[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10343-10344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4747]



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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 Status Review for the Queen Charlotte Goshawk

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 status review of the Queen Charlotte 
goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) is reopened. On August 26, 1994, 
(59 FR 44124) the Service announced that sufficient information was 
presented in the petition to list the Queen Charlotte goshawk as 
endangered and opened a comment period until November 25, 1994. On 
January 4, 1995, (60 FR 425) the Service extended the comment period 
until February 9, 1995. This notice further extends the comment period 
until February 28, 1995. All interested parties are invited to submit 
comments regarding this species' status.

DATES: Written comments and materials must be received by February 28, 
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

    On May 9, 1994, the Service received a petition from Mr. Peter 
Galvin of the Greater Gila Biodiversity Project and nine copetitioners 
requesting listing of the Queen Charlotte goshawk as endangered under 
the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(1)). A notice of positive 
90-day finding and request for additional information was published on 
August 26, 1994, (59 FR 44124) regarding this petition. 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 portion 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 initial comment period for the status review originally closed 
on November 25, 1994. Since that date, parties have expressed interest 
in submitting substantive comments. In order to accommodate these 
parties, the Service is extending the comment period until February 28, 
1995. Written comments may be submitted to the Service office noted in 
the Address section.

Author

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

Authority

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

    Dated: February 16, 1995.
David B. Allen,
Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-4747 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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