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DOC/NOAA RIN: 0648-BC68 Publication ID: Spring 2014 
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. The Settlement Act also provided that reintroduction will not impose more than de minimus impacts on third parties in the region. This rule designates 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 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 223    15 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  12/31/2013  78 FR 79622   
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:
Dwayne Meadows
Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone:301 427-8467
Email: dwayne.meadows@noaa.gov