§ 226.217 50 CFR Ch. II (10–1–11 Edition)
[73 FR 72236, Nov. 26, 2008]
§ 226.217 Critical habitat for the Gulf marine environment within the range of Maine Distinct Population Seg- of the Gulf of Maine Distinct Popu- ment of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo lation Segment of Atlantic Salmon salar). (GOM DPS), except for those particular Critical habitat is designated to in- areas within the range which are spe- clude all perennial rivers, streams, and cifically excluded. Within the GOM estuaries and lakes connected to the DPS, the primary constituent elements
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(PCEs) for Atlantic salmon include (b) Critical habitat is designated in sites for spawning and incubation, sites the Maine counties and towns for the for juvenile rearing, and sites for mi- three SHRUs described in paragraphs gration. The essential physical and bio- (b)(1) and (2) of this section. The tex- logical features of habitat are those tual descriptions of critical habitat for features that allow Atlantic salmon to each SHRU are included in paragraphs successfully use sites for spawning and (b)(3) through (6) of this section, and rearing and sites for migration. These these descriptions are the definitive features include substrate of suitable source for determining the critical size and quality; rivers and streams of habitat boundaries. A general location adequate flow, depth, water tempera- map (Figure 1) is provided at the end of ture and water quality; rivers, streams, paragraph (b)(2) and is for general guid- lakes and ponds with sufficient space ance purposes only, and not as a defini- and diverse, abundant food resources to tive source for determining critical support growth and survival; water- habitat boundaries. ways that allow for free migration of (1) Maine counties and towns affected. both adult and juvenile Atlantic salm- Critical habitat is designated for the on; and diverse habitat and native fish following SHRUs in the following coun- communities in which salmon interact ties and towns. with while feeding, migrating, spawn- (i) Counties and towns partially or ing, and resting. entirely within areas containing crit- (a) The GOM DPS is divided into ical habitat in the Downeast Coastal three salmon habitat recovery units SHRU: (SHRUs) within the range of the GOM DPS: These are the Downeast Coastal Sub-basin County Town SHRU, the Penobscot Bay SHRU, and Coastal Penobscot Clifton, Eddington, Grand Falls the Merrymeeting Bay SHRU. Critical Wash- Twp, Greenfield Twp, Summit habitat is being considered only in spe- ington Twp. Hancock. cific areas currently occupied by the Hancock ... Waltham, Bucksport, Dedham, species. Critical habitat specific areas Eastbrook, Ellsworth, Fletchers are identified by hydrological unit Landing Twp, Franklin, Great Pond, Hancock, Lamoine, codes (HUC) and counties within the Mariaville, Oqiton Twp, Orland, States of Maine. Hydrological units are Osborn, Trenton Otis, Sullivan, those defined by the Department of In- Surry, T10 SD, T16 MD, T22 terior (DOI), U.S. Geological Survey MD, T28 MD, T32 MD, T34 MD, T35 MD, T39 MD, T40 (USGS) publication, ‘‘Hydrologic Unit MD, T41 MD, T7 SD, T9 SD. Maps’’ Water Supply Paper (Seaber et Wash- Addison, Alexander, Baileyville, al., 1994) and the following DOI, USGS ington. Baring Plt, Beddington, Centerville Twp, Charlotte, 1:500,000 scale hydrologic unit map: Cherryfield, Columbia, Colum- State of Maine. These documents are bia Falls, Cooper, Crawford, incorporated by reference. The incorpo- Cutler, Deblois, Dennysville, ration by reference was approved by Devereaux Twp, East Machias, Edmunds Twp, Harrington, the Director of the Federal Register in Jonesboro, Jonesport, Lubec, accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 Machias, Machiasport, Marion CFR part 51. Copies of the USGS publi- Twp, Marshfield, Meddybemps, Milbridge, No 14 Twp, No 21 cation and the maps may be obtained Twp, Northfield, Princeton, from the USGS, Map Sales, Box 25286, Roque Bluffs, Sakom Twp, Denver, CO 80225. Copies may be in- Steuben, Trescott Twp, Whit- spected at NMFS, Protected Resources ing, Whitneyville, Wesley T18 ED BPP, T18 MD BPP, T19 ED Division, Office of Protected Re- BPP, T19 MD BPP, T24 MD sources, 1315 East-West Highway, Sil- BPP, T25 MD BPP, T26 ED ver Spring, MD 20910, or at the Na- BPP, T27 ED BPP, T30 MD BPP, T31 MD BPP, T36 MD tional Archives and Records Adminis- BPP, T37 MD BPP, T42 MD tration (NARA). For information on BPP, T43 MD BPP. the availability of this material at NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to: http:// (ii) Counties and towns partially or www.archives.gov/Federallregister/ entirely within areas containing crit- codeloflFederallregulations/ ical habitat in the Penobscot Bay ibrllocations.html. SHRU:
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Sub-basin County Town Sub-basin County Town
Piscataquis Penobscot T4 Indian Purchase Twp, Long A Penobscot Carroll Plt, Drew Plt, Herseytown Twp, Seboeis Plt, Plt, Kingman Twp, Lee, Lincoln, Mattamiscontis Twp, Maxfield, Mattawamkeag, Mount Chase, Lagrange, Charleston, Patten, Prentiss Twp T7 R3 Howland, T3 R9 NWP, Edin- NBPP, Springfield, Stacyville, burg, Hopkins Academy Grant Webster Plt, Winn, T1 R6 Twp, Garland. WELS, T4 R7 WELS, T6 R6 Piscataquis Shawtown Twp, TA R11 WELS, WELS. TA R10 WELS, TB R10 WELS, Wash- T8 R3 NBPP, T8 R4 NBPP. Greenville, T7 R9 NWP, ington. Bowdoin College Grant West Twp, T4 R9 NWP, Ebeemee Penobscot Aroostook Benedicta TWP, Molunkus Twp, Twp, Moosehead Junction Twp, Sherman, T1 R5 WELS. Lake View Plt, Brownville, Milo, Hancock ... Amherst, Blue Hill, Bucksport, Blanchard Twp, Sebec, Dover- Castine, Dedham, Great Pond, Foxcroft, Abbot, Kingsbury Plt, Oqiton Twp, Orland, Penob- Parkman, Wellington, scot, Surry, Verona Island, T3 Frenchtown Twp, Medford, ND, T32 MD, T34 MD, T35 Sangerville, TB R11 WELS, Ka- MD, T39 MD, T40 MD, T41 tahdin Iron Works Twp, MD. Elliottsville Twp, Shirley, Guil- Penobscot Alton, Argyle Twp, Bangor, Brew- ford, Atkinson, Beaver Cove, er, Burlington, Carmel, Charles- Williamsburg Twp, Bowdoin ton, Chester, Clifton, Corinna, College Grant East Twp, Bar- Corinth, Dexter, Dixmont, nard Twp, Monson, Orneville Eddington, Edinburg, Enfield, Twp. Etna, Exeter, Garland, Somerset Squaretown Twp, Mayfield Twp, Glenburn, Grand Falls Twp, Brighton Plt, East Moxie Twp, Hampden, Hermon, Bald Mountain Twp T2 R3. Herseytown Twp, Holden, Howland, Hudson, Indian Is- East Aroostook Moro Plt, T7 R5 WELS. land, Kenduskeag, Lagrange, Branch. Lakeville, Lee, Levant, Lincoln, Penobscot Mount Chase, East Millinocket, Lowell, Mattamiscontis Twp, Grindstone Twp, Herseytown Mattawamkeag, Maxfield, Twp, Medway, Patten, Medway, Milford, Newburgh, Soldiertown Twp T2 R7 WELS, Newport, Old Town, Orono, Stacyville, T1 R6 WELS, T2 R8 Orrington, Passadumkeag, WELS, T3 R7 WELS, T3 R8 Plymouth, Seboeis Plt, Spring- WELS, T4 R7 WELS, T4 R8 field, Stacyville, Stetson, Sum- WELS, T5 R7 WELS, T5 R8 mit Twp, Veazie, Winn, Wood- WELS, T6 R6 WELS, T6 R7 ville T1 R6 WELS, T2 R8 NWP, WELS, T6 R8 WELS, T7 R6 T2 R9 NWP, T3 R1 NBPP, T3 WELS, T7 R7 WELS, T7 R8 R9 NWP, TA R7 WELS. WELS, T8 R6 WELS, T8 R7 Piscataquis Medford. WELS, T8 R8 WELS. Piscataquis Mount Katahdin Twp, Waldo ...... Brooks, Frankfort, Jackson, Knox, Nesourdnahunk Twp, Trout Monroe, Montville, Prospect, Brook Twp, T3 R10 WELS, T4 Searsport, Stockton Springs, R10 WELS, T4 R9 WELS, T5 Swanville, Thorndike, Waldo, R11 WELS, T5 R9 WELS, T6 Winterport. R10 WELS, T6 R11 WELS, T7 R10 WELS, T7 R11 WELS, T7 Penobscot Waldo ...... Belfast, Belmont, Brooks, Frank- R12 WELS, T7 R9 WELS. Bay. fort, Knox, Lincolnville, Monroe, Montville, Morrill, Northport, Mattawam- Aroostook Amity, Bancroft, Benedicta Twp, Searsmont, Searsport, keag. Crystal, Dudley Twp, Dyer Swanville, Waldo. Brook, Forkstown Twp, Moro Plt, North Yarmouth Academy (iii) Counties and towns partially or Grant Twp, Oakfield, Orient, Reed Plt, Sherman, Silver entirely within areas containing crit- Ridge Twp, Smyrna, Upper ical habitat in the Merrymeeting Bay Molunkus Twp, Webbertown SHRU: Twp, Weston, T1 R5 WELS, T2 R4 WELS, T3 R3 WELS, T3 R4 WELS, T4 R3 WELS, T7 R5 WELS, TA R2 WELS.
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Sub-basin County Town Sub-basin County Town
Lower Androscog- Auburn, Durham, Greene, Leeds, Knox ...... Appleton, Camdem, Cushing, Androsc- gin. Lewiston, Lisbon, Sabattus, Friendship, Hope, Rockland, oggin. Wales. Rockport, Saint George, South Cum- Brunswick, Freeport. Thomaston, Thomaston, Union, berland. Warren, Washington. Kennebec Litchfield, Monmouth Lincoln ..... Alna, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Sagadahoc Bath, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Bremen, Briston, Dresden, Richmond, Topsham. Edgecomb, Hibberts Gore, Jef- Merrymeeti- Androscog- Livermore Falls. ferson, Newcastle, Nobleboro, ng Bay. gin. Somerville, Southport, Franklin .... Avon, Carthage, Chesterville, Waldoboro, Westport Island, Farmington, Freeman Twp, In- Whitefield, Wiscasset. dustry, Jay, Madrid Twp, Mount Sagadahoc Arrowsic, Bath, Bowdoinham, Abram Twp, New Sharon, New Georgetown, Phippsburg, West Vineyard, Perkins TWP, Phil- Bath, Woolwich. lips, Redington Twp, Salem Waldo ...... Belmont, Freedom, Liberty, Twp, Sandy River Plt, Strong, Lincolnville, Montville, Morrill, Temple, Township 6 North of Palermo, Searsmont. Weld, Township E, Washington Twp, Weld, Wilton. Kennebec Augusta, Benton, Chelsea, China, (2) Critical habitat boundaries. Critical Clinton, Farmingdale, Fayette, habitat includes the stream channels Gardiner, Hallowell, Man- chester, Oakland, Pittston, Ran- within the designated stream reaches, dolph, Rome, Sidney, and includes a lateral extent as defined Vassalboro, Vienna, Waterville, by the ordinary high-water line (33 West Gardiner, Windsor, Wins- low. CFR 329.11). In areas where the ordi- Lincoln ..... Alna, Dresden, Whitefield, nary high-water line has not been de- Wiscasset. fined, the lateral extent will be defined Sagadahoc Bowdoinham, Perkins Twp Swan Island, Richmond, Woolwich. by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull ele- Somerset Anson, Athens, Bingham, Brigh- vation is the level at which water be- ton Plt, Canaan, Cornville, Fair- gins to leave the channel and move field, Hartland, Madison, into the floodplain and is reached at a Mayfield Twp, Mercer, Norridgewock, Pittsfield, discharge which generally has a recur- Skowhegan, Smithfield, Solon, rence interval of 1 to 2 years on an an- Starks. nual flood series. Critical habitat in es- Coastal Cum- Brunswick. Drain- berland. tuaries is defined by the perimeter of ages the water body as displayed on stand- East of ard 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or Small Point. the elevation of extreme high water, Kennebec Albion, Pittston, Windsor. whichever is greater.
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(i) HUC 10 watersheds in the Penob- for critical habitat, and those excluded scot Bay SHRU analyzed for critical under ESA section 4(b)(2): habitat, those that meet the criteria
Economic (E), Penobscot Bay Military (M), or SHRU HUC 10 Code HUC 10 Name Status Tribal (T) exclusions
1 ...... 0102000101 North Branch Penobscot River ...... 2 ...... 0102000102 Seeboomook Lake......
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Economic (E), Penobscot Bay Military (M), or SHRU HUC 10 Code HUC 10 Name Status Tribal (T) exclusions
3 ...... 0102000103 WEST Branch Penobscot River at Chesuncook Lake ...... 4 ...... 0102000104 Caucomgomok Lake...... 5 ...... 0102000105 Chesuncook Lake...... 6 ...... 0102000106 Nesowadnehunk Stream...... 7 ...... 0102000107 Nahamakanta Stream...... 8 ...... 0102000108 Jo-Mary Lake...... 9 ...... 0102000109 West Branch Penobscot River (3) ...... 10 ...... 0102000110 West Branch Penobscot River (4) ...... 11 ...... 0102000201 Webster Brook...... 12 ...... 0102000202 Grand Lake Matagamon ...... Critical Habitat T 13 ...... 0102000203 East Branch Penobscot River (2) ...... Critical Habitat T 14 ...... 0102000204 Seboeis River ...... Critical Habitat T 15 ...... 0102000205 East Branch Penobscot River (3) ...... Critical Habitat T 16 ...... 0102000301 West Branch Mattawamkeag River ...... Critical Habitat T 17 ...... 0102000302 East Branch Mattawamkeag River ...... Critical Habitat 18 ...... 0102000303 Mattawamkeag River (1) ...... Critical Habitat 19 ...... 0102000304 Baskahegan Stream...... 20 ...... 0102000305 Mattawamkeag River (2) ...... Critical Habitat 21 ...... 0102000306 Molunkus Stream ...... Critical Habitat E 22 ...... 0102000307 Mattawamkeag River (3 ...... Critical Habitat T 23 ...... 0102000401 Piscataquis River (1) ...... Critical Habitat 24 ...... 0102000402 Piscataquis River (3) ...... Critical Habitat 25 ...... 0102000403 Sebec River...... 26 ...... 0102000404 Pleasant River ...... Critical Habitat T 27 ...... 0102000405 Seboeis Stream ...... Critical Habitat T 28 ...... 0102000406 Piscataquis River (4) ...... Critical Habitat ‘‘ 29 ...... 0102000501 Penobscot River (1) at Mattawamkeag ...... Critical Habitat T 30 ...... 0102000502 Penobscot River (2) at West Enfield ...... Critical Habitat T 31 ...... 0102000503 Passadumkeag River ...... Critical Habitat E 32 ...... 0102000505 Sunkhaze Stream ...... Critical Habitat 33 ...... 0102000506 Penobscot River (3) at Orson Island ...... Critical Habitat T 34 ...... 0102000507 Birch Stream ...... Critical Habitat T 35 ...... 0102000508 Pushaw Stream...... 36 ...... 0102000509 Penobscot River (4) at Veazie Dam ...... Critical Habitat 37 ...... 0102000510 Kenduskeag Stream ...... Critical Habitat 38 ...... 0102000511 Souadabscook Stream ...... Critical Habitat 39 ...... 0102000512 Marsh River...... Critical Habitat 40 ...... 0102000513 Penobscot River (6) ...... Critical Habitat 92 ...... 0105000216 Bagaduce River...... 93 ...... 0105000217 Stonington Coastal...... 94 ...... 0105000218 Belfast Bay...... Critical Habitat E 105 ...... 0105000219 Ducktrap River ...... Critical Habitat 103 ...... 0102000504 Olamon Stream...... 95 ...... 0105000220 West Penobscot Bay Coastal ......
(ii) HUC 10 watersheds in the criteria for critical habitat, and those Merrymeeting Bay SHRU analyzed for excluded under ESA section 4(b)(2): critical habitat, those that meet the
Merrymeeting Military (M) Bay SHRU HUC 10 code HUC 10 name Status exclusions
41 ...... 0103000101 South Branch Moose River. 42 ...... 0103000102 Moose River (2) above Attean Pond. 43 ...... 0103000103 Moose River (3) at Long Pond. 44 ...... 0103000104 Brassua Lake. 45 ...... 0103000105 Moosehead Lake. 46 ...... 0103000106 Kennebec River (2) above The Forks. 47 ...... 0103000201 North Branch Dead River. 48 ...... 0103000202 South Branch Dead River. 49 ...... 0103000203 Flagstaff Lake. 50 ...... 0103000204 Dead River. 51 ...... 0103000301 Kennebec River (4) at Wyman Dam. 52 ...... 0103000302 Austin Stream. 53 ...... 0103000303 Kennebec River (6). 54 ...... 0103000304 Carrabassett River. 55 ...... 0103000305 Sandy River...... Critical Habitat M 56 ...... 0103000306 Kennebec River at Waterville Dam ...... Critical Habitat.
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Merrymeeting Military (M) Bay SHRU HUC 10 code HUC 10 name Status exclusions
57 ...... 0103000307 Sebasticook River at Pittsfield. 58 ...... 0103000308 Sebasticook River (3) at Burnham. 59 ...... 0103000309 Sebasticook River (4) at Winslow. 60 ...... 0103000310 Messalonskee Stream. 61 ...... 0103000311 Cobbosseecontee Stream. 62 ...... 0103000312 Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay ...... Critical Habitat. 63 ...... 0104000101 Mooselookmeguntic Lake. 64 ...... 0104000102 Umbagog Lake Drainage. 65 ...... 0104000103 Aziscohos Lake Drainage. 66 ...... 0104000104 Magalloway River. 67 ...... 0104000105 Clear Stream. 68 ...... 0104000106 Middle Androscoggin River. 69 ...... 0104000201 Gorham-Shelburne Tributaries. 70 ...... 0104000202 Androscoggin River (2) at Rumford Point. 71 ...... 0104000203 Ellis River. 72 ...... 0104000204 Ellis River. 73 ...... 0104000205 Androscoggin River (3) above Webb River. 74 ...... 0104000206 Androscoggin River (4) at Riley Dam. 75 ...... 0104000207 Androscoggin River (5) at Nezinscot River. 76 ...... 0104000208 Nezinscot River. 77 ...... 0104000209 Androscoggin River (6) above Little Androscoggin River. 78 ...... 0104000210 Little Androscoggin River ...... Critical Habitat M 96 ...... 0105000301 St. George River ...... Critical Habitat. 97 ...... 0105000302 Medomak River ...... Critical Habitat. 98 ...... 0105000303 Johns Bay. 99 ...... 0105000304 Damariscotta River. 100 ...... 0105000305 Sheepscot River ...... Critical Habitat. 101 ...... 0105000306 Sheepscot Bay ...... Critical Habitat. 102 ...... 0105000307 Kennebec River Estuary ...... Critical Habitat M
(iii) HUC 10 watersheds in the the criteria for critical habitat, and Downeast Coastal SHRU analyzed for those excluded under ESA section critical habitat, and those that meet 4(b)(2):
Downeast Tribal (T) SHRU HUC 10 code HUC 10 name Status exclusions
79 ...... 0105000201 Dennys River ...... Critical Habitat. 80 ...... 0105000203 Grand Manan Channel ...... Critical Habitat. 81 ...... 0105000204 East Machias River ...... Critical Habitat T 82 ...... 0105000205 Machias River ...... Critical Habitat. 83 ...... 0105000206 Roque Bluffs Coastal ...... Critical Habitat. 84 ...... 0105000208 Pleasant River ...... Critical Habitat. 85 ...... 0105000209 Narraguagus River ...... Critical Habitat. 86 ...... 0105000210 Tunk Stream ...... Critical Habitat. 87 ...... 0105000211 Bois Bubert Coasta. 88 ...... 0105000212 Graham Lake ...... Critical Habitat. 89 ...... 0105000213 Union River Bay ...... Critical Habitat. 90 ...... 0105000214 Lamoine Coastal. 91 ...... 0105000215 Mt. Desert Coastal. 104 ...... 0105000207 Chandler River ...... Critical Habitat.
(3) Primary constituent elements. With- sites for spawning and rearing and sites in the GOM DPS, the primary con- for migration. These features include: stituent elements (PCEs) for the con- (i) Deep, oxygenated pools and cover servation of Atlantic salmon include (e.g., boulders, woody debris, vegeta- sites for spawning and incubation, sites tion, etc.), near freshwater spawning for juvenile rearing, and sites for mi- sites, necessary to support adult mi- gration. The physical and biological grants during the summer while they features of the habitat that are essen- await spawning in the fall; tial to the conservation of Atlantic (ii) Freshwater spawning sites that salmon are those features that allow contain clean, permeable gravel and Atlantic salmon to successfully use cobble substrate with oxygenated water and cool water temperatures to
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support spawning activity, egg incuba- Per request of the Penobscot Tribe, tion and larval development; critical habitat does include occupied (iii) Freshwater spawning and rearing habitat that makes up the Penobscot sites with clean gravel in the presence Indian Reservation. The Indian lands of cool, oxygenated water and diverse specifically excluded from critical substrate to support emergence, terri- habitat are those defined in the Secre- torial development, and feeding activi- tarial Order 3206, including: ties of Atlantic salmon fry; (i) Lands held in Trust by the United (iv) Freshwater rearing sites with States for the benefit of any Indian space to accommodate growth and sur- Tribe; vival of Atlantic salmon parr, and pop- (ii) Lands held in trust by the United ulation densities needed to support sus- States for the benefit of any Indian tainable populations; Tribe or individual subject to restric- (v) Freshwater rearing sites with a tions by the United States against combination of river, stream, and lake alienation; habitats, that accommodate parr’s (iii) Fee lands, either within or out- ability to occupy many niches and to side the reservation boundaries, owned maximize parr production; by the tribal government; and (vi) Freshwater rearing sites with (iv) Fee lands within the reservation cool, oxygenated water to support boundaries owned by individual Indi- growth and survival of Atlantic salmon ans. parr; The rivers, streams, lakes, and estu- (vii) Freshwater rearing sites with di- aries on approximately 9,500 acres (38.4 verse food resources to support growth sq km) of lands held by the Passama- and survival of Atlantic salmon parr; quoddy Tribe and approximately 60,500 (viii) Freshwater and estuary migra- acres (244.8 sq km) of Fee lands and tory sites free from physical and bio- land held in Trust for the Penobscot logical barriers that delay or prevent Tribe within the areas occupied by the access to spawning grounds needed to GOM DPS are excluded from critical support a recovered population; habitat designation based on the prin- (ix) Freshwater and estuary migra- ciples of the Secretarial Order dis- tion sites with abundant, diverse na- cussed above. Per request of the Penob- tive fish communities to serve as a pro- scot Nation, the rivers, lakes, and tective buffer against predation; streams within the approximately (x) Freshwater and estuary migration 4,400–acre (17.8 sq km) Penobscot Res- sites free from physical and biological ervation are included as critical habi- barriers that delay or prevent emigra- tat. tion of smolts to the marine environ- (5) Areas that do not meet the definition ment; of critical habitat under section (xi) Freshwater and estuary migra- 4(a)(3)(B)(i). Critical habitat does not tion sites with sufficiently cool water include the following areas owned or temperatures and water flows that co- controlled by the Department of De- incide with diurnal cues to stimulate fense, or designated for its use, that smolt migration; are subject to an integrated natural re- (xii) Freshwater migration sites with sources management plan prepared water chemistry needed to support sea under section 101 of the Sikes Act (16 water adaptation of smolts; and U.S.C. 670a). These areas that are not (xiii) Freshwater and marine sites included are: with diverse, abundant assemblages of (i) The 435 acres (1.8 sq km) of the native fish communities to enhance Brunswick Naval Air Station in Bruns- survivorship as Atlantic salmon smolts wick Maine within the Little emigrating through the estuary. Androscoggin HUC 10 watershed in the (4) Habitat that meets the definition Merrymeeting Bay SHRU; and of critical habitat in occupied habitat (ii) The 5,328 acres (21.5 sq km) of the areas on Passamaquoddy Tribal Indian Brunswick Naval Air Stations cold lands and Fee lands or lands held in weather survival, evasion, resistance, Trust by the Penobscot Indian Res- and escape school within the Sandy ervation within the range of the GOM River HUC 10 watershed in the DPS are excluded from designation. Merrymeeting Bay SHRU.
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(6) Areas excluded under ESA Section lies within a box between four points 4(b)(2). (i) The 396 acres (1.6 sq km) of with the following coordinates: Point 1: the Great Pond Outdoor Adventure N43 54′39.8″, W069 48′43.5″; Point 2: N43 Center in the Graham Lake HUC 10 wa- 54′40″, W069 48′17.8″; Point 3: N43 54′0.0″, tershed in the Downeast Coastal W069 48′47″; Point 4: N43 54′0.0″, W069 SHRU; 48′28″; (ii) The 3,000 acres (12.1 sq km) of the (iv) The Belfast Bay HUC 10 Water- Naval Computer and Telecommuni- shed (HUC 105000218); cations Area Master Station Atlantic (v) The Passadumkeag River HUC 10 Detachment in the Roques Bluffs Watershed (HUC 102000503); and Coastal HUC 10 in the Downeast Coast- (vi) The Molunkus Stream HUC 10 al SHRU; (iii) The Bath Iron Works ship build- Watershed (HUC102000306). ing facility that provides the design, (7) Description of critical habitat. Crit- building, and support of complex Navy ical habitat is designated to include warships, including AEGIS Class De- the areas defined in the following stroyers. The excluded area extends hydrological units in the three SHRUs from U.S. Route 1 bridge over the Ken- with the exception of those particular nebec River down river to 50 feet below areas specifically identified: the south side of BIWs dry dock, but (i) Downeast Coastal SHRU. Critical does not include any portion of Hanson habitat area (in sq km), areas excluded Bay or the thoroughfare between Han- under ESA section 4(b)(2) (in sq km), son Bay and the Kennebec River. The and exclusion type, by HUC 10 water- specific area excluded from designation sheds:
Critical habitat Excluded areas [type]* Sub-basin HUC 10 code HUC 10 watershed name River, River, stream and Lake stream and Lake estuary (km) (sq. km) estuary (km) (sq. km)
Coastal Wash- 0105000201 Dennys River...... 218 45 ington Han- cock sub- basin. 0105000203 Grand Manan Channel ...... 641 15.5 0105000204 East Machias River ...... 575 70 16 [T] 0.1 [T] 0105000205 Machias River...... 991 58 0105000206 Roque Bluffs Coastal ...... 321 .9 13(M) .004(M) 0105000207 Chandler River...... 154 0.1 0105000208 Pleasant River...... 325 6.5 0105000209 Narraguagus River...... 573 15.5 0105000210 Tunk Stream...... 117 14 0105000212 Graham Lake...... 974 121 2.3(M) .2(M) 0105000213 Union River Bay ...... 303 18 0105000211 Bois Bubert Coastal. 0105000214 Lamoine Coastal. 0105000215 Mt. Desert Coastal. * Exclusion types: [E] = Economic, [M] = Military, and [T] = Tribal—considered unoccupied at the time of listing.
(ii) Penobscot Bay SHRU. Critical habi- ESA section 4(b)(2) (in sq km), and exclu- tat area (in sq km), areas excluded under sion type, by HUC 10 watershed:
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(iii) Merrymeeting Bay SHRU. Crit- km), and exclusion type, by HUC 10 wa- ical habitat area (in sq km), areas ex- tershed: cluded under ESA section 4(b)(2) (in sq
Critical habitat Excluded areas [type] * Sub basin HUC 10 code HUC 10 watershed name River, River, stream and Lake stream and Lake estuary (km) (sq. km) estuary (km) (sq. km)
Kennebec River 0103000101 South Branch Moose River. above the Forks sub- basin. 0103000102 Moose River (2) above Attean Pond. 0103000103 Moose River (3) at Long Pond. 0103000104 Brassua Lake. 0103000105 Moosehead Lake. 0103000106 Kennebec River (2) above The Forks. Dead River sub- 0103000201 North Branch Dead River. basin. 0103000202 South Branch Dead River. 0103000203 Flagstaff Lake. 0103000204 Dead River. Merrymeeting 0103000305 Sandy River ...... 1,215 15.8 12 [M] 0.2 [M] Bay sub-basin. 0103000306 Kennebec River at Waterville 794 14 Dam.
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Critical habitat Excluded areas [type] * Sub basin HUC 10 code HUC 10 watershed name River, River, stream and Lake stream and Lake estuary (km) (sq. km) estuary (km) (sq. km)
0103000312 Kennebec River at 621 22 Merrymeeting Bay. 0103000310 Messalonskee Stream. 0103000301 Kennebec River (4) at Wyman Dam. 0103000302 Austin Stream. 0103000303 Kennebec River (6). 0103000304 Carrabassett River. 0103000307 Sebasticook River at Pittsfield. 0103000308 Sebasticook River (3) at Burnham. 0103000309 Sebasticook River (4) at Wins- low. 0103000311 Cobbosseecontee Stream. Upper 0104000101 Mooselookmeguntic Lake. Androscoggin sub-basin. 0104000102 Umbagog Lake Drainage. 0104000103 Aziscohos Lake Drainage. 0104000104 Magalloway River. 0104000105 Clear Stream. 0104000106 Middle Androscoggin River. Lower 0104000210 Little Androscoggin River ...... 549 10.5 1 [M] Androscoggin sub-basin. 0104000201 Gorham-Shelburne Tributaries. 0104000202 Androscoggin River at Rumford Point. 0104000203 Ellis River. 0104000204 Ellis River. 0104000205 Androscoggin River above Webb River. 0104000206 Androscoggin River at Riley Dam. 0104000207 Androscoggin River at Nezinscot River. 0104000208 Nezinscot River. 0104000209 Androscoggin R. above L. Andro. R. Coastal Drain- 0105000301 St. George River ...... 624 32 ages East of Small Point sub-basin. 0105000302 Medomak River...... 318 6 0105000305 Sheepscot River...... 553 19 0105000306 Sheepscot Bay...... 220 2 0105000307 Kennebec River Estuary ...... 275 3.5 1 [M] 0105000303 Johns Bay. 0105000304 Damariscotta River. * Exclusion types: [E] = Economic, [M] = Military, and [T] = Tribal—considered unoccupied at the time of listing.
[74 FR 29333, June 19, 2009, as amended at 74 provided in paragraph (d) of this sec- FR 39904, Aug. 10, 2009] tion are for illustrative purposes only. (a) Physical and biological features es- § 226.218 Critical habitat for the U.S. sential to the conservation of the endan- DPS of smalltooth sawfish (Pristis pectinata). gered U.S. DPS of smalltooth sawfish. The physical and biological features es- Critical habitat is designated for the sential to the conservation of the U.S. U.S. DPS of smalltooth sawfish as de- DPS of smalltooth sawfish, which pro- scribed in this section. The textual de- vide nursery area functions are: red scriptions in paragraph (b) of this sec- mangroves and shallow euryhaline tion are the definitive source for deter- habitats characterized by water depths mining the critical habitat boundaries. between the Mean High Water line and The maps of the critical habitat units 3 ft (0.9 m) measured at Mean Lower
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