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We will also consult with the affected 

tribes as we conduct our new status 

review concerning the Sonoran Desert 

nesting bald eagle population. 

References Cited 

Brown, D. 1973. The Natural Vegetative 

Communities of Arizona. Arizona Game 

and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ. 

Brown, D. (editor). 1994. Biotic Communities 

of the Southwestern United States and 

Northwestern New Mexico. The 

University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 

UT. 

Canaca, J.S., K.V. Jacobson, and J.T. Driscoll. 

2004. Arizona Bald Eagle 2003 Nest 

Survey, Nongame and Endangered 

Wildlife Program Technical Report 226. 

Arizona Game and Fish Department, 

Phoenix, AZ. 

Driscoll, J.T., K.V. Jacobson, G.L. Beatty, J.S. 

Canaca, and J.G. Koloszar. 2006. 

Conservation Assessment and strategy 

for the bald eagle in Arizona. Nongame 

and Endangered Wildlife Program 

Technical Report 173. Arizona Game and 

Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17 

Endangered and threatened species, 

Exports, Imports, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, and 

Transportation. 

Regulation Promulgation 

■ Accordingly, we amend part 17, 

subchapter B of chapter I, title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth 

below: 

PART 17—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 17 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407; 16 U.S.C. 

1531–1544; 16 U.S.C. 4201–4245; Pub. L. 99–

625, 100 Stat. 3500; unless otherwise noted. 

§ 17.11 [Amended] 

■ 2. In § 17.11(h), an entry for ‘‘Eagle, 

Bald’’ is added under BIRDS to read as 

follows: 

Species 

Historic range Vertebrate population where 

endangered or threatened Status When listed 

Critical 

habitat 

Special 

Common rules 

name Scientific name 

* * * * * * * 

BIRDS

* * * * * * * 

Eagle, bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus .. North Arizona: South 

to northern Mexico.

Arizona: (1) Yavapai, Gila, 

Graham, Pinal, and Maricopa, 

Counties; and 

(2) Southern Mohave County (that 

portion south and east of the 

center of Interstate Highway 40 

and east of Arizona Highway 

95), eastern LaPaz County (that 

portion east of the centerline of 

U.S. and Arizona Highways 95), 

and north of the centerline of 

Interstate Highway 8).

T ........ ......... NA ........ 17.41(a). 

* * * * * * * 

■ 3. Section 17.41 is amended by adding 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 17.41 Special rules—birds. 

(a) Bald eagles (Haliaeetus 

leucocephalus) wherever listed as 

threatened under § 17.11(h). All 

provisions of §§ 17.31 and 17.32 apply 

to any threatened bald eagle, with the 

following exceptions: 

(1) The Service will consider any 

permit that we issue for bald eagles 

under § 21.22 (banding and marking 

permits) or part 22 of this chapter 

(permits for certain activities with bald 

or golden eagles) to satisfy all 

requirements of § 17.31 and the permits 

we issue under § 17.32. 

(2) The Service will not require a 

second permit under § 17.32 for any 

activity that is covered by a permit 

issued under § 21.22 or part 22 of this 

chapter. 

(3) The Service will require a permit 

under § 17.32 for any activity that is not 

covered by a permit issued under 

§ 21.22 or part 22 of this chapter. 

* * * * * 

Dated: April 18, 2008. 

H. Dale Hall, 

Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 08–1203 Filed 4–28–08; 4:00 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 229 

[Docket No. 080103017–8598–03] 

RIN 0648–AS01 

Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental 

to Commercial Fishing Operations; 

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction 

Plan Regulations 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; notice of OMB 

approval of collection -of-information 

collection requirements. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces approval by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) of collection-of-information 

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implementing amendments to the 

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction 

Plan. 

DATES: The information collection 

requirements associated with the final 

rule published on October 5, 2007 are 

effective May 1, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Borggaard, NMFS, Northeast 

Region, 978–281–9300 Ext. 6503, 

diane.borggaard@noaa.gov; Kristy Long, 

NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, 

301–713–2322, kristy.long@noaa.gov; or 

Barb Zoodsma, NMFS, Southeast 

Region, 904–321–2806, 

barb.zoodsma@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

This Federal Register document is 

also accessible at the web site of the 

Office of the Federal Register: http:// 

www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 

Background 

On October 5, 2007, NMFS published 

a final rule implementing the Atlantic 

Large Whale Take Reduction Plan 

(ALWTRP) (72 FR 57104). That final 

rule contained collection-of-information 

requirements that were submitted to, 

but not yet approved by, the Office of 

Management and Budget. Because OMB 

had not yet approved the collection-ofinformation requirements by the 

publication date of that final rule, 

NMFS noted in that final rule that it 

would publish a subsequent Federal 

Register notice upon OMB’s issuance of 

a control number. 

On December 7, 2007, OMB approved 

the collection-of-information 

requirements contained in the October 

5, 2007 final rule. NMFS announces that 

the collection-of-information 

requirements are approved under 

Control Number 0648–0364, with an 

expiration date of February 28, 2009. 

Dated: April 25, 2008. 

Samuel D. Rauch III, 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Regulatory Programs, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 08–1202 Filed 4–28–08; 4:00 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 080428611–8612–01] 

RIN 0648–AW60 

Fisheries Off West Coast States and in 

the Western Pacific; West Coast 

Salmon Fisheries; 2008 Management 

Measures and a Temporary Rule 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule; and a temporary rule 

for emergency action; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS establishes fishery 

management measures for the 2008 

ocean salmon fisheries off Washington, 

Oregon, California and the 2009 salmon 

seasons opening earlier than May 1, 

2009. The temporary rule for emergency 

action (emergency rule), under the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens Act), implements 

the 2008 annual management measures 

for the west coast ocean salmon 

fisheries for the area from Cape Falcon, 

OR, to the Oregon/California Border 

from June 22 to August 31, 2008. The 

emergency rule is required because 

Sacramento River fall Chinook (SRFC) 

are projected to not meet their 

conservation objective of 122,000 to 

180,000 natural and hatchery adult 

spawners established in the Pacific 

Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan 

(Salmon FMP). Specific fishery 

management measures vary by fishery 

and by area. The measures establish 

fishing areas, seasons, quotas, legal gear, 

recreational fishing days and catch 

limits, possession and landing 

restrictions, and minimum lengths for 

salmon taken in the U.S. exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ) (3–200 nm) off 

Washington, Oregon, and California. 

The management measures are intended 

to prevent overfishing and to apportion 

the ocean harvest equitably among 

treaty Indian, non-treaty commercial, 

and recreational fisheries. The measures 

are also intended to allow a portion of 

the salmon runs to escape the ocean 

fisheries in order to provide for 

spawning escapement and to provide for 

inside fisheries (fisheries occurring in 

state internal waters). 

DATES: Final rule is effective from 0001 

hours Pacific Daylight Time, May 1, 

2008, until the effective date of the 2009 

management measures, as published in 

the Federal Register. Temporary rule is 

effective from 0001 hours Pacific 

Daylight Time June 22, 2008, to 1159 

hours Pacific Daylight Time August 31, 

2008 or the attainment of the specific 

quota as listed below in section two of 

this rule. Comments must be received 

by May 16, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by 0648–AW60, by any one of 

the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Fax: 206–526–6736. Attn: Sarah 

McAvinchey, or 562–980–4047 Attn: 

Eric Chavez. 

• Mail: D. Robert Lohn, Regional 

Administrator, Northwest Region, 

NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., 

Seattle, WA 98115–0070 or to Rod 

McInnis, Regional Administrator, 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long 

Beach, CA 90802–4213. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

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. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments. 

Attachments to electronic comments 

will be accepted in Microsoft Word, 

Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file 

formats only. 

Copies of the documents cited in this 

document are available from Dr. Donald 

O. McIsaac, Executive Director, Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 7700 NE., 

Ambassador Place, Suite 200, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384, and are posted on its 

Web site (http://www.pcouncil.org). 

Send comments regarding the 

reporting burden estimate or any other 

aspect of the collection-of-information 

requirements in these management 

measures, including suggestions for 

reducing the burden, to one of the 

NMFS addresses listed above and to 

David Rostker, Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB), by e-mail at 

David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov, or by fax 

at (202) 395–7285. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah McAvinchey at 206–526–4323, or 

Eric Chavez at 562–980–4064. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The ocean salmon fisheries in the EEZ 

off Washington, Oregon, and California 


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