[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 425-426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-126]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of 
Comment Period on the 90-day Finding for the Petition to List the Queen 
Charlotte Goshawk as Endangered

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Status Review; Reopening of Comment Period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice 
that the comment period on the proposal is reopened. The Queen 
Charlotte goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) is found in forested 
areas of British Columbia and southeast Alaska. All interested parties 
are invited to submit comments regarding this species' status.

DATES: The comment period, which originally closed November 25, 1994, 
now closes February 9, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Data, information, comments or questions concerning the 
status of the petitioned species described below should be submitted to 
the Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological 
Services, 3000 Vintage Blvd., Suite 201, Juneau, Alaska 99801. The 
petition, findings, and supporting data are available for public 
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above 
address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Lindell, Endangered Species 
Biologist (see ADDRESSES above) (907)/586-7240).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Queen Charlotte goshawk occurs from Vancouver Island British 
Columbia, Canada, northward through insular British Columbia, insular 
and adjacent mainland Alaska west of the coastal mountain range, to the 
northern portions of the Alexander Archipelago, in southeast Alaska. 
The subspecies may be endangered by past and planned removal and 
fragmentation of mature forest habitat by clearcut logging.
    The comment period for the status review originally closed on 
November [[Page 426]] 25, 1994. Since that date many parties have 
expressed interest in submitting substantive comments. In order to 
accommodate these parties, the Service is extending the comment period 
until February 9, 1995. Written comments may be submitted to the 
Service office in the ADDRESSES section.

Author

    The primary author of this notice is John Lindell, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Field Office, Juneau, Alaska 
99801.

Authority

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

    Dated: December 23, 1994.
David B. Allen,
Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-126 Filed 1-3-95; 8:45 am]
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