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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
50 CFR Part 17

 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Public Hearing and 
Extension of Comment Period on Proposed Endangered Status for Four 
Plants and Threatened Status for Six Plants From the Foothills of the 
Sierra Nevada Mountains of California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice that a 
public hearing will be held on the proposed determination of endangered 
status for Brodiaea pallida (Chinese Camp brodiaea), Calyptridium 
pulchellum (Mariposa pussypaws), Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus 
(Mariposa lupine), and Mimulus shevockii (Kelso Creek monkeyflower), 
and threatened status for Allium tuolumnense (Rawhide Hill onion), 
Carpenteria californica (carpenteria), Clarkia springvillensis 
(Springville clarkia), Fritillaria striata (Greenhorn adobe lily), 
Navarretia setiloba (Piute Mountains navarretia), and Verbena 
californica (Red Hills vervain). In addition, the Service has reopened 
the comment period. All parties are invited to submit comments on this 
proposal.

DATES: The public hearing will be held from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 
to 8:00 p.m. on January 31, 1995, in Bakersfield, California. The 
comment period, which originally closed on December 5, 1994, now closes 
on February 13, 1995. Any comments received after the closing date may 
not be addressed in the final decision on this proposal.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Red Lion Hotel, 3100 
Camino del Rio Court, Bakersfield, California. Comments and materials 
should be submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento 
Field Office, 2800 Cottage Way, E-1803, Sacramento, California 95825-
1846. Comments and materials received will be available for public 
inspection during normal business hours, by appointment, at the above 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ken Fuller (see ADDRESSES section) or at 916/979-2122.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Allium tuolumnense, Brodiaea pallida, Calyptridium pulchellum, 
Carpenteria californica, Clarkia springvillensis, Fritillaria striata, 
Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus, Mimulus shevockii, Navarretia setiloba, 
and Verbena californica are plant species found in the foothills of the 
Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. These ten plants are restricted 
to various substrate-specific habitats in Fresno, Kern, Madera, 
Mariposa, Tulare, and Tuolumne Counties. These plants face ongoing 
threats from one or more of the following: urbanization, inadequate 
regulatory mechanisms, random stochastic events, off-highway vehicle 
use, logging, overgrazing, illegal dumping, alteration of natural fire 
regimes, maintenance of roads and rights-of-ways, insect predation, 
agricultural land conversion, mining, proposed highway projects, and 
competition from brush species and nonnative grass species.
    On October 4, 1994, the Service published a proposed rule to list 
Brodiaea pallida (Chinese Camp brodiaea), Calyptridium pulchellum 
(Mariposa pussypaws), Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus (Mariposa lupine), 
and Mimulus shevockii (Kelso Creek monkeyflower) as endangered, and 
list Allium tuolumnense (Rawhide Hill onion), Carpenteria californica 
(carpenteria), Clarkia springvillensis (Springville clarkia), 
Fritillaria striata (Greenhorn adobe lily), Navarretia setiloba (Piute 
Mountains navarretia), and Verbena californica (Red Hills vervain) as 
threatened (58 FR 50540). 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. Public hearing 
requests were received several requestors. As a result, the Service has 
scheduled a public hearing on January 31, 1995, at the Red Lion Hotel 
in Bakersfield, California. Anyone wishing to make statements for the 
record should bring a written 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. Oral and written 
comments received equal consideration. The Service places no limits on 
the length of written comments or materials presented at the hearing or 
mailed to the Service.
    The comment period on the proposal originally closed on December 5, 
1994. to accommodate the hearing, the Service reopens the public 
comment period. Written comments may now be submitted until February 
13, 1995, to the Service in the ADDRESSES section.

Author

    The primary author of this notice is Ken Fuller (see ADDRESSES 
section).

Authority

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

    Dated: December 22, 1994.
H. Dale Hally,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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