[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-4545]


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[Federal Register: March 1, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Public 
Hearing on Proposed Endangered Status for the Pacific Pocket Mouse

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule, notice of public hearing.

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended, gives notice that a public hearing 
will be held on the proposed action to list the Pacific pocket mouse 
(Perognathus longimembris pacificus) as an endangered species. The 
Service will allow all interested parties to submit oral or written 
comments at the hearing on the proposal.

DATES: A public hearing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, 
March 24, 1994, in San Clemente, California. Comments from all 
interested parties must be received by April 4, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The hearing on Thursday, March 24, 1994, will be held at the 
Casa Clemente Resort (formerly known as the Ramada Inn), 35 Calle de 
Industrias, San Clemente, California.
    Written comments and materials may be submitted at the hearing or 
may be sent directly to Mr. Gail Kobetich, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Field Office, 2730 Loker Avenue West, 
Carlsbad, California 92008. Comments and materials received will be 
available for public inspection during normal business hours by 
appointment, at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Loren Hays or Fred Roberts, Carlsbad Field Office, (see ADDRESSES 
section) or telephone 619/431-9440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Pacific pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris pacificus), a 
small heteromyid rodent, which historically occurred within about 3 
kilometers (2 miles) of the immediate coast at eight locations from 
Marina del Rey and El Segundo in Los Angeles County south to the 
vicinity of the Mexican border in San Diego County, California. This 
species is brownish or grayish in color and attains a total length of 
126 millimeters (4.9 inches).
    The Pacific pocket mouse occurs on fine-grain, sandy substrates, 
and inhabits coastal strand, coastal dunes, river alluvium, and coastal 
sage scrub vegetation on marine terraces. The only known extant 
population of this species is found on the Dana Point Headlands in Dana 
Point, California. On February 3, 1994, the Service listed the Pacific 
pocket mouse as an endangered species using the emergency provision of 
the Act because it is in imminent danger of extinction due to habitat 
loss and fragmentation, and predation by feral and domestic cats (59 FR 
5306). A proposed rule to list this species and announcing the 
Service's intention to hold a public hearing on this matter was also 
published in the Federal Register on that date (59 FR 5311).
    Those parties wishing to make a statement for the record should 
bring a copy of their statement to present to the Service at the start 
of the hearing. Oral statements may be limited in length, if the number 
of parties present at the hearing necessitates such a limitation. There 
are no limits to the length of written comments or materials presented 
at the hearing or mailed to the Service. Written comments will be given 
the same weight as oral comments. Written comments may be submitted at 
the hearing or mailed to the address given in the ADDRESSES section of 
this notice. The comment period closes April 4, 1994.

    Authority: The authority for this action is the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 16 U.S.C. 
1531-1544; 16 U.S.C. 4201-4245; Pub. L. 99-625, 100 Stat. 3500; 
unless otherwise noted).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

    Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, and Transportation.

(Notice of Public Hearing: Pacific pocket mouse; endangered without 
critical habitat)

    Dated: February 21, 1994.
Marvin L. Plenert,
Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 94-4545 Filed 2-28-94; 8:45 am]
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