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Inspiration Avenue and D Avenue, 

where a modified BFE of 80 feet, 

referenced to the North American 

Vertical Datum of 1988, is proposed, 

due to the error in listing the location 

description for the Rowell Creek BFE of 

80 feet, referenced to the North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988, in the 

previously published proposed rule at 

75 FR 31347. In addition, this proposed 

rule is reopening the comment period 

for Sal Taylor Creek Tributary 2, from 

the location at the confluence with Sal 

Taylor Creek, where a modified BFE of 

62 feet, referenced to the North 

American Vertical Datum of 1988, is 

proposed, to the location approximately 

1,500 feet upstream of the confluence 

with Sal Taylor Creek Tributary 3, 

where a modified BFE of 68 feet, 

referenced to the North American 

Vertical Datum of 1988, is proposed, 

due to the error in listing the modified 

BFEs for this flooding source in the 

previously published proposed rule at 

75 FR 31347. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 

97.022, ‘‘Flood Insurance.’’) 

Dated: August 5, 2011. 

Sandra K. Knight, 

Federal Insurance and Mitigation 

Administrator, Mitigation, Department of 

Homeland Security, Federal Emergency 

Management Agency. 

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Administration 

50 CFR Parts 223 and 224 

RIN 0648–XA619 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

5-Year Reviews for 5 Evolutionarily 

Significant Units of Pacific Salmon and 

1 Distinct Population Segment of 

Steelhead in California 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 5-year 

reviews. 

SUMMARY: We, the National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southwest 

Region, announce the availability of 

5-year reviews for five ESUs of Pacific 

salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.) and one 

DPS of steelhead (Oncorhynchus 

mykiss) in California, as required by the 

ESA. After reviewing the best available 

scientific and commercial data, our 5- 

year reviews indicate that these species 

should remain listed as determined in 

2005 and 2006, respectively. Our 

reviews recommend that the southward 

extension of boundaries for California 

Coastal Chinook salmon and Central 

California Coast coho salmon should be 

considered. Our 5-year review also 

recommends that six hatchery stocks 

should be removed from the California 

Coastal Chinook salmon ESU because 

those hatchery programs have been 

terminated. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

about the 5-year review process, 

including copies of the 5-year review 

reports, may be obtained by visiting the 

NMFS Southwest Regional Office Web 

site at http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ or by 

writing to us at: NMFS Southwest 

Region, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 

Long Beach, CA 90802; Attn: Craig 

Wingert. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Wingert at the above address or at 

(562) 980–4021. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the ESA, a list of endangered 

and threatened wildlife and plant 

species must be maintained. The list is 

published at 50 CFR 17.11 (for animals) 

and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) 

of the ESA requires that NMFS conduct 

a review of listed species under its 

jurisdiction at least once every 5 years 

(‘‘5-year reviews’’). Pursuant to section 

4(c)(2)(B) of the ESA, we determine 

whether any species should be delisted 

and removed from the list, reclassified 

from endangered to threatened, or 

reclassified from threatened to 

endangered on the basis of such 

reviews. In conducting 5-year reviews, 

we consider the best scientific and 

commercial data, including new 

information that has become available 

since the last listing determination or 

most recent status review of a species. 

On March 18, 2010, NMFS announced 

the initiation of 5-year reviews for listed 

Pacific salmon ESUs and steelhead 

DPSs in California, Oregon, Washington, 

and Idaho (75 FR 13082). Both ESUs 

and DPSs are treated as ‘‘species’’ under 

the ESA and we use the term ‘‘species’’ 

to refer to both in the remainder of this 

notice. In the March 18, 2010 

announcement, we requested new 

information regarding the biological 

status of these ESUs and DPSs and the 

factors that affect them from the public, 

concerned governmental agencies, 

Tribes, the scientific community, 

environmental entities, and other 

interested parties. 

This notice of availability addresses 

our completed 5-year reviews for: (1) 

Southern Oregon/Northern California 

coho salmon; (2) California Coastal 

Chinook salmon; (3) Central California 

Coast coho salmon; (4) Sacramento 

River winter-run Chinook salmon; (5) 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon; and (6) Central Valley 

steelhead. The results of 5-year reviews 

for the other ESUs and DPSs discussed 

in the March 18, 2010 notice of 

initiation will be announced in 

forthcoming notices from the NMFS 

Southwest and Northwest Regions, 

respectively. 

We used a two-step process to 

complete the reviews. First, we asked 

scientists from our Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center to collect and analyze 

new information about each species’ 

viability. To evaluate each species’ 

viability, our scientists applied the 

agency’s Viable Salmonid Population 

(VSP) framework, which relies on 

evaluating four key population 

parameters (abundance, productivity, 

spatial structure, and diversity). Using 

this framework, they compiled and 

evaluated all new relevant information 

on these four parameters and then 

updated the overall viability status of 

each species. They also considered new 

genetic and biogeographic information 

related to each species’ freshwater and 

estuarine geographic boundaries. At the 

end of this process, the Center prepared 

a report detailing the results and 

conclusions from their analyses. 

Fishery biologists from the Southwest 

Region and its field offices completed 

the second step in the review process. 

These biologists reviewed new 

information on the five ESA 4(a)(1) 

factors considered when determining if 

a species should be listed as threatened 

or endangered, including: (1) The 

present or threatened destruction, 

modification, or curtailment of its 

habitat or range; (2) overutilization for 

commercial, recreational, scientific, or 

educational purposes; (3) disease or 

predation; (4) inadequacy of existing 

regulatory mechanisms; and, (5) other 

natural or man-made factors affecting its 

continued existence. They also 

evaluated new information on hatchery 

programs associated with each species 

to inform an updated assessment about 

whether specific hatchery programs 

should be considered part of the species 

that were evaluated. In doing so, they 

applied our Policy Addressing the Role 

of Artificially Propagated Pacific 

Salmon and Steelhead in Listing 

Determinations under the ESA (70 FR 

37204). The 5-year review reports 

prepared by the Southwest Region, the 

Southwest Science Center’s updated 


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status assessment, and additional 

information concerning these species 

are available on the Southwest Region’s 

Web site: http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/. 

With regard to the salmon and 

steelhead species subject to this notice 

of availability, we evaluated information 

that has become available on the species 

since they were previously reviewed in 

2005 (70 FR 37160) and 2006 (71 FR 

834), respectively. After considering the 

best available information, our 5-year 

reviews recommend that each of these 

species should remain listed as 

determined in 2005 and 2006. Our 

reviews also recommend that the 

southern boundaries of two species 

(California Coastal Chinook salmon and 

Central California Coast coho salmon 

ESUs) should be extended. Finally, our 

reviews also recommend that six 

hatchery stocks should be removed from 

the California Coastal Chinook salmon 

ESU based on information 

demonstrating the hatchery programs 

propagating these stocks have been 

terminated since the last status review. 

In furtherance of these 

recommendations, we have already 

proposed to change the southern 

boundary of Central California Coast 

coho salmon (76 FR 6383). We will 

consider proposing the adjustment of 

the species boundary and hatchery 

status for California Coastal Chinook 

salmon in a separate rulemaking. We 

conclude that these 5-year reviews meet 

the requirements of the ESA. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: August 8, 2011. 

Therese Conant, 

Deputy Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

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Endangered and Threatened Species; 

5-Year Reviews for 17 Evolutionarily 

Significant Units and Distinct 

Population Segments of Pacific 

Salmon and Steelhead 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 5-year 

reviews. 

SUMMARY: NMFS Northwest Region 

announces the availability of 5-year 

reviews for 11 evolutionarily significant 

units (ESUs) of Pacific salmon 

(Oncorhynchus sp.) and 6 distinct 

population segments (DPSs) of steelhead 

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Oregon, 

Washington, and Idaho as required by 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA). The purpose of the 

reviews was to evaluate whether the 

listing classifications of these salmonids 

remains accurate or should be changed. 

After reviewing the best available 

scientific and commercial data, we 

conclude that the 11 ESUs of Pacific 

salmon and 6 DPSs of steelhead in 

Oregon, Washington, and Idaho shall 

remain listed as determined in 2005, 

2006, and 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

about the 5-year reviews may be 

obtained by visiting the NMFS 

Northwest Regional Office Web site: 

http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/, or by writing 

to us at: NMFS Northwest Region, 1201 

Lloyd Blvd., Suite 1100, Portland, OR 

97232. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Murray (503) 231–2378. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the ESA, a list of endangered 

and threatened wildlife and plant 

species must be maintained. The list is 

published at 50 CFR 17.11 and 50 CFR 

223.102 (for animals) and 17.12 (for 

plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA 

requires that we conduct a review of 

listed species at least once every 5 years. 

On the basis of such reviews under 

section 4(c)(2)(B), we determine 

whether any species should be removed 

from the list (delisted), or reclassified 

from endangered to threatened or from 

threatened to endangered. During 5-year 

reviews, we consider the best scientific 

and commercial data available, 

including new information that has 

become available since the last listing 

determination or most recent status 

review of a species. 

On March 18, 2010, the NMFS 

Northwest and Southwest Regional 

Offices announced initiation of 5-year 

reviews of Pacific salmon ESUs and 

steelhead DPSs (75 FR 13082). Both 

ESUs and DPSs are treated as ‘species’ 

under the ESA, and we use the term 

‘species’ to refer to both in the 

remainder of this notice. At the time of 

our announcement, we requested 

information on species viability, 

protective efforts, and threats to the 

species from the public, concerned 

governmental agencies, Tribes, the 

scientific community, environmental 

entities, and other interested parties. 

This notice addresses the following 

salmon species: (1) Upper Columbia 

River spring-run Chinook salmon; (2) 

Snake River spring/summer-run 

Chinook salmon; (3) Puget Sound 

Chinook salmon; (4) Lower Columbia 

River Chinook salmon; (5) Upper 

Willamette Chinook salmon; (6) Snake 

River fall-run Chinook salmon; (7) Hood 

Canal summer-run chum salmon; (8) 

Columbia River chum salmon; (9) Lower 

Columbia River coho salmon; (10) Snake 

River sockeye salmon; and (11) Ozette 

Lake sockeye salmon. We did not 

complete a 5-year review for the Oregon 

Coast coho salmon because, as part of a 

legal settlement, we previously agreed 

to conduct a new review of the status of 

this species. On June 20, 2011, we 

issued a final rule re-promulgating the 

threatened listing for Oregon Coast coho 

salmon (76 FR 35755). 

This notice also addresses the 

following steelhead species: (1) Upper 

Columbia River steelhead DPS; (2) 

Middle Columbia River steelhead DPS; 

(3) Snake River Basin steelhead DPS; (4) 

Lower Columbia River steelhead DPS; 

(5) Upper Willamette steelhead DPS; 

and (6) Puget Sound steelhead DPS. 

Information about these species can be 

found at our Northwest Regional Web 

site: http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/. 

We used a two-step process to 

complete the reviews of the listed 

salmonid species in Oregon, 

Washington, and Idaho. First, we asked 

scientists from our Northwest Fisheries 

Science Center to collect and analyze 

new information about species viability. 

To evaluate viability, our scientists 

apply the Viable Salmonid Population 

(VSP) concept. The VSP concept relies 

on evaluating four criteria—abundance, 

productivity, spatial structure, and 

diversity—to assess species viability. 

They also considered new genetic and 

biogeographic information regarding 

species’ boundaries. At the end of this 

process, the science team prepared a 

report detailing the results of their 

analyses. This report is available at our 

regional Web site. 

Salmon management biologists from 

our Northwest Regional Office 

completed the second step in the review 

process. These biologists, organized into 

geographically-based teams, reviewed 

new information related to the five ESA 

section 4(a)(1) factors, which we 

consider when determining if a species 

should be listed as threatened or 

endangered or be de-listed. These are: 

(1) The present or threatened 

destruction, modification, or 

curtailment of the species’ habitat or 

range; (2) overutilization for 


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