[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 12, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 47340-47341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22794]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

[RIN 1018-AD11]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of 
Comment Period and Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Endangered 
Status for Three Wetland Species in Southern Arizona and Northern 
Sonora

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice that 
a public hearing will be held and the comment period reopened on the 
proposed rule to list two plants, Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses 
(Spiranthes delitescens) and Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis 
schaffneriana spp. recurva), and one amphibian, the Sonora tiger 
salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) as endangered. The hearing 
and the reopening of the comment period will allow all interested 
parties to submit oral or written comments on the proposal.

DATES: The public hearing will be held from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on 
September 27, 1995, in Sierra Vista, Arizona. The comment period for 
this proposal will be reopened on September 11, 1995 and will close on 
October 27, 1995. Comments must be received by the closing date. Any 
comments that are received after the closing date may not be considered 
in the final decision on the proposal.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Buena Performing Arts 
Center, Buena High School, 5225 Buena School Boulevard, Sierra Vista, 
Arizona. Written comments should be sent to the State Supervisor, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 2321 W. Royal Palm Road, suite 103, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85021. Comments and materials received will be available for 
public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the 
above Service address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey A. Humphrey, at the above address, 602/640-2720.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses, Huachuca water umbel, and the Sonora 
tiger salamander occur in a limited number of wetland habitats in 
southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. They are threatened by 
one or more of the following--collecting, disease, predation, 
competition with nonnative species, catastrophic floods, drought, and 
degradation and destruction of habitat resulting from livestock 
overgrazing, water diversions, dredging, and groundwater pumping. All 
three taxa are also threatened with stochastic extirpations or 
extinction due to small numbers of populations or individuals. A 
proposed rule to list these species as endangered was published in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 16836) on April 3, 1995.
    Pursuant to 50 CFR 424.16(c)(2), the Service may extend or reopen a 
comment period upon finding that there is good cause to do so. Full 
participation of the affected public in the species listing process, 
allowing the Service to consider the best scientific and commercial 
data available in making a final determination on the proposed action, 
is deeded as sufficient cause.
    Anyone wishing to make an oral statement for the record is 
encouraged to provide a written copy of their statement and present it 
to the Service at 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 the 
hearings or mailed to the Service. Legal notices announcing the dates, 
times, and locations of the hearings will be published in newspapers 
concurrently with the Federal Register notice.
    Previous comment periods on this proposal closed on June 2, 1995 
and July 24, 1995. In order to accommodate this additional hearing, the 
Service reopens the public comment period. Written comments may now be 
submitted until October 27, 1995, to the Service office in the 
ADDRESSES section.

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Author

    The primary author of this notice is Jeffrey A. Humphrey (see 
ADDRESSES).

Authority

    The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973 
(16 U.S.C. 1531-1544 et seq.).

    Dated: September 8, 1995.
Jay L. Gerst,
Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-22794 Filed 9-11-95; 8:45 am]
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