Sec. 4. Identification of salmon conservation areas
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall jointly issue guidance on the process and biological criteria required to identify salmon conservation areas. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with relevant Federal agencies shall publish a list of salmon conservation areas.
The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with each relevant Federal agency shall revise the list under paragraph
(1)in accordance with subsection (d). In identifying salmon conservation areas under subsection (b), the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with each relevant Federal agency— shall consult with— the State in which such a salmon conservation area is located; and Indian Tribes that have land, fishing rights, or cultural ties to the area in which the salmon conservation area is located; and may consult with— nongovernmental organizations; non-Federal scientists; and members of the public. Not later than 90 days after the date described in subsection (b), an entity described in subsection
(c)may nominate to the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service a salmon conservation area for identification under subsection (b). In the case of a nomination described in paragraph (1), not later than 180 days after receiving such nomination, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall jointly determine if the watershed nominated is a salmon conservation area. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture shall use watershed evaluations conducted under the Watershed Condition Framework under section 304 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6543 ) and analyses associated with the identification of Conservation Watersheds to support an identification of a salmon conservation area under this section. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall use the analyses conducted by the Administrator under section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1855(b) ) to identify, map, and designate essential fish habitat to support the identification of salmon conservation areas under this section.
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