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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 17, 2021 / Notices
selecting File No. 25850 from the list of available applications. These documents are also available upon written request via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov.
Written comments on this application should be submitted via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please include File No. 25850 in the subject line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a written request via email to NMFS.Pr1Comments@
noaa.gov. The request should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shasta McClenahan, Ph.D. or Jordan Rutland, 301 4278401.
The subject permit is requested under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq. and the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals 50 CFR
part 216.
The applicant proposes to import biological samples from Canada for stable isotope analysis to study trophic ecology and distribution. An unlimited number of samples from up to 40 killer whales may be imported annually. The requested duration of the permit is five years.
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq., an initial determination has been made that the activity proposed is categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of the application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: August 12, 2021.
Julia Marie Harrison, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Docket No. 2108060159
RTID 0648XW032 and 0648XW013

Listing Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 12-Month Findings on Petitions To List Spring-Run Oregon Coast Chinook Salmon and SpringRun Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal Chinook Salmon as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act National Marine Fisheries Service NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition findings.
AGENCY:

We, NMFS, announce 12month findings on 2 petitions to list populations of spring-run Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha as threatened or endangered Evolutionarily Significant Units ESUs under the Endangered Species Act ESA and to designate critical habitat concurrently with the listings. We have completed a comprehensive analysis of Oregon Coast OC and Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal SONCC spring-run Chinook salmon populations in response to the petitions. Based on the best scientific and commercial data available, including the ESU
configuration report, we have determined that listing the OC and SONCC spring-run Chinook salmon populations as threatened or endangered ESUs is not warranted. We determined that the OC and SONCC
spring-run Chinook salmon populations do not meet the ESU Policy criteria to be considered ESUs separate from the OC and SONCC fall-run Chinook salmon populations and, therefore, do not meet the statutory definition of a species under the ESA. We also announce the availability of an ESU
configuration report we prepared to inform our determination.
DATES: These findings were made on August 17, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The documents informing the 12-month findings, including the ESU configuration report Ford et al.
2021, are available by submitting a request to the Assistant Regional Administrator, Protected Resources Division, West Coast Regional Office, 501 W Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802, Attention: OC and SONCC spring-run Chinook salmon 12month Findings. The documents are SUMMARY:

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also available electronically at https
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species_vocab_target_
id=Chinook+Salmon&sort_by=field_
relevant_date_value.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Rule, NMFS West Coast Region at gary.rule@noaa.gov, 503 2305424; or Heather Austin, NMFS Office of Protected Resources at heather.austin@
noaa.gov, 301 4278422.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background On September 24, 2019, the Secretary of Commerce received a petition from the Native Fish Society, Center for Biological Diversity, and Umpqua Watersheds hereafter, the OC
Petitioners to list OC spring-run Chinook salmon as a threatened or endangered ESU under the ESA.
Currently, OC spring-run Chinook salmon populations are part of the OC
Chinook salmon ESU that combines populations of springand fall-run Chinook salmon and is not listed under the ESA. The OC Petitioners request that OC spring-run Chinook salmon be considered as a separate ESU and listed as threatened or endangered. The OC
Petitioners also request the designation of critical habitat for OC spring-run Chinook salmon concurrent with ESA
listing. On April 13, 2020, we published a positive 90-day finding 85 FR 20476
RTID 0648XW013 announcing that the petition presented substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. In our 90-day finding, we also announced the initiation of a status review to determine whether the spring-run populations of OC Chinook salmon constitute an ESU, and, if so, whether that OC spring-run Chinook salmon ESU is in danger of extinction or likely to become so within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range; and we requested information to inform our status review.
On May 4, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce received a petition from Richard K. Nawa hereafter, the SONCC
Petitioner, or Petitioners when referring collectively to the OC Petitioners and the SONCC Petitioner to identify SONCC spring-run Chinook salmon as a separate ESU and list the ESU as threatened or endangered under the ESA. Currently, SONCC spring-run Chinook salmon populations are part of the SONCC Chinook salmon ESU that combines populations of springand fall-run Chinook salmon and is not listed under the ESA. The SONCC

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