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Mr. Michael Jewell setback area in reach FM_30_L designated for mitigation plantings; and any other mitigation bank sites deemed necessary to offset impacts (i.e., approved conservation banks, not specified at this time). To: The action area is defined in 50 CFR § 402.02, as "all areas to be affected directly or indirectly by the Federal action and not merely the immediate area involved in the action." For the purposes of the effects assessment, the action area includes all areas where any type of construction, ETL compliance action, or operation and maintenance action will occur; staging areas and transportation routes used for this construction (not specified at this time); areas to the east of the two closure structures where tidal exchange will be limited by operation of such structures (i.e., Fourteenmile Slough and Smith Canal); the portions of Fourteenmile Slough, Smith Canal, and the San Joaquin River to the west of the proposed closure structures, where local tidal exchange will also be affected; and the setback area in reach FM_30_L designated for mitigation plantings; and any other mitigation bank sites deemed necessary to offset impacts (i.e., approved conservation banks, not specified at this time). 7. CHANGE the following in Status of the Species and Environmental Baseline, Delta Smelt and Critical Habitat Environmental Baseline, last paragraph on p. 21, as follows: From: The action area of the proposed project includes tidal waterways of the Delta that are wholly within critical habitat for the species. Adult delta smelt will be expected to migrate from the western Delta into these waterways in the winter and spring months, with typical spawning occurring during April through mid-May, but the species may be present as early as December. Larval smelt will move west in the spring and summer and rear in the low salinity zone. The action area includes shallow subtidal waters that can be used by the species. The project area also includes adjacent levees and vegetation; however, the quality of that habitat for smelt varies with location within the project area and the immediate vicinity. Some portions of the project area include heavily armored channels with limited vegetation on levee slopes or in adjacent shallow water. Other parts of the project area have less armoring and more vegetation growing on the levee slopes. Portions of the action area consist of shallow subtidal waters interspersed with emergent marsh vegetation adjacent to the proposed work; this includes fragments throughout the project area, as well as larger habitat blocks on Fourteenmile Slough both east and west of the proposed closure structure, on the lower Calaveras River, and on French Camp Slough, To: The action area of the proposed project includes tidal waterways of the Delta that are wholly within critical habitat for the species. Adult delta smelt will be expected to migrate from the western Delta into these waterways in the winter and spring months, with typical spawning occurring during April through mid-May, but the species may be present as early as December. Larval smelt will move west in the spring and summer and rear in the low salinity zone. The action area includes shallow subtidal waters that can be used by the species. The project area also includes adjacent levees and vegetation; however, the quality of that habitat for smelt varies