EXH1272051001

Re: Consulmion on Salmon F.umtbl Fish Habitat _on f_r Mastm"Plm Update T+-_n_vmmmatsat Seattlo-Tmmma Immmional _ (NMFS No. WSB-00-318). Dear Mr. Johnson: This rJz,re_ondeace k in n:sponse to your request far caamdmion under the Ma_uson Stm,ens Fithery Conservation lad Management Act ('MSA). _om were completed previously •for Endangered Species Act and for Essm_l Fish Habitat for costal pedant and West Coast Gmundfish. Consequently this consultmPionis only for P._sentiaIFish Habitat for Pac/fic salmon. Federal agencies are obligated, m2derSection 305Cv)(2) of the MSA and its implementing regulatiuns(50CFR600),toconsultwithNMFSregardingactionsthatareauthorized,funded. or underteken by that agency, tluttmay adversely affect Emmfial Fish Habitat (EFH). The MSA (§3) defines _ as "those waters and suba,h-te neceasary to fir& for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to w*,,,ity." Furthermore. NMFS is required to provide the Federal agency with conservation recommendations which minimize the adverse efl'ec_ of the project and conserve EFH (MSA §305(b)(4XA)). This consultation k based, in part, on information provided by the Federal agency and descriptions of EFH fin"Pacific salmon contained in the Fishery Management Plan produced by the Pacif_ Fitheries Management Cotmcfl. The proposed action and action area ere described in the BA submitted to NMFS in June 2000 and the Essential Fish Habitat Consultation submitted in March 2001. The action area includes habitats which have bee_ldesignated as HH-Ifor various life stages of chinook, coho, and Puget Sound pink salmon. Int'u,wation sub,tied by the Federal Aviation Ad_n/stration (FAA) and the U.S. Army Corps ofEnginee_ (ACOE) in the BA, supplemental correspondence, and the EFH consultation is sufficient far NMFS…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]