[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-305]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of 
Comment Period and Public Hearings on Proposed Rule to List the 
Arkansas River Basin Population of the Arkansas River Shiner as 
Endangered

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice that 
three public hearings will be held on its proposal to list the Arkansas 
River Basin population of the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi) 
as an endangered species. The Service proposed endangered status 
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), for the Arkansas River Basin population of the 
Arkansas River shiner on August 3, 1994 (59 FR 39532). These hearings 
will allow additional comments on this proposal to be submitted from 
all interested parties.

DATES: The comment period on the proposal is reopened from January 6 
through February 3, 1995. The public hearings will be held from 7 to 
9:30 p.m. on January 23, 1995, in Meade, Kansas; from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on 
January 24, 1995, in Woodward, Oklahoma; and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on 
January 25, 1995, in Amarillo, Texas.

ADDRESSES: The January 23rd hearing will be held in the auditorium of 
Meade High School, 407 School Addition, Meade, Kansas; the January 24th 
hearing will be held in the seminar room of the High Plains Institute 
of Technology, 3921 34th Street, Woodward, Oklahoma; and the January 
25th hearing will be held in the auditorium of the Texas A&M Regional 
Research and Extension Center, 6500 Amarillo Boulevard West, Amarillo, 
Texas. Written comments and materials should be sent to State 
Supervisor, Ecological Services State Office, 222 South Houston, Suite 
A, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127. Comments and materials received will be 
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business 
hours at the above office address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Collins at the above office 
address (918/581-7458).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the Act requires that a public hearing be 
held on the proposal to list the Arkansas River Basin population of the 
Arkansas River shiner as an endangered species, if requested within 45 
days of the proposal's publication in the Federal Register. Public 
hearing requests were received during the allotted time period from 
parties in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
    Anyone expecting to make an oral presentation at these hearings is 
encouraged to provide a written copy of their statement to the hearing 
officer prior to the start of the hearing. In the event there is a 
large attendance, the time allotted for oral statements may have to be 
limited. Oral and written statements receive equal consideration. There 
are no limits to the length of written comments presented at these 
hearings or mailed to the Service.
    In order to accommodate the presently scheduled public hearings, 
the Service extends the public comment period. Written comments may be 
submitted from January 6, 1995 through February 3, 1995, to the State 
Supervisor (see ADDRESSES above).

Author

    The primary author of this document is Ken Collins (see ADDRESSES 
above).

Authority

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

    Dated: December 23, 1994.
John G. Rogers,
Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-305 Filed 1-5-95; 8:45 am]
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