[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 110 (Thursday, June 9, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-14023]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AB

 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants, Public Hearing on 
Endangered Status for Four Plants and Threatened Status on One Plant 
From the Central Sierran Foothills of California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of hearing.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), pursuant to the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), announces a public 
hearing on the proposed endangered status for Calystegia stebbinsii 
(Stebbins' morning-glory), Ceanothus roderickii (Pine Hill ceanothus), 
Fremontodendron californicum ssp. decumbens (Pine Hill flannelbush), 
and Galium californicum ssp. sierrae (El Dorado bedstraw) and 
threatened status for Senecio layneae (Layne's butterweed). During the 
public hearing the Service will allow all interested parties to present 
oral testimony on the proposed rule. Written comments on the proposal 
will be accepted until July 19, 1994.

DATES: The public hearing will be held from 6 to 8 pm. on Thursday, 
June 30, 1994, in Sacramento, California. The Service will accept 
written comments on the proposed rule until July 19, 1994. Any comments 
received after the closing date may not be considered in the final 
decision on this proposal.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 500 
Leisure Lane, Sacramento, California. Written comments and materials 
concerning this proposal should be sent to the Sacramento Field Office, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, room E-1803, 
Sacramento, California 95825-1846. Comments and materials received will 
be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kirsten Tarp at the above address (telephone 916/978-4866).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Calystegia stebbinsii, Ceanothus roderickii, Fremontodendron 
californicum ssp. decumbens, Galium californicum ssp. sierrae and 
Senecio layneae are perennial plants that are found primarily on 
gabbroic soils and occur either in western El Dorado, Nevada, or 
Tuolumne Counties in northern California. Commercial and private 
development, inadequate regulatory mechanisms, off-road vehicle use, 
change in fire frequency, grading, road construction and maintenance, 
irrigation, herbicide spraying, invasive alien vegetation, 
susceptibility to catastrophic events, excessive grazing, dumping, and 
mining variously threaten these plants. A proposal to list these five 
plants was published in the Federal Register on April 20, 1994 (59 FR 
18774).
    Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires 
that a public hearing be held if it is requested within 45 days of the 
publication of the proposed rule. In response to the proposed rule, 
Daniel Macon, Director of Industry Affairs, California Cattlemen's 
Association, and William Hazeltine, Environmental Consultant, Oroville, 
California, requested a public hearing in letters dated May 2, 1994 and 
April 4, 1994 (sic) respectively. As a result the Service has scheduled 
a public hearing on Thursday, June 30, 1994, from 6 to 8 pm at the 
Radisson Hotel, 500 Leisure Lane, in Sacramento, California. Parties 
wishing to make statements for the record should bring a copy of their 
statements to 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 carry the same weight as oral comments. The comment period 
closes on July 19, 1994. Written comments should be submitted to the 
Service (see ADDRESSES).

Author

    The primary author of this notice is Kirsten Tarp (see ADDRESSES 
section).

Authority

    The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(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).

    Dated: June 3, 1994.
Marvin L. Plenert,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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