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National Marine Fisheries Service/NOAA, Commerce § 226.206

Custer, Idaho, Lemhi, Lewis, Nez Canyon Dam; the River from Perce. its confluence with the Snake River (b) Snake River Spring/Summer Chinook upstream to Palouse Falls; the Clear- Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Ge- water River from its confluence with ographic Boundaries. Critical habitat the Snake River upstream to its con- is designated to include the Columbia fluence with Lolo Creek; the North River from a straight line connecting Fork Clearwater River from its con- the west end of the Clatsop jetty (south fluence with the Clearwater River up- jetty, Oregon side) and the west end of stream to Dworshak Dam. Critical the Peacock jetty (north jetty, Wash- habitat also includes river reaches ington side) and including all Columbia presently or historically accessible (ex- River estuarine areas and river reaches cept reaches above impassable natural proceeding upstream to the confluence falls, and Dworshak and Hells Canyon of the Columbia and Snake Rivers; all Dams) to Snake River fall chinook Snake River reaches from the con- salmon in the following hydrologic fluence of the up- units; Clearwater, Hells Canyon, stream to Hells Canyon Dam. Critical Imnaha, Lower Grande Ronde, Lower habitat also includes river reaches North Fork Clearwater, Lower Salmon, presently or historically accessible (ex- Lower Snake, Lower Snake-Asotin, cept reaches above impassable natural Lower Snake-Tucannon, and Palouse. falls (including Napias Creek Falls) and Critical habitat borders on or passes Dworshak and Hells Canyon Dams) to through the following counties in Or- Snake River spring/summer chinook egon: Baker, Clatsop, Columbia, salmon in the following hydrologic Gillium, Hood River, Morrow, Mult- units: Hells Canyon, Imnaha, Lemhi, nomah, Sherman, Umatilla, Wallowa, Little Salmon, Lower Grande Ronde, Wasco; the following counties in Wash- Lower Middle Fork Salmon, Lower ington: Adams, Asotin, Benton, Clark, Salmon, Lower Snake-Asotin, Lower Columbia, Cowlitz, Franklin, Garfield, Snake-Tucannon, Middle Salmon- Klickitat, Lincoln, Pacific, Skamania, Chamberlain, Middle Salmon-Panther, Spokane, Wahkiakum, Walla, Whit- Pahsimeroi, South Fork Salmon, Upper man; and the following counties in Middle Fork Salmon, Upper Grande Idaho: Adams, Benewah, Clearwater, Ronde, Upper Salmon, Wallowa. Crit- Idaho, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Sho- ical habitat borders on or passes shone, Valley. through the following counties in Or- egon: Baker, Clatsop, Columbia, [58 FR 68551, Dec. 28, 1993, as amended at 63 Gillium, Hood River, Morrow, Mult- FR 1393, Jan. 9, 1998. Redesignated and nomah, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, amended at 64 FR 14067, Mar. 23, 1999; 64 FR Wallowa, Wasco; the following counties 57403, Oct. 25, 1999; 69 FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004] in : Asotin, Benton, Clark, § 226.206 Critical habitat for the Columbia, Cowlitz, Franklin, Garfield, Southern Resident killer whale Klickitat, Pacific, Skamania, (Orcinus orca). Wahkiakum, Walla, Whitman; and the following counties in Idaho: Adams, Critical habitat is designated for the Blaine, Custer, Idaho, Lemhi, Lewis, Southern Resident killer whale as de- Nez Perce, Valley. scribed in this section. The textual de- (c) Snake River Fall Chinook Salmon scriptions of critical habitat in this (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). The Co- section are the definitive source for de- lumbia River from a straight line con- termining the critical habitat bound- necting the west end of the Clatsop aries. The overview map is provided for jetty (south jetty, Oregon side) and the general guidance purposes only, and west end of the Peacock jetty (north not as a definitive source for deter- jetty, Washington side) and including mining critical habitat boundaries. all Columbia River estuarine areas and (a) Critical Habitat Boundaries. Crit- river reaches proceeding upstream to ical habitat includes three specific ma- the confluence of the Columbia and rine areas of , Washington, Snake Rivers; the Snake River, all within the following counties: Clallam, river reaches from the confluence of Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Island, Mason, the Columbia River, upstream to Hells Pierce, San Juan, Skagit, Snohomish,

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Thurston, and Whatcom. Critical habi- the Bridge (Highway 104) tat includes all waters relative to a (47°51′36″ N./122°37′23″ W.); all marine contiguous shoreline delimited by the waters in eastern Kitsap County east of line at a depth of 20 feet (6.1 m) relative the Hood Canal Bridge (Highway 104) to extreme high water in each of the (47°51′36″ N./122°37′23″ W.); all marine following areas: waters (excluding Hood Canal) in (1) Summer Core Area: All U.S. marine Mason County; and all marine waters waters in Whatcom and San Juan coun- in King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Thur- ties; and all marine waters in Skagit ston counties. County west and north of the Decep- (3) Area: All tion Pass Bridge (Highway 20) (48°24′ 25″ U.S. marine waters in Clallam County N./122°38′35″ W.). east of a line connecting Cape Flattery, (2) Puget Sound Area: All marine wa- ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ ters in Island County east and south of Washington (48 23 10 N./124 43 32 W.), Tatoosh Island, Washington (48°23′30″ the Bridge (Highway 20) ° ′ ″ (48°24′ 25″ N./122°38′35″ W.), and east of a N./124 44 12 W.), and Bonilla Point, ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ line connecting the British Columbia (48 35 30 N./124 43 00 Lighthouse (48°8′39″ N./122°45′12″ W.) and W.); all marine waters in Jefferson and a point on located at Island counties west of the Deception 48°12′30″ N./122°44′26″ W.; all marine wa- Pass Bridge (Highway 20) (48°24′ 25″ N./ ters in Skagit County east of the De- 122°38′35″ W.), and west of a line con- ception Pass Bridge (Highway 20) (48°24′ necting the Point Wilson Lighthouse 25″ N./122°38′35″ W.); all marine waters (48°8′39″ N./122°45′12″ W.) and a point on of Jefferson County east of a line con- Whidbey Island located at 48°12′30″ N./ necting the Point Wilson Lighthouse 122°44′26″ W. (48°8′39″ N./122°45′12″ W.) and a point on (b) An overview map of final critical Whidbey Island located at latitude habitat for the Southern Resident kill- 48°12′30″ N./122°44′26″ W., and north of er whale follows.

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(c) Primary Constituent Elements. The (2) Prey species of sufficient quan- primary constituent elements essential tity, quality, and availability to sup- for conservation of the Southern Resi- port individual growth, reproduction, dent killer whale are: and development, as well as overall (1) Water quality to support growth population growth; and and development;

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(3) Passage conditions to allow for § 226.208 Critical habitat for green tur- migration, resting, and foraging. tle. (d) Sites owned or controlled by the De- (a) Culebra Island, Puerto Rico—Wa- partment of Defense. Critical habitat ters surrounding the island of Culebra does not include the following areas from the mean high water line seaward owned or controlled by the Department to 3 nautical miles (5.6 km). These wa- of Defense, or designated for its use, in ters include Culebra’s outlying Keys the State of Washington, including including Cayo Norte, Cayo Ballena, shoreline, nearshore areas around Cayos Geniquı´, Isla Culebrita, Arrecife structures such as docks and piers, and Culebrita, Cayo de Luis Pen˜ a, Las marine areas: Hermanas, El Mono, Cayo Lobo, Cayo (1) Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Lobito, Cayo Botijuela, Alcarraza, Los Keyport; Gemelos, and Piedra Steven. (2) Naval Ordnance Center, Port (b) [Reserved] Hadlock (Indian Island); [63 FR 46701, Sept. 2, 1998. Redesignated and (3) Naval Fuel Depot, Manchester; amended at 64 FR 14067, Mar. 23, 1999] (4) Naval Air Station, Whidbey Is- land; § 226.209 Critical habitat for hawksbill turtle. (5) Naval Station, Everett; (6) Naval Hospital Bremerton; (a) Mona and Monito Islands, Puerto (7) Fort Lewis (Army); Rico—Waters surrounding the islands of Mona and Monito, from the mean (8) Pier 23 (Army); high water line seaward to 3 nautical (9) Puget Sound Naval Ship Yard; miles (5.6 km). (10) Strait of Juan de Fuca naval air- (b) [Reserved] to-surface weapon range, restricted area; [63 FR 46701, Sept. 2, 1998. Redesignated and amended at 64 FR 14067, Mar. 23, 1999] (11) Strait of Juan de Fuca and Whidbey Island naval restricted areas; § 226.210 Central California Coast (12) Admiralty Inlet naval restricted Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus area; kisutch), Southern Oregon/Northern (13) Naval Base re- California Coasts Coho Salmon stricted area; (Oncorhynchus kisutch). (14) Port Orchard Passage naval re- Critical habitat is designated to in- stricted area; clude all river reaches accessible to (15) Sinclair Inlet naval restricted listed coho within the range of the area; ESUs listed, except for reaches on In- (16) Carr Inlet naval restricted area; dian lands defined in Tables 5 and 6 to this part. Critical habitat consists of (17) Port Townsend/Indian Island/ the water, substrate, and adjacent ri- Walan Point naval restricted area; and parian zone of estuarine and riverine (18) Crescent Harbor Explosive Ord- reaches in hydrologic units and coun- nance Units Training Area. ties identified in Tables 5 and 6 to this [71 FR 69068, Nov. 29, 2006] part for all of the coho ESUs listed in this section. Accessible reaches are § 226.207 Critical habitat for those within the historical range of the leatherback turtle. ESUs that can still be occupied by any life stage of coho salmon. Inaccessible LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLE (dermochelys reaches are those above longstanding, coriacea) naturally impassable barriers (i.e., nat- ural waterfalls in existence for at least The waters adjacent to Sandy Point, several hundred years) and specific St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, up to dams within the historical range of and inclusive of the waters from the each ESU identified in Tables 5 and 6 hundred fathom curve shoreward to the to this part. Hydrologic units are those level of mean high tide with boundaries ° ′ ″ ° ′ ″ defined by the Department of the Inte- at 17 42 12 North and 64 50 00 West. rior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey [44 FR 17711, Mar. 23, 1979. Redesignated and (USGS) publication, ‘‘Hydrologic Unit amended at 64 FR 14067, Mar. 23, 1999] Maps,’’ Water Supply Paper 2294, 1987,

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