Federal Government 

shall seek to conserve threatened and 

endangered species and use its 

authorities in furtherance of the 

purposes of the Act. The Lists of 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Endangered and Threatened Plants 

(hereafter, ‘‘the Lists’’) are in title 50 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations in part 

17 (§ 17.11(h) and § 17.12(h)). 

Part 402 of title 50 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations establishes the 

procedural regulations governing 

interagency cooperation under section 7 

of the Act, which requires Federal 

agencies, in consultation with and with 

the assistance of the Secretaries of the 

Interior and Commerce, to insure that 

any action authorized, funded, or 

carried out by such agencies is not 

likely to jeopardize the continued 

existence of endangered or threatened 

species or result in the destruction or 

adverse modification of critical habitat 

of such species. The Secretary of the 

Interior and the Secretary of 

Agriculture, through the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest 

Service (FS), respectively, are 

responsible for the administration, 

management, and protection of 

approximately 438 million surface acres 

of Federal lands. Congress has directed 

that both Departments develop land 

management plans that provide for 

management of these Federal lands in 

accordance with the concepts of 

multiple use and sustained yield. 

More specifically, the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976 

(FLPMA) and the National Forest 

Management Act (NFMA) require the 

Secretaries of the Interior and 

Agriculture, respectively, to ‘‘develop, 

maintain, and, as appropriate, revise’’ 

land management plans and to 

coordinate such planning with other 

Federal agencies. See 43 U.S.C. 1712(a), 

(c)(1)–(c)(9); 16 U.S.C. 1604(a); see also 

Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness 

Alliance, 542 U.S. 55 (2004) (SUWA); 

Ohio Forestry Ass’n v. Sierra Club, 523 

U.S. 726, 728 (1998) (Ohio Forestry). 

The BLM and FS develop plans that 

provide standards and guidelines for 

land and resource management that 

reflect both economic and 

environmental considerations. Once a 

plan is adopted, the agencies’ individual 

project decisions and associated 

permits, contracts, and other 

instruments regulating use and 

occupancy within a unit covered by the 

plan must be consistent with the plan. 

See 43 U.S.C. 1732(a); 16 U.S.C. 1604(i); 

43 CFR 1601.0–5, 1610.5–3(a); 36 CFR 

219.15. 


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