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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BC68 Publication ID: Fall 2013 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Species: Designation of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Central Valley Spring-run Chinook Salmon below Friant Dam in the San Joaquin River, CA. 
Abstract: In 2005, the Department of Commerce and Department of Interior entered into a settlement agreement, which called for the restoration of flows in the San Joaquin River and the reintroduction of Chinook salmon, listed under the Endangered Species Act. In 2009, as part of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act, Congress enacted the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, which allows the implementation of a program consistent with Endangered Species Act requirements to reintroduce spring-run into the San Joaquin River. Endangered Species Act Section 10(j) allows for the designation and release of experimental populations of listed animals, which receive a lower level of protection than populations listed as threatened or endangered. The Settlement Act also provided that reintroduction will not impose more than de minimus impacts on third parties in the region. This rule would designate a nonessential experimental population of spring run Chinook salmon in California's San Joaquin River. The experimental population will occur within the historical range of Chinook salmon, but outside the current range of the listed Central Valley spring-run Chinook. Compliance with the Settlement Act and application of reduced levels of regulatory protection available under Section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act ensures that this action will impose no significant impacts in the region. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
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  01/16/2013  78 FR 3381   
Notice  01/24/2013  78 FR 5162   
Final Action  12/00/2013 
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:
Christopher Yates
Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200,
Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone:562 980-4020