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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AC21


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed 
Endangered Status for the Plant Puccinellia Parishii (Parish's Alkali 
Grass)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to list the 
plant Puccinellia parishii (Parish's alkali grass) as an endangered 
species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (Act). This ephemeral annual grass occurs in small, widely 
disjunct populations in California, Arizona, and New Mexico occupying 
desert springs or seeps. Parish's alkali grass is threatened by 
alteration of hydrologic flows due to spring or seep development, water 
diversion or impoundment, and groundwater pumping; loss of habitat from 
farming, grazing, and residential construction activities; limited 
distribution; and low population numbers. This proposal, if made final, 
would implement Federal protection provided by the Act for Parish's 
alkali grass. Critical habitat is not being proposed.

DATES: Comments from all interested parties must be received by May 27, 
1994. Public hearing requests must be received by May 12, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials concerning this proposal should be 
sent to the Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New 
Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, 3530 Pan American Highway, NE, 
suite D, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87107. Comments and materials received 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne Cully, at the above address (505/
883-7877).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Parish's alkali grass was first collected by Samuel Bonsal Parish 
at Rabbit Springs in the Mojave Desert of California in 1915. It was 
described by A.S. Hitchcock in 1928. Parish's alkali grass has also 
been collected in Arizona and New Mexico.
    Parish's alkali grass is a member of the grass family (Poaceae). It 
is a dwarf, ephemeral, winter-to-spring, tufted annual that flowers 
from April to May. The leaves are 1-3 centimeters (cm) (0.4-1.2 inches 
(in)) long, firm, upright, and very narrow. Flowering stems are 2-20 cm 
(0.8-8 in) long and number 1-25 per plant. The inflorescence is 1-10 cm 
(0.4-4 in) long, narrow, and few-flowered. Each division has 2-6 
perfect flowers, 3-5 millimeters (mm) (0.1-0.2 in) long, that separate 
at maturity.
    Parish's alkali grass is known from widely disjunct localities in 
California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Its small populations occupy a 
very specific desert habitat of alkaline springs and seeps at 
elevations of 700-1,800 meters (m) (2,300-6,000 feet (ft)). This 
species is dependent upon continuous spring or seep flows. Population 
size fluctuates widely in response to climatic conditions and 
precipitation.
    In Arizona, Parish's alkali grass is documented from several 
historic locations on the Navajo and Hopi Indian reservations. These 
include a marsh near Tuba City in Coconino County (Phillips and 
Phillips 1991) and near Shato (Shonto), Navajo County. There are seven 
currently known sites in Arizona, all from the vicinity of Tuba City. 
It is unknown whether the historic and currently known locations near 
Tuba City are precisely the same. The 7 known populations total 
approximately 400 plants and occupy about 0.1 hectare (ha) (0.2 acre 
(ac)) of mesic canyon bottom seeps and natural springs. Associated 
riparian species include Triglochin spp. (arrowgrass), Distichlis 
stricta (saltgrass), and Juncus spp. (rush). The Shato population has 
not been relocated; wetland sites may have disappeared in response to 
severe overgrazing (B. Hevron, Navajo Natural Heritage Program, pers. 
comm., 1993).
    Parish's alkali grass presently occurs at two sites in the 
California Mojave Desert. The first site is located on a privately 
owned multiple spring complex in San Bernardino County. First collected 
at these springs in 1915 and later in 1950 (Phillips and Phillips 
1991), the species was rediscovered at the spring complex in 1992 (T. 
Thomas and C. Rutherford, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, pers. comm., 
1993). An estimated 100-200 plants occupy a 50 square (sq) m (500 sq 
ft) area, 5-8 m (16-26 ft) downslope from a leaking earthen 
impoundment. Associated species include Anemopsis californica (yerba 
mansa), Carex spp. (sedge), saltgrass, Hesperochiron pumilus, and 
Mimulus guttatus (monkey flower). It is uncertain whether Parish's 
alkali grass disappeared at this location or was merely overlooked; 
botanists had searched for it repeatedly (Rutherford, pers. comm., 
1993). Alteration of hydrology and loss of habitat could explain why 
this species remained undetected for 42 years (Phillips and Phillips 
1991). There is little historic information on the land use or 
hydrology of this spring complex from which to evaluate the present 
condition of the Parish's alkali grass population. However, it is 
evident that the spring complex was altered at some point to create 
several ponds for livestock use (Thomas, pers. comm., 1993). 
Development around this site may have contributed to lowering the water 
table to the point that the spring stopped or rarely flowed (Phillips 
and Phillips 1991). Jerrold Davis, of the Bailey Herbarium at Cornell 
University, noted that the spring itself did not appear to have flowed 
for a long time (A. Phillips, Museum of Northern Arizona, pers. comm., 
1991).
    A second California population of Parish's alkali grass was 
discovered in a remote area of Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County in 
1992 (D. Charlton, Edwards Air Force Base, pers. comm., 1993). An 
estimated 50-400 plants occupy a total area of 50 sq m (500 sq ft) at 
an elevation of 700 m (2,300 ft). The associated halophytic vegetation 
includes Atriplex canescens (fourwing saltbush), Suaeda moquinii 
(inkweed), Calochortus striatus (alkali mariposa lily), Atriplex 
confertifolia (shadscale), and A. spinifera (spinescale) (Charlton, 
pers. comm., 1993). This population is located between the base of a 
stabilized dune on the east side of Rosamond Dry Lake and a small 
barren playa. Additional habitat probably existed where a road now 
borders the playa. Past land use is unknown. There are currently no 
activities in the area, but due to its roadside location, the site 
remains vulnerable to accidental disturbance. This population occurs in 
an active dune field and could be buried if the dunes shift or 
destabilize.
    The largest known population of Parish's alkali grass occurs at a 
privately owned spring in Grant County, New Mexico (Phillips and 
Phillips 1991). This spring has been captured and the outflow comes out 
of two pipes. Parish's alkali grass occurs in a low-lying seep area 
about 300 m (1,000 ft) downstream from the spring. This population 
occupies approximately 4 ha (10 ac) and varies from 200-5,000 plants, 
depending on environmental conditions. Associated riparian species 
include Distichlis stricta (saltgrass), Sporobolus airoides (alkali 
sacaton), yerba mansa, Scirpus olneyi (Olney bulrush), and Juncus 
balticus (wire rush).
    Misidentification of Parish's alkali grass by botanists has led to 
the inclusion of erroneous localities in the literature. A grass 
specimen collected in 1967 near Winkleman, Navajo County, Arizona, was 
later identified as Poa annua (annual blue grass). A specimen collected 
in 1982 from Clark County, Nevada (Wallace 1993), was later identified 
as Leptochloa filiformis (red sprangletop). A specimen collected in 
1966 near the town of Red River, Taos County, New Mexico, was recently 
identified as annual blue grass (R. Sivinski, New Mexico Energy, 
Minerals and Natural Resources Department, pers. comm., 1993).
    Federal action on this species began as a result of section 12 of 
the Act, which directed the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution to 
prepare a report on those plants considered to be endangered, 
threatened, or extinct in the United States. This report, designated as 
House Document No. 94-51, was presented to Congress on January 9, 1975. 
On July 1, 1975, the Service published a notice in the Federal Register 
(40 FR 27823) of its acceptance of the Smithsonian report as a petition 
within the context of section 4 (c)(2) (now section 4(b)(3)) of the 
Act, and giving notice of its intention to review the status of the 
plant taxa named therein. Parish's alkali grass was included as 
threatened in this notice of review. On December 15, 1980 (45 FR 
82479), the Service published an updated notice reviewing the native 
plants being considered for classification as endangered or threatened. 
Parish's alkali grass was included in this notice as a Category 1 
species. Category 1 comprises taxa for which the Service has on file 
substantial data on biological vulnerability and threats to support 
preparation of listing proposals. The November 23, 1983, supplement to 
the plant notice of review (48 FR 53640) reclassified Parish's alkali 
grass as a Category 2 candidate. Category 2 species are those taxa for 
which there is some evidence of vulnerability, but for which there are 
insufficient data to support listing proposals at the time. Parish's 
alkali grass was included as a Category 2 species in the 1985 and 1990 
notices of review (50 FR 39525, September 27, 1985; 55 FR 6183, 
February 21, 1990). The most recent plant notice of review (58 FR 
51144; September 30, 1993) upgraded this species to Category 1 status.
    Section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Act requires the Secretary to make 
findings on certain pending petitions within 1 year of their receipt. 
Section 2(b)(1) of the 1982 amendments further requires that all 
petitions pending on October 13, 1982, be treated as having been newly 
submitted on that date. Because Parish's alkali grass was included in 
the 1975 Smithsonian report, which was accepted as a petition, the 
petition to list this species was treated as being newly submitted on 
October 13, 1982. From 1983 to 1993, the Service made the required 1-
year findings that listing Parish's alkali grass was warranted, but 
precluded by other listing actions of higher priority, in accordance 
with section 4(b)(3)(B)(iii) of the Act. Biological data supplied by 
Phillips and Phillips (1991) fully support the listing of this species. 
Publication of this proposed rule constitutes the final 1-year finding 
for this species.

Summary of Factors Affecting the Species

    Section 4 of the Act and regulations (50 CFR part 424) promulgated 
to implement the Act set forth the criteria and procedures for adding 
species to the Federal Lists. A species may be determined to be an 
endangered or threatened species due to one or more of the five factors 
described in section 4(a)(1). These factors and their application to 
Puccinellia parishii Hitchcock (Parish's alkali grass) are as follows:
    A. The present or threatened destruction, modification, or 
curtailment of its habitat or range. Parish's alkali grass is 
vulnerable to alteration of the hydrologic flows upon which it depends 
through water diversion and impoundment, and groundwater pumping. The 
development of these fragile spring habitats could eliminate the 
already small populations of this species. One population near Tuba 
City, Arizona, occurs in a mesic canyon bottom used since the late 
1800's for farming. The canyon bottom is divided into a series of plots 
that are farmed by individual families (Hevron, pers. comm., 1993). 
Water is drained from the canyon bottom each spring by two lateral 
ditches and a central drain. It takes about 4-6 weeks for the area to 
dry out enough to be farmed. Farming practices such as burning, 
herbicide use, and plowing regimes may have impacted this population of 
Parish's alkali grass because the grass is present in some farm plots, 
but absent in others with apparently similar soils and drainage. Plants 
of Parish's alkali grass have been observed plowed up within some plots 
(Hevron, pers. comm., 1993). Threats to this and other sites within the 
Tuba City area include farming of seep habitat, construction, 
recreation, and water diversion.
    Livestock have access to most of the currently known sites of 
Parish's alkali grass, but apparently do not graze the species. 
However, trampling by livestock occurs at the Grant County spring and 
in the Tuba City area. Livestock hooves produce surface disturbance 
that can develop into gullies, increase soil erosion and surface water 
runoff, reduce or eliminate the soil seed bank, open up the habitat to 
invasive weedy species, and lessen the ability of Parish's alkali grass 
populations to recover.
    The most severe types of surface disturbance and habitat alteration 
occur when heavy equipment is used within spring or seep habitat. The 
San Bernardino County spring complex was changed from a natural spring 
into several water impoundments presumably used by livestock. Although 
no further construction is currently planned for this site, it is near 
the community of Lucerne Valley, which is undergoing an accelerated 
rate of development. One population of Parish's alkali grass in the 
Tuba City area occurs on a hillside that has been partly leveled by a 
bulldozer, possibly for house construction. Such habitat alteration can 
cause permanent changes in the soil microhabitat, severe soil erosion, 
loss of the soil seed bank, and eventual decline or loss of the 
population.
    B. Overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or 
educational purposes. No economic uses for Parish's alkali grass are 
known. However, low population numbers make this species vulnerable to 
overcollection by both scientists and rare plant enthusiasts.
    C. Disease or predation. Jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) have been 
documented grazing the San Bernardino County, California, site during 
midsummer (Thomas, pers. comm., 1993). The effect of this predation on 
Parish's alkali grass is unknown. No significant disease has been 
observed in this species.
    D. The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms. Parish's 
alkali grass is included as a Highly Safeguarded species on the list of 
plants protected under the Arizona Native Plant Law (ARS 3-901), 
administered by the Arizona Department of Agriculture. A  Highly  
Safeguarded  species  is  one ``* * * whose prospects for survival in 
this State are in jeopardy* * *.'' The protections afforded a Highly 
Safeguarded species include restrictions on collecting and a 
requirement for salvage permits. However, all known populations of 
Parish's alkali grass in Arizona occur on tribal lands where the 
Arizona Native Plant Law does not apply. This species is not currently 
protected on the Navajo or Hopi reservations in Arizona. Under title 17 
section 507(b) of the Navajo Tribal Code and Navajo Nation Council 
Resources Committee Resolution RCF-014-91, the Navajo Fish and Wildlife 
Department has developed the Navajo Nation Endangered Species List 
(NESL) for tribal lands. Parish's alkali grass is currently listed on 
the NESL as a Group 4 species, meaning there is insufficient 
information to list it as endangered or threatened on the NESL. There 
are currently no restrictions on its collection and/or the modification 
of its habitat on the Navajo reservation. The Navajo Fish and Wildlife 
Department is in the process of revising the status of Parish's alkali 
grass (Hevron, pers. comm., 1993).
    Although Parish's alkali grass is not listed as endangered by the 
State of California, it is on List 1B of the California Native Plant 
Society's Inventory of Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants of 
California. List 1B plants are considered ``rare, threatened, or 
endangered in California and elsewhere.'' Under the guidelines of the 
California Environmental Quality Act, List 1B species are considered 
equivalent to State-listed species for the purposes of disclosing 
project impacts to sensitive resources in environmental assessments. 
However, such disclosure does not confer protection from project 
impacts on these species.
    Parish's alkali grass is protected in the State of New Mexico by 
the New Mexico Native Plant Protection Act (NMFRCD Rule No. 91-1). This 
law prohibits collection without a permit from the New Mexico Energy, 
Minerals and Natural Resources Department.
    E. Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued 
existence. Low population numbers and limited distribution make this 
species vulnerable to extinction from both natural and manmade threats. 
Further reduction in population numbers could reduce the reproductive 
capability and genetic potential of this species. There is a potential 
threat of deliberate destruction of plants by individuals concerned 
about the perceived loss of property rights resulting from listing 
species under the Act.
    The Service has carefully assessed the best scientific and 
commercial information available regarding the past, present, and 
future threats faced by this species in determining to propose this 
rule. Based on this evaluation, the preferred action is to list 
Parish's alkali grass as endangered without critical habitat. 
Endangered status is appropriate because there are few remaining 
populations and the species' habitat is vulnerable to hydrologic 
alteration, development, grazing impacts, and other disturbances. 
Critical habitat is not being proposed for the reasons discussed below.

Critical Habitat

    Section 4(a)(3) of the Act, as amended, requires that, to the 
maximum extent prudent and determinable, the Secretary propose critical 
habitat at the time a species is proposed to be endangered or 
threatened. The Service finds that designation of critical habitat is 
not prudent for Parish's alkali grass at this time. Service regulations 
(50 CFR 424.12(a)(1)) state that designation of critical habitat is not 
prudent when one or both of the following situations exist--(1) The 
species is threatened by taking or other human activity, and 
identification of critical habitat can be expected to increase the 
degree of such threat to the species, or (2) such designation of 
critical habitat would not be beneficial to the species. As discussed 
under Factors B and E in the ``Summary of Factors Affecting the 
Species,'' Parish's alkali grass is threatened by taking (including 
vandalism to habitat), an activity difficult to enforce against and 
only regulated by the Act with respect to plants in cases of (1) 
removal and reduction to possession of listed plants from lands under 
Federal jurisdiction, or their malicious damage or destruction on such 
lands; and (2) removal, cutting, digging up or damaging or destroying 
in knowing violation of any State law or regulation, including State 
criminal trespass law. Such provisions are difficult to enforce, and 
publication of critical habitat descriptions and maps would make 
Parish's alkali grass more vulnerable and increase enforcement 
problems. Pertinent Federal, State, and local government agencies have 
been notified of the proposed listing of this species. Other interested 
parties will be notified either by mail or by public notice in local 
newspapers. Private landowners that have not yet been notified will be 
notified of the location and importance of protecting this species' 
habitat, following publication of this proposal. Protection of this 
species' habitat will be addressed through the recovery process and 
through the section 7 jeopardy standard. Therefore, it would not now be 
prudent to propose critical habitat for Parish's alkali grass.

Available Conservation Measures

    Conservation measures provided to species listed as endangered or 
threatened under the Endangered Species Act include recognition, 
recovery actions, requirements for Federal protection, and prohibitions 
against certain practices. Recognition through listing encourages and 
results in conservation actions by Federal, State, and private 
agencies, groups, and individuals. The Act provides for possible land 
acquisition and cooperation with the States and requires that recovery 
actions be carried out for all listed species. The protection required 
of Federal agencies and the prohibitions against certain activities 
involving listed plants are discussed, in part, below.
    Section 7(a) of the Act, as amended, requires Federal agencies to 
evaluate their actions with respect to any species that is proposed or 
listed as endangered or threatened and with respect to its critical 
habitat, if any is being designated. Regulations implementing this 
interagency cooperation provision of the Act are codified at 50 CFR 
part 402. Section 7(a)(4) requires Federal agencies to confer with the 
Service on any action that is likely to jeopardize the continued 
existence of a species proposed for listing or result in destruction or 
adverse modification of proposed critical habitat. If a species is 
listed subsequently, section 7(a)(2) requires Federal agencies to 
ensure that activities they authorize, fund, or carry out are not 
likely to jeopardize the continued existence of such a species or 
destroy or adversely modify its critical habitat. If a Federal action 
may affect a listed species or its critical habitat, the responsible 
Federal agency must enter into formal consultation with the Service.
    Possible future Federal actions that could affect Parish's alkali 
grass include U.S. Army Corps of Engineers involvement in projects such 
as the construction of roads, bridges, and dredging projects subject to 
section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344 et seq.) and section 
10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), and 
issuance of loans by the Farmers Home Administration. The Bureau of 
Indian Affairs may permit, fund, or carry out actions such as utility 
corridors or home construction within spring habitat. Road 
construction, training exercises, and other military activities could 
affect the species at Edwards Air Force Base.
    The Act and its implementing regulations found at 50 CFR 17.61, 
17.62, and 17.63 set forth a series of general prohibitions and 
exceptions that apply to all endangered plants. All prohibitions of 
section 9(a)(2) of the Act, implemented by 50 CFR 17.61, apply. These 
prohibitions, in part, make it illegal for any person subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States to import or export, transport in 
interstate or foreign commerce in the course of a commercial activity, 
sell or offer for sale in interstate or foreign commerce, or to remove 
and reduce to possession the species from areas under Federal 
jurisdiction. In addition, for plants listed as endangered, the Act 
prohibits the malicious damage or destruction on Federal lands and the 
removal, cutting, digging up, or damaging or destroying of such plants 
in knowing violation of any State law or regulation, including State 
criminal trespass law. Certain exceptions apply to agents of the 
Service and State conservation agencies.
    The Act and 50 CFR 17.62 and 17.63 also provide for the issuance of 
permits to carry out otherwise prohibited activities involving 
endangered species under certain circumstances. Such permits are 
available for scientific purposes and to enhance the propagation or 
survival of the species. It is anticipated that few trade permits would 
ever be sought or issued because Parish's alkali grass is not common in 
cultivation or in the wild. Requests for copies of the regulations on 
listed species and inquiries regarding prohibitions and permits may be 
addressed to the Office of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, room 420C, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203 
(703/358-2105, FAX 703/358-2281).

Public Comments Solicited

    The Service intends that any final action resulting from this 
proposal will be as accurate and as effective as possible. Therefore, 
comments or suggestions from the public, other concerned governmental 
agencies, the scientific community, industry, or any other interested 
party concerning this proposed rule are hereby solicited. Comments 
particularly are sought concerning:
    (1) Biological, commercial trade, or other relevant data concerning 
any threat (or lack thereof) to Parish's alkali grass;
    (2) The location of any additional populations of this species and 
the reasons why any habitat should or should not be determined to be 
critical habitat as provided by section 4 of the Act;
    (3) Additional information concerning the range, distribution, and 
population size of this species; and
    (4) Current or planned activities in the subject area and their 
possible impacts on this species.
    Final promulgation of the regulation on this species will take into 
consideration the comments and any additional information received by 
the Service, and such communications may lead to a final regulation 
that differs from this proposal.
    The Endangered Species Act provides for one or more public hearings 
on this proposal, if requested. Requests must be received within 45 
days of the date of publication of the proposal in the Federal 
Register. Such requests must be made in writing and be addressed to the 
Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico Ecological 
Services Field Office (see ADDRESSES section).

National Environmental Policy Act

    The Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that Environmental 
Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements, as defined under the 
authority of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, need not be 
prepared in connection with regulations adopted pursuant to section 
4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. A notice 
outlining the Service's reasons for this determination was published in 
the Federal Register on October 25, 1983 (48 FR 49244).

References Cited

Hitchcock, A.S. 1928. New species of grasses from the United States. 
Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 41:157-158.
Phillips, A.M., III, and B.G. Phillips. 1991. Status Report for 
Puccinellia parishii. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological 
Services, Phoenix, Arizona. 10 pp.
Wallace, R. 1993. Draft Conservation Plan: Parish's Alkali Grass, 
Puccinellia parishii. The Nature Conservancy, Santa Fe, New Mexico. 
18 pp.

Author

    The primary author of this proposed rule is Philip Clayton (see 
ADDRESSES section).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

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

Proposed Regulation Promulgation

    Accordingly, the Service hereby proposes to amend part 17, 
subchapter B of chapter 1, title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
as set forth below:

PART 17--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 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.

    2. Section 17.12(h) is amended by adding the following, in 
alphabetical order under the family Poaceae, to the List of Endangered 
and Threatened Plants to read as follows:


Sec. 17.12  Endangered and threatened plants.

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    (h) * * * 

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                 Species                                                                                        
-------------------------------------------   Historic range       Status    When listed    Critical    Special 
  Scientific name          Common name                                                      habitat      rules  
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Poaceae--Grass                                                                                                  
 family:                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                
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Puccinellia parishii  Parish's alkali       U.S.A. (AZ, CA, NM)  E           ...........           NA         NA
                       grass.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                
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    Dated: March 16, 1994.
Mollie H. Beattie,
Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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