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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-ACO9

 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Public Hearing and 
Reopening of Comment Period on Proposed Endangered Status for the 
Hine's Emerald Dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.


ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearing and reopening of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice that 
a public hearing will be held on the proposed determination of 
endangered status for the Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora 
hineana) and that the comment period on the proposal will be reopened. 
The Hine's emerald dragonfly now persists in populations in Cook, 
DuPage, and Will Counties in Illinois, and in Door County, Wisconsin. 
It occupies calcareous, marshy streams associated with cattail marshes 
on dolomite bedrock. The public hearing and reopened comment period 
will allow comments on this proposal to be submitted from all 
interested parties.

DATES: The public hearing will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, 
May 25, 1994, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The comment period on the 
proposal originally closed on December 3, 1993, was extended to January 
3, 1994, and now closes June 6, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Door County 
Courthouse, General Meeting Room (A150), 421 Nebraska Street, Sturgeon 
Bay, Wisconsin. Written comments and materials should be sent to the 
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bishop Henry Whipple 
Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056. 
Comments and materials received will be available for public inspection 
during normal business hours, by appointment, at the above Regional 
Office address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the public hearing 
contact Janet Smith, Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
Ecological Services Field Office, 1015 Challenger Court, Green Bay, 
Wisconsin 54311 (phone 414/433-3803; fax 414/433-3882).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Hine's emerald dragonfly is known to occur in three counties in 
the Chicago, Illinois, metropolitan area and in Door County, Wisconsin. 
It was proposed for listing as an endangered species on the basis of 
evidence that its range and numbers have declined dramatically, 
primarily as a result of the destruction of its habitat, and that the 
threats to the habitat are continuing.
    On October 4, 1993, the Service published a proposed rule to list 
the Hine's emerald dragonfly as endangered under the Endangered Species 
Act, as amended. The original comment period ended on December 3, and 
the deadline for receipt of public hearing requests was November 18. On 
December 10, 1993, a notice was published reopening the comment period 
until January 3, 1994. The Service believes a number of parties 
interested in the proposed listing did not receive notice of the 
proposal in sufficient time to submit comments or request a public 
hearing during the original comment period.
    On December 20, 1993, the Service received requests for public 
hearings on this proposal from Mr. Jerome M. Viste, representing the 
Door County Environmental Council, Inc., Fish Creek, Wisconsin, and Mr. 
George M. Reynolds, representing Reynolds & Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
The Service has scheduled a hearing on May 25, 1994, from 7:00 to 9:00 
p.m. C.S.T., at the Door County Courthouse, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. 
Those parties wishing to make statements for the record should have 
available a copy of their statements to be presented to the Service at 
the start of the hearing. Oral statements may be limited to 5 or 10 
minutes if the number of parties present that evening necessitates some 
limitation. Oral and written statements receive equal consideration. 
There are no limits to the length of written comments presented at this 
hearing or mailed to the Service.
    In order to accommodate the hearing, the Service also reopens the 
public comment period. Written comments may be submitted until June 6, 
1994, to the Service office in the ADDRESSES section or at the public 
hearing.

Author

    The primary author of this notice is Carlita Shumate, Division of 
Endangered Species, Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal 
Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056 (phone 612/725-3276; fax 
612/725-3526).

Authority

    The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

    Dated: May 9, 1994.
Richard N. Smith,
Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11659 Filed 5-10-94; 11:58 am]
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