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[FR Doc No: 94-16352]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Availability of a Draft Recovery Plan for Rough-leaved 
Loosestrife for Review and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the 
availability for public review of an agency draft recovery plan for 
rough-leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia asperulaefolia). This rare 
perennial herb, native only to North Carolina and South Carolina, grows 
on moist sand or peat in the transition zone between longleaf pine or 
oak savannas and wetter, shrubby plant communities. Only nine 
populations of rough-leaved loosestrife are currently known to exist. 
The Service solicits review and comment from the public on this draft 
plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery plan must be received on or 
before September 6, 1994, to receive consideration by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the agency draft recovery plan may 
obtain a copy by contacting the Asheville Field Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 330 Ridgefield Court, Asheville, North Carolina 
28806. Written comments and materials regarding the plan should be 
addressed to the Field Supervisor at the above address. Comments and 
materials received are available on request for public inspection, by 
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Ms. Nora Murdock at the address above; 
Telephone: 704-665-1195 (Ext. 231).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Restoring endangered or threatened animals and plants to the point 
where they are again secure, self-sustaining members of their 
ecosystems is a primary goal of the Service's endangered species 
program. To help guide the recovery effort, the Service is working to 
prepare recovery plans for most of the listed species native to the 
United States. Recovery plans describe actions considered necessary for 
conservation of the species, establish criteria for recognizing the 
recovery levels for downlisting or delisting them, and estimate time 
and cost for implementing the recovery measures needed.
    The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.) (Act), requires the development of recovery plans for listed 
species unless such a plan would not promote the conservation of a 
particular species. Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in 1988, 
requires that a public notice and an opportunity for public review and 
comment be provided during recovery plan development. The Service will 
consider all information presented during a public comment period prior 
to approval of each new or revised recovery plan. The Service and other 
Federal agencies will also take these comments into account in the 
course of implementing approved recovery plans.
    The primary species considered in this draft recovery plan is 
rough-leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia asperulaefolia). The areas of 
emphasis for recovery actions are the southern coastal plain and 
sandhills of North Carolina (Cumberland, Pamlico, Onslow, Brunswick, 
Beaufort, and Pender Counties) and the sandhills of South Carolina 
(Richland County). Habitat protection and management, reintroduction, 
and preservation of genetic material are major objectives of this 
recovery plan.

Public Comments Solicited

    The Service solicits written comments on the recovery plan 
described. All comments received by the date specified above will be 
considered prior to approval of the plan.

Authority

    The authority for this action is Section 4(f) of the Endangered 
Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).

    Dated: June 23, 1994.
Brian P. Cole,
Field Supervisor, Asheville Field Office, North Carolina.
[FR Doc. 94-16352 Filed 7-6-94; 8:45 am]
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