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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BC68 Publication ID: 2012 
Title: ●Designation of New Population of Spring Run Chinook Salmon in the San Joaquin River 
Abstract: The proposed action has two components: (1) it designates a new experimental population of Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in portions of the San Joaquin River, and includes take exemptions under section 4(d) of the ESA; and (2) it exempts take under section 4(d) of the ESA for Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (spring-run) for particular activities outside the experimental population's geographic range and outside of the current evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) designated boundary of the species in the San Joaquin River tributaries and in the Southern Delta. These provisions implement condition for de minimis effects on specific third parties as defined in PL 111-11. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223.301   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1539   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Judicial  Spring run to be introduced to San Joaquin River by this date  12/21/2012 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/00/2013 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Helen Golde
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Room 11536, Marine Sanctuaries Division, 1305 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 427-8400
Email: helen.golde@noaa.gov