[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44227-44228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22087]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AD45


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To 
Designate the Whooping Cranes of the Rocky Mountains as Experimental 
Nonessential and To Remove Whooping Crane Critical Habitat Designations 
From Four Locations; Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On July 21, 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 
published a final rule designating the Rocky Mountain population of 
whooping cranes (Grus americana) as experimental nonessential and 
removing whooping crane critical habitat designations from four 
National Wildlife Refuges; Bosque del Apache in New Mexico, Monte Vista 
and Alamosa in Colorado, and Grays Lake in Idaho. The rule 
inadvertently omitted language amending 50 CFR 17.95 to remove the 
designated critical habitat from the four National Wildlife Refuges. 
This proposed removal of critical habitat was included in the Service's 
proposed rule (61 FR 4394), which provided opportunity for public 
comment. Comments received on the proposed removal of designated 
critical habitat were summarized and discussed in the Service's final 
rule designating the Rocky Mountain population of whooping cranes as 
nonessential experimental. The Service herein amends 50 CFR 17.95 
Typographical errors which occurred in the final rule in the entry 
under part 17.11(h) are also corrected here.

DATES: Effective August 20, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The complete file for this rule will be available for public 
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the 
southwest Regional Office, 500 Gold Avenue SW., Room 4012, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, 87103-1306.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan MacMullin, Southwest Regional 
Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico (see ADDRESSES section) (telephone 505/
248-6663; facsimile 505/248-6922).

Regulation Promulgation

    Accordingly, the Service hereby amends part 17, subchapter B of 
chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth 
below:

PART 17--[AMENDED]

    1. Section 17.11(h) is amended by revising the entries for ``Crane, 
whooping'' under BIRDS, to read as follows:


Sec. 17.11  Endangered and threatened wildlife.

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    (h) * * 

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                      Species                                               Vertebrate                                                                  
---------------------------------------------------                      population where                                      Critical                 
                                                      Historic range       endangered or       Status         When listed      habitat    Special rules 
       Common name             Scientific name                              threatened                                                                  
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          Birds                                                                                                                                         
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Crane, whopping.........  Grus americana..........  Canada, U.S.A.      Entire, except      E             1, 3, 487, 621....   17.95(b)  NA             
                                                     (Rocky Mountains    where listed as                                                                
                                                     East to             an experimental                                                                
                                                     Carolinas),         population.                                                                    
                                                     Mexico.                                                                                            

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    Do..................  ......do................  ......do..........  U.S.A. (CO, FL,     XN            487, 621..........         NA  17.84(h)       
                                                                         ID, NM, UT, WY).                                                               
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    2. Section 17.95(b) is amended by deleting the map showing whooping 
crane critical habitat throughout the United States and Canada, and by 
deleting the maps and descriptions of critical habitat for the whooping 
crane in the States of Colorado, Idaho, and New Mexico.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Donald J. Barry,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 97-22087 Filed 8-15-97; 3:33 p.m.]
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