[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2005)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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50 CFR Part 17



Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation of 
Critical Habitat for Four Vernal Pool Crustaceans and Eleven Vernal 
Pool Plants in California and Southern Oregon; Evaluation of Economic 
Exclusions From August 2003 Final Designation; Final Rule

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AU06


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation 
of Critical Habitat for Four Vernal Pool Crustaceans and Eleven Vernal 
Pool Plants in California and Southern Oregon; Evaluation of Economic 
Exclusions From August 2003 Final Designation

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have re-evaluated 
the economic exclusions made to our previous final rule (68 FR 46683; 
August 6, 2003), which designated critical habitat pursuant to the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for 4 vernal pool 
crustaceans and 11 vernal pool plants. A total of approximately 858,846 
acres (ac) (347,563 hectares (ha)) of land are now designated critical 
habitat. This reflects exclusion of lands from the final designation 
for economic reasons, pursuant to section 4(b)(2) of the Act. This 
designation also reflects the lands previously confirmed for exclusion 
under 4(b)(2) of the Act for non-economic reasons (70 FR 11140; March 
8, 2005). The non-economic exclusions include the boundaries of various 
Habitat Conservation Plans, National Wildlife Refuges and National fish 
hatchery lands (33,097 ac (13,394 ha)), State lands within ecological 
reserves and wildlife management areas (20,933 ac (8,471 ha)), 
Department of Defense lands within Beale and Travis Air Force Bases as 
well as Fort Hunter Liggett and Camp Roberts Army installations (64,259 
ac (26,005 ha)), Tribal lands managed by the Mechoopda Tribe (644 ac 
(261 ha)), and the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve (10,200 ac 
(4,128 ha)) from the final designation.

DATES: This rule becomes effective on September 12, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials received, as well as supporting 
documentation used in the preparation of this final rule, will be 
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business 
hours at the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage, Room W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825. The 
final rule, economic analysis, and map will also be available via the 
Internet at http://sacramento.fws.gov/.
    We have attempted to address all comments received during the 
comment periods associated with this final rule, however if you believe 
that your comments have not been adequately addressed then the Act 
provides the opportunity for you to petition the Service to amend the 
final critical habitat rule. Petitions should be submitted to the 
address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arnold Roessler, at the Sacramento 
Fish and Wildlife Office address above; telephone (916) 414-6600; 
facsimile (916) 414-6712.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Designation of Critical Habitat Provides Little Additional Protection 
to Species

    In 30 years of implementing the Act, the Service has found that the 
designation of statutory critical habitat provides little additional 
protection to most listed species, while consuming significant amounts 
of available conservation resources. The Service's present system for 
designating critical habitat has evolved since its original statutory 
prescription into a process that provides little real conservation 
benefit, is driven by litigation and the courts rather than biology, 
limits our ability to fully evaluate the science involved, consumes 
enormous agency resources, and imposes huge social and economic costs. 
The Service believes that additional agency discretion would allow our 
focus to return to those actions that provide the greatest benefit to 
the species most in need of protection.

Role of Critical Habitat in Actual Practice of Administering and 
Implementing the Act

    While attention to and protection of habitat is paramount to 
successful conservation actions, we have consistently found that, in 
most circumstances, the designation of critical habitat is of little 
additional value for most listed species, yet it consumes large amounts 
of conservation resources. Sidle (1987) stated, ``Because the Act can 
protect species with and without critical habitat designation, critical 
habitat designation may be redundant to the other consultation 
requirements of section 7.'' Currently, only 464 species or 37 percent 
of the 1,264 listed species in the U.S. under the jurisdiction of the 
Service have designated critical habitat.
    We address the habitat needs of all 1,264 listed species through 
conservation mechanisms such as listing, section 7 consultations, the 
Section 4 recovery planning process, the Section 9 protective 
prohibitions of unauthorized take, Section 6 funding to the States, and 
the Section 10 incidental take permit process. The Service believes 
that it is these measures that may make the difference between 
extinction and survival for many species.
    We note, however, that a recent Ninth Circuit judicial opinion, 
Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
has invalidated the Service's regulation defining destruction or 
adverse modification of critical habitat. On December 9, 2004, the 
Director issued guidance to be used in making section 7 adverse 
modification determinations.

Procedural and Resource Difficulties in Designating Critical Habitat

    The Service has been inundated with lawsuits for our failure to 
designate critical habitat, and we face a growing number of lawsuits 
challenging critical habitat determinations once they are made. These 
lawsuits have subjected the Service to an ever-increasing series of 
court orders and court-approved settlement agreements, compliance which 
now consumes nearly the entire endangered species listing program 
budget. This leaves the Service with little ability to prioritize its 
activities to direct scarce listing resources to the listing program 
actions with the most biologically urgent species conservation needs.
    The consequence of the critical habitat litigation activity is that 
limited listing funds are used to defend active lawsuits, to respond to 
Notices of Intent (NOIs) to sue relative to critical habitat, and to 
comply with the growing number of adverse court orders. As a result, 
listing petition responses, the Service's own proposals to list 
critically imperiled species and final listing determinations on 
existing proposals are all significantly delayed.
    The accelerated schedules of court ordered designations have left 
the Service with almost no ability to provide for adequate public 
participation or to ensure a defect-free rulemaking process before 
making decisions on listing and critical habitat proposals due to the 
risks associated with noncompliance with judicially-imposed deadlines. 
This in turn fosters a second round of litigation in which those who 
fear adverse impacts from critical habitat designations challenge those 
designations. The cycle of litigation appears endless, is very 
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provides relatively little additional protection to listed species.
    The costs resulting from the designation include legal costs, the 
cost of preparation and publication of the designation, the analysis of 
the economic effects and the cost of requesting and responding to 
public comment, and in some cases the costs of compliance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). None of these costs result in 
any benefit to the species that is not already afforded by the 
protections of the Act enumerated earlier, and they directly reduce the 
funds available for direct and tangible conservation actions.

Background

    The four vernal pool crustaceans involved in this critical habitat 
designation are the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal 
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi). The 11 vernal pool plant species are Butte County 
meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica), Contra Costa 
goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens), Hoover's spurge (Chamaesyce hooveri), 
fleshy (or succulent) owl's-clover (Castilleja campestris ssp. 
succulenta), Colusa grass (Neostapfia colusana), Greene's tuctoria 
(Tuctoria greenei), hairy Orcutt grass (Orcuttia pilosa), Sacramento 
Orcutt grass (Orcuttia viscida), San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass 
(Orcuttia inaequalis), slender Orcutt grass (Orcuttia tenuis), and 
Solano grass (Tuctoria mucronata).
    All of the above vernal pool crustaceans and plants live in vernal 
pools (shallow depressions that hold water seasonally), swales (shallow 
drainages that carry water seasonally), and ephemeral (short duration) 
freshwater habitats. The vernal pool habitats of the 4 vernal pool 
crustaceans and 11 plants addressed in this final rule have a 
discontinuous distribution west of the Sierra Nevada that extends from 
southern Oregon through California into northern Baja California, 
Mexico (Holland and Jain 1978, 1988; Eriksen and Belk 1999).
    Wetlands are defined by plants, soils, and frequency of flooding 
(Cowardin et al., 1979). There is no single, correct, indisputable, 
ecologically sound definition for wetlands, primarily because wetlands 
are so diverse and because the separation between dry and wet 
environments lies along a continuum (Cowardin et al., 1979). Vernal 
pools are a type of seasonally-flooded emergent wetland. Seasonally-
flooded emergent wetlands are areas where surface water is present for 
extended periods, especially early in the growing season, but is absent 
by the end of the season in most years (Cowardin et al., 1979). 
Emergent wetlands are characterized by erect, rooted, herbaceous 
hydrophytes (plants that can grow in soils too waterlogged for most 
other plants), excluding mosses and lichens. This vegetation is present 
for most of the growing season in most years (Cowardin et al., 1979). 
One feature that distinguishes vernal pools from other seasonally 
flooded emergent wetlands is that they are dominated by annual rather 
than perennial species (Jokerst 1990, Zedler 1990).
    Vernal pools form where there is a soil layer below or at the 
surface that is impermeable or nearly impermeable to water (Smith and 
Verrill 1998). Precipitation and surface runoff become trapped or 
perched above this layer. The restrictive soil layers underlying vernal 
pools are of four main types: hardpans, claypans, volcanic flows, and 
non-volcanic rock. The soil parent material underlying the vernal pools 
greatly influences the species composition and hydrologic functioning 
of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Smith and Verrill 1998). 
Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and may not be the 
same as soils mapped by soil surveys (Holland and Dain 1990). Vernal 
pools typically occur in landscapes that, on a broad scale, are 
shallowly sloping or nearly level, but on a fine scale may be quite 
bumpy. Some vernal pool landscapes are dotted with numerous rounded 
soil mounds known as mima mounds (Scheffer 1947).
    Vernal pools begin to fill with the fall and winter rains. Before 
ponding occurs, there is a period during which the soil is wetted and 
the local water table may rise. Some pools have a substantial watershed 
that contributes to their water inputs; others may fill almost entirely 
from rain falling directly into the pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998). 
Although exceptions are not uncommon, the watershed generally 
contributes more to the filling of larger or deeper pools, especially 
playa pools. Even in pools filled primarily by direct precipitation, 
Hanes and Stromberg (1998) report that subsurface inflows from 
surrounding soils can help dampen water level fluctuations during late 
winter and early spring. Vernal pools exhibit four major phases: (1) 
The wetting phase, when vernal pool soils become saturated; (2) the 
aquatic phase, when a perched water table develops and the vernal pool 
contains water; (3) a water-logged drying phase, when the vernal pool 
begins losing water as a result of evaporation and loss to the 
surrounding soils but soil moisture remains high; and (4) the dry 
phase, when the vernal pool and underlying soils are completely dry 
(Keeley and Zedler 1998). Upland areas associated with vernal pools are 
also an important source of nutrients to vernal pool organisms (Eriksen 
and Belk 1999; Wetzel 1975). Vernal pool habitats derive most of their 
nutrients from detritus (decaying matter) washed into pools from 
adjacent uplands, and these nutrients provide the foundation for a 
vernal pool aquatic community's food chain. Detritus (both living and 
dead organic matter) is a primary food source for the vernal pool 
crustaceans addressed in this rule (Eriksen and Belk 1999). Because 
vernal pools are mostly rain-fed, they tend to have low nutrient levels 
and dramatic daily fluctuations in pH, dissolved oxygen, and carbon 
dioxide (Keeley and Zedler 1998).
    Both the amount and timing of rainfall in California and Oregon 
vary greatly from year to year. As a result, pools may fill to 
different extents at different times. The duration of ponding of vernal 
pools also varies, and in certain years some pools may not fill at all. 
Many characteristics of vernal pool plants and animals result from 
these organisms' adaptations to the highly variable and unpredictable 
nature of vernal pools (Holland 1976; Holland and Dains 1990; King et 
al. 1996; Hanes and Stromberg 1998).
    Many vernal pool plants are pollinated by host-specific ground 
dwelling solitary bees in the Andrenidae family (Thorp and Leong 1998; 
Thorp 1976; Griggs 1974 as cited in Stone et al. 1988). The lifecycles 
of these bees are closely tied to those of the vernal pool plants and 
the emergence of the adult bees from their over-wintering nests within 
the adjacent upland habitats (within 100 meters; Leong et al. 1995) of 
vernal pools coincides with the flowering period of several vernal pool 
plant species (Lasthenia sp., Limnanthes sp., Blennosperma sp.). The 
upland areas provide habitat for nests, brood cells, resting and 
overwintering habitat for the bees so they can complete their 
lifecycles. These solitary, ground nesting bee species assist in 
pollinating and cross pollinating of several vernal pool plants (Thorp 
and Leong 1998).
    For more information on vernal pool ecology and the species that 
inhabit them, see the August 6, 2003, final designation of critical 
habitat for the four vernal pool crustaceans and the eleven vernal pool 
plants (68 FR 46684) and the individual listing rules for each species 
(43 FR 44810; 57 FR 24192; 59 FR 48186; 62 FR 14338; 62 FR 34029).

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Previous Federal Actions

    In January 2004, the Butte Environmental Council and several other 
organizations filed a complaint alleging that we: (1) Violated both the 
Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by excluding nearly 1 
million ac (405,000 ha) from the final designation of critical habitat 
for the 15 vernal pool species; (2) violated mandatory notice-and-
comment requirements under the Act and APA; and (3) engaged in an 
unlawful pattern, practice, and policy by failing to properly consider 
the economic impacts of designating critical habitat. On October 28, 
2004, the court signed a Memorandum and Order in that case remanding 
the final designation to the Service in part. In particular, the court 
ordered us to: (1) Reconsider the exclusions from the final designation 
of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species, with the exception 
of those lands within the five California counties that were excluded 
based on potential economic impacts, and publish a new final 
determination as to those lands within 120 days; and (2) reconsider the 
exclusion of the five California counties based on potential economic 
impacts and publish a new final determination no later than July 31, 
2005. The court did not alter the August 6, 2003, final lands 
designated as critical habitat.
    In order to comply with the court order, on December 28, 2004, the 
Service reopened the comment period on the designation for 30 days (69 
FR 77700); to solicit any new information concerning the benefits of 
excluding and including the lands excluded from the final rule pursuant 
to section 4(b)(2) of the Act on the basis of non-economic 
considerations. The final non-economic exclusions were published in a 
Federal Register notice on March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140). On June 30, 
2005, a Notice of Availability of the draft Economic Analysis was 
published (70 FR 37739) and the public comment period reopened for 20 
days on the designation to solicit any new information concerning the 
benefits of excluding. This final rule addresses the second requirement 
of the remand: The reconsideration of those lands within the five 
California counties; Butte, Madera, Merced, Sacramento, and Solano, 
that were excluded based on potential economic impacts for the 15 
vernal pool species, incorporates the non-economic exclusions (70 FR 
11140), and finalizes the designation of critical habitat for the 4 
vernal pool crustaceans and 11 vernal pool plants in California and 
Southern Oregon.

Summary of Comments and Recommendations

    We requested written comments from the public on the proposed 
designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species in the 
proposed rule published on September 24, 2002, (67 FR 59883) and 
subsequent Federal Register notices concerning the 15 vernal pool 
species (67 FR 70201 and 68 FR 12336). We requested all interested 
parties to submit comments on the specifics of the proposal, including 
information related to the critical habitat designation, unit 
boundaries, species occurrence information and distribution, land use 
designations that may affect critical habitat, potential economic 
effects of the proposed designation, benefits associated with critical 
habitat designation, potential exclusions and the associated rationale 
for the exclusions, and methods used to designate critical habitat.
    In the December 28, 2004, reopening of public comment period for 
noneconomic exclusions related to critical habitat designation (69 FR 
77700), we requested all interested parties to submit comments on the 
specifics of the proposal, including information related to amount and 
distribution of habitat, essential habitat, rationale for including or 
excluding habitat, benefits associated with including or excluding 
critical habitat designation, current or planned activities on proposed 
critical habitat, and public participation in designating critical 
habitat.
    We contacted all appropriate State and Federal agencies, county 
governments, elected officials, and other interested parties and 
invited them to comment. This was accomplished through telephone calls, 
letters, and news releases faxed and/or mailed to affected elected 
officials, media outlets, local jurisdictions, interest groups and 
other interested individuals. In addition, we invited public comment 
through the publication of legal notices in numerous newspaper and news 
media throughout California and Oregon. In 2002, we provided 
notification of the DEA and proposed rule to all interested parties. At 
the request of Congressman Cardoza's Office, the Merced County Board of 
Supervisors, and the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, we held 
two public meetings to explain the December 28, 2004, Federal Register 
notice regarding the noneconomic exclusions to the public and requested 
that they provide comments. We provided contacts where they could 
direct questions regarding the proposed designation. We also posted the 
associated material on our Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office Internet 
site following the publication on December 28, 2004. Additionally, we 
made available to the public upon request individual maps of the 
noneconomic exclusions.
    On June 30, 2005, a Notice of Availability of the revised draft 
economic analysis was published (70 FR 37739) and the public comment 
period reopened for 20 days. We asked specifically for comments on the 
following: (1) Assumptions reflected in the economic analysis regarding 
land use practices and current, planned, or reasonably foreseeable 
activities in the subject areas, including comments or information 
relating to the potential effects that the designation could have on 
private landowners as a result of actual or foreseeable State and local 
government responses due to the California Environmental Quality Act; 
(2) Land use practices and current, planned, or foreseeable activities 
in the subject areas and their possible impacts on proposed critical 
habitats; (3) Foreseeable economic or other impacts resulting from the 
proposed designation of these critical habitats, including impacts that 
may not have been addressed in the draft economic analysis and, in 
particular, any impacts on small entities or families; (4) Economic and 
other values associated with designating critical habitat for these 
species; (5) Whether our approach to critical habitat designation could 
be improved or modified in any way to provide for greater public 
participation and understanding, or to assist us in accommodating 
public concern and comments; (6) The draft economic analysis noted that 
approximately 80 percent of the total costs are represented by 25 
percent of the critical habitat. We identified that we were considering 
excluding those areas, which were identified in Table IV-4 of the draft 
economic analysis as the 20 highest cost areas based on FIPS, and 
requested comment as to whether the Secretary should exclude these 
areas based on the benefits associated with exclusion or inclusion of 
these areas in the final critical habitat which have not already been 
identified. The basis of the proposed exclusion that was being 
considered is purely economic; (7) Whether the Secretary exclude the 35 
highest cost areas based on the figures in Table IV-4 of the draft 
economic analysis and what are the benefits of exclusion or inclusion 
of these areas?; (8) Whether the Secretary exclude the 50 highest cost 
areas based on the

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figures in Table IV-4 of the draft economic analysis and what are the 
benefits of exclusion or inclusion of these areas?; (9) Table IV-2 of 
the draft economic analysis details increases in the costs per home 
related to this critical habitat designation. In addition to any other 
exclusions, the Secretary considered excluding any areas identified as 
experiencing a per-home increase in excess of $3,000 from the 
designation of critical habitat; and requested commenters to identify 
any benefits related to the exclusion or inclusion of those areas; (10) 
Queried commenters on whether there any benefits or costs of the 
proposed designation that the draft economic analysis failed to 
capture?; and requested commenters to provide as much information as 
possible related to any costs or benefits that were not identified; and 
(11) Queried whether our approach to critical habitat designation could 
be improved or modified in any way to provide for greater public 
participation and understanding, or to assist us in accommodating 
public concern and comments.
    We conducted outreach on the Notice of Availability for the draft 
economic analysis and re-opening of the public comment period on the 
proposed designation by contacting Federal, State and County government 
representatives, local news media, and interested parties who 
participated or had involvement in the original designation process. 
The information regarding the draft economic Analysis and other 
information and outreach materials were posted on the Sacramento Fish 
and Wildlife Office Web site and made available via the Internet at 
http://sacramento.fws.gov/.
    We received a total of 972 comment letters during the first four 
comment periods, and 70 during the most recent comment period, which 
ended on July 20, 2005. Comments were received from Federal, Tribal, 
State and local agencies, and private organizations and individuals. 
Similar comments were grouped into several general issue categories 
relating specifically to the proposed critical habitat determination, 
the proposed exclusions, and the draft economic analysis, and are 
identified below. For a review of the 972 comment letters received 
during previous comment periods, and how these were either addressed or 
responded to, please refer to the our final designation of critical 
habitat for these species published on August 6, 2003 (68 FR 46683) and 
our re-evaluation of non-economic exclusions published on March 8, 2005 
(70 FR 11140).
    Of the 71 comment letters received during our most recent, 20-day 
public comment period, 18 letters contained comments of a biological 
nature that did not relate to the draft economic analysis or to 
economic issues related to the critical habitat designation. Nearly all 
of the letters received contained some comments relating to economic 
issues. We received comments from private landowners, private 
conservation organizations, development and investment companies, City 
and County governmental bodies, chambers of commerce, members of 
congress, and concerned citizens. We reviewed all comments received for 
substantive issues and new information regarding the vernal pool plants 
and vernal pool crustaceans. Similar comments were grouped into general 
issue categories relating specifically to the proposed critical habitat 
determination and the DEA and are identified below.

Peer Review

    The proposed designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool 
species was peer reviewed by six biologists who have knowledge of 
vernal pool ecosystems and the 15 species addressed in this rule. Two 
of the reviewers strongly endorsed the approach in the proposal that 
protecting vernal pools in the context of surrounding upland watersheds 
is crucial for the conservation and long-term survival of the listed 
vernal pool species, and stated that the rule placed appropriate 
emphasis on protecting intact vernal pool complexes. The reviewers also 
cited the importance of conserving a wide range of vernal pool habitat 
types and biological diversity. For a discussion of the peer review of 
vernal pool critical habitat designation, please refer to our August 6, 
2003, final designation (68 FR 46683).

Comments From States

    Section 4(i) of the Act states, ``the Secretary shall submit to the 
State agency a written justification for [her] failure to adopt 
regulations consistent with the agency's comments or petition.'' 
Comments previously received from State agencies regarding the 
September 24, 2002, proposal to designate critical habitat for the 15 
vernal pool species (67 FR 59983) are discussed in the August 6, 2003, 
final designation (68 FR 46683). There were no State agency comments 
received during the December 28, 2004, reopening of public comment 
period (69 FR 77700), and no State agency comments were received as 
part of the 20-day public comment period on the draft economic analysis 
that ended on July 20, 2005 (70 FR 37739).

Other Public Comments and Responses

Comments Related to the Designation Process

    Comment 1: Two commenters pointed out that the 20-day public 
comment period was too short and did not meet the 60-day standard 
established by Executive Order 12866.
    Our Response: Pursuant to our implementing regulations at 50 CFR 
424.16(c)(2), we are required to provide at least a 60-day public 
comment period on any proposal to list, delist, or reclassify a 
species, or designate or revise critical habitat. On August 6, 2003, we 
finalized critical habitat for these 15 vernal pool species. As part of 
the process of that rulemaking we had an initial 60-day public comment 
period on our proposal of critical habitat (70 FR 37739), which was 
extended an additional 28 days. On November 21, 2002, during this 
public comment period, a draft economic analysis of that proposal was 
released with 32 days left in the public comment period (67 FR 70201). 
On March 14, 2003, the public comment period for the draft economic 
analysis was reopened for an additional 14 days (68 FR 12336). In 
addition, on December 28, 2004, we opened a 30-day public comment 
period (69 FR 77700) on the non-economic exclusions that were included 
in our August 6, 2003, final rule (68 FR 46683). As such, we believe 
that our original designation was in compliance with our implementing 
regulations.
    In January 2004, the Butte Environmental Council and several other 
organizations filed a complaint alleging that our designation of 
critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species was unlawful. On 
October 28, 2004, the court signed a Memorandum and Order in that case 
remanding the final designation to the Service in part. In particular, 
the court ordered us to: (1) Reconsider the exclusions from the final 
designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species, with 
the exception of those lands within the five California counties that 
were excluded based on potential economic impacts, and publish a new 
final determination as to those lands within 120 days; and (2) 
reconsider the exclusion of the five California counties based on 
potential economic impacts and publish a new final determination no 
later than July 31, 2005. The court did not alter the August 6, 2003, 
final lands designated as critical habitat. A part of this 
reconsideration process, we reopened the public comment period for 30 
days

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(69 FR 77700); to solicit any new information concerning the benefits 
of excluding and including the lands excluded from the final rule 
pursuant to section 4(b)(2) of the Act on the basis of non-economic 
considerations. The final non-economic exclusions were published in a 
Federal Register notice on March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140). On June 30, 
2005, a Notice of Availability of the draft Economic Analysis was 
published (70 FR 37739) and the public comment period reopened for 20 
days on the designation to solicit any new information concerning the 
benefits of excluding. The public comment period on the revised 
economic analysis was limited to 20 days due to the court ordered time 
frame to publish our final determination.
    However, we believe that having the public comment period on the 
previous proposal for a total of 132 days and on our reconsideration of 
the exclusions in the previous final designation for an additional 50 
days is consistent with our regulations at 50 CFR 424.16(c)(2).
    Comment 2: One comment letter asserted the PCEs are so general and 
vague that it would be difficult to identify if one was in an area 
containing PCEs, and that the PCEs as written, violate the Alameda 
whipsnake standard as defined in Home Builders Ass'n of Northern Cal. 
v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv. (268 F. Supp. 2d).
    Our Response: The two PCEs contained in the final rule for the four 
crustacean species have been expanded to four PCEs in an effort to more 
effectively describe critical habitat and to meet the standard 
identified in Home Builders Ass'n of Northern California. The 11 plant 
species have two PCEs which have been refined to better describe the 
characteristics that describe their habitat. These PCEs have been 
developed using the best available scientific information on the 
characteristics the species need to survive and reproduce. See the 
``Primary Constituent Elements'' section below for a complete 
description of the PCEs for each species addressed by this rule.
    Comment 3: On commenter asserted that any designations issued prior 
to the August 6, 2004, ruling in the Gifford Pinchot Task Force et al. 
v. USFWS case (378 F.3d 1059, 1070 (Ninth Cir. 2004)) have not properly 
accounted for the resulting recovery standard and mitigation 
requirements and that we should withdraw the designation and reconsider 
the economic impacts.
    Our Response: This designation of critical habitat, and associated 
exclusions, for the 15 species is the result of a reevaluation of 
essential habitat for the species throughout their range, and not just 
the five counties excluded in the original rule designating critical 
habitat. In the course of establishing this designation, we have taken 
into account the direction provided by the Ninth Circuit in Gifford 
Pinchot.
    Comment 4: One commenter provided a lengthy legal analysis of our 
approach to combining the costs of listing actions with critical 
habitat designations, and found our approach unsatisfactory in light of 
a District of Columbia District Court Decision (Cape Hatteras, 344 F. 
Supp. 2d).
    Our Response: In conducting economic analyses, we are guided by the 
10th Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling in the New Mexico Cattle Growers 
Association case (248 F.3d at 1285), which directed us to consider all 
impacts, ``regardless of whether those impacts are attributable co-
extensively to other causes.'' The draft economic analysis estimates 
the total cost of species conservation activities without subtracting 
the impact of pre-existing baseline regulations (i.e., the cost 
estimates are fully co-extensive). By identifying the total costs 
attributable to listing, including the designation of critical habitat, 
the draft economic analysis complies with direction from the U.S. 10th 
Circuit Court of Appeals.
    Comment 5: One commenter suggested that the Secretary of Interior 
should not have broad discretion to override critical habitat 
designation decisions that are made by biologists because it opens the 
door for political manipulation.
    Our Response: Section 4(b)(2) of the Act requires us to designate 
critical habitat on the basis of the best scientific and commercial 
information available, and to consider the economic and other relevant 
impacts of designating a particular area as critical habitat. We may 
exclude areas from critical habitat upon a determination that the 
benefits of exclusions outweigh the benefits of specifying such areas 
as critical habitat as long as those exclusions do not result in the 
extinction of the listed species. The Congressional Record is clear 
that Congress contemplated occasions where the Secretary could exclude 
the entire designation. In addition, the discretion that Congress 
anticipated would be exercised in section 4(b)(2) of the Act is 
extremely broad. ``The consideration and weight given to any particular 
impact is completely within the Secretary's discretion'' (Congressional 
Research Service 1982).
    Comment 6: A commenter has asserted that there may be a conflict of 
interest, because we have contracted with Dr. David Sunding and CRA 
International to develop the economic analysis of this designation of 
critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species because he previously 
conducted a study of critical habitat economics funded by the building 
industry and other commercial interests. The commenter suggests that 
the use of an economic model originally developed in the course of this 
study is inappropriate.
    Our Response: In asking the court to remand the original rule to 
the Service, we explicitly acknowledged that additional effort must be 
made in conducting the economic analysis in order to allow the 
Secretary to make exclusions on the basis of economics under section 
4(b)(2). The economic analysis performed by CRA International used 
pubic data and information and provided for more specificity in 
identifying effects than any of our previous economic analyses. We 
believe that this approach is consistent with the spirit of the 
Service's representations to the court. In fact, the 4(b)(2) exclusions 
differ markedly from those included in our original rule. To our 
knowledge, CRA is the only economic contractor performing this type 
economic analysis with this degree of precision on a landscape basis.
    We do not believe that hiring Dr. David Sunding and CRA 
International to conduct the economic impact analysis of this critical 
habitat designation, considering his prior receipt of research funding 
from the building industry, establishes a conflict of interest. CRA 
International performed a conflict check prior to initiating work on 
the current study and no conflicts were discovered. Neither CRA nor Dr. 
Sunding holds any financial interests that would be benefited as an 
outcome of the analysis and subsequent critical habitat designation.
    Hiring a new firm, CRA, to prepare an independent economic analysis 
of this proposed regulation serves two purposes. First, it provides a 
second estimate of overall impacts that can be compared with the cost 
analysis that supported the 2003 final designation. Second, the new 
analysis provides additional detail regarding potential costs at sub-
county level that was not provided in the 2003 analysis, allowing for a 
refinement of the 4(b)(2) decision process.
    We note that the total impact estimates in the two reports are very 
similar. In the 2003 analysis, the estimate of the total costs of 
section 7 consultation related to the vernal pool species was estimated 
to be $1.4 billion over twenty years. In CRA's analysis,

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total impacts are estimated to be $0.9 billion over twenty years. CRA 
reports impacts that are 65 percent of those in the 2003 study, while 
considering critical habitat acreage that is 75 percent of the 2003 
critical habitat. The main distinction between the studies is that the 
CRA analysis facilitates a more spatially precise definition of 
impacts.
    Comment 7: One commenter asserted that we violated the Act by 
failing to distinguish between those designated vernal pool systems 
that are occupied and those that are not.
    Our Response: Each of the critical habitat units may include some 
areas that are unoccupied by the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal 
pool plants. ``Unoccupied'' is defined here as an area that contains no 
hatched vernal pool crustaceans or observed above-ground vernal pool 
plants, and that is unlikely to contain a viable cyst or seed bank. 
While section 4(b)(2) of the Act states that critical habitat shall be 
designated on the basis of the best available scientific data, 
determining the specific areas that the vernal pool crustaceans or 
vernal pool plants occupy is difficult because, depending on climatic 
factors and other natural variations in habitat conditions, the size of 
the localized area in which aboveground plants or hatched crustaceans 
appear may fluctuate dramatically from one year to another. In some 
years, individuals may be observed throughout a large area, and in 
other years they may be observed in a smaller area or not at all. 
Because it is logistically difficult to determine how extensive the 
cyst or seed bank is at any particular site, and because hatched vernal 
pool crustaceans or above-ground vernal pool plants may or may not be 
present in all vernal pools within a site every year, we cannot 
quantify in any meaningful way what proportion of each critical habitat 
unit may actually be occupied by the vernal pool crustaceans or vernal 
pool plants at any one time. Due to this difficulty in differentiating 
between occupied and unoccupied habitat, areas of unoccupied habitat 
may be interspersed with areas of occupied habitat in each unit.
    The inclusion of unoccupied habitat in our critical habitat units 
reflects the dynamic nature of the habitat and the life history 
characteristics of the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool plants. 
Unoccupied areas provide areas into which populations might expand, 
provide connectivity or linkage between groups of organisms within a 
unit, and support populations of pollinators and seed dispersal 
organisms. We have designated both occupied and unoccupied areas based 
on the criteria in the Act and based on our belief that they are in 
need of special management or protection.

Comments Related to Cooperative Efforts

    Comment 8: One commenter believed that this designation would 
hinder essential voluntary conservation efforts (Habitat Conservation 
Plan (HCP), Natural Communities Conservation Program (NCCP), etc.), 
both on-going and in the future.
    Our Response: HCPs are one of the most important tools for 
reconciling land use with the conservation of listed species on non-
Federal lands. We anticipate that future HCPs and those in progress 
within the range of the 15 vernal pool species will include them as a 
covered species and provide for their long term conservation. We expect 
that HCPs undertaken by local jurisdictions (e.g., counties and cities) 
and other parties will identify, protect, and provide appropriate 
management for those specific lands within the boundaries of the plans 
that are essential for the long term conservation of the species. If an 
HCP that addresses the vernal pool species as covered species is 
ultimately approved, we will reassess the critical habitat boundaries 
in light of the HCP. If, consistent with available funding and program 
priorities, we elect to revise this designation, we will do so through 
a subsequent rulemaking.
    The designation of critical habitat should not deter participation 
in the NCCP or HCP processes. Approvals issued under these processes 
include assurances of no additional mitigation through the HCP No 
Surprises regulation (63 FR 8859).
    Comment 9: Numerous commenters suggested that we should exclude 
Placer County because the County is working on an HCP (the Placer 
County Conservation Plan) that would provide for the protection of the 
species addressed in this rule. Another commenter suggested that 
because the Placer Ranch development proposes to protect vernal pools 
and other wetlands and will mitigate impacts to any aquatic resources 
that their property should be excluded from this designation.
    Our Response: We support and encourage the development of HCPs and 
conservation plans, and encourage developments to incorporate listed 
species protections and mitigations into their development plans. HCPs 
are one of the most important tools for reconciling land use with the 
conservation of listed species on non-Federal lands. We expect that 
HCPs undertaken by local jurisdictions (e.g., counties and cities) and 
other parties will identify, protect, and provide appropriate 
management for those specific lands within the boundaries of the plans 
that are essential for the long term conservation of the species.
    We do not, however, adjust the designation of critical habitat for 
listed species based on future planning efforts where the specific 
protections for listed species are not known and where the public has 
not yet had the opportunity to comment on those protection measures. If 
an HCP that addresses the vernal pool species as covered species is 
ultimately approved, we will reassess the critical habitat boundaries 
in light of the HCP. If, consistent with available funding and program 
priorities, we elect to revise this designation, we will do so through 
a subsequent rulemaking. For the standards needed for an HCP to alter 
the designation of critical habitat see the ``Application of Section 
3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' 
section below.
    The economic analysis on the critical habitat for the 15 vernal 
pool species identified Placer County as an area with significant costs 
associated with the designation of critical habitat for the vernal pool 
fairy shrimp. As a result of the economic analysis, the Secretary has 
determined that it is appropriate to exclude the majority of critical 
habitat in western Placer County from the designation (See Relationship 
of Critical Habitat to Economic Impacts--Exclusions Under Section 
4(b)(2) of the Act).
    Comment 10: One commenter asserted that since the Western Riverside 
County Multi-species HCP (MSHCP) was not mentioned in the conservation 
efforts section of our Draft Recovery Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems 
of California and Southern Oregon we must have determined that this 
effort serves no conservation benefit for vernal pool fairy shrimp and, 
therefore, does not meet the criteria for excluding areas from the 
critical habitat designation. Another commenter asserted the provisions 
of the MSHCP are not sufficient to ensure recovery of the vernal pool 
fairy shrimp.
    Our Response: We discussed the conservation benefits of the, then 
draft, Western Riverside County MSCHP at length in our August 6, 2003, 
final rule designating critical habitat for the four vernal pool 
crustaceans and eleven vernal pool plants (68 FR 46683). In that 
discussion we determined that the proposed efforts, including 
conservation on approximately 153,000 ac (62,000 ha), were sufficient 
to warrant excluding Unit 33 for the vernal pool fairy shrimp. The 
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complete description of our decision on excluding Unit 33 based on the 
content of the Western Riverside County MSHCP see our August 6, 2003, 
final rule (68 FR 46683).

Comments Related to the Impacts of Critical Habitat Designation

    Comment 11: Designation will threaten the California State 
University (CSU) Campus development in west Placer County and prevent 
the development of higher learning opportunities.
    Our Response: The area proposed for the development of the CSU 
Campus in west Placer County is within a census tract that has been 
excluded from designation of critical habitat on economic grounds under 
section 4(b)(2) of the Act.
    Comment 12: Several commenters requested that we modify the areas 
proposed for designation as critical habitat either to increase the 
protections afforded the species or in an effort to better facilitate 
local long-range planning efforts and reduce economic impacts to 
private landowners.
    Our Response: In developing our proposal of critical habitat for 
the 15 vernal pool species, we identified those areas that, based on 
the scientific and commercial data available, we have determined 
contain essential occurrences of each of the species and/or are defined 
by the physical and biological features essential to their 
conservation. We used a number of criteria in defining critical habitat 
including, but not limited to, the known species occurrence and 
distribution data, habitat types, degree of habitat fragmentation, soil 
and landform relationships, connectivity and dispersal factors, and 
conservation biology principles. After refining our proposal and 
weighing the best available information, we conclude that the areas 
designated by this final rule, including currently occupied and 
unoccupied areas, are essential for the conservation of these species.
    We also excluded lands from the final designation that may contain 
vernal pool habitat, the vernal pool species, and the Primary 
Constituent Elements (PCEs), but that we determined to not be essential 
to the conservation of the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool 
plants. We believe that we used the best scientific and commercial 
information available in determined those areas essential for the 15 
vernal pool species that were proposed as critical habitat and 
subsequently finalized.

Comments Related to Information Quality

    Comment 13: One commenter requested that we incorporate the results 
of Dr. Bob Holland's biogeographical research project, as presented at 
the Western Section of the Wildlife Society meetings, into the 
designation process.
    Our Response: It is the goal of the Service to utilize the most 
recent scientific information available. In developing critical habitat 
designations, we analyze all pertinent scientific and commercial 
information available to make our final determinations. In the 
development of this designation, we contacted numerous species experts 
and other members of the scientific community, including Dr. Holland.
    Comment 14: Two letters commented that while 2,213 ac (896 ha) of 
the Placer Ranch development were designated as critical habitat, only 
7 ac (~3 ha) are actually classified as vernal pools and that 
designating all these acres violates the Act.
    Our Response: Placer Ranch has been excluded from this final rule 
designation. For a more detailed discussion, please see the section 
``Relationship of Critical Habitat to Economic Impacts--Exclusions 
Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' below.
    Comment 15: Another commenter requested that poor quality vernal 
pool systems and those designated areas lacking the PCEs be excluded 
from the designation.
    Our Response: Poor quality vernal pool systems are not necessarily 
void of listed vernal pool crustaceans or plants, and are candidates 
for active restoration projects. In designating critical habitat, we 
have considered how this designation highlights habitat that needs 
special management considerations or protection and helps ensure that 
all local habitat conservation planning efforts are consistent with 
conservation objectives for these species. Once a vernal pool habitat 
has been protected from direct filling, it is still necessary to ensure 
that the habitat is not rendered unsuitable for vernal pool species 
because of factors such as altered hydrology, contamination, nonnative 
species invasions, other incompatible land uses or neglect. Because 
their condition is already marginalized, degraded habitats are likely 
to be more vulnerable to these threats than pristine systems and in 
need of special management actions.
    When determining critical habitat boundaries, we made every effort 
to avoid designating developed areas such as buildings, paved areas, 
boat ramps and other structures that lack the PCEs for the 15 vernal 
pool species. Any such structures inadvertently left inside critical 
habitat boundaries are not considered part of the unit. This also 
applies to land on which structures sit directly. Therefore, Federal 
actions limited to these areas would not trigger section 7 
consultations, unless they affect the species and/or primary 
constituent elements in adjacent critical habitat.

Comments Related to Species Viability

    Comment 16: One commenter suggested it is essential that the vernal 
pool systems on Travis Air Force Base (AFB) be designated as critical 
habitat to ensure the recovery potential of these species.
    Our Response: The Act requires that the Secretary of the Interior 
shall designate or revise critical habitat based upon the best 
scientific and commercial data available, after taking into 
consideration the economic impact, impact to national security, and any 
other relevant impact of specifying any particular area as critical 
habitat. The Secretary may exclude any area from critical habitat if 
she determines that the benefits of such exclusion outweigh the 
benefits of specifying such area as part of the critical habitat, 
unless the failure to designate such area as critical habitat will 
result in the extinction of the species concerned. The two AFBs were 
not eligible for designation through operation of section 4(a)(3)(B) of 
the Act as they had approved Integrated Natural Resource Management 
Plans (INRMPs), which provided for the conservation of the species. For 
a detailed discussion of our noneconomic exclusion analysis used in our 
final designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species, 
please refer to our August 6, 2003, final designation (68 FR 46683) and 
in the ``Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions 
Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' section below.
    Comment 17: We received one comment stating that core recovery 
areas need to be designated as critical habitat in order to ensure that 
recovery will occur.
    Our Response: We recognize that designation of critical habitat may 
not include all of the habitat areas that may eventually be determined 
to be necessary for the conservation of the species. For these reasons, 
critical habitat designations do not signal that habitat outside the 
designation is unimportant or may not be required for the conservation 
of the species. Areas outside the critical habitat designation will 
continue to be subject to conservation actions that may be

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implemented under section 7(a)(1), the regulatory protections afforded 
by the section 7(a)(2) jeopardy standard, and the applicable 
prohibitions of section 9 of the Act, as determined on the basis of the 
best available information at the time of the action. Federally funded 
or assisted projects affecting listed species outside their designated 
critical habitat areas may still result in jeopardy findings in some 
cases. Similarly, critical habitat designations made on the basis of 
the best available information at the time of designation should not 
control the direction and substance of future recovery plans, HCPs, or 
other species conservation planning efforts if new information 
available to these planning efforts calls for a different outcome.

Comments Related to Economic Issues

    Comment 18: Several commenters stated that the DEA underestimated 
the delay in project completion resulting from Section 7 consultation.
    Our Response: Delay times resulting from section 7 consultation 
were calculated based on a review of available biological opinions. 
Delay time was calculated based on the average number of days from 
submission of a completed application to the date of a final decision. 
We are provided with 90 days to complete a biological opinion and 45 
days to issue the biological opinion to the consulting agency, for a 
total of 135 days from initiation to issuance (50 CFR 402.14(e)). 
According to the DEA (CRA International 2005) the average time for 
completion of a section 7 consultation is 111 days, well within our 
statutory timeframes.
    Comment 19: Several comment letters stated that vernal pool 
mitigation costs in Sacramento and Placer Counties are higher than the 
figure used in the DEA.
    Our Response: Mitigation costs were derived from a survey of 
mitigation banks, developers and consultants familiar with the 
permitting process. We believe that these data represent the best 
available information on mitigation costs in the affected counties.
    Comment 20: One commenter stated that the DEA omits impacts related 
to the Lincoln Bypass and Placer Parkway projects.
    Our Response: Placer County Transportation Planning Authority is in 
the process of developing the Tier 1 environmental report for the 
Placer Parkway project. Project alternatives have yet to be finalized 
but are expected to be mapped by September 2005. The Lincoln Bypass 
project is more advanced. The EIR document is complete and pending 
final approval; construction is anticipated to begin within two years.
    The Lincoln Bypass project is entirely within Census Tract 
06061021303. The Placer Parkway will likely be within Census Tract 
06061021301. We note that these tracts are already within the most 
economically impacted group of census tracts, so inclusion of 
additional impacts is unlikely to have a meaningful effect on the 
relative ranking of these tracts.
    Comment 21: The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) 
wrote to comment on the population growth figures used in the DEA. The 
SACOG provided new forecasts that it believes are more applicable than 
the forecasts used in the DEA.
    Our Response: Based on public comments offered by SACOG, Blueprint 
growth projections to 2025 by census tract were compared with the 
earlier growth forecasts furnished by SACOG. For the majority of census 
tracts, the projections were similar and substitution of the Blueprint 
forecasts would not have a material effect on the relative ranking of 
impacts by census tract.
    We note that the Blueprint forecast differed substantially from 
earlier SACOG forecasts for Census Tract 06067008701 in Sacramento 
County. In this instance, the Blueprint forecast indicated that at 
least 12,000 fewer dwelling units would be constructed by 2025. Even in 
this case, however, use of the Blueprint data would not have a material 
effect on the relative ranking of this tract since it would remain the 
most economically impacted census tract in the sample.
    Comment 22: One comment letter noted that the Placer Vineyards 
Specific Plan straddles two census tracts in Placer County.
    Our Response: Since a single development accounts for a significant 
fraction of growth in this area, segregating impacts by Census Tract 
may be artificial. Thus, impacts for tracts 06061020902 and 06061021301 
are aggregated in the final analysis. We excluded both census tracts 
from this final rule based on economic impacts. For a more detailed 
discussion, please see the section ``Relationship of Critical Habitat 
to Economic Impacts--Exclusions Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' 
below.
    Comment 23: Several comment letters stated that the DEA failed to 
provide a balanced assessment of economic benefits and costs in 
relation to the proposed critical habitat designation. One commenter 
also included a general list of potential benefits that may be 
associated with the designation of critical habitat and suggested that 
the Service should include such effects in its economic analysis.
    Our Response: Section 4(b)(2) of the Act requires the Secretary to 
designate critical habitat based on the best scientific data available 
after taking into consideration the economic impact, and any other 
relevant impact, of specifying any particular area as critical habitat. 
The Service's approach for estimating economic impacts includes both 
economic efficiency and distributional effects. The measurement of 
economic efficiency is based on the concept of opportunity costs, which 
reflects the value of goods and services foregone in order to comply 
with the effects of the designation (e.g., lost economic opportunity 
associated with restrictions on land use). Where data are available, 
the economic analyses attempt to measure the net economic impact. 
However, no data were found that allowed for the measurement of such an 
impact, nor was such information submitted during the public comment 
period.
    Most of the other benefit categories submitted by the commenter 
reflect broader social values, which are not the same as economic 
impacts. While the Secretary must consider economic and other relevant 
impacts as part of the final decision-making process under section 
4(b)(2) of the Act, the Act explicitly states that it is the 
government's policy to conserve all threatened and endangered species 
and the ecosystems upon which they depend. Thus the Service believes 
that explicit consideration of broader social values for the species 
and its habitat, beyond the more traditionally defined economic 
impacts, is not necessary as Congress has already recognized the social 
importance of such benefits through the protections of the Act.
    The Service notes that as a practical matter, it is difficult to 
develop credible estimates of such values as they are not readily 
observed through typical market transactions. The Secretary places the 
utmost value on conserving any and all threatened and endangered 
species and the habitats upon which they depend and thus considers 
whether the economic impacts (both positive and negative) are 
significant enough to merit exclusion of any particular area. In the 
case of this rule, the Secretary made the determination that the 
economic benefits of exclusion exceeded the benefit of inclusion in 
only 23 of 158 affected census tracts. This effectively recognizes the 
benefits of including areas beyond the minimum necessary to avoid 
extinction, despite significant economic costs.

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    Comment 24: Impacts relating to construction of UC Merced are 
assigned to the wrong Census tract.
    Our Response: Impacts relating to conservation of vernal pools at 
the site of UC Merced are assigned to Census Tract 06047001901, which 
is the proper tract.
    Comment 25: Several comments questioned the appropriateness of the 
impact methodology used to measure costs of critical habitat.
    Our Response: The report was peer reviewed by two leading academics 
in the field of urban economics. Comments were strongly supportive of 
the method developed by Dr. Sunding and CRA, the data sources employed, 
and the assumptions underlying the analysis. Both reviewers noted that 
the method was consistent with generally accepted principles in urban 
economics, with one reviewer concluding that ``the results are credible 
and it is hard to see how the remaining uncertainties about the 
economic impacts of the regulations could be resolved by further or 
more sophisticated analyses.''
    For information on previous public comments received refer to the 
August 6, 2003 final designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal 
pool species (68 FR 46684) and the March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140) final 
notice concerning the non-economic exclusions.

Summary of Changes From Proposed Rule

    In developing the final designation of critical habitat for the 4 
vernal pool crustaceans and 11 plants, we reviewed public comments 
received on the proposed designation of critical habitat published on 
September 24, 2004 (67 FR 59884), and during reopened comment periods 
on non-economic exclusions (December 28, 2004; 69 FR 77700) and on the 
second draft economic analysis (March 8, 2005; 70 FR 11140). In 
addition, we conducted further evaluation of lands proposed as critical 
habitat; refined our mapping methodologies; and exempted or excluded 
additional essential habitat from the final designation.
    Specifically, we are making the following changes to the final rule 
from the proposed rule published on September 24, 2002: We mapped 
critical habitat more precisely by eliminating habitat areas that did 
not contain the PCEs based on specific information provided by 
commenters or by updated remote sensing data. Although we attempted to 
remove as many developed areas (areas that have no value as vernal pool 
habitat) as possible before publishing the proposed rule, we were not 
able to eliminate all developed areas. Since publication of the 
proposed rule, we were able to further eliminate a small amount of 
developed area, which has resulted in a more precise delineation of 
essential habitat containing one or more of the primary constituent 
elements. This resulted in a minor reduction in the total acreage 
published in the proposed rule. However, it is not possible to remove 
each and every one of these developed areas even at the refined mapping 
scale used: therefore, the maps of the designation still include areas 
that do not contain primary constituent elements. These areas are not 
being designated as critical habitat. Most of the units received some 
refinement, and a few were divided into subunits.
    The common name for the species Castilleja campestris ssp. 
succulenta was changed in the final rule (from succulent owl's-clover 
to fleshy owl's-clover) to reflect the name used under the listing of 
the species (62 FR 14338). This was done to avoid confusion between the 
species' listing and the designation of critical habitat for it.
    We exempted lands administered by the Department of Defense on 
Beale Air Force Base and Travis Air Force Base under section 4(a)(3)(B) 
of the Act (70 FR 11140). Lands we considered, but excluded from the 
final designation under section 4(b)(2) of the Act for noneconomic 
reasons included (1) lands administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service on the Kern, Sacramento, San Francisco Bay, and San Luis 
National Wildlife Refuges and the Colman National Fish Hatchery (70 FR 
11140 and 68 FR 46684) (2) 16,033 ac (6,488 ha) of lands administered 
by the Bureau of Land Management within the Carrizo Plain National 
Monument (see Effects of Critical Habitat section below); (3) land 
owned and managed by the Mechoopda Tribe (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684); 
(4) lands administered by Department of Defense at Fort Hunter Liggett 
and Camp Roberts (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684) (5) lands owned and 
managed by the California Department of Fish and Game within the Battle 
Creek, Big Sandy, Grizzly Island, Hill Slough, North Grasslands, and 
Oroville Wildlife Areas, and within the Allensworth, Boggs Lake, Butte 
Creek Canyon, Calhoun Cut, Carrizo Plains, Dales Lake, Fagan Marsh, 
Phoenix Field, San Joaquin River, Stone Corral, and Thomes Creek 
Ecological Reserves (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684); and (4) lands within 
the Skunk Hollow HCP, the Western Riverside Multiple Species HCP, Santa 
Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, and San Joaquin Multiple Species 
Conservation Plan (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684). We excluded an 
additional 358,699 ac (145,160 ha) of land in 23 census tracts under 
section 4(b)(2) of the Act for economic reasons (see Table 2 and 
``Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions Under 
Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' below).
    We revised the primary constituent elements (PCEs) for all species 
to bring them into conformance with current guidance to more clearly 
define essential features. The new PCEs are described below in the 
Primary Constituent Elements section.

Critical Habitat

    Critical habitat is defined in section 3 of the Act as--(i) the 
specific areas within the geographical area occupied by a species, at 
the time it is listed in accordance with the Act, on which are found 
those physical or biological features (I) essential to the conservation 
of the species and (II) that may require special management 
considerations or protection; and (ii) specific areas outside the 
geographical area occupied by a species at the time it is listed, upon 
a determination that such areas are essential for the conservation of 
the species. ``Conservation'' means the use of all methods and 
procedures that are necessary to bring an endangered or a threatened 
species to the point at which listing under the Act is no longer 
necessary. Because we previously designated critical habitat for these 
15 vernal pool species, we already determined that critical habitat 
pursuant to the Act and implementing regulations was both prudent and 
determinable (refer to our September 24, 2002, proposal (67 FR 59983))
    Critical habitat receives protection under section 7 of the Act 
through the prohibition against destruction or adverse modification of 
such habitat with regard to actions carried out, funded, or authorized 
by a Federal agency. Section 7 requires consultation on Federal actions 
that are likely to adversely affect critical habitat. However, the Act 
prohibits unauthorized take of listed species and requires 
authorization under either section 7 or section 10 of the Act for 
actions that are likely to result in take, including habitat 
alterations in some instances, regardless of whether critical habitat 
has been designated. The designation of critical habitat does not 
affect land ownership or establish a refuge, wilderness, reserve, 
preserve, or other conservation area. Such designation does not allow 
government or public access to private lands.
    To be included in a critical habitat designation, the habitat 
within the area occupied by the species must first have

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features that are ``essential to the conservation of the species.'' 
Critical habitat designations identify, to the extent known using the 
best scientific and commercial data available, habitat areas on which 
are found those physical and biological features essential to the 
conservation of the species (primary constituent elements ), as defined 
at 50 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 424.12(b)).
    Habitat occupied at the time of listing may be included in critical 
habitat only if the essential features thereon may require special 
management or protection. Thus, we do not include areas where existing 
management is sufficient to conserve the species. (As discussed below, 
such areas may also be excluded from critical habitat pursuant to 
section 4(b)(2).) Accordingly, when the best available scientific and 
commercial data do not demonstrate that the conservation needs of the 
species so require, we will not designate critical habitat in areas 
outside the geographic area occupied by the species at the time of 
listing. An area currently occupied by the species but was not known to 
be occupied at the time of listing will likely be essential to the 
conservation of the species and, therefore, included in the critical 
habitat designation.
    The Service's Policy on Information Standards Under the Endangered 
Species Act, published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1994 (59 FR 
34271), and Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law (Pub. L.) 106-554; 
H.R. 5658) and the associated Information Quality Guidelines issued by 
the Service, provide criteria, establish procedures, and provide 
guidance to ensure that decisions made by the Service represent the 
best scientific and commercial data available. They require Service 
biologists to the extent consistent with the Act and with the use of 
the best scientific and commercial data available, to use primary and 
original sources of information as the basis for recommendations to 
designate critical habitat. When determining which areas are critical 
habitats, a primary source of information is generally the listing 
package for the species. Additional information sources include the 
recovery plan for the species, articles in peer-reviewed journals, 
conservation plans developed by States and counties, scientific status 
surveys and studies, biological assessments, or other unpublished 
materials and expert opinion or personal knowledge. All information is 
used in accordance with the provisions of Section 515 of the Treasury 
and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L. 
106-554; H.R. 5658) and the associated Information Quality Guidelines 
issued by the Service.
    Section 4 of the Act requires that we designate critical habitat on 
the basis of what we know at the time of designation. Habitat is often 
dynamic, and species may move from one area to another over time. 
Furthermore, we recognize that designation of critical habitat may not 
include all of the habitat areas that may eventually be determined to 
be necessary for the recovery of the species. For these reasons, 
critical habitat designations do not signal that habitat outside the 
designation is unimportant or may not be required for recovery.
    Areas that support populations, but are outside the critical 
habitat designation, will continue to be subject to conservation 
actions implemented under section 7(a)(1) of the Act and to the 
regulatory protections afforded by the section 7(a)(2) jeopardy 
standard, as determined on the basis of the best available information 
at the time of the action. Federally funded or permitted projects 
affecting listed species outside their designated critical habitat 
areas may still result in jeopardy findings in some cases. Similarly, 
critical habitat designations made on the basis of the best available 
information at the time of designation will not control the direction 
and substance of future recovery plans, habitat conservation plans, or 
other species conservation planning efforts if new information 
available to these planning efforts calls for a different outcome.

Methods

    As required by sections 4(b)(1)(a) and 4(b)(2) of the Act and 
regulations at 50 CFR 424.12, we are to use the best scientific and 
commercial data available to determine areas that contain the physical 
and biological features essential for the conservation of the 15 vernal 
pool species. This included data and information contained in, but not 
limited to, the final rule listing the 15 species addressed herein, the 
Vernal Pools of Southern California Final Recovery Plan (USFWS 1998), 
the Delta Green Ground Beetle and Solano Grass Recovery Plan (USFWS 
1985), the California Vernal Pool Assessment Preliminary Report 
(Keeler-Wolf 1998), Report of Science Advisors for the Eastern Merced 
County Natural Community Conservation Plan Habitat Conservation Plan 
(Noss et al. 2002a), research and survey observations published in peer 
reviewed articles, vernal pool mapping and other data collected for the 
development of Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), reports submitted by 
biologists holding section 10(a)(1)(A) recovery permits, biological 
assessments provided to us through consultations pursuant to section 7 
of the Act, data collected for the development of a Wetland 
Conservation Plan in Oregon, reports and documents that are on file in 
our field offices, and personal discussions with experts outside of our 
agency with extensive knowledge of vernal pool species and habitats. 
ArcView (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.), a computer 
Geographic Information System (GIS) program was then used to evaluate 
GIS data derived from a variety of Federal, State, and local agencies, 
and from private organizations and individuals.
    We then evaluated the areas, using ArcView, defined by the overlap 
of the combined GIS coverages (data layers) to initially focus on which 
areas may provide those physical and biological features essential to 
the conservation of the 15 vernal pool species. The areas were further 
refined by using satellite imagery, watershed boundaries, geologic 
landform coverage, elevational modeling data, soil type coverage, 
vegetation/land cover data, and agricultural/urban land use data to 
eliminate areas that did not contain the appropriate vegetation or 
associated native plant species, as well as features such as cultivated 
agriculture fields, housing developments, and other areas that are 
unlikely to contribute to the conservation of the 15 vernal pool 
species. Several tools were used to assist us in delineating the 
specific areas that we believed to contain the primary constituent 
elements (PCEs) for each species and therefore essential to the 
species' conservation.
    We excluded areas that do not contain one or more of the PCEs or 
were not essential for the conservation of the vernal pool species 
because: (1) The area is highly degraded and may not be restorable; (2) 
the area is small, highly fragmented, or isolated, and may provide 
little or no long-term conservation value; or (3) the area is excluded 
under section 4(b)(2) of the Act for national security, economic or 
other reasons (See ``Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and 
Exclusions Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'').
    For further discussion and details of the methods used to define 
and delineate critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species please 
refer to the Federal Register notice on August 6, 2003, final 
designation (68 FR 46683).

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Primary Constituent Elements

    In accordance with section 3(5)(A)(i) of the Act and regulations at 
50 CFR 424.12, in determining which areas to propose as critical 
habitat, we are required to base critical habitat determinations on the 
best scientific and commercial data available and to consider those 
physical and biological features (PCEs) that are essential to the 
conservation of the species, and that may require special management 
considerations and protection. These include, but are not limited to: 
space for individual and population growth and for normal behavior; 
food, water, air, light, minerals, or other nutritional or 
physiological requirements; cover or shelter; sites for breeding, 
reproduction, and rearing (or development) of offspring; and habitats 
that are protected from disturbance or are representative of the 
historic geographical and ecological distributions of a species.
    The specific characteristics of the vernal pool habitats that 
constitute critical habitat vary among species, and are described in 
the species-specific narratives below. These features contribute to the 
filling and drying of the vernal pool, maintain suitable periods of 
pool inundation, and maintain water quality and soil moisture to enable 
the 15 vernal pool species to carry out their lifecycles. These 
features include, but are not restricted to, the restrictive underlying 
soil layers (hardpans, claypans, volcanic flows, and non-volcanic rock) 
that perch water for extended periods of time, the surface soils 
associated with each species, and the topography that captures and 
delivers water to the vernal pools themselves, all of which vary by 
species.
    We have used vernal pool complexes as the basis for determining 
populations of vernal pool crustaceans since the species were first 
proposed for listing. The final rule to list the four vernal pool 
crustaceans states that ``[t]he genetic characteristics of the three 
fairy shrimp and vernal pool tadpole shrimp, as well as ecological 
conditions, such as watershed contiguity, indicate that populations of 
these animals are defined by pool complexes rather than by individual 
vernal pools'' (Fugate 1992, 1998; King 1996). Therefore, the most 
accurate indication of the distribution and abundance of the four 
vernal pool crustaceans is the number of inhabited vernal pool 
complexes. Individual vernal pools occupied by the four species listed 
herein are most appropriately referred to as ``subpopulations'' (59 FR 
48136).
    Each of the critical habitat units likely includes some areas that 
are unoccupied by the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool plants. 
``Unoccupied'' is defined here as an area that contains no hatched 
vernal pool crustaceans or observed above-ground vernal pool plants, 
and that is unlikely to contain a viable cyst or seed bank. Determining 
the specific areas that the vernal pool crustaceans or vernal pool 
plants occupy is difficult because, depending on climatic factors and 
other natural variations in habitat conditions, the size of the 
localized area in which aboveground plants or hatched crustaceans 
appear may fluctuate dramatically from one year to another. In some 
years, individuals may be observed throughout a large area, and in 
other years they may be observed in a smaller area or not at all. 
Because it is logistically difficult to determine how extensive the 
cyst or seed bank is at any particular site, and because hatched vernal 
pool crustaceans or above-ground vernal pool plants may or may not be 
present in all vernal pools within a site every year, we cannot 
quantify in any meaningful way what proportion of each critical habitat 
unit may actually be occupied by the vernal pool crustaceans or vernal 
pool plants at any one time. Therefore, areas of unoccupied habitat are 
probably interspersed with areas of occupied habitat in each unit. The 
inclusion of unoccupied habitat in our critical habitat units reflects 
the dynamic nature of the habitat and the life history characteristics 
of the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool plants.
    The PCEs described for each species do not have to occur 
simultaneously within a unit for the unit to constitute critical 
habitat for any of the 15 vernal pool species. We determined the PCEs 
of critical habitat for the 15 species based on studies on their 
habitat and population biology, including but not limited to Kalin-
Arroyo (1973); Ellias (1986); Corbin and Schoolcraft (1989); Jokerst 
(1989); Eng et al. (1990); Alexander and Schlising (1997); Helm (1998); 
Witham (1998); Eriksen and Belk (1999); Grosberg (2002). Additional 
information on species-specific PCEs is outlined below. For further 
discussion and details on the life history requirements of the 15 
vernal pool species please refer back to the Federal Register notice on 
August 6, 2003, final designation (68 FR 46684) and the individual 
listing rules for each species (43 FR 44810; 57 FR 24192; 59 FR 48186; 
62 FR 14338; 62 FR 34029).

Primary Constituent Elements for the Conservancy Fairy Shrimp

    Most occurrences of Conservancy fairy shrimp are limited to large 
clay-bottomed pools that are rare within the vernal pool landscapes 
within California (Vollmar 2002). Helm (1998) observed that most 
Conservancy fairy shrimp occurrences were on Anita, Pescadero, or 
Peters Clay soils. Conservancy fairy shrimp are typically found in 
turbid and large (1 to 2 ac (0.4 ha to 0.8 ha)) to very large (88 ac 
(35 ha)) vernal pools (Helm and Vollmar 2002). However, the pools 
inhabited by conservancy fairy shrimp near the Montezuma Hills in 
Solano County and in Butte County are relatively small and have a low 
turbidity (Vollmar 2002). The species is found in large playa pools on 
Tuscan or Mehrten geologic formations and on Basin Rim landforms in 
Tehama, Merced, and Solano Counties (Helm 1998) on various soil types. 
The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences species 
composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and 
Stromberg 1998; Smith and Verrill 1998). Soils beneath vernal pools are 
extremely variable and are not the same as soils mapped by soil 
surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions that vary by 
location (Holland and Dain 1990). The Vina Plains area in Tehama County 
supports occurrences of the conservancy fairy shrimp within numerous 
large pools throughout the area (Eriksen and Belk 1999; Helm 1998; Helm 
and Vollmar 2002). The pools in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge 
area in Glenn and Colusa Counties as well as in parts of the San Luis 
National Refuge Complex in Merced County are associated with alkaline 
sink areas and tend to be higher in pH and salinity than in other pools 
where the species is found. The PCEs of critical habitat for 
Conservancy fairy shrimp are the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for 
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 19 days (Helm 
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water 
for incubation, maturation, and

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reproduction. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as 
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for 
feeding.
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting 
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from 
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and 
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise 
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Longhorn Fairy Shrimp

    Longhorn fairy shrimp occurrences are highly disjunct and scarce 
within the geographic range in which they occur. There are fewer areas 
in which this species is known to occur than any other listed vernal 
pool crustacean. The specific pool characteristics that determine 
suitability for longhorn fairy shrimp reproduction and growth are not 
well understood. We identified critical habitat areas essential to the 
conservation of longhorn fairy shrimp in three areas in which it is 
known to occur. In determining areas that are essential to conserve 
longhorn fairy shrimp, we used the best scientific and commercial data 
available. Longhorn fairy shrimp occurrences are known from Contra 
Costa County to San Luis Obispo County with an elevational variation of 
near 50 ft (15 m) to near 2,000 ft (600 m). A broad distribution of 
longhorn fairy shrimp across its geographical and elevational 
distribution protects the natural environmental processes for the 
species and provides the best chance for retaining the species across 
the full extent of the species range. The vernal pool types and soils 
associated with the three general areas of concentration of longhorn 
fairy shrimp differ greatly across the geographic range of the species 
and leads to different species compositions and environmental 
conditions between longhorn fairy shrimp occurrences. Providing for a 
mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool species is 
essential because it would include the full extent of the physical and 
environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; 
Gonzales et al. 1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a, 
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The Altamont Pass subunits (unit 
1A and B) support occurrences of the species within clear depression 
pools in sandstone outcrops (Eriksen and Belk 1999; East Bay Regional 
Parks District (EBRPD) 2001; CNDDB 2002). Midway in the species' range, 
the alkaline pools supporting longhorn fairy shrimp are found on 
Edminster loam and Turlock sandy loam. In the species' southern range, 
they are found on shallow alkaline Northern Claypan type vernal pools 
within a valley saltbush scrub matrix. The parent material of vernal 
pools greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning 
of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981, 
1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often 
not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually 
undescribed hydric inclusions which vary upon location (Holland and 
Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for longhorn fairy shrimp are 
the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for 
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 23 days (Helm 
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water 
for incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are 
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of 
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded 
emergent wetlands.
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as 
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for 
feeding.
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting 
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from 
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and 
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise 
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp

    Vernal pool fairy shrimp are distributed across a large geographic 
range from southern Oregon to southern California (Eriksen and Belk 
1999). Although the habitat of vernal pool fairy shrimp is highly 
fragmented and occurrences are isolated from each other by varying 
degrees across the species' range, the distribution of remaining extant 
occurrences is somewhat evenly spread throughout its range. Vernal pool 
fairy shrimp occur in a wide variety of habitat types from the Agate 
Desert area in southern Oregon, to throughout the Sacramento and San 
Joaquin valleys, the central Coast Range, and into Riverside County, 
California. Although some of the habitat characteristics of the species 
are known, specific pool characteristics that determine suitability for 
vernal pool fairy shrimp hatching, growth, and reproduction are not 
well understood. Vernal pool fairy shrimp occurrences are known to 
occur in eight general areas of concentration on basin rim, low 
terrace, high terrace, volcanic mudflow, valley floor, alkaline playa, 
and coastal mountain landforms. The elevational differences in the 
distribution of vernal pool fairy shrimp range from near 25 ft (8 m) in 
the Central and Sacramento Valleys to near 500 ft (150 m) in Shasta 
County. A broad distribution of vernal pool fairy shrimp across its 
geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural 
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance 
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species' range.
    The vernal pool types and soils associated with the eight general 
areas of concentration of vernal pool fairy shrimp differ greatly 
across the geographic range of the species and lead to different 
species compositions and ecological conditions between vernal pool 
fairy shrimp occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both 
between and among vernal pool species is essential because it would 
include the full extent of the physical and environmental conditions 
for the species (Barclay and Knight 1984; Bauder and McMillan 1998; 
Fugate 1992, 1998; Gonzales et al. 1996; Noss et al. 2002a; Noss et al. 
2002b; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979).
    Vernal pool fairy shrimp are usually found in vernal pools although 
they are sometimes found in a range of natural and artificially created 
ephemeral habitats such as alkali pools, seasonal drainages, stock 
ponds, vernal swales, and rock outcrops (Vollmar 2002).

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Vernal pool fairy shrimp are most frequently found in small (<2,125 
ft\2\ (<200 m\2\)) and shallow (2 in (mean of 5 cm)) pool habitats; 
however, this species can be found in large (480,967 ft\2\ (44,534 
m\2\)) and very deep (48 in (122 cm)) pool habitats as well (Helm and 
Vollmar 2002). The landform associations for the vernal pool fairy 
shrimp include alluvial fans, bedrock, bedrock escarpments, basin rim, 
floodplain, high terrace, stream terrace, volcanic mudflow, and low 
terrace formations (Helm 1998). The soils that contain occurrences of 
vernal pool fairy shrimp in the delineated units vary significantly 
throughout the species' range. In the north, the rare Northern Mudflow 
formation underlies vernal pools in Shasta and Tehema Counties. Tehema 
and Butte Counties contain Northern Basalt Flow vernal pools that are 
limited to ancient terraces and hilltops that comprise some of the 
oldest geologic formations in California. Northern Volcanic Mudflow 
vernal pools are delineated in Butte and Yuba Counties. Throughout the 
Central Valley, the habitat ranges from high terrace landforms to 
claypan and hardpan pool types. Northern Basalt Flow vernal pools are 
found in Fresno County in the low elevation foothills. In the Suisun 
Marsh area, vernal pool fairy shrimp are found in the saline-alkaline 
transition zone. The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences 
species composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool 
(Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath 
vernal pools are extremely variable and are not the same as soils 
mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions 
which vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical 
habitat for vernal pool fairy shrimp are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for 
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 18 days (Helm 
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water 
for incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are 
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of 
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded 
emergent wetlands.
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as 
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for 
feeding.
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting 
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from 
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and 
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise 
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.

Oregon

    The vernal pool fairy shrimp is the only species addressed in this 
final rule that occurs in Oregon. Four units in Oregon are designated 
as essential to the conservation of vernal pool fairy shrimp (there are 
29 units in California). The Oregon units occur approximately 125 mi 
(200 km) north of the nearest unit designated for this species in 
California. We identified critical habitat areas essential to the 
conservation of vernal pool fairy shrimp to reflect the species 
geographic distribution and varying habitat types and species 
associations across its range. Maintaining vernal pool fairy shrimp 
across their full geographic distribution would make the species less 
susceptible to environmental variation or negative impacts associated 
with human disturbances or natural catastrophic events across the 
species entire range at any one time (Grosberg 2002, Helm 1998; Hunter 
1996, New 1995, Primack 1993; Redford and Richter 1999; Rossum et al. 
2001).

Primary Constituent Elements for the Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp

    Vernal pool tadpole shrimp occurrences are known from Shasta County 
to Tulare County, California, with an elevational variation of near 3 m 
(10 ft) to near 150 m (500 ft). The vernal pool types and soils 
associated with areas of concentration of vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
differ greatly across the geographic range of the species; these 
differences lead to different species compositions and environmental 
conditions between vernal pool tadpole shrimp occurrences. Providing 
for a mosaic of habitat types and conditions both between and among 
vernal pool species is essential because it would include the full 
extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the species 
(Barclay and Knight 1984; Bauder and McMillan 1998; Fugate 1992 and 
1998; Gonzales et al.1996, Noss et al. 2002a, Noss et al. 2002b; 
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The soils that contain 
occurrences of vernal pool tadpole shrimp in the delineated units vary 
significantly throughout the species' range. In the north, the rare 
Northern Mudflow formation underlies vernal pools in Shasta and Tehema 
Counties. Tehema and Butte Counties contain Northern Basalt Flow vernal 
pools that are limited to ancient terraces and hilltops that comprise 
some of the oldest geologic formations in California. Northern Volcanic 
Mudflow vernal pools are delineated in Butte and Yuba Counties. 
Throughout the Central Valley, the habitat ranges from high terrace 
landforms to claypan and hardpan pool types. Northern Basalt Flow 
vernal pools are found in Fresno County in the low elevation foothills. 
In the Suisun Marsh area, vernal pool tadpole shrimp are found in the 
saline-alkaline transition zone. The parent material of vernal pools 
greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning of 
the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981, 
1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often 
not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually 
undescribed hydric inclusions which vary upon location (Holland and 
Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
are the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for 
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 41 days (Helm 
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water 
for incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are 
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of 
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded 
emergent wetlands.
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools

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themselves, such as single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic 
matter, to provide for feeding.
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting 
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from 
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and 
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise 
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Limnanthes Floccosa ssp. 
Californica (Butte County Meadowfoam)

    Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica is found in four general areas 
of concentration in a narrow band from south to north of Chico, 
California. The vernal pool types and soils associated with the four 
general areas of concentration of L.f. ssp. californica include those 
vernal pools on Tuscan formation or terraced-alluvials with mostly 
Anita, Riverbank, Redbluff, Modesto, and Redding soils. The habitat 
associated with L.f. ssp. californica includes saturated soils and 
pools with a flashy (short lived) inundation period. A vernal pool's 
parent material greatly influences that pool's species composition and 
hydrologic functioning (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 
1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are 
often not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually 
undescribed hydric inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain 
1990).
    Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica is found more often within the 
swale system between vernal pools than in the pools themselves (Jokerst 
1989). The swale habitat forms a branch or net-like pattern between the 
vernal pools and around mound topography and connects the vernal pools 
hydrologically. These swale systems are inundated by surface flow and 
post-storm runoff from adjacent areas and have a greater variability in 
environmental conditions than do the vernal pools. The swale systems 
also have different species compositions, depending on parent soil and 
moisture regime (Holland and Jain 1981, 1988; Jokerst 1989). Limnanthes 
floccosa ssp. californica at the southern extent of its range occurs on 
volcanic mudflows with Corning variant soils. Occurrences near Chico 
are on formations of eroded mudflow formations. Limnanthes floccosa 
ssp. californica in the northern extent of the species range occur on 
very shallow Tuscan formation soils (Dole 1988). All four areas 
designated as critical habitat have a different species composition, 
depending on soil and hydrologic conditions. We believe that providing 
for a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool 
species is essential because it would include the full extent of the 
physical and environmental conditions for the species (Dole 1988; 
Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al.1996; Ikeda and Schlising 
1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The PCEs 
of critical habitat for L.f. ssp. californica are the habitat 
components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Lasthenia Conjugens (Contra Costa 
Goldfields)

    Lasthenia conjugens occurrences are found in five centers of 
concentration in the northern and central Coast Range and western part 
of the Central Valley in Solano and Contra Costa County. By far the 
greatest concentration of this species is in the area east of Fairfield 
in Solano County. Lasthenia conjugens normally are found in vernal 
pools, swales, moist flats, and depressions within open grassy areas of 
woodland and valley grassland habitats. However, several historical 
collections were from populations growing in the saline-alkaline 
transition zone between vernal pools and tidal marshes on the eastern 
margin of the San Francisco Bay (CNDDB 2002).
    Although some of the habitat characteristics of the species are 
known, specific pool characteristics that determine suitability for L. 
conjugens germination, growth, reproduction, and dispersal are not well 
understood. Lasthenia conjugens normally is observed in only a few of 
the pools within the vernal pool complexes in which it is found, and 
the pool characteristics that determine suitability for L. conjugens 
germination and growth are unknown. By overlapping known occurrences of 
L. conjugens with appropriate soil types, elevations, slopes, 
vegetation community associations, and vernal pool types, where we know 
L. conjugens to occur, we have designated what we believe is the likely 
distribution of the seed bank around L. conjugens occurrences. Due to 
the species' highly restricted nature and disjunct distribution, the 
long-term survival of L. conjugens depends upon the protection and 
management of all extant populations and their associated seed banks, 
and the maintenance of ecological functions within and between these 
populations. The PCEs of critical habitat for Lasthenia conjugens are 
the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Chamaesyce Hooveri (Hoover's 
Spurge)

    Chamaesyce hooveri is found in naturally occurring widely scattered 
vernal pool complexes in a narrow zone of rolling topography and 
remnant alluvial fans and stream terraces at the base of the Sierra 
Nevada foothills and two locations in alkali sink areas at the 
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and San Luis National Wildlife 
Refuge Complex in three general areas of concentration in Tehama, 
Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Stanislaus, Merced, and Tulare Counties in the 
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys (CNDDB 2002, Stone et al. 1988). The 
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concentration varies from near 50 ft (15 m) to near 500 ft (150 m). 
Conserving a broad geographic range of C. hooveri across its 
geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural 
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance 
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species' range. 
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of 
concentration of C. hooveri differ greatly across the geographic range 
of the species; these differences lead to different species 
compositions and environmental conditions between C. hooveri 
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and 
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species' 
conservation because it would help insure the inclusion of the full 
extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the species 
(Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al. 1996; Ikeda and Schlising 
1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979).
    The distribution of C. hooveri reflects a diversity of vernal pool 
habitat types that provide habitat for the species on the alluvial fans 
and old stream terraces of the Sierra Nevada foothills. Vernal pool 
complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species include three 
different physiographic and edaphic settings: old high and lower old 
stream terrace areas with soils having an iron-silica hardpan and sites 
with shallow soils underlain by cemented tufaceous alluvium. The Tehama 
County occurrences of C. hooveri are associated with slightly-to-medium 
acid soils of the Tuscan and Anita soil series that are underlain by an 
iron-silica cemented hardpan (Broyles 1987). The Glenn and Colusa 
County occurrences at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge are 
associated with alkaline vernal pools on Willows and Riz soil types 
(Holland 1998; Silveira 2000; CNDDB 2002). The Stanislaus County 
occurrences are associated with neutral to slightly alkaline claypan 
soils of the Meikle series that formed in small drainages of 
Pleistocene alluvium. The Merced County occurrences in the Arena Plains 
are within saline-alkaline vernal pools on Lewis soils (USDA 2001; 
CNDDB 2002). The Tulare County occurrences are associated with lime-
silica cemented hardpan and low-terrace neutral to slightly alkaline 
soils of the Madera soil series. Not all areas of C. hooveri have been 
identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping units on 
which they occur. Many of the occupied vernal pools vary in size from 
20,520 ft5 (1,900 m5) to 618 ac (250 ha). A vernal pool's parent 
material greatly influences the pool's species composition and 
hydrologic functioning (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 
1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are 
often not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually 
undescribed hydric inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain 
1990). Field observations suggest that C. hooveri is restricted to 
specific microsites within the vernal pools and may behave somewhat 
independently, depending on environmental and edaphic conditions and 
are likely locally adapted (Alexander and Schlising 1997; Stone et al. 
1988; Vollmar 2002). The PCEs of critical habitat for C. hooveri are 
the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Castilleja campestris ssp. 
succulenta (Fleshy owl's-clover)

    Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta is found usually in low plant 
numbers in seven naturally occurring widely scattered vernal pool 
complex areas in Fresno, Madera, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne 
Counties in the San Joaquin Valley. Castilleja campestris ssp. 
succulenta has a sporadic distribution within vernal pools, between 
vernal pools and between vernal pool complexes. The specific vernal 
pool characteristics that determine the suitability for C. c. ssp. 
succulenta germination and growth are unknown; however, it appears that 
the species seems to favor somewhat smaller, somewhat acidic vernal 
pools as compared to other vernal pool plants.
    Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta occurrences are known from 
within an elevational variation of near 160 ft (50 m) to near 1,800 ft 
(550 m). Conserving a broad distribution of C. c. ssp. succulenta 
across its geographical and elevational distribution protects the 
natural environmental processes for the species and provides the best 
chance for retaining the species across the full extent of its range. 
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of 
concentration of C. c. ssp. succulenta differ across the geographic 
range of the species; these differences lead to different species 
compositions and environmental conditions between C. c. ssp. succulenta 
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and 
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species' 
conservation because it would include the full extent of the physical 
and environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; 
Gonzales et al.1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a; 
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of C. c. ssp. 
succulenta reflects a diversity of vernal pool habitat types and sizes 
that provide habitat for the species. We are uncertain about specific 
soils that may correlate with the presence of this species, although 
the species is irregularly found on Redding soil series. Vernal pool 
complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species include pools 
ranging in depth from 6.0 in (15 cm) to 10.0 in (25 cm), but the 
species is also found less frequently in shallower and deeper pools. 
Soil pH values for some of the vernal pools in Merced County occupied 
by C. c. ssp. succulenta range from 4.3 to 6.2. Although no 
comprehensive study has been conducted in Merced County, some vernal 
pools occupied by C. c. ssp. succulenta vary in size from 0.02 ac (80 
m\2\) to 0.12 ac (486 m\2\). Merced County contains the largest 
aggregations of C. c. ssp. succulenta, and the occurrences of the 
species are found on mild to strongly acidic soils on Laguna, Mehrten, 
North Merced Gravels, and Riverbank Formations as well as Ione, 
Merthen, and Valley Springs' geological formations. The parent material 
of vernal pools greatly influences species' composition and hydrologic 
functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and 
Jain 1981, 1988). Although C. c. ssp. succulenta appears to prefer the 
more weathered acidic, higher-terrace vernal pool complexes that are 
composed of volcanic tuff sand quartzite parent materials, soils 
beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often not the same 
as soils mapped

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by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions that 
vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical 
habitat for C. c. ssp. succulenta are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass)

    Neostapfia colusana occurrences are known from eight areas of 
concentration with an elevational variation of near 16 ft (5 m) to near 
350 ft (100 m). Conserving a broad distribution of N. colusana across 
its geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural 
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance 
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species range. 
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the eight areas of 
concentration of N. colusana differ greatly across the geographic range 
of the species; these difference lead to different species compositions 
and environmental conditions between N. colusana occurrences. Providing 
for a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool 
species occurrences is essential to the species' conservation because 
it would include the full extent of the physical and environmental 
conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al. 
1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998; 
Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of N. colusana reflects a 
diversity of vernal pool habitat types and sizes that provide habitat 
for the species. Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable habitat 
for this species include two different physiographic and edaphic 
settings: claypan soils of saline-alkali basins and remnant alluvial 
fans and old stream terrace areas with strongly acidic, gravelly, and 
cobbly soils having an iron-silica cemented hardpan, and shallow, 
slightly acidic residual soils of the Pentz series underlain by 
cemented tuffaceous alluvium. Additional settings for N. colusana are 
found in vernal pool complexes where resistant beds of tuffaceous 
deposits are exposed along intermittent drainages and, in Stanislaus 
County, neutral to slightly alkaline claypan soils on dissected 
alluvial fans. Not all areas of N. colusana have been identified as to 
the specific soil series or soil mapping units where they occur. 
However, in Merced County, N. colusana occurs on clay soils on Mehrten 
Formation and also on Riverbank, North Merced Gravels, and Laguna 
Formations. Of the Orcuttieae grasses, N. colusana inhabits the widest 
range of vernal pool sizes, with the smallest being 1,075 ft\2\ (100 
m\2\ and the largest at 618 ac (250 ha). The parent material of vernal 
pools greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning 
of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981, 
1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often 
not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually 
undescribed hydric inclusions that vary by location (Holland and Dain 
1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for N. colusana are the habitat 
components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Tuctoria Greenei (Greene's 
Tuctoria)

    Tuctoria greenei occurrences are known from eight general areas of 
concentration from Shasta County to Madera County with an elevational 
variation of from near 100 ft (30 m) to near 3,500 ft (1,067 m). 
Conserving a broad distribution of T. greenei across its geographical 
and elevational distribution protects the natural environmental 
processes for the species and provides the best chance for retaining 
the species across the full extent of the its range. The vernal pool 
types and soils associated with the eight areas of concentration of T. 
greenei differ greatly across the geographic range of the species; 
these differences lead to different species compositions and 
environmental conditions between T. greenei occurrences. Providing for 
a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool species 
occurrences is essential to the species conservation because it would 
include the full extent of the physical and environmental conditions 
for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al.1996; Ikeda 
and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 
1979). The wide-ranging distribution of T. greenei reflects a diversity 
of vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat for the species. 
Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species 
include four different physiographic and edaphic settings--old high 
stream terrace, lower old stream terrace areas with soils having an 
iron-silica hardpan, sites with shallow soils underlain by cemented 
tuffaceous alluvium, and vernal pool complexes on claypan soils that 
are slightly acid to slightly alkaline. Not all areas of T. greenei 
have been identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping 
units where they occur. The Butte County occurrences of T. greenei are 
associated with soils underlain by tuffaceous alluvium, are considered 
to occur in Northern Basalt Flow and Northern Volcanic Mudflow type 
vernal pool complexes, and one occurrence is found on Tuscan soils. The 
Tehama County occurrences are associated with slightly-to-medium acid 
soils of the Tuscan and Anita soil series that are underlain by an 
iron-silica cemented hardpan occurring vernal pools and are the only 
area where vernal pools are associated with this type of landform. Many 
of these pools are a fraction of an acre and have a short inundation 
period (until April or May) and fewer number of shallower larger pool 
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(until June or July). A vernal pool's parent material greatly 
influences the pool's species composition and hydrologic functioning 
(Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981; 1988). Soils beneath 
vernal pools are extremely variable and are not the same as soils 
mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions 
that vary by location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical 
habitat for T. greenei are the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia Pilosa (Hairy Orcutt 
Grass)

    Orcuttia pilosa occurrences are known from southern Tehama County 
in the Sacramento Valley to southern Madera County in the San Joaquin 
Valley with a predominate elevational variation of from near 180 ft (55 
m) to near 405 ft (123 m). Conserving a broad distribution of O. pilosa 
across its geographical and elevational distribution protects the 
natural environmental processes for the species and provides the best 
chance for retaining the species across the full extent of its range. 
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of 
concentration of O. pilosa differ greatly across the geographic range 
of the species; these differences lead to different species 
compositions and environmental conditions between O. pilosa 
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and 
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species' 
conservation because it would include the full extent of the physical 
and environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; 
Gonzales et al. 1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a; 
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of O. pilosa 
reflects a diversity of vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat 
for the species on the alluvial fans and old stream terraces of the 
Sierra Nevada foothills. Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable 
habitat for this species include mostly three different physiographic 
and edaphic settings--old high and lower old stream terrace areas with 
soils having an iron-silica hardpan and sites with shallow soils 
underlain by cemented tuffaceous alluvium. The Tehama County 
occurrences of O. pilosa are associated with slightly to medium acid 
soils of the Tuscan and Anita soil series that are underlain by an 
iron-silica cemented hardpan. Not all areas of O. pilosa have been 
identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping units on 
which they occur. Many of the occupied vernal pools vary in size from 
36,600 ft2 (3,400 m2) to 618 ac (250 ha). A 
vernal pool's parent material greatly influences the pool's species 
composition and hydrologic functioning (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; 
Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely 
variable and are not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are 
usually undescribed hydric inclusions that vary upon location (Holland 
and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for O. pilosa are the 
habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands

Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia Viscida (Sacramento 
Orcutt Grass)

    Orcuttia viscida is found in naturally occurring scattered vernal 
pool complexes in Sacramento County, California, and is the most 
geographically restricted Orcuttieae species. The specific vernal pool 
characteristics that determine the suitability for O. viscida 
germination, growth and reproduction are not well understood. Orcuttia 
viscida occurrences are known only from eastern Sacramento County in 
the Sacramento Valley with a predominate elevational variation of 150 
ft (45 m) to 375 ft (114 m). Conserving a broad distribution of O. 
viscida across its rather relatively narrow geographical and 
elevational distribution protects the natural environmental processes 
for the species and provides the best chance for retaining the species 
across the full extent of the species range.
    The vernal pool types and soils associated with the three areas of 
concentration of O. viscida differ across the geographic range of the 
species and leads to different species compositions and environmental 
conditions between O. viscida occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of 
habitat types both between and among vernal pool species occurrences is 
essential to the species conservation because it would include the full 
extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the species 
(Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998, Gonzales et al.1996, Ikeda and Schlising 
1990, Noss et al. 2002a, Platenkamp 1998, Zedler et al. 1979). The 
distribution of O. viscida reflects a relatively smaller diversity of 
vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat for the species on the 
old stream terraces of the Sierra Nevada foothills. Vernal pool 
complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species include one 
physiographic and edaphic settings: remnant depositional stream 
terraces at the base of the Sierran foothills. The Sacramento County 
occurrences of O. viscida are associated with Redding soils that are 
strongly acidic underlain by an iron-silica cemented hardpan and with 
soils mapped in the Pentz-Pardee-Red Bluff association. Not all areas 
of O. viscida have been identified as to the specific soil series or 
soil mapping units where they occur. Many of the occupied vernal pools 
vary in size from 0.3 ac (1,000 m2) to 2 ac (8,260 m \2\). 
The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences species 
composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and 
Stromberg 1998, Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils

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beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often not the same 
as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric 
inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of 
critical habitat for O. viscida are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin 
Valley Orcutt grass)

    Orcuttia inaequalis is found in naturally occurring widely 
scattered vernal pool complexes in Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus, 
and Tulare Counties in the northeastern San Joaquin Valleys. Orcuttia 
inaequalis is the only species found just in the San Joaquin Valley. 
The specific vernal pool characteristics that determine the suitability 
for O. inaequalis germination, growth, and successful reproduction are 
unknown. However, O. inaequalis is a strict endemic to usually larger 
vernal pools that range in area from 1,500 ft2 (140 
m2) to 12.1 ac (4.9 ha) in size and 12 in (30.5 cm) to 22 in 
(55.9 cm) deep but can be found in both smaller and larger and 
shallower and deeper vernal pools (Stone et al. 1988, Volmar 2002). 
Orcuttia inaequalis is found in vernal pool complexes on a variety of 
geological surfaces including Ione, Laguna, Merthen, Modesto, North 
Merced Gravels, Riverbank, Turlock Lake, and Valley Springs in the 
northeastern San Joaquin Valley.
    Orcuttia inaequalis occurrences are known from central Merced 
County to northern Tulare County in the northeastern San Joaquin Valley 
with a predominate elevational variation of near 155 ft (47 m) to near 
1,870 ft (570 m). Conserving a broad distribution O. inaequalis across 
its geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural 
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance 
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species range.
    The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of 
concentration of O. inaequalis differ greatly across the geographic 
range of the species and leads to different species compositions and 
environmental conditions between O. inaequalis occurrences. Providing 
for a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool 
species occurrences is essential to the species conservation because it 
would include the full extent of the physical and environmental 
conditions for the species (Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998, Gonzales et al. 
1996, Ikeda and Schlising 1990, Noss et al. 2002a, Platenkamp 1998, 
Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of O. inaequalis reflects a 
diversity of vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat for the 
species on the alluvial fans and old stream terraces of the Sierra 
Nevada foothills. Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable habitat 
for this species include several different physiographic and edaphic 
settings including; old high old stream terrace areas with Redding and 
related soil series, lower old stream terraces with San Joaquin and 
related soil series having an iron-silica hardpan but less strongly 
acidic sites with shallow, residual soils of the Pentz and related soil 
series underlain by a well-cemented tuffaceous alluvium. One occurrence 
in Fresno County is found in a rather shallow stony moderately to 
strongly acidic vernal pool complex on residual soils of the Hideaway 
series at a relatively high elevation. Not all areas of O. inaequalis 
have been identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping 
units on which they occur. The parent material of vernal pools greatly 
influences species composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal 
pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998, Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils 
beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often not the same 
as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric 
inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of 
critical habitat for O. inaequalis are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia tenuis (Slender Orcutt 
grass)

    Orcuttia tenuis is found in five general areas of concentration 
from south Sacramento County to the Modoc Plateau and west to Lake 
County with an elevational variation of near 200 ft (61 m) to near 
3,500 ft (1,067 m). A broad distribution of O. tenuis across its 
geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural 
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance 
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species range.
    The vernal pool types and soils associated with the five general 
areas of concentration of O. tenuis differ greatly across the 
geographic range of the species and leads to different species 
compositions and environmental conditions between O. tenuis 
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and 
among vernal pool species is essential because it would include the 
full extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the 
species (Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998, Gonzales et al. 1996, Ikeda and 
Schlising 1990, Noss et al. 2002a, Platenkamp 1998, Zedler et al. 
1979). The wide ranging distribution of O. tenuis has lead to a large 
diversity of vernal pool habitat types for the species. The Modoc 
Plateau occurrences are associated mostly with Northern Basalt Flow and 
Northern Volcanic Mudflow type vernal pools. These pools range in size 
from a fraction of an acre to well over an acre with smaller pools 
having a short inundation period. The parent material of vernal pools 
greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning of 
the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998,

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Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely 
variable and are often not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, 
but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions which vary upon location 
(Holland and Dain 1990). The Lake County occurrences are associated 
with Ashflow type vernal pools and are the only area where vernal pools 
are associated with this type of landform. The Redding area vernal 
pools in the Northeastern Sacramento Valley Vernal Pool Region occur on 
volcanic Tuscan Formation or terrace-alluvial Redding soils. The 
hydrology within the terrace-alluvial pools tends to be less flashy 
than those with a volcanic origin (Keeler-Wolf et al. 1998). The soils 
associated with the Sacramento County occurrences include those 
occurring on old terrace formations. The PCEs of critical habitat for 
O. tenuis are the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Primary Constituent Elements for the Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass)

    Tuctoria mucronata is found in two naturally occurring scattered 
vernal pool complex areas in Solano and Yolo Counties in the Sacramento 
Valley. The specific vernal pool characteristics that determine the 
suitability for T. mucronata germination and growth are unknown; 
however, it appears that the species seems to favor somewhat larger and 
deeper vernal pools as compared to other vernal pool plants.
    Tuctoria mucronata occurrences are known from with an elevational 
variation of near 15 ft (5 m) to near 35 ft (11 m). Conserving the 
distribution of T. mucronata across its geographical and elevational 
distribution protects the natural environmental processes for the 
species and provides the best chance for retaining the species across 
the full extent of the species range. The vernal pool types and soils 
associated with the two areas of concentration of T. mucronata differ 
across the geographic range of the species and leads to different 
species compositions and environmental conditions between T. mucronata 
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and 
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species 
conservation because it would include the full extent of the physical 
and environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998, 
Gonzales et al. 1996, Ikeda and Schlising 1990, Noss et al. 2002a, 
Platenkamp 1998, Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of T. mucronata 
reflects a diversity of vernal pool habitat types and sizes that 
provide habitat for the species. Vernal pool complexes that provide 
suitable habitat for this species include similar physiographic and 
edaphic settings-claypan soils of saline-alkali flood basin rims basins 
soils. The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences species 
composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and 
Stromberg 1998, Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal 
pools are extremely variable and are often not the same as soils mapped 
by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions that 
vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical 
habitat for T. mucronata are the habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools.
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.

Criteria Used To Identify Critical Habitat

    We are designating critical habitat on lands that are occupied 
contain sufficient PCEs and which we have determined essential to the 
conservation of the 15 vernal pool species. These areas have the PCEs 
described below for each species. Based on the best scientific 
information available, all areas identified as critical habitat for the 
15 vernal pool species addressed by this rule are within the historical 
and current ranges of each of the species and contain the specific PCEs 
identified below. Rather than designate every area containing PCEs, 
however, we designated only those areas which available evidence 
clearly demonstrated were essential to the conservation of each 
species. Areas for which the evidence available at this time was less 
certain were not included in this designation, although we believe 
these areas to be important to the species and may include them in 
future recovery plans. Areas essential to the conservation of the 
species are those that are necessary to advance at least one of the 
following conservation criteria:
    (1) The conservation of areas representative of the geographic 
distribution of the species. Species that are protected across their 
ranges have lower chances of extinction (Soule and Simberloff 1986; 
Murphy et al. 1990; Primack 1993; Given 1994; Hunter 1996; Pavlik 1996; 
Noss et al. 1999; Grosberg 2002);
    (2) The conservation of areas representative of the ecological 
distribution of the species. Each of the 15 vernal species is 
associated with various combinations of soil types, vernal pool 
chemistry, geomorphic surfaces (landforms), and vegetation community 
associations. Maintaining the full range of varying habitat types and 
characteristics for a species is essential because it would include the 
full extent of the physical and environmental conditions necessary for 
the species (Zedler and Ebert 1979; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Fugate 
1992; Gonzales et al. 1996; Fugate 1998; Platenkamp 1998; Bainbridge 
2002; Noss et al. 2002a);
    (3) The conservation of areas necessary to allow movement of cysts, 
pollen, and seeds between areas representative of the geographic and 
ecological distribution of the species. As a result of dispersal events 
within and between vernal pool complexes, and environmental conditions 
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prevent the emergence of dormant cysts and seeds for up to several 
decades, the presence of vernal pool species is dynamic in both space 
and time (Eriksen and Belk 1999; Noss et al. 2002a);
    (4) In cases where more occupied areas were present than were 
needed for the conservation of the geographic or ecological 
distribution of the species, we gave priority to areas which already 
possessed a measure of protection or which possessed the largest 
unfragmented vernal pool complexes.
    When determining critical habitat boundaries, we made every effort 
to avoid designating developed areas such as buildings, paved areas, 
boat ramps and other structures that lack the PCEs for the 15 vernal 
pool species. Any such structures inadvertently left inside critical 
habitat boundaries are not considered part of the unit. This also 
applies to land on which structures sit directly. Therefore, Federal 
actions limited to these areas would not trigger section 7 
consultations, unless they affect the species and/or primary 
constituent elements in adjacent critical habitat. Additional 
information concerning the essential nature of these areas can be found 
in the previous final designation of critical habitat for these 15 
vernal pool species (68 FR 46684; August 6, 2003) and also in our 
supporting record for this rulemaking.

Special Management Considerations or Protections

    When designating critical habitat, we assess whether the areas 
determined to be essential for conservation may require special 
management considerations or protections. As we undertake the process 
of designating critical habitat for a species, we first evaluate lands 
defined by those physical and biological features essential to the 
conservation of the species for inclusion in the designation pursuant 
to section 3(5)(A) of the Act. Secondly, we then evaluate lands defined 
by those features to assess whether they may require special management 
considerations or protection.
    In designating critical habitat, we also have considered how this 
designation highlights habitat that needs special management 
considerations or protection. For example, we have many regional HCPs 
under development, and this designation will be useful in helping 
applicants determine what vernal pool habitat areas should be highest 
priority for special management or protection, and where there may be 
more flexibility in conservation options. This designation will guide 
them and us in ensuring that all local habitat conservation planning 
efforts are consistent with conservation objectives for these species.
    Once a vernal pool habitat has been protected from direct filling, 
it is still necessary to ensure that the habitat is not rendered 
unsuitable for vernal pool species because of factors such as altered 
hydrology, contamination, nonnative species invasions, or other 
incompatible land uses. Many of the factors that cause the decline and 
localized extirpation of vernal pool species can be avoided. Actions 
that should be avoided include the following:
    (1) Actions that increase competition from invasive species as many 
of the species addressed in this rule are threatened by invasion of 
nonnative species (CNDDB 2001).
    (2) Alteration of natural hydrology such as construction of dams or 
other structures that artificially increase the length of vernal pool 
inundation or construction of ditches that artificially drain vernal 
pools.
    (3) Human degradation of vernal pools such as off-road vehicle use, 
dumping, and vandalism that threatens many of the species addressed in 
this rule.

Critical Habitat Designation

    We are designating 858,846 ac (347,563 ha) of critical habitat for 
the 15 vernal pool species. The critical habitat areas described below 
constitute our best assessment at this time of areas we have determined 
are occupied at the time of listing, contain the primary constituent 
elements and that may require special management and those additional 
areas found to be essential to the conservation of the 15 vernal pool 
species.

Relationship of This Final Rule to the March 8, 2005 Final Rule 
Confirmation (70 FR 11140)

    On March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140), we confirmed 136,358 ac (55,182 ha) 
of non-economic exclusions made to our previous final rule of August 6, 
2003 (68 FR 46683). This included exclusion under section 4(b)(2) of 
the Act for 42,914 ac (17,369 ha) of National Wildlife Refuge and 
National Fish Hatchery lands; 50,520 ac (20,444 ha) of Department of 
Defense lands; 644 ac (261 ha) of tribal lands belonging to the 
Mechoopda Tribe; 12,373 ac (5,007 ha) of State Wildlife Areas and 
Ecological Reserves owned and managed by the California Department of 
Fish and Game; and 10,224 ac (4,138 ha) of lands in Habitat 
Conservation Plans or cooperative management areas. In our re-
evaluation of March 8, 2005, we exempted 19,684 ac (7,966) acres of 
Department of Defense lands on Beale and Travis Air Force Bases under 
section 4(a)(3)(B) of the Act. As noted in that rule, the reported 
acreages were additive individual totals of each of the 15 species. 
Because many of the critical habitat boundaries overlap among species, 
the actual total acreage excluded is less than reported in that rule.
    When we reopened the comment period on noneconomic exclusions 
(December 28, 2004; 69 FR 77700), we requested comments and information 
related to amount and distribution of habitat that should be included 
in the designation, what habitat should be considered essential to the 
conservation of the species, rationale for including or excluding such 
habitat from the designation, benefits associated with including or 
excluding habitat from the designation, current or planned activities 
in proposed critical habitat, and requested public participation in the 
process of designating critical habitat. This final rule addresses all 
remaining non-economic exclusions not addressed in the March 8, 2005 
(70 FR 11140) confirmation of exclusions made to our previous final 
rule, and all economic exclusions made under section 4(b)(2) based on 
comments received during the reopened comment periods of December 28, 
2004 (69 FR 77700) and June 30, 2005 (70 FR 37739). In contrast to the 
March 8, 2005 final rule confirmation (70 FR 11140), the acreages 
published with the maps in this final rule have eliminated all overlap 
among species and represent the actual extent of the designation and 
the economic exclusions across the 15 species. As a result, acreages 
reported in previous notices are not always comparable to those 
reported in this notice.
    In this rule, we have considered, but are excluding from critical 
habitat, a total of approximately 374,732 ac (151,648 ha) of essential 
habitat for one or more of the fifteen listed vernal pool species in 
the following areas under section 4(b)(2): lands within the boundaries 
of Carrizo Plain National Monument administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management (16,033 ac (6,488 ha)), and lands with significant economic 
impacts to landowners (358,699 ac (145,160 ha) within 23 census tracts 
in Sacramento, Butte, Placer, Solano, Monterey, Fresno, Stanislaus, 
Madera, Merced, Shasta, and Tehama Counties.

Description of Critical Habitat

    We are designating critical habitat for the four vernal pool 
crustaceans and 11

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vernal pool plants within the units and subunits shown in Table 1. 
Although all of the units are within the geographic range of the 
included species, we are not designating all of the areas known to be 
occupied by any of the four vernal pool crustaceans or 11 vernal pool 
plants.

        Table 1.--Subunits and Associated Species Within the Final Critical Habitat Designation for 4 Vernal Pool Crustaceans and 11 Vernal Pool Plants in California and Southern Oregon
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                               Vernal     Vernal                                               Castilleja
  Conservancy     Longhorn      pool       pool       Limnanthes    Lasthenia    Chamaesyce    campestris    Neostapfia    Tuctoria    Orcuttia       O.          O.          O.       Tuctoria
 fairy shrimp      fairy       fairy      tadpole   floccosa ssp.   conjugens      hooveri        ssp.        colusana      greenei     pilosa     viscida    inaequalis    tenuis    mucronata
                   shrimp      shrimp     shrimp     californica                               succulenta
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7C              13C          1A         6C          7F             8A           7C            11G           10B           5F          7C          11D        14M           5A        10B
7D              13D          1B         7A          7G             9C           7J            15E           14D           7C          7J          11E        15J           5B        ...........
7E              14B          1C         7B          7H             10D          14C           15H           14E           7J          15G         11G        15K           5C        ...........
7F              20A          1D         7C          7I             10E          14D           15J           14F           15B         15H         .........  15L           5D        ...........
7G              ...........  1E         7D          7M             10F          14E           15L           14G           15C         15I         .........  15M           5E        ...........
10F             ...........  1F         7E          7N             10G          14F           15M           14I           15D         15L         .........  15N           5G        ...........
14A             ...........  1G         7F          .............  10H          14G           15N           14J           15E         ..........  .........  15O           5H        ...........
14B             ...........  2A         7G          .............  12A          14M           15O           14K           15F         ..........  .........  15P           5I        ...........
14C             ...........  2B         7H          .............  12C          15E           15Q           15B           15J         ..........  .........  15S           15J       ...........
14D             ...........  2C         7I          .............  13B          15G           ............  15C           15K         ..........  .........  15T           5K        ...........
14E             ...........  2D         7J          .............  16A          15H           ............  15D           15L         ..........  .........  15U           5L        ...........
14F             ...........  2E         7K          .............  16B          15I           ............  15E           ..........  ..........  .........  15W           6A        ...........
14G             ...........  3A         7L          .............  ...........  15R           ............  15F           ..........  ..........  .........  ............  6B        ...........
15J             ...........  3B         7M          .............  ...........  15S           ............  15G           ..........  ..........  .........  ............  6C        ...........
22A             ...........  3C         7N          .............  ...........  15T           ............  15H           ..........  ..........  .........  ............  6D        ...........
                ...........  4A         10A         .............  ...........  15U           ............  15I           ..........  ..........  .........  ............  7A        ...........
                ...........  4B         10B         .............  ...........  15V           ............  15J           ..........  ..........  .........  ............  7B        ...........
                ...........  6C         10C         .............  ...........  15W           ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  7C        ...........
                ...........  6E         10D         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  9A        ...........
                ...........  6F         10E         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  9B        ...........
                ...........  7C         10F         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  11E       ...........
                ...........  7D         11A         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  7E         11E         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  7F         11F         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  7G         11G         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  7H         14B         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  7I         14C         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  10C        14D         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  10D        14E         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  10E        14F         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  10F        14G         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  11A        14H         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  11B        14I         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  11C        14J         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  11D        14K         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  11F        14L         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  11G        14M         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  11H        15C         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  12B        15D         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  13A        15F         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  13B        15J         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  13E        15N         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14A        15R         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14B        15U         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14C        15V         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14D        15W         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14E        16A         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14F        16A         .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14G        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14H        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14I        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14J        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14K        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14L        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14M        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14N        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14O        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14P        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  14Q        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15A        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15G        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15H        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15I        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15J        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15L        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15M        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15O        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15R        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15U        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15V        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  15W        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  17A        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  18A        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  19A        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  19B        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  19C        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  19D        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  19E        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  19F        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  19G        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  20A        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  21A        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
                ...........  22A        ..........  .............  ...........  ............  ............  ............  ..........  ..........  .........  ............  ........  ...........
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    We have determined that each subunit is essential for the 
conservation of its associated species because it is occupied by each 
of the associated species, it contains one or more of the PCEs for each 
of its associated species, and it meets one or more of the criteria 
used to identify essential areas (see ``Criteria Used to Identify 
Critical Habitat'' section). Within each subunit will therefore be 
found habitat with the features that are essential for reproduction, 
germination, hatching, maturation, feeding, shelter, and dispersal of 
the associated species, as described in the Primary Constituent 
Elements section for each species and supporting information on the 
life history and ecology of each of the 15 listed species found in 
previous rules (68 FR 46684, 43 FR 44810; 57 FR 24192; 59 FR 48186; 62 
FR 14338; 62 FR 3402). In addition, that subunit also will provide for 
one or more of the following: (1) Areas representative of the 
geographic distribution of the species; (2) areas representative of the 
various combinations of soils, vernal pool chemistry, geomorphic 
surfaces, vegetation community associations, and other environmental 
conditions in which the species occurs; (3) areas that provide for 
dispersal; and (4) areas with the best conservation potential, e.g., 
lands already fully or partially protected, the largest unfragmented 
vernal pool complexes for each of its associated species.
    Lands within each subunit require special management because each 
of the associated species is variously threatened by one or more of the 
following: habitat destruction, fragmentation, and degradation 
associated with residential, commercial, and industrial development 
(including associated infrastructure); highway construction; 
agricultural conversion; water conveyance or storage construction; 
incompatible human recreational use; incompatible grazing practices; 
nonnative plant species; sedimentation or chemical pollution from 
roadway or other urban runoff, or from herbicide application on 
adjacent lands; or small population size.
    As a result, each area designated as critical habitat may require 
some level of management and/or protection to address the current and 
future threats to each of the 15 vernal pool species to ensure that 
they may recover. Such management considerations and protections would 
benefit the target species in many ways, including but not limited to 
the following: protecting the species from range reduction, and 
maintaining the ability of the species to persist at a given location 
by reducing habitat fragmentation, edge effects, and alteration of 
hydrologic regimes of occupied vernal pool complexes through 
establishment of conservation easements, fee title conveyance to a 
conservation organization, or simple avoidance of habitat destruction 
and degradation; preventing, reducing, or eliminating competition with 
invasive species that may ``crowd out'' a listed species; restoring the 
hydrology of vernal pool complexes that have been impacted by 
construction of dams and ponds that artificially increase the length of 
inundation, ditches that artificially drain vernal pools, or 
construction of berms or culverts that divert water from a vernal pool 
complex; enhance or restore hydrology and native species through 
appropriate use of fire and grazing management; reduce or eliminate 
human degradation of vernal pools by managing off-road vehicle use, 
constructing fences, and establishing education programs; and restoring 
historic pool and swale topography and hydrology in degraded habitats. 
Designation of critical habitat does not carry with it any requirement 
that landowners or land managers implement any special management or 
protection programs.

Effects of Critical Habitat Designation

Section 7 Consultation

    Section 7 of the Act requires Federal agencies, including the 
Service, to ensure that actions they fund, authorize, or carry out are 
not likely to destroy or adversely modify critical habitat. In our 
regulations at 50 CFR 402.2, we define destruction or adverse 
modification as ``a direct or indirect alteration that appreciably 
diminishes the value of critical habitat for both the survival and 
recovery of a listed species. Such alterations include, but are not 
limited to: Alterations adversely modifying any of those physical or 
biological features that were the basis for determining the habitat to 
be critical.'' The Service uses the guidance issued in the Director's 
December 9, 2004, memorandum when making adverse modification 
determinations under section 7 of the Act.
    Section 7(a) of the Act requires Federal agencies, including the 
Service, to evaluate their actions with respect to any species that is 
proposed or listed as endangered or threatened and with respect to its 
critical habitat, if any is proposed or designated. Regulations 
implementing this interagency cooperation provision of the Act are 
codified at 50 CFR part 402.
    Section 7(a)(4) of the Act requires Federal agencies to confer with 
us on any action that is likely to jeopardize the continued existence 
of a proposed species or result in destruction or adverse modification 
of proposed critical habitat. Conference reports provide conservation 
recommendations to assist the agency in eliminating conflicts that may 
be caused by the proposed action. We may issue a formal conference 
report if requested by a Federal agency. Formal conference reports on 
proposed critical habitat contain an opinion that is prepared according 
to 50 CFR 402.14, as if critical habitat were designated. We may adopt 
the formal conference report as the biological opinion when the 
critical habitat is designated, if no substantial new information or 
changes in the action alter the content of the opinion (see 50 CFR 
402.10(d)). The conservation recommendations in a conference report are 
advisory.
    If a species is listed or critical habitat is designated, section 
7(a)(2) requires Federal agencies to ensure that activities they 
authorize, fund, or carry out are not likely to jeopardize the 
continued existence of such a species or to destroy or adversely modify 
its critical habitat. If a Federal action may affect a listed species 
or its critical habitat, the responsible Federal agency (action agency) 
must enter into consultation with us. Through this consultation, the 
action agency ensures that their actions do not destroy or adversely 
modify critical habitat.
    When we issue a biological opinion concluding that a project is 
likely to result in the jeopardy of a listed species or in the 
destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat, we also 
provide reasonable and prudent alternatives to the project, if any are 
identifiable. ``Reasonable and prudent alternatives'' are defined at 50 
CFR 402.02 as alternative actions identified during consultation that 
can be implemented in a manner consistent with the intended purpose of 
the action, that are consistent with the scope of the Federal agency's 
legal authority and jurisdiction, that are economically and 
technologically feasible, and that the Secretary believes would avoid 
destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. Reasonable and 
prudent alternatives can vary from slight project modifications to 
extensive redesign or relocation of the project. Costs associated with 
implementing a reasonable and prudent alternative are similarly 
variable.
    Regulations at 50 CFR 402.16 require Federal agencies to reinitiate 
consultation on previously reviewed actions in instances where critical 
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the Federal agency has retained discretionary involvement or control 
over the action or such discretionary involvement or control is 
authorized by law. Consequently, some Federal agencies may request 
reinitiation of consultation or conference with us on actions for which 
formal consultation has been completed, if those actions may affect 
designated critical habitat or adversely modify or destroy proposed 
critical habitat.
    Federal activities that may affect the 15 vernal pool species or 
their critical habitat will require section 7 consultation. Activities 
on private or State lands requiring a permit from a Federal agency, 
such as a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) under 
section 404 of the Clean Water Act, a section 10(a)(1)(B) permit from 
the Service, or some other Federal action, including funding (e.g., 
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Emergency Management Agency 
funding), will also continue to be subject to the section 7 
consultation process. Federal actions not affecting listed species or 
critical habitat and actions on non-Federal and private lands that are 
not federally funded, authorized, or permitted do not require section 7 
consultation.
    Section 4(b)(8) of the Act requires us to briefly evaluate and 
describe in any proposed or final regulation that designates critical 
habitat those activities involving a Federal action that may destroy or 
adversely modify such habitat, or that may be affected by such 
designation. Activities that may destroy or adversely modify critical 
habitat may also jeopardize the continued existence of the 15 vernal 
pool species. Federal activities that, when carried out, may adversely 
affect critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species include, but are 
not limited to:
    (1) Activities regulated by the Corps, Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA), or NRCS under the Clean Water Act and other acts or 
regulations, including but not limited to, discharge of fill into 
waters of the U.S., and promulgation of water quality standards;
    (2) Construction and maintenance of roads, highways, and rights-of 
way by Caltrans which may modify vernal pool habitat or affect their 
hydrologic functions;
    (3) Sale or exchange of lands by a Federal agency to a non-Federal 
entity;
    (4) Airport construction, improvement, or maintenance activities 
funded or authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration;
    (5) Licensing of construction of communication sites by the Federal 
Communications Commission;
    (6) Funding of construction or development activities by the U.S. 
Department of Housing and Urban Development;
    (7) Military training and maneuvers on DOD lands;
    (8) Execution of new water service by the BOR;
    (9) Promulgation and implementation of a land use plan by a Federal 
agency such as the BLM, USFS, or DOD that may alter management 
practices for critical habitat; and
    (10) Registration of pesticides by EPA.
    If you have questions regarding whether specific activities may 
constitute adverse modification of critical habitat in California, 
contact the Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office (see 
ADDRESSES section). If the critical habitat occurs in Oregon, contact 
the Field Supervisor, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 S.E. 98th 
Avenue, Portland, OR 97266. Requests for copies of the regulations on 
listed plants and wildlife, and inquiries about prohibitions and 
permits may be addressed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch 
of Endangered Species, 911 N.E. 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97232 (telephone 
503/231-2063; facsimile 503/231-6243).

Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions Under Section 
4(b)(2) of the Act

    Section 3(5)(A) of the Act defines critical habitat as the specific 
areas within the geographic area occupied by the species on which are 
found those physical and biological features (i) essential to the 
conservation of the species and (ii) which may require special 
management considerations or protection. Therefore, areas within the 
geographic area occupied by the species that do not contain the 
features essential for the conservation of the species are not, by 
definition, critical habitat. Similarly, areas within the geographic 
area occupied by the species that do not require special management or 
protection also are not, by definition, critical habitat. To determine 
whether an area requires special management, we first determine if the 
essential features located there generally require special management 
to address applicable threats. If those features do not require special 
management, or if they do in general but not for the particular area in 
question because of the existence of an adequate management plan or for 
some other reason, then the area does not require special management.
    We consider a current plan to provide adequate management or 
protection if it meets two criteria: (1) The plan provides management, 
protection or enhancement to the PCEs at least equivalent to that 
provided by a critical habitat designation; and (2) the Service has 
reasonable expectation the management, protection or enhancement 
actions will continue for the foreseeable future.
    Section 318 of fiscal year 2004 the National Defense Authorization 
Act (Pub. L. 108-136) amended the Endangered Species Act to address the 
relationship of Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMPs) 
to critical habitat by adding a new section 4(a)(3)(B). This provision 
prohibits the Service from designating as critical habitat any lands or 
other geographical areas owned or controlled by the DOD, or designated 
for its use, that are subject to an INRMP prepared under section 101 of 
the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a), if the Secretary of the Interior 
determines in writing that such plan provides a benefit to the species 
for which critical habitat is proposed for designation.
    This provision was added subsequent to our final designation of 
critical habitat in 2003. However, this provision does apply to this 
designation. Accordingly the Service does not have the authority to 
designate Beale AFB or Travis AFB as those facilities have existing 
INRMPs that provide a benefit to the species.
    Further, section 4(b)(2) of the Act states that critical habitat 
shall be designated, and revised, on the basis of the best available 
scientific data after taking into consideration the economic impact, 
national security impact, and any other relevant impact of specifying 
any particular area as critical habitat. An area may be excluded from 
critical habitat if it is determined that the benefits of exclusion 
outweigh the benefits of specifying a particular area as critical 
habitat, unless the failure to designate such area as critical habitat 
will result in the extinction of the species.
    In our critical habitat designations, we use both the provisions 
outlined in sections 3(5)(A) and 4(b)(2) of the Act to evaluate those 
specific areas that we are proposing to designate as critical habitat 
as well as for those areas that are formally proposed for designation 
as critical habitat. Lands we have found do not meet the definition of 
critical habitat under section 3(5)(A) or have excluded pursuant to 
section 4(b)(2) include those covered by the following types of plans 
if they provide assurances that the conservation measures they outline 
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be implemented and effective: (1) Legally operative HCPs that cover the 
species, (2) draft HCPs that cover the species and have undergone 
public review and comment (i.e., pending HCPs), (3) Tribal conservation 
plans that cover the species, (4) State conservation plans that cover 
the species, and (5) National Wildlife Refuge System Comprehensive 
Conservation Plans.
    Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act authorizes us to issue permits for 
the take of listed species incidental to otherwise lawful activities. 
An incidental take permit application must be supported by a HCP that 
identifies conservation measures that the permittee agrees to implement 
for the species to minimize and mitigate the impacts of the requested 
incidental take. We exclude non-Federal public lands and private lands 
that are covered by an existing operative HCP and executed 
implementation agreement (IA) under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act from 
designated critical habitat if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the 
benefits of inclusion as discussed in section 4(b)(2) of the Act.

Relationship of Critical Habitat to the Carrizo Plain National Monument

    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a draft management plan for 
the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The draft Carrizo Plain Resource 
Management Plan (CPRMP) outlines management goals and conservation 
measures for the vernal pool fairy shrimp and the longhorn fairy 
shrimp, both of which occur in vernal pools within the Carrizo Plain. 
Goals and Implementation Guidelines of the CPRMP include management for 
the long-term conservation and recovery of listed plants and animals 
and the natural communities on which they depend, and to improve and 
sustain populations of federally listed species to meet conservation 
and recovery goals. The BLM land overlaps portions of vernal pool fairy 
shrimp unit 30 (16,033 ac (6,488 ha)) and longhorn fairy shrimp unit 3 
(16,033 ac (6,488 ha)) in San Luis Obispo County. The BLM has initiated 
section 7 consultation with the Service on the CPRMP; we expect to 
complete the consultation by September 2005. BLM expects to finalize 
the draft RMP in September or October 2005 and complete all 
environmental compliance by June, 2006, with implementation to 
immediately follow. In the interim, BLM is actively managing public 
lands within the monument in accordance with existing biological 
opinions and for the recovery of federally listed species (S. Larsen, 
BLM., pers. comm.). We are excluding all essential habitat for the 
vernal pool fairy shrimp and longhorn fairy shrimp on BLM lands within 
the Carrizo Plain National Monument pursuant to section 4(b)(2) of the 
Act. Our analysis for excluding these units from proposed critical 
habitat is outlined below.
(1) Benefits of Inclusion
    As stated previously in this rule and the March 8, 2005, 
confirmation (70 CFR 11140), the benefits of designating critical 
habitat on lands within the boundaries of areas with approved 
management plans are small. The Carrizo Plain National Monument is 
cooperatively managed by BLM, the Service, and the Department of Fish 
and Game and provides habitat for other listed species in addition to 
the two crustaceans mentioned above. The CPRMP includes management 
measures and designed to protect, restore, monitor, manage, and enhance 
the habitat of the two crustacean species, and is thereby expected to 
aid in the conservation of the species. The CPRMP seeks to accomplish 
these goals for the two species through the implementation of specific 
conservation objectives. The principal benefit of designating critical 
habitat is that federally authorized or funded activities on BLM 
administered lands in the Carrizo Plain National Monument that may 
affect a species' critical habitat would require consultation with us 
under section 7 of the Act using a conservation standard for adverse 
modification based on the Ninth Circuit's decision in Gifford Pinchot.
(2) Benefits of Exclusion
    The benefits of excluding lands within the CPRMP from critical 
habitat designation include relieving the agencies managing the area of 
the burden of engaging in any additional regulatory process that might 
be imposed by the designation of critical habitat. Many management 
plans, particularly large regional plans, take many years to develop 
and, upon completion, become regional conservation plans that are both 
consistent with, and promote, the recovery objectives for listed 
species that are covered within the plan area. Additionally, many of 
these plans provide conservation benefits to unlisted sensitive species 
or State listed species. Imposing an additional regulatory review after 
a plan is completed solely as a result of the designation of critical 
habitat may undermine conservation efforts and partnerships in many 
areas. In fact, it could result in the loss of species' benefits if 
resources are diverted from substantive resource protection to 
procedural regulatory efforts.
    A related benefit of excluding lands within planned management 
areas from critical habitat designation is the unhindered, continued 
ability to seek new partnerships with potential future participants 
including States, counties, local jurisdictions, conservation 
organizations, and private landowners, which together can implement 
conservation actions that we would be unable to accomplish otherwise. 
If lands within a planning area are designated as critical habitat, it 
would likely have a negative effect on our ability to establish new 
partnerships that involve numerous participants and address landscape-
level conservation of species and habitats. By preemptively excluding 
these lands, we preserve our current partnerships and encourage 
additional conservation actions in the future.
    The cooperatively developed CPRMP is based on a conservation 
standard of long-term conservation and recovery for ``listed plants and 
animals and the natural communities on which they depend.'' Specific 
measures and goals outlined in the CPRMP include: (1) Improve and 
sustain populations of federally and State listed plant and animal 
species to meet conservation and recovery goals; (2) implementation of 
agency-approved protocols for listed species surveys, take avoidance 
and conservation measures; (3) Surveys for sensitive resources would be 
completed prior to conducting any activities that have the potential to 
affect natural communities and species of management concern; (3) areas 
supporting the longhorn fairy shrimp and vernal pool fairy shrimp would 
be avoided to the greatest extent possible; (4) personnel familiar with 
the sensitive resource may be required to be present during activities 
which may affect sensitive resources to ensure that activities are 
conducted in such a way as to avoid and minimize disruption and 
disturbance of these resources; and (5) compensation for unavoidable 
adverse effects (BLM in litt. 2005). Thus, the CPRMP is based on a 
conservation standard. The development and implementation of the CPRMP 
provides other important conservation benefits, including the 
development of biological information to guide the conservation efforts 
and assist in species conservation, public education through 
participation in the planning process, and the creation of innovative 
solutions to conserve species while still allowing a variety of land 
uses managed in a compatible manner.

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(3) The Benefits of Exclusion Exceed the Benefits of Inclusion
    We have evaluated the draft CPRMP as it applies to the areas being 
designated as critical habitat for two of the 15 vernal pool species. 
The exclusion of these lands from critical habitat will help preserve 
the partnerships that we have developed with the local cooperators in 
the development of the CPRMP. The educational benefits of critical 
habitat, including informing the public of areas that are essential for 
the long-term survival and conservation of the species are still 
accomplished through the BLM's land use planning processes and 
associated outreach and public participation. Both the longhorn fairy 
shrimp and the vernal pool fairy shrimp will be managed on BLM 
administered lands under a conservation standard. We would likely lose 
the benefits that accrue from the partnerships that have been developed 
while realizing no additional conservation benefit, should critical 
habitat be designated for the two listed crustacean species in the area 
covered by the CPRMP. For these reasons, we believe that the benefits 
of exclusion exceed the benefits of designating critical habitat on 
lands administered by BLM within the Carrizo Plain National Monument 
within unit 3 for longhorn fairy shrimp and unit 30 for vernal pool 
fairy shrimp.
(4) Exclusion Will Not Result in Extinction of the Species
    We believe that exclusion of these lands will not result in 
extinction of vernal pool fairy shrimp or longhorn fairy shrimp, as 
they are considered occupied habitat. Any actions which might adversely 
affect these two crustaceans would have a Federal nexus and must 
undergo a consultation with the Service under the requirements of 
section 7 of the Act. The jeopardy standard of section 7, and routine 
implementation of habitat conservation through the section 7 process as 
discussed in the economic analysis, provide assurance that the species 
will not go extinct. In addition, the two crustacean species are 
protected from take under section 9 of the Act. The exclusion leaves 
these protections unchanged from those that would exist if the excluded 
areas were designated as critical habitat.
    As discussed above, the excluded lands will be managed with 
explicit objectives to enhance and recover listed species populations. 
The CPRMP includes numerous conservation measures that provide 
conservation benefits at least equal to those that would result from a 
critical habitat designation. Objectives of the CPRMP include (1) 
conserving and protecting listed plants and animals and their natural 
communities including the vernal pool fairy shrimp and longhorn fairy 
shrimp in the Carrizo Plain; (2) incorporating a range of habitat and 
population management and enhancement measures; (3) fully mitigating 
the impacts of covered species; (4) maintaining ecosystem processes; 
and, (5) contributing to the recovery of covered species.
    Additionally, critical habitat is being designated for both species 
in other areas that will be accorded the protection from adverse 
modification by federal actions using the conservation standard based 
on the Ninth Circuit decision in Gifford Pinchot. Vernal pool fairy 
shrimp are also protected on lands such as conservation banks covered 
by perpetual conservation easements and managed specifically for listed 
vernal pool species and their habitat e.g., the following conservation 
banks: Arroyo Seco, Bryte Ranch, Clay Station, Laguna Creek, Sunrise 
Douglas, Aqua Fria, Viera Sandy Mush, Kennedy Table, Dolan Ranch, Dove 
Ridge, Wildlands `` Sheridan, Stillwater Plains, and Fitzgerald Ranch; 
National Wildlife Refuges, e.g., Sacramento NWR and San Francisco NWR; 
and also on a variety of natural areas managed primarily for natural 
values, e.g., Vina Plains Ecological Reserve, Jepson Plains, Grasslands 
Ecological Area, Stone Corral Ecological Preserve.

Relationship of Critical Habitat to Economic Impacts--Exclusions Under 
Section 4(b)(2) of the Act

    This section allows the Secretary to exclude areas from critical 
habitat for economic reasons if she determines that the benefits of 
such exclusion exceed the benefits of designating the area as critical 
habitat, unless the exclusion will result in the extinction of the 
species concerned. This is a discretionary authority Congress has 
provided to the Secretary with respect to critical habitat. Although 
economic and other impacts may not be considered when listing a 
species, Congress has expressly required their consideration when 
designating critical habitat.
    In general, we have considered in making the following exclusions 
that all of the costs and other impacts predicted in the economic 
analysis may not be avoided by excluding the area, due to the fact that 
all but three of the areas in question are currently occupied by one or 
more of the listed crustacean species and there will be requirements 
for consultation under Section 7 of the Act, or for permits under 
section 10 (henceforth ``consultation''), for any take of these 
species, which should also serve to protect the habitat of the plant 
species in the same pools, and other protections for the species exist 
elsewhere in the Act and under State and local laws and regulations. In 
conducting economic analyses, we are guided by the 10th Circuit Court 
of Appeal's ruling in the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association case 
(248 F.3d at 1285), which directed us to consider all impacts, 
``regardless of whether those impacts are attributable co-extensively 
to other causes.'' As explained in the analysis, due to possible 
overlapping regulatory schemes and other reasons, there are also some 
elements of the analysis that may overstate some costs.
    Conversely, the Ninth Circuit has recently ruled (``Gifford 
Pinchot'', 378 F.3d at 1071) that the Service's regulations defining 
``adverse modification'' of critical habitat are invalid because they 
define adverse modification as affecting both survival and recovery of 
a species. The Court directed us to consider that determinations of 
adverse modification should be focused on impacts to recovery. While we 
have not yet proposed a new definition for public review and comment, 
compliance with the Court's direction may result in additional costs 
associated with the designation of critical habitat (depending upon the 
outcome of the rulemaking). In light of the uncertainty concerning the 
regulatory definition of adverse modification, our current 
methodological approach to conducting economic analyses of our critical 
habitat designations is to consider all conservation-related costs. 
This approach would include costs related to sections 4, 7, 9, and 10 
of the Act, and should encompass costs that would be considered and 
evaluated in light of the Gifford Pinchot ruling.
    In addition, we have received several credible comments on the 
economic analysis contending that it underestimates, perhaps 
significantly, the costs associated with this critical habitat 
designation. Both of these factors are a balancing consideration 
against the possibility that some of the costs shown in the economic 
analysis might be attributable to other factors, or are overly high, 
and so would not necessarily be avoided by excluding the area for which 
the costs are predicted from this critical habitat designation.
    We recognize that we have excluded a significant portion of the 
proposed critical habitat. Congress expressly

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contemplated that exclusions under this section might result in such 
situations when it enacted the exclusion authority. House Report 95-
1625, stated on page 17: ``Factors of recognized or potential 
importance to human activities in an area will be considered by the 
Secretary in deciding whether or not all or part of that area should be 
included in the critical habitat * * * In some situations, no critical 
habitat would be specified. In such situations, the Act would still be 
in force prevent any taking or other prohibited act * * *.'' (emphasis 
supplied). We accordingly believe that these exclusions, and the basis 
upon which they are made, are fully within the parameters for the use 
of section 4(b)(2) set out by Congress.
    The draft economic analysis published on June 30, 2005 (70 FR 
37739) reanalyzed the economic effects to the 35 counties in which we 
had proposed designating critical habitat. The counties most impacted 
by the critical habitat designation to the new housing industry include 
Sacramento ($374 million), Butte ($145 million), Placer ($120 million), 
Solano ($87 million), Fresno ($43 million), Stanislaus ($33 million), 
Madera ($32 million), Monterey ($29 million), Shasta ($20 million), 
Tehama ($19 million) and Merced ($16 million). Further, economic 
impacts are unevenly distributed within counties. The analysis was 
conducted at the census tract level, resulting in a high degree of 
spatial precision compared to our previous economic analysis (March 14, 
2003; 68 FR 12336), in which economic effects could not be 
deconstructed below the county level.
    In the base scenario where critical habitat reduces the amount of 
new housing, designation of vernal pool critical habitat results in 
nearly $1.0 billion in losses to consumers and producers between the 
present and 2025. In the event that on-site avoidance can be 
accomplished through density increases alone, welfare losses from 
vernal pool critical habitat would be $820 million over the same time 
period.
    Sacramento County is expected to experience the largest economic 
impacts from critical habitat `` nearly $375 million in consumer and 
producer surplus losses. As shown in the map of impacts in Sacramento 
County, these impacts are concentrated in census tracts close to 
downtown Sacramento. Economic impacts generally decline in those census 
tracts which are progressively further from the city center. This 
pattern is generally repeated in other counties.
    A copy of the final economic analysis with supporting documents are 
included in our administrative record and may be obtained by contacting 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Endangered Species (see 
ADDRESSES section).

Application of Section 4(b)(2)--Economic Exclusion to 23 Census Tracts

    We have considered, but are excluding from critical habitat for 
three of the four listed vernal pool crustaceans and 11 listed vernal 
pool plants, essential habitat in the 23 census tracts and counties 
listed in Table 2. No critical habitat for longhorn fairy shrimp is 
contained within any of the 23 census tracts. Therefore, critical 
habitat for 14 of the 15 listed vernal species is affected by exclusion 
of critical habitat for economic reasons.

                                             Table 2.--Excluded Census Tracts, Associated Species, and Costs
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                                                                                                                    Adjustments after
        Census tract                  Species                           County                   Welfare impact in    public comment     Total adjusted
                                                                                                    draft EA ($)        and review            cost
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06067008701.................  Vernal pool tadpole      Sacramento..............................        304,224,384        -70,565,264        233,659,120
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp, Orcuttia
                               viscida, Orcuttia
                               tenuis.
06007000900.................  Vernal pool tadpole      Butte...................................         88,974,848                  0         88,974,848
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp,
                               Limnanthes floccosa
                               ssp. californica.
06061021301.................  Vernal pool fairy        Placer..................................         74,583,712                  0         74,583,712
                               shrimp.
06061021303.................  Vernal pool fairy        Placer..................................         37,184,144                  0         37,184,144
                               shrimp.
06095252309.................  Lasthenia conjugens,     Solano..................................         28,771,992                  0         28,771,992
                               Vernal pool tadpole
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp.
06095253500.................  Vernal pool tadpole      Solano..................................         27,448,252                  0         27,448,252
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp,
                               Conservancy fairy
                               shrimp, Tuctoria
                               mucronata, Lasthenia
                               conjugens, Neostapfia
                               colusana.
06053014103.................  Lasthenia conjugens....  Monterey................................         26,854,790                  0         26,854,790
06067009315.................  Orcuttia viscida,        Sacramento..............................         24,236,570                  0         24,236,570
                               Orcuttia tenuis,
                               Vernal pool tadpole
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp.
06019005515.................  Vernal pool fairy        Fresno..................................         22,912,350                  0         22,912,350
                               shrimp, Orcuttia
                               inaequalis, Castilleja
                               campestris ssp.
                               succulenta.
06067009200.................  Vernal pool tadpole      Sacramento..............................         21,195,492                  0         21,195,492
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp, Orcuttia
                               viscida, Orcuttia
                               tenuis.
06099000102.................  Vernal pool fairy        Stanislaus..............................         16,931,104                  0         16,931,104
                               shrimp, Castilleja
                               campestris ssp.
                               succulenta, Chamaesyce
                               hooveri, Tuctoria
                               greenei, Neostapfia
                               colusana.
06007000101.................  Vernal pool fairy        Butte...................................         16,364,906                  0         16,364,906
                               shrimp.

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06067008600.................  Vernal pool tadpole      Sacramento..............................         16,254,806                  0         16,254,806
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp Orcuttia
                               tenuis.
06019005511.................  Orcuttia inaequalis,     Fresno..................................         13,001,144                  0         13,001,144
                               Castilleja campestris
                               ssp. succulenta,
                               Vernal pool fairy
                               shrimp.
06039000105.................  Vernal pool tadpole      Madera..................................         12,117,652                  0         12,117,652
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               fairy shrimp, Tuctoria
                               greenei, Orcuttia
                               pilosa, Castilleja
                               campestris ssp.
                               succulenta Orcuttia
                               inaequalis.
06007001400.................  Conservancy fairy        Butte...................................         11,405,310         +2,436,015         13,841,325
                               shrimp, Vernal pool
                               tadpole shrimp, Vernal
                               pool fairy shrimp,
                               Limnanthes floccosa
                               ssp. californica,
                               Tuctoria greenei,
                               Orcuttia pilosa,
                               Chamaesyce hooveri,
                               Orcuttia tenuis.
06089010802.................  Orcuttia tenuis........  Shasta..................................         10,167,456                  0         10,167,456
06099000101.................  Vernal pool fairy        Stanislaus..............................          9,925,463                  0          9,925,463
                               shrimp, Neostapfia
                               colusana.
06007002200.................  Vernal pool tadpole      Butte...................................          8,825,428                  0          8,825,428
                               shrimp, Limnanthes
                               floccosa ssp.
                               californica, Tuctoria
                               greenei, Orcuttia
                               pilosa, Chamaesyce
                               hooveri.
06095252502.................  Lasthenia conjugens....  Solano..................................          7,993,725                  0          7,993,725
06047001901.................  .......................  Merced..................................          5,759,870        +10,000,000         15,759,870
06103000900.................  .......................  Tehama..................................          5,359,834         +6,093,965         11,453,799
06061020902.................  .......................  Placer..................................          2,462,844                ***         74,583,712
                             --------------------------
    Total...................  .......................  ........................................        779,373,528  .................       740,920,792
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*** Placer Vineyards straddles two census tracts; impacts for tracts 06061020902 and 06061021301 were aggregated in the final analysis. See ``Summary of
  Comments and Recommendations Section.''

    The Notice of Availability of the revised draft economic analysis 
(70 FR 37739) solicited public comment on the potential exclusion of 
the 20 highest cost areas. As we finalized the economic analysis, we 
identified high costs associated with the critical habitat designation 
to public projects in Tehama and Merced County. These public projects 
were the development of the UC Merced campus and the widening of 
Highway 99 in Tehama County. The final economic analysis indicates 
additional costs in census tracts in which these projects were located 
were $10,000,000 for UC Merced and $6,093,965 for Highway 99. On the 
basis of the significance of these costs, we determined these two 
census tracts also should be excluded. In addition, information 
received during the comment period indicated that the Placer Vineyards 
Specific Plan was located in two census tracts in Placer County, one of 
which was identified in the Draft Economic Analysis as being in one of 
the 20 highest cost areas, and one of which was not. As a result, 
impacts for the two affected census tracts were aggregated in the final 
analysis, which significantly increased the costs in the second census 
tract (See ``Summary of Comments and Recommendations Section''). For 
this reason, it too, is being excluded from the final critical habitat 
designation.
(1) Benefits of Inclusion of the 23 Excluded Census Tracts
    The areas excluded are currently occupied by one or more of the 
three listed vernal pool crustaceans or the 11 listed vernal pool 
plants, as shown in Table 2. If these areas were designated as critical 
habitat, any actions with a Federal nexus which may adversely affect 
the critical habitat would require a consultation with us, as explained 
above in the section of this notice entitled ``Effects of Critical 
Habitat Designation''. Primary constituent elements in these areas 
would be protected from destruction or adverse modification by federal 
actions using a conservation standard based on the Ninth Circuit's 
decision in Gifford Pinchot. This requirement would be in addition to 
the requirement that proposed Federal actions avoid likely jeopardy to 
the species' continued existence. However, inasmuch as all but three of 
these units are currently occupied by one or more of the crustacean 
species, consultation for activities which may adversely affect the 
species, including possibly significant habitat modification (see 
definition of ``harm'' at 50 CFR 17.3), would be required, even without 
the critical habitat designation. The requirement to conduct such 
consultation would occur regardless of whether the authorization for 
incidental take occurs under either section 7 or section 10 of the Act. 
For the three units occupied only by one or more of the plant species, 
there is still a requirement for a jeopardy analysis to ensure Federal 
actions are note likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the 
species.
    We determined, however, in the economic analysis that designation 
of critical habitat could result in approximately $800,000,000 in costs 
in these 23 census tracts, the majority of which are directly related 
to residential development impacts. We believe that

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the potential decrease in residential housing development that could be 
caused by this designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool 
species would minimize impacts to and potentially provide some 
protection to the species, the vernal pool complexes where they reside, 
and the physical and biological features essential to their 
conservation (i.e., their primary constituent elements). Thus, this 
decrease in residential housing development would directly translate 
into a potential benefit to the species that would result from this 
designation.
    Another possible benefit of a critical habitat designation is 
education of landowners and the public regarding the potential 
conservation value of these areas. This may focus and contribute to 
conservation efforts by other parties by clearly delineating areas of 
high conservation values for certain species. However, we believe that 
this education benefit has largely been achieved, or is being achieved 
in equal measure by other means. As explained above, this is the second 
iteration of the critical habitat process for these lands, which has 
included both public comment periods and litigation, all with 
accompanying publicity. In addition, we published the Draft Recovery 
Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems of California and Southern Oregon in 
October, 2004, and are working to finalize this plan by the court-
ordered deadline of December 15, 2005. The draft recovery plan 
identifies areas that are important for the conservation of each of the 
15 listed vernal pool species. Upon publication of the draft recovery 
plan, we held numerous workshops throughout the state to educate the 
public about recovery strategies for the species covered by the plan, 
including all 15 of the listed vernal pool species considered in this 
final rule. In addition to identifying specific areas that are 
important for the conservation of the 15 listed vernal pool species, 
the recovery plan details the actions necessary to achieve self-
sustaining populations of each listed species in the wild so they will 
no longer require protection under the Act. The recovery plan provides 
information geared to the general public, landowners, and agencies 
about areas that are important for the conservation of each listed 
vernal pool species and what actions they can implement to further the 
conservation of vernal pool species within their own jurisdiction and 
capabilities, and contains provisions for ongoing public outreach and 
education as part of the recovery process.
    In summary, we believe that inclusion of the 23 census tracts as 
critical habitat would provide some additional Federal regulatory 
benefits for the species. However, that benefit is limited to some 
degree by the fact that the proposed critical habitat is occupied by 
the species, and therefore there must, in any case, be consultation 
with the Service over any Federal action which may affect one or more 
of the 14 listed vernal pool species within those 23 census tracts. The 
additional educational benefits which might arise from critical habitat 
designation are largely accomplished through the multiple opportunities 
for public notice and comments which accompanied the development of 
this regulation, publicity over the prior litigation, and public 
outreach associated with the development of the draft and, ultimately, 
the implementation of the final recovery plan for vernal pool species.
(2) Benefits of Exclusion of the 23 Excluded Census Tracts
    The economic analysis conducted for this proposal estimates that 
the costs associated with designating these 23 census tracts would be 
approximately $740,920,792. These costs would be associated with each 
of the 14 listed vernal pool species in amounts shown in Table 2 above. 
By excluding these census tracts, some or all of these costs will be 
avoided. Two important public-sector projects, UC Merced and the 
widening of Highway 99, will avoid the costs associated with critical 
habitat designation.
(3) Benefits of Exclusion Outweigh the Benefits of Inclusion of the 23 
Census Tracts
    We believe that the benefits from excluding these lands from the 
designation of critical habitat--avoiding the potential economic and 
human costs, both in dollars and jobs, predicted in the economic 
analysis--exceed the educational and regulatory benefits which could 
result from including those lands in this designation of critical 
habitat.
    We have evaluated and considered the potential economic costs on 
the residential development industry relative to the potential benefit 
for the 15 vernal pool species and their primary constituent elements 
derived from the designation of critical habitat. We believe that the 
potential economic impact of up to approximately $800 million on the 
development industry significantly outweighs the potential conservation 
and protective benefits for the species and their primary constituent 
elements derived from the residential development not being constructed 
as a result of this designation.
    We also believe that excluding these lands, and thus helping 
landowners avoid the additional costs that would result from the 
designation, will contribute to a more positive climate for Habitat 
Conservation Plans and other active conservation measures which provide 
greater conservation benefits than would result from designation of 
critical habitat--even in the post-Gifford Pinchot environment--which 
requires only that the there be no adverse modification resulting from 
actions with a Federal nexus. We therefore find that the benefits of 
excluding these areas from this designation of critical habitat 
outweigh the benefits of including them in the designation.
    We believe that the ongoing recovery planning process provides at 
least equivalent value to the public, State and local governments, 
scientific organizations, and Federal agencies in providing information 
about habitat that is essential to the conservation of the three vernal 
pool crustacean species and 11 vernal pool plants, and in facilitating 
conservation efforts through heightened public awareness of the plight 
of the listed species. The draft recovery plan contains explicit 
objectives for ongoing public education, outreach, and collaboration at 
local, state, and federal levels, and between the private and public 
sectors, in recovering the four listed crustaceans.
(4) Exclusion Will Not Result in Extinction of the Species
Conservancy Fairy Shrimp, Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp, Vernal Pool Tadpole 
Shrimp
    We believe that exclusion of these lands will not result in the 
extinction of Conservancy fairy shrimp, vernal pool fairy shrimp or 
vernal pool tadpole shrimp, as they are considered occupied habitat. 
Actions which might adversely affect these four crustaceans are 
expected to have a Federal nexus, and would thus undergo a section 7 
consultation with the Service. The jeopardy standard of section 7, and 
routine implementation of habitat preservation through the section 7 
process, as discussed in the economic analysis, provide assurance that 
the species will not go extinct. In addition, the three crustaceans are 
protected from take under section 9 of the Act. The exclusion leaves 
these protections unchanged from those that would exist if the excluded 
areas were designated as critical habitat.
    Critical habitat is being designated for all three species in other 
areas that will

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be accorded the protection from adverse modification by Federal actions 
using the conservation standard based on the Ninth Circuit decision in 
Gifford Pinchot. Additionally, all species occur on lands protected and 
managed either explicitly for the species, or indirectly through more 
general objectives to protect natural values, this provides protection 
from extinction while recovery measures are being implemented. For 
example, Conservancy fairy shrimp is protected on lands such as 
conservation banks and other natural areas protected by perpetual 
conservation easements and managed specifically for the species e.g., 
Viera-Sandy Mush, Vina Plains. The species also occurs on lands managed 
to protect and enhance wetland values under the Wetlands Reserve 
Program of the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Vernal pool fairy 
shrimp are protected on lands such as conservation banks protected by 
perpetual conservation easements and managed specifically for the 
species and its habitat, e.g., Arroyo Seco, Bryte Ranch, Clay Station, 
Laguna Creek, Sunrise Douglas, Aqua Fria, Viera Sandy Mush, Kennedy 
Table, Dolan Ranch, Dove Ridge, Wildlands--Sheridan, Stillwater Plains, 
Campbell Ranch and Fitzgerald Ranch; National Wildlife Refuges, e.g., 
Sacramento NWR Complex, San Francisco NWR, and San Luis NWR Complex; 
and also on a variety of natural areas managed to maintain and enhance 
natural values, e.g., Vina Plains Ecological Reserve, Jepson Plains, 
Grasslands Ecological Area, Stone Corral Ecological Preserve, Howard 
Ranch. Vernal pool tadpole shrimp occur on lands with perpetual 
conservation easements managed explicitly for the species on 
conservation banks, e.g., Stillwater Plains, Campbell Ranch, Arroyo 
Seco, Bryte Ranch, Clay Station, Laguna Creek, Sunrise Douglas, Viera 
Sanda Mush, Kennedy Table, Dolan Ranch, Dove Ridge, Wildlands--
Sheridan, and Fitzgerald Ranch; National Wildlife Refuges, e.g., 
Sacramento NWR Complex, San Francisco NWR, and San Luis NWR Complex; 
and a variety of natural areas managed to maintain and enhance natural 
values, e.g., Nature Conservancy easements, Vina Plains Ecological 
Reserve, Jepson Plains, Grasslands Ecological Area, Dale's Lake 
Ecological Reserve, Stone Corral Ecological Preserve, Big Table 
Mountain Ecological Preserve.
    We believe that exclusion of the 23 census tracts will not result 
in extinction of any of the 11 listed vernal pool plants, as they are 
considered occupied habitat. Federal Actions which might adversely 
affect these 11 listed plants would thus undergo a consultation with 
the Service under the requirements of section 7 of the Act. The 
jeopardy standard of section 7, and routine implementation of habitat 
preservation as part of the section 7 process, as discussed in the 
draft economic analysis, provide insurance that the species will not go 
extinct. The exclusion leaves these protections unchanged from those 
that would exist if the excluded areas were designated as critical 
habitat.
    Critical habitat is being designated for all 11 species in other 
areas that will be accorded the protection from adverse modification by 
federal actions using the conservation standard based on the Ninth 
Circuit decision in Gifford Pinchot. Additionally, all species occur on 
lands protected and managed either explicitly for the species, or 
indirectly through more general objectives to protect natural values, 
this factor acting in concert with the other protections provided under 
the Act for these lands absent designation of critical habitat on them, 
and acting in concert with protections afforded each species by the 
remaining critical habitat designation for each species, lead us to 
find that exclusion of these 23 census tracts will not result in 
extinction of any of these 11 listed vernal pool plants. Limnanthes 
floccosa ssp. californica occurs on land protected by conservation 
easements on several small reserves in Butte County and at the Dove 
Ridge Conservation Bank. Lasthenia conjugens exists on protected lands 
on San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Ord, and Travis Air 
Force Base, and the State Route 4 Preserve. Chamaesyce hooveri occurs 
on the Sacramento NWR Complex, the Vina Plains Ecological Preserve, 
Stone Corral Ecological Reserve, and the Bert King Ranch. Castilleja 
campestris spp. succulenta occurs on protected lands within the Big 
Table Mountain Ecological Reserve and the Big Table Mountain Preserve, 
the Kennedy Table Conservation Bank, and the Flying M Ranch. Neostapfia 
colusana occurs on protected lands within the Jepson Prairie Preserve 
and the Flying M Ranch. Tuctoria greenei occurs on protected lands 
within the Vina Plains Preserve and on the Sacramento NWR Complex. 
Orcuttia pilosa occurs on protected lands within the Vina Plains 
Preserve and the Sacramento NWR Complex. Orcuttia viscida occurs on 
protected lands within the Phoenix Field Ecological Reserve, the Arroyo 
Seco Conservation Bank, and the Sunrise Douglas preserve. Orcuttia 
inaequalis occurs on protected lands on the Flying M Ranch and on an 
ecological reserve managed by the California Department of Fish and 
Game. Orcuttia tenuis occurs on protected lands at the Boggs Lake 
Preserve, the Vina Plains Preserve, the Dale's Lake Ecological Reserve, 
the Stillwater Plains Conservation Banks, the Arroyo Seco Conservation 
Bank, and the Sunrise Douglas preserve. Tuctoria mucronata occurs on 
protected land on the Jepson Prairie Preserve.

Required Determinations

Regulatory Planning and Review

    In accordance with Executive Order 12866, this document is a 
significant rule in that it may raise novel legal and policy issues, 
but will not have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or 
more or affect the economy in a material way. Due to the tight timeline 
for publication in the Federal Register, the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) has not formally reviewed this rule. As explained above, 
we prepared an economic analysis of this action. We used this analysis 
to meet the requirement of section 4(b)(2) of the Act to determine the 
economic consequences of designating the specific areas as critical 
habitat. We also used it to help determine whether to exclude any area 
from critical habitat, as provided for under section 4(b)(2), if we 
determine that the benefits of such exclusion outweigh the benefits of 
specifying such area as part of the critical habitat, unless we 
determine, based on the best scientific and commercial data available, 
that the failure to designate such area as critical habitat will result 
in the extinction of the species.

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)

    Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (as amended by the Small 
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 1996), 
whenever an agency is required to publish a notice of rulemaking for 
any proposed or final rule, it must prepare and make available for 
public comment a regulatory flexibility analysis that describes the 
effect of the rule on small entities (i.e., small businesses, small 
organizations, and small government jurisdictions). However, no 
regulatory flexibility analysis is required if the head of an agency 
certifies the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. The SBREFA amended the RFA to 
require Federal agencies to provide a statement of factual basis for 
certifying

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that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. The SBREFA also amended the RFA 
to require a certification statement.
    Small entities include small organizations, such as independent 
nonprofit organizations; small governmental jurisdictions, including 
school boards and city and town governments that serve fewer than 
50,000 residents; as well as small businesses. Small businesses include 
manufacturing and mining concerns with fewer than 500 employees, 
wholesale trade entities with fewer than 100 employees, retail and 
service businesses with less than $5 million in annual sales, general 
and heavy construction businesses with less than $27.5 million in 
annual business, special trade contractors doing less than $11.5 
million in annual business, and agricultural businesses with annual 
sales less than $750,000. To determine if potential economic impacts to 
these small entities are significant, we consider the types of 
activities that might trigger regulatory impacts under this rule, as 
well as the types of project modifications that may result. In general, 
the term ``significant economic impact'' is meant to apply to a typical 
small business firm's business operations.
    To determine if the rule could significantly affect a substantial 
number of small entities, we consider the number of small entities 
affected within particular types of economic activities (e.g., housing 
development, grazing, oil and gas production, timber harvesting). We 
apply the ``substantial number'' test individually to each industry to 
determine if certification is appropriate. However, the SBREFA does not 
explicitly define ``substantial number'' or ``significant economic 
impact.'' Consequently, to assess whether a ``substantial number'' of 
small entities is affected by this designation, this analysis considers 
the relative number of small entities likely to be impacted in an area. 
In some circumstances, especially with critical habitat designations of 
limited extent, we may aggregate across all industries and consider 
whether the total number of small entities affected is substantial. In 
estimating the number of small entities potentially affected, we also 
consider whether their activities have any Federal involvement.
    Designation of critical habitat only affects activities conducted, 
funded, or permitted by Federal agencies. Some kinds of activities are 
unlikely to have any Federal involvement and so will not be affected by 
critical habitat designation. In areas where the species is present, 
Federal agencies already are required to consult with us under section 
7 of the Act on activities they fund, permit, or implement that may 
affect bull trout. Federal agencies also must consult with us if their 
activities may affect critical habitat. Designation of critical 
habitat, therefore, could result in an additional economic impact on 
small entities due to the requirement to reinitiate consultation for 
ongoing Federal activities.

Small Business Impacts

    Small businesses represent a substantial share of firms in the new 
home construction sector. Critical habitat is not expected to result in 
significant small business impacts since revenue losses are less than 
one percent of total small business revenues in affected areas.
    In general, two different mechanisms in section 7 consultations 
could lead to additional regulatory requirements for the approximately 
four small businesses, on average, that may be required to consult with 
us each year regarding their project's impact on the 15 vernal pool 
species and their habitats. First, if we conclude, in a biological 
opinion, that a proposed action is likely to jeopardize the continued 
existence of a species or adversely modify its critical habitat, we can 
offer ``reasonable and prudent alternatives.'' Reasonable and prudent 
alternatives are alternative actions that can be implemented in a 
manner consistent with the scope of the Federal agency's legal 
authority and jurisdiction, that are economically and technologically 
feasible, and that would avoid jeopardizing the continued existence of 
listed species or result in adverse modification of critical habitat. A 
Federal agency and an applicant may elect to implement a reasonable and 
prudent alternative associated with a biological opinion that has found 
jeopardy or adverse modification of critical habitat. An agency or 
applicant could alternatively choose to seek an exemption from the 
requirements of the Act or proceed without implementing the reasonable 
and prudent alternative. However, unless an exemption were obtained, 
the Federal agency or applicant would be at risk of violating section 
7(a)(2) of the Act if it chose to proceed without implementing the 
reasonable and prudent alternatives.
    Second, if we find that a proposed action is not likely to 
jeopardize the continued existence of a listed animal or plant species, 
we may identify reasonable and prudent measures designed to minimize 
the amount or extent of take and require the Federal agency or 
applicant to implement such measures through non-discretionary terms 
and conditions. We may also identify discretionary conservation 
recommendations designed to minimize or avoid the adverse effects of a 
proposed action on listed species or critical habitat, help implement 
recovery plans, or to develop information that could contribute to the 
recovery of the species.
    Based on our experience with consultations pursuant to section 7 of 
the Act for all listed species, virtually all projects--including those 
that, in their initial proposed form, would result in jeopardy or 
adverse modification determinations in section 7 consultations--can be 
implemented successfully with, at most, the adoption of reasonable and 
prudent alternatives. These measures, by definition, must be 
economically feasible and within the scope of authority of the Federal 
agency involved in the consultation. We can only describe the general 
kinds of actions that may be identified in future reasonable and 
prudent alternatives. These are based on our understanding of the needs 
of the species and the threats it faces, as described in the final 
listing rule and this critical habitat designation. Within the final 
CHUs, the types of Federal actions or authorized activities that we 
have identified as potential concerns are:
    (1) Regulation of activities affecting waters of the United States 
by the Corps under section 404 of the Clean Water Act;
    (2) Regulation of timber harvest, grazing, mining, and recreation 
by the USFS and BLM;
    (3) Road construction and maintenance, right-of-way designation, 
and regulation of agricultural activities;
    (4) Hazard mitigation and post-disaster repairs funded by the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
    (5) Activities funded by the EPA, U.S. Department of Energy, or any 
other Federal agency.
    It is likely that a developer or other project proponent could 
modify a project or take measures to protect the 15 vernal pool 
species. The kinds of actions that may be included if future reasonable 
and prudent alternatives become necessary include conservation set-
asides, management of competing nonnative species, restoration of 
degraded habitat, and regular monitoring. These are based on our 
understanding of the needs of the species and the threats it faces, as 
described in the final listing rule and proposed critical habitat 
designation. These measures are not likely to result

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in a significant economic impact to project proponents.
    In summary, we have considered whether this would result in a 
significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities. 
We have determined, for the above reasons and based on currently 
available information, that it is not likely to affect a substantial 
number of small entities. Federal involvement, and thus section 7 
consultations, would be limited to a subset of the area designated. The 
most likely Federal involvement could include Corps permits, permits we 
may issue under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act, Federal Housing 
Administration funding for road improvements, hydropower licenses 
issued by FERC, and regulation of timber harvest, grazing, mining, and 
recreation by the USFS and BLM. A regulatory flexibility analysis is 
not required.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (5 U.S.C 801 et 
seq.) (SBREFA)

    Under SBREFA, this rule is not a major rule. Our detailed 
assessment of the economic effects of this designation is described in 
the economic analysis. Based on the effects identified in the economic 
analysis, we believe that this rule will not have an annual effect on 
the economy of $100 million or more, will not cause a major increase in 
costs or prices for consumers, and will not have significant adverse 
effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, 
innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with 
foreign-based enterprises. Refer to the final economic analysis for a 
discussion of the effects of this determination.

Executive Order 13211

    On May 18, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13211 on 
regulations that significantly affect energy supply, distribution, and 
use. Executive Order 13211 requires agencies to prepare Statements of 
Energy Effects when undertaking certain actions. This final rule to 
designated critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species is not 
expected to significantly affect energy supplies, distribution, or use. 
Therefore, this action is not a significant energy action and no 
Statement of Energy Effects is required.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)

    In accordance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.), we make the following findings:
    (a) This rule will not produce a Federal mandate. In general, a 
Federal mandate is a provision in legislation, statute, or regulation 
that would impose an enforceable duty upon State, local, Tribal 
governments, or the private sector and includes both ``Federal 
intergovernmental mandates'' and ``Federal private sector mandates.'' 
These terms are defined in 2 U.S.C. 658(5)-(7). ``Federal 
intergovernmental mandate'' includes a regulation that ``would impose 
an enforceable duty upon State, local, or tribal governments'' with two 
exceptions. It excludes ``a condition of federal assistance.'' It also 
excludes ``a duty arising from participation in a voluntary Federal 
program,'' unless the regulation ``relates to a then-existing Federal 
program under which $500,000,000 or more is provided annually to State, 
local, and tribal governments under entitlement authority,'' if the 
provision would ``increase the stringency of conditions of assistance'' 
or ``place caps upon, or otherwise decrease, the Federal Government's 
responsibility to provide funding'' and the State, local, or Tribal 
governments ``lack authority'' to adjust accordingly. (At the time of 
enactment, these entitlement programs were: Medicaid; Aid to Family 
with Dependent Children work programs; Child Nutrition; Food Stamps; 
Social Services Block Grants; Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants; 
Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Independent Living; Family 
Support Welfare Services; and Child Support Enforcement.) ``Federal 
private sector mandate'' includes a regulation that ``would impose an 
enforceable duty upon the private sector, except (i) a condition of 
Federal assistance; or (ii) a duty arising from participation in a 
voluntary Federal program.''
    The designation of critical habitat does not impose a legally 
binding duty on non-Federal government entities or private parties. 
Under the Act, the only regulatory effect is that Federal agencies must 
ensure that their actions do not destroy or adversely modify critical 
habitat under section 7. While non-Federal entities who receive Federal 
funding, assistance, permits or otherwise require approval or 
authorization from a Federal agency for an action may be indirectly 
impacted by the designation of critical habitat, the legally binding 
duty to avoid destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat 
rests squarely on the Federal agency. Furthermore, to the extent that 
non-Federal entities are indirectly impacted because they receive 
Federal assistance or participate in a voluntary Federal aid program, 
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act would not apply; nor would critical 
habitat shift the costs of the large entitlement programs listed above 
on to State governments.
    (b) We do not believe that this rule will significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments because it will not produce a Federal mandate 
of $100 million or greater in any year, that is, it is not a 
``significant regulatory action'' under the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act. The designation of critical habitat imposes no obligations on 
State or local governments. As such, Small Government Agency Plan is 
not required.

Federalism

    In accordance with Executive Order 13132, the rule does not have 
significant Federalism effects. A Federalism assessment is not 
required. In keeping with Department of Interior and Department of 
Commerce policy, we requested information from, and coordinated 
development of, this final critical habitat designation with 
appropriate State resource agencies in California and Oregon. The 
designation of critical habitat in areas currently occupied by the 15 
vernal pool species imposes no additional restrictions to those 
currently in place and, therefore, has little incremental impact on 
State and local governments and their activities. The designation may 
have some benefit to these governments in that the areas essential to 
the conservation of the species are more clearly defined, and the PCEs 
of the habitat necessary to the survival of the species are 
specifically identified. While making this definition and 
identification does not alter where and what federally sponsored 
activities may occur, it may assist these local governments in long-
range planning (rather than waiting for case-by-case section 7 
consultations to occur).

Civil Justice Reform

    In accordance with Executive Order 12988, the Office of the 
Solicitor has determined that the rule does not unduly burden the 
judicial system and meets the requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) 
of the Order. We are designating critical habitat in accordance with 
the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. This final rule uses 
standard property descriptions and identifies the PCEs within the 
designated areas to assist the public in understanding the habitat 
needs of the 15 vernal pool species.

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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)

    This rule does not contain any new collections of information that 
require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. This rule will not impose recordkeeping or 
reporting requirements on State or local governments, individuals, 
businesses, or organizations. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information 
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

National Environmental Policy Act

    It is our position that, outside the Tenth Circuit, we do not need 
to prepare environmental analyses as defined by the NEPA in connection 
with designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended. We published a notice outlining our reasons for this 
determination in the Federal Register on October 25, 1983 (48 FR 
49244). This assertion was upheld in the courts of the Ninth Circuit 
(Douglas County v. Babbitt, 48 F.3d 1495 (9th Cir. Ore. 1995), cert. 
denied 116 S. Ct. 698 (1996).]

Government-to-Government Relationship With Tribes

    In accordance with the President's memorandum of April 29, 1994, 
``Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal 
Governments'' (59 FR 22951), Executive Order 13175, and the Department 
of Interior's manual at 512 DM 2, we readily acknowledge our 
responsibility to communicate meaningfully with recognized Federal 
Tribes on a government-to-government basis. We have excluded Tribal 
trust lands of the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria, 
California, from this final critical habitat designation pursuant to 
section 4(b)(2) of the Act. Please refer to Relationship of Critical 
Habitat to Tribal Lands for further discussion of our exclusion of 
these Tribal trust lands.

References Cited

    A complete list of all references cited in this rulemaking is 
available upon request from the Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and 
Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see ADDRESSES 
section).

Author(s)

    Primary authors of this package are the staff of the Sacramento 
Fish and Wildlife Office.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

    Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Reporting and 
Recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.

Regulation Promulgation

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

PART 17--[AMENDED]

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1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 16 U.S.C. 1531-1544; 16 U.S.C. 
4201-4245; Pub. L. 99-625, 100 Stat. 3500; unless otherwise noted.


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2. Amend Sec.  17.11(h) by revising the entries for ``Fairy shrimp, 
Conservancy'', ``Fairy shrimp, longhorn'', ``Fairy shrimp, vernal 
pool'', and ``Tadpole shrimp, vernal pool'' under CRUSTACEANS in the 
List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife to read as follows:


Sec.  17.11  Endangered and threatened wildlife.

* * * * *
    (h) * * *

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                        Species                                                    Vertebrate
--------------------------------------------------------                        population where                                  Critical     Special
                                                            Historic range       endangered or         Status      When listed    habitat       rules
           Common name                Scientific name                              threatened
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                                                                      * * * * * * *
           Crustaceans
 
                                                                      * * * * * * *
Fairy shrimp, Conservancy........  Branchinecta          U.S.A. (CA)........  Entire.............  E                       552        17.97           NA
                                    conservatio.
Fairy shrimp, longhorn...........  Branchinecta          U.S.A. (CA)........  Entire.............  E                       552        17.97           NA
                                    longiantenna.
 
                                                                      * * * * * * *
Fairy shrimp, vernal pool........  Branchinecta lynchi.  U.S.A. (CA, OR)....  Entire.............  E                       552        17.97           NA
 
                                                                      * * * * * * *
Tadpole shrim, vernal pool.......  Lepidurus packardi..  U.S.A. (CA)........  Entire.............  E                       552        17.97           NA
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3. Amend Sec.  17.12(h) by revising the entries for Castilleja 
campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy owl's-clover), Chamaesyce hooveri 
(Hoover's spurge), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields), 
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte County meadowfoam), 
Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass), Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin 
Valley Orcutt grass), Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia 
tenuis (slender Orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt 
grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's tuctoria), and Tuctoria mucronata 
(Solano grass) under FLOWERING PLANTS in the List of Endangered and 
Threatened Plants to read as follows:


Sec.  17.12  Endangered and threatened plants.

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                        Species
--------------------------------------------------------    Historic range           Family            Status      When listed    Critical     Special
         Scientific name                Common name                                                                               habitat       rules
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         FLOWERING PLANTS
 
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Castilleja campestris ssp.         Fleshy owl's-clover.  U.S.A. (CA)........  Scrophulariaceae...  T                       611        17.97           NA
 succulenta.
 
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Chamaesyce hooveri...............  Hoover's spurge.....  U.S.A. (CA)........  Euphorbiaceae......  T                       611        17.97           NA
 
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Lasthenia conjugens..............  Contra Costa          U.S.A. (CA)........  Asteraceae.........  E                       619        17.97           NA
                                    goldfields.
 
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Limnanthes floccosa ssp.           Butte County          U.S.A. (CA)........  Limnanthaceae......  E                       471        17.97           NA
 californica.                       meadowfoam.
 
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Neostapfia colusana..............  Colusa grass........  U.S.A. (CA)........  Poaceae............  T                       611        17.97           NA
 
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Orcuttia inaequalis..............  San Joaquin Valley    U.S.A. (CA)........  Poaceae............  T                       611        17.97           NA
                                    Orcutt grass.
Orcuttia pilosa..................  Hairy Orcutt grass..  U.S.A. (CA)........  Poaceae............  T                       611        17.97           NA
Orcuttia tenuis..................  Slender Orcutt grass  U.S.A. (CA)........  Poaceae............  T                       611        17.97           NA
Orcuttia viscida.................  Sacramento Orcutt     U.S.A. (CA)........  Poaceae............  T                       611        17.97           NA
                                    grass.
 
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Tuctoria greenei.................  Greene's tuctoria...  U.S.A. (CA)........  Poaceae............  T                       611        17.97           NA
Tuctoria mucronata...............  Solano grass........  U.S.A. (CA)........  Poaceae............  T                        44        17.97           NA
 
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4. In Sec.  17.95(h), remove the critical habitat entries for 
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy 
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal pool fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta lynchi), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 
packardi).

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5. In Sec.  17.96(a), remove the critical habitat entries for Family 
Asteraceae: Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields), Family 
Euphorbiaceae: Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Family 
Limnanthaceae: Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte County 
meadowfoam), Family Poaceae: Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass), Family 
Poaceae: Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass), Family 
Poaceae: Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Family Poaceae: Orcuttia 
tenuis (slender Orcutt grass), Family Poaceae: Orcuttia viscida 
(Sacramento Orcutt grass), Family Poaceae: Tuctoria greenei (Greene's 
tuctoria), Family Poaceae: Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass), and 
Family Scrophulariaceae: Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy 
owl's-clover).

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6. Add a new Sec.  17.97 to read as follows:


Sec.  17.97  Critical habitat; 15 vernal pool species in California and 
southern Oregon.

    (a) The paragraphs in this section provide maps and legal 
descriptions of general critical habitat areas designated for the 
following 15 species: Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal 
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi), Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy 
owl's-clover), Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Lasthenia 
conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields), Limnanthes floccosa ssp. 
californica (Butte County meadowfoam), Neostapfia colusana (Colusa 
grass), Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass), Orcuttia 
pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia tenuis (slender Orcutt grass), 
Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's 
tuctoria), and Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass).
    (b) Critical habitat units are depicted for Jackson County, Oregon, 
and the following counties in California: Alameda, Amador, Butte, 
Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, 
Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Placer, Plumas, 
Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, 
Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, 
Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba.
    (c) Within the areas designated as critical habitat for the 15 
vernal pool species, the primary constituent elements are as follows:
    (1) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) are the habitat 
components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of 
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools;
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 19 days, in all 
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incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are 
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of 
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded 
emergent wetlands;
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as 
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for 
feeding; and
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) 
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as 
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally 
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be 
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide 
shelter.
    (2) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna) are the habitat 
components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of 
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools;
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 23 days, in all 
but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water for incubation, 
maturation, and reproduction. As these features are inundated on a 
seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of obligate wetland 
vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands;
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as 
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for 
feeding; and
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) 
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as 
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally 
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be 
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide 
shelter.
    (3) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for vernal 
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) of 
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools;
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 18 days, in all 
but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water for incubation, 
maturation, and reproduction. As these features are inundated on a 
seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of obligate wetland 
vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands;
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as 
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for 
feeding; and
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) 
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as 
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally 
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be 
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide 
shelter.
    (4) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for vernal 
pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) are the habitat components 
that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and 
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in 
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in 
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of 
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of 
adequate length in the pools;
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 41 days, in all 
but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water for incubation, 
maturation, and reproduction. As these features are inundated on a 
seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of obligate wetland 
vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands;
    (iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the 
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the 
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as 
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for 
feeding; and
    (iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(4)(ii) 
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as 
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally 
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be 
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide 
shelter.
    (5) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte County meadowfoam) are the 
habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(5)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (6) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields) are the habitat 
components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described

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in paragraph (c)(6)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools;
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands; and
    (7) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge) are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (8) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta (Fleshy owl's-clover) are the 
habitat components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(8)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (9) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass) are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(9)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (10) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Tuctoria greenei (Greene's tuctoria) are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(10)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (11) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass) are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(11)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (12) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt grass) are the habitat components 
that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(12)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and

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nonnative upland plant species in all but the driest years. As these 
features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the 
development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of 
permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (13) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass) are the habitat 
components that provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(13)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (14) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Orcuttia tenuis (slender Orcutt grass) are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(14)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (15) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for 
Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass) are the habitat components that 
provide:
    (i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and 
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result 
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the 
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described 
in paragraph (c)(15)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and 
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
    (ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with 
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter 
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for 
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed 
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically 
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the 
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they 
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats 
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
    (d) Maps of the critical habitat for Conservancy fairy shrimp 
(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
longiantenna), vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), vernal 
pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), Limnanthes floccosa ssp. 
californica (Butte County meadowfoam), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra 
Costa goldfields), Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Castilleja 
campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy (or succulent) owl's-clover), 
Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's 
tuctoria), Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida 
(Sacramento Orcutt grass), Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley 
Orcutt grass), Orcuttia tenuis (slender Orcutt grass), and Tuctoria 
mucronata (Solano grass) follow. The legal descriptions of these 
critical habitat units are provided in paragraph (e) of this section.

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    (e) Critical habitat for Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal 
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), vernal pool tadpole shrimp 
(Lepidurus packardi), Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte 
County meadowfoam), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields), 
Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Castilleja campestris ssp. 
succulenta (fleshy (or succulent) owl's-clover), Neostapfia colusana 
(Colusa grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's tuctoria), Orcuttia pilosa 
(hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt grass), 
Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass), Orcuttia tenuis 
(slender Orcutt grass), and Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass), consists 
of the following areas:
    (1) Subunit 1A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 514395, 4710603; 514395, 4710103; 514195, 4710103; 
514195, 4709703; 513995, 4709703; 513995, 4709503; 513695, 4709503; 
513695, 4709603; 513595, 4709603; 513595, 4709803; 513795, 4709803; 
513795, 4710103; 513295, 4710103; 513295, 4710403; 513195, 4710403; 
513195, 4710603; returning to 514395, 4710603.
    (2) Subunit 1B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 514195, 4707303; 514195, 4707103; 514095, 4707103; 
514095, 4707003; 513995, 4707003; 513995, 4706803; 513695, 4706803; 
513695, 4707103; 513795, 4707103; 513795, 4707203; 513895, 4707203; 
513895, 4707303; 513495, 4707303; 513495, 4707803; 514795, 4707803; 
514795, 4707503; 514695, 4707503; 514695, 4707403; 514295, 4707403; 
514295, 4707303; returning to 514195, 4707303.
    (3) Subunit 1C; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 511895, 4707603; 511895, 4707103; 511995, 4707103; 
511995, 4706603; 512095, 4706603; 512095, 4706403; 511895, 4706403; 
511895, 4706503; 511395, 4706503; 511395, 4706603; 511295, 4706603; 
511295, 4706703; 511195, 4706703; 511195, 4706803; 511095, 4706803; 
511095, 4707003; 511195, 4707003; 511195, 4707103; 511295, 4707103; 
511295, 4707203; 511195, 4707203; 511195, 4707303; 511295, 4707303; 
511295, 4707403; 511495, 4707403; 511495, 4707503; 511695, 4707503; 
511695, 4707603; returning to 511895, 4707603.
    (4) Subunit 1D; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point and Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 515995, 4706503; 515995, 4706303; 
516095, 4706303; 516095, 4706203; 516195, 4706203; 516195, 4706403; 
516095, 4706403; 516095, 4706503; 515995, 4706503; 515995, 4706803; 
516295, 4706803; 516295, 4706703; 516395, 4706703; 516395, 4706503; 
516495, 4706503; 516495, 4706603; 516595, 4706603; 516595, 4706803; 
516795, 4706803; 516795, 4706703; 516995, 4706703; 516995, 4706803; 
517095, 4706803; 517095, 4706903; 517195, 4706903; 517195, 4706703; 
517495, 4706703; 517495, 4706503; 517395, 4706503; 517395, 4706303; 
517295, 4706303; 517295, 4706203; 517195, 4706203; 517195, 4706103; 
516795, 4706103; 516795, 4705403; 516595, 4705403; 516595, 4705303; 
516695, 4705303; 516695, 4705203; 516795, 4705203; 516795, 4704603; 
516695, 4704603; 516695, 4704403; 516395, 4704403; 516395, 4704303; 
516495, 4704303; 516495, 4704203; 516595, 4704203; 516595, 4704103; 
515895, 4704103; 515895, 4704403; 516095, 4704403; 516095, 4704503; 
515595, 4704503; 515595, 4704603; 515495, 4704603; 515495, 4704903; 
515595, 4704903; 515595, 4705003; 515795, 4705003; 515795, 4705103; 
515895, 4705103; 515895, 4705703; 515795, 4705703; 515795, 4706003; 
515695, 4706003; 515695, 4706203; 515595, 4706203; 515595, 4706303; 
515195, 4706303; 515195, 4706503; 515095, 4706503; 515095, 4706703; 
514795, 4706703; 514795, 4706803; 514695, 4706803; 514695, 4707003; 
514795, 4707003; 514795, 4707103; 515095, 4707103; 515095, 4707003; 
515195, 4707003; 515195, 4706903; 515295, 4706903; 515295, 4706803; 
515395, 4706803; 515395, 4706603; 515495, 4706603; 515495, 4706503; 
515595, 4706503; 515595, 4706403; 515695, 4706403; 515695, 4706503; 
returning to 515995, 4706503.
    (5) Subunit 1E; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Boswell Mountain and Shady Cove. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 510895, 4706903; 
510895, 4706703; 511095, 4706703; 511095, 4706303; 510795, 4706303; 
510795, 4706103; 510595, 4706103; 510595, 4705803; 510495, 4705803; 
510495, 4705903; 510395, 4705903; 510395, 4706103; 510195, 4706103; 
510195, 4706203; 510095, 4706203; 510095, 4706303; 509895, 4706303; 
509895, 4706503; 510095, 4706503; 510095, 4706703; 510195, 4706703; 
510195, 4706803; 510295, 4706803; 510295, 4706703; 510595, 4706703; 
510595, 4706803; 510695, 4706803; 510695, 4706903; returning to 510895, 
4706903.
    (6) Subunit 1F; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point and Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 511395, 4705803; 511395, 4705703; 
511595, 4705703; 511595, 4704903; 511495, 4704903; 511495, 4704603; 
511295, 4704603; 511295, 4704803; 511095, 4704803; 511095, 4705003; 
510995, 4705003; 510995, 4705103; 510895, 4705103; 510895, 4705703; 
511095, 4705703; 511095, 4705803; 511395, 4705803; and excluding land 
bound by 511295, 4705303; 511295, 4705103; 511395, 4705103; 511395, 
4705303; returning to 511295, 4705303.
    (7) Subunit 1G; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 517695, 4704903; 517695, 4704803; 517895, 
4704803; 517895, 4704703; 517995, 4704703; 517995, 4704603; 519195, 
4704603; 519195, 4704503; 519395, 4704503; 519395, 4704403; 519495, 
4704403; 519495, 4704103; 519195, 4704103; 519195, 4704003; 518695, 
4704003; 518695, 4703903; 517995, 4703903; 517995, 4704003; 517795, 
4704003; 517795, 4703803; 517295, 4703803; 517295, 4703903; 517195, 
4703903; 517195, 4704103; 517095, 4704103; 517095, 4704503; 516995, 
4704503; 516995, 4704703; 517095, 4704703; 517095, 4704803; 517195, 
4704803; 517195, 4704903; returning to 517695, 4704903.
    (8) Subunit 2A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 514295, 4699003; 514295, 4698603; 514395, 
4698603; 514395, 4698703; 514495, 4698703; 514495, 4698803; 514995, 
4698803; 514995, 4698703; 515195, 4698703; 515195, 4698903; 515295, 
4698903; 515295, 4698803; 515595, 4698803; 515595, 4698603; 515695, 
4698603; 515695, 4698803; 515795, 4698803; 515795, 4698703; 515895, 
4698703; 515895, 4698303; 515595, 4698303; 515595, 4698503; 515495, 
4698503; 515495, 4698403; 515395, 4698403; 515395, 4698303; 515195, 
4698303; 515195, 4698403; 514995, 4698403; 514995, 4698303; 514495, 
4698303; 514495, 4698403; 514395, 4698403; 514395, 4698203; 513495, 
4698203; 513495, 4698303; 513395, 4698303;

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513395, 4698403; 513495, 4698403; 513495, 4698503; 513595, 4698503; 
513595, 4698603; 513795, 4698603; 513795, 4698803; 513895, 4698803; 
513895, 4698903; 513995, 4698903; 513995, 4699003; returning to 514295, 
4699003.
    (9) Subunit 2B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Brownsboro and Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 517395, 4698203; 517395, 4698103; 
517595, 4698103; 517595, 4698003; 517695, 4698003; 517695, 4698103; 
517995, 4698103; 517995, 4697603; 518595, 4697603; 518595, 4697503; 
518695, 4697503; 518695, 4697403; 518895, 4697403; 518895, 4697503; 
519195, 4697503; 519195, 4697403; 519395, 4697403; 519395, 4697303; 
519495, 4697303; 519495, 4697203; 519595, 4697203; 519595, 4697103; 
519795, 4697103; 519795, 4697003; 519895, 4697003; 519895, 4696903; 
520095, 4696903; 520095, 4696603; 519995, 4696603; 519995, 4696503; 
520495, 4696503; 520495, 4696403; 520595, 4696403; 520595, 4696103; 
520495, 4696103; 520495, 4695903; 520595, 4695903; 520595, 4696003; 
520695, 4696003; 520695, 4695903; 520795, 4695903; 520795, 4695703; 
520695, 4695703; 520695, 4695603; 520595, 4695603; 520595, 4695303; 
520795, 4695303; 520795, 4695203; 520895, 4695203; 520895, 4694203; 
520795, 4694203; 520795, 4694303; 520595, 4694303; 520595, 4694403; 
520495, 4694403; 520495, 4694503; 520395, 4694503; 520395, 4694603; 
519995, 4694603; 519995, 4694703; 519595, 4694703; 519595, 4695003; 
519495, 4695003; 519495, 4695403; 519395, 4695403; 519395, 4695603; 
519295, 4695603; 519295, 4695703; 519195, 4695703; 519195, 4695803; 
519095, 4695803; 519095, 4696003; 519395, 4696003; 519395, 4696103; 
519195, 4696103; 519195, 4696203; 518995, 4696203; 518995, 4696303; 
518895, 4696303; 518895, 4696203; 518695, 4696203; 518695, 4696503; 
518595, 4696503; 518595, 4696603; 518495, 4696603; 518495, 4696703; 
518395, 4696703; 518395, 4696803; 518295, 4696803; 518295, 4696903; 
518195, 4696903; 518195, 4697003; 517695, 4697003; 517695, 4697103; 
517395, 4697103; 517395, 4697203; 517195, 4697203; 517195, 4697403; 
517095, 4697403; 517095, 4697603; 516995, 4697603; 516995, 4698203; 
returning to 517395, 4698203.
    (10) Subunit 2C; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 516195, 4697603; 516195, 4697203; 515095, 
4697203; 515095, 4697603; 515295, 4697603; 515295, 4697503; 515395, 
4697503; 515395, 4697603; returning to 516195, 4697603.
    (11) Subunit 2D; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 517095, 4697003; 517095, 4696903; 517295, 
4696903; 517295, 4696803; 517395, 4696803; 517395, 4696703; 517495, 
4696703; 517495, 4696403; 517295, 4696403; 517295, 4696503; 516895, 
4696503; 516895, 4696403; 516395, 4696403; 516395, 4696303; 516295, 
4696303; 516295, 4696003; 515995, 4696003; 515995, 4696703; 516195, 
4696703; 516195, 4696803; 516595, 4696803; 516595, 4696903; 516895, 
4696903; 516895, 4697003; returning to 517095, 4697003.
    (12) Subunit 2E; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 515595, 4696403; 515595, 4696203; 515195, 
4696203; 515195, 4696103; 515295, 4696103; 515295, 4695603; 515095, 
4695603; 515095, 4695703; 514595, 4695703; 514595, 4695603; 514395, 
4695603; 514395, 4695703; 514295, 4695703; 514295, 4695803; 514195, 
4695803; 514195, 4695703; 514095, 4695703; 514095, 4695603; 513995, 
4695603; 513995, 4695703; 513895, 4695703; 513895, 4696403; 513595, 
4696403; 513595, 4696603; 515695, 4696603; 515695, 4696403; 515595, 
4696403; and excluding land bound by 514595, 4696303; 514595, 4696203; 
514395, 4696203; 514395, 4696303; 514295, 4696303; 514295, 4696203; 
514195, 4696203; 514195, 4696103; 514795, 4696103; 514795, 4696303; 
returning to 514595, 4696303.
    (13) Subunit 3A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 511695, 4698703; 511695, 4698803; 511495, 
4698803; 511495, 4698903; 511195, 4698903; 511195, 4699003; 510795, 
4699003; 510795, 4699103; 510695, 4699103; 510695, 4699303; 510995, 
4699303; 510995, 4699403; 511295, 4699403; 511295, 4699503; 511395, 
4699503; 511395, 4699703; 511495, 4699703; 511495, 4699803; 511595, 
4699803; 511595, 4699703; 511695, 4699703; 511695, 4699603; 511795, 
4699603; 511795, 4699703; 511995, 4699703; 511995, 4698703; returning 
to 511695, 4698703.
    (14) Subunit 3B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Eagle Point and Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 511695, 4698703; 511695, 4698403; 
511395, 4698403; 511395, 4698503; 511295, 4698503; 511295, 4698403; 
511095, 4698403; 511095, 4698303; 510795, 4698303; 510795, 4698403; 
510595, 4698403; 510595, 4698303; 509695, 4698303; 509695, 4697903; 
509495, 4697903; 509495, 4697803; 509295, 4697803; 509295, 4697603; 
509395, 4697603; 509395, 4697403; 509495, 4697403; 509495, 4697003; 
509595, 4697003; 509595, 4696803; 510195, 4696803; 510195, 4696903; 
511795, 4696903; 511795, 4696803; 511995, 4696803; 511995, 4696203; 
510895, 4696203; 510895, 4696103; 510695, 4696103; 510695, 4696203; 
510395, 4696203; 510395, 4696303; 509795, 4696303; 509795, 4696403; 
509695, 4696403; 509695, 4696303; 508995, 4696303; 508995, 4696403; 
508695, 4696403; 508695, 4696503; 508495, 4696503; 508495, 4696603; 
508395, 4696603; 508395, 4696703; 508295, 4696703; 508295, 4696803; 
508195, 4696803; 508195, 4696903; 508095, 4696903; 508095, 4697103; 
508195, 4697103; 508195, 4697403; 508495, 4697403; 508495, 4697503; 
508695, 4697503; 508695, 4697603; 508595, 4697603; 508595, 4697803; 
508495, 4697803; 508495, 4698203; 508595, 4698203; 508595, 4698303; 
508895, 4698303; 508895, 4698403; 508995, 4698403; 508995, 4698103; 
509095, 4698103; 509095, 4698203; 509195, 4698203; 509195, 4698403; 
509295, 4698403; 509295, 4698503; 509595, 4698503; 509595, 4698703; 
509895, 4698703; 509895, 4698803; 510195, 4698803; 510195, 4698903; 
511095, 4698903; 511095, 4698803; 511395, 4698803; 511395, 4698703; 
511695, 4698703; and excluding land bound by 508895, 4697603; 508895, 
4697503; 509195, 4697503; 509195, 4697603; returning to 508895, 
4697603; and excluding land bound by 508595, 4697103; 508595, 4696903; 
508695, 4696903; 508695, 4697103; returning to 508595, 4697103.
    (15) Subunit 3C; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 506895, 4697403; 506895, 4697303; 506995, 
4697303; 506995, 4697103; 506895, 4697103; 506895, 4697003; 506795, 
4697003; 506795, 4696503; 507095, 4696503; 507095, 4696803; 506995, 
4696803; 506995, 4697003; 507095, 4697003; 507095, 4697203; 507195, 
4697203; 507195, 4697303; 507295, 4697303; 507295, 4697203; 507395, 
4697203;

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507395, 4697103; 507495, 4697103; 507495, 4696903; 507595, 4696903; 
507595, 4696803; 507695, 4696803; 507695, 4696703; 507795, 4696703; 
507795, 4696503; 507995, 4696503; 507995, 4695803; 508395, 4695803; 
508395, 4694803; 507895, 4694803; 507895, 4695003; 507495, 4695003; 
507495, 4695203; 506995, 4695203; 506995, 4695603; 506895, 4695603; 
506895, 4695703; 506495, 4695703; 506495, 4695603; 505695, 4695603; 
505695, 4695803; 505895, 4695803; 505895, 4696503; 506295, 4696503; 
506295, 4696603; 506195, 4696603; 506195, 4697103; 506295, 4697103; 
506295, 4697403; returning to 506895, 4697403.
    (16) Subunit 4A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 507295, 4703303; 507295, 4703203; 507395, 
4703203; 507395, 4703103; 507895, 4703103; 507895, 4703003; 507995, 
4703003; 507995, 4702903; 508095, 4702903; 508095, 4702803; 508195, 
4702803; 508195, 4702703; 508295, 4702703; 508295, 4702603; 508395, 
4702603; 508395, 4702503; 508495, 4702503; 508495, 4702303; 508595, 
4702303; 508595, 4702103; 508695, 4702103; 508695, 4701703; 508895, 
4701703; 508895, 4701303; 508795, 4701303; 508795, 4701203; 508695, 
4701203; 508695, 4701103; 508495, 4701103; 508495, 4701303; 508395, 
4701303; 508395, 4701703; 508295, 4701703; 508295, 4701803; 508195, 
4701803; 508195, 4701903; 508095, 4701903; 508095, 4702003; 507995, 
4702003; 507995, 4702103; 507895, 4702103; 507895, 4702203; 507795, 
4702203; 507795, 4702303; 507695, 4702303; 507695, 4702203; 507595, 
4702203; 507595, 4702103; 507395, 4702103; 507395, 4702003; 507495, 
4702003; 507495, 4701903; 507695, 4701903; 507695, 4701803; 507795, 
4701803; 507795, 4701603; 507895, 4701603; 507895, 4701503; 507995, 
4701503; 507995, 4701203; 507795, 4701203; 507795, 4701303; 507695, 
4701303; 507695, 4701403; 507395, 4701403; 507395, 4701503; 507195, 
4701503; 507195, 4701603; 507095, 4701603; 507095, 4701703; 506995, 
4701703; 506995, 4701803; 506895, 4701803; 506895, 4702003; 506795, 
4702003; 506795, 4702203; 506695, 4702203; 506695, 4702303; 506595, 
4702303; 506595, 4702503; 506695, 4702503; 506695, 4702703; 506795, 
4702703; 506795, 4702903; 506895, 4702903; 506895, 4703203; 507095, 
4703203; 507095, 4703303; returning to 507295, 4703303.
    (17) Subunit 4B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 503895, 4700703; 503895, 4700603; 503995, 
4700603; 503995, 4700503; 504095, 4700503; 504095, 4700403; 504395, 
4700403; 504395, 4700303; 504495, 4700303; 504495, 4699303; 504295, 
4699303; 504295, 4699003; 504195, 4699003; 504195, 4698903; 504095, 
4698903; 504095, 4698703; 503895, 4698703; 503895, 4698803; 503795, 
4698803; 503795, 4699203; 503895, 4699203; 503895, 4699603; 503795, 
4699603; 503795, 4700703; returning to 503895, 4700703.
    (18) Subunit 5A; Siskiyou County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Timbered Crater. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 627995, 4565802; 628095, 4565602; 
628295, 4565602; 628295, 4565402; 628395, 4565002; 628095, 4564802; 
627995, 4564502; 628095, 4564202; 627995, 4564002; 627995, 4563802; 
627995, 4563602; 628195, 4563502; 628295, 4563402; 628195, 4563102; 
628295, 4563002; 628295, 4562802; 628395, 4562702; 628695, 4562602; 
628695, 4562402; 628795, 4562302; 628995, 4562102; 628995, 4561802; 
628795, 4561702; 628595, 4561602; 628495, 4561602; 628195, 4561502; 
628095, 4561402; 627995, 4561302; 627895, 4561202; 627695, 4561202; 
627625, 4561132; 626095, 4561402; 626095, 4562002; 626295, 4562702; 
625906, 4563713; 626095, 4563902; 626195, 4564102; 626295, 4564202; 
626395, 4564402; 626495, 4564502; 626495, 4564702; 626595, 4564902; 
626795, 4564902; 626795, 4565202; 626895, 4565402; 627095, 4565502; 
627095, 4565802; 627195, 4565902; 627395, 4566002; 627595, 4566002; 
627795, 4566002; 627895, 4565902; returning to 627995, 4565802.
    (19) Subunit 5B; Modoc and Shasta County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Day, Timbered Crater. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 633974, 4560278; 
634095, 4560602; 634595, 4561102; 634695, 4560702; 635095, 4560502; 
635195, 4560802; 635795, 4560802; 636091, 4560901; 636747, 4560348; 
637395, 4559802; 637495, 4559102; 637395, 4558702; 636995, 4558502; 
636795, 4558102; 636195, 4557802; 634995, 4557702; 634195, 4558102; 
633995, 4558802; 633795, 4559802; returning to 633974, 4560278.
    (20) Subunit 5C; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Dana, Burney Falls. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 616995, 4548802; 616895, 4548802; 
615995, 4549302; 615795, 4549602; 615695, 4549702; 615695, 4549802; 
615595, 4549902; 615495, 4550002; 615395, 4550202; 615395, 4550402; 
615695, 4550502; 615995, 4550502; 616295, 4550302; 616495, 4550102; 
616795, 4549902; 616895, 4549602; 617095, 4549202; 617195, 4548902; 
returning to 616995, 4548802.
    (21) Subunit 5D; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Burney. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 613095, 4536303; 613095, 4536003; 612895, 
4535803; 612795, 4535803; 612695, 4535903; 612695, 4536003; 612595, 
4536103; 612595, 4536303; 612395, 4536303; 612395, 4536503; 612395, 
4536903; 612595, 4537203; 612595, 4537403; 612695, 4537503; 612795, 
4537503; 612995, 4537603; 613095, 4537703; 613095, 4537903; 612995, 
4538103; 612995, 4538303; 613095, 4538403; 613195, 4538603; 613495, 
4538703; 613695, 4538803; 613795, 4538903; 613895, 4538903; 613995, 
4538903; 614095, 4538803; 614195, 4538703; 614295, 4538603; 614495, 
4538503; 614495, 4538403; 614395, 4538303; 614195, 4538203; 614095, 
4538203; 613895, 4538103; 613695, 4537903; 613495, 4537703; 613495, 
4537503; 613495, 4537303; 613295, 4537203; 613295, 4536903; 613195, 
4536603; returning to 613095, 4536303.
    (22) Subunit 5E; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Burney. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 609795, 4535803; 610395, 4535303; 610595, 
4534803; 610695, 4534403; 610595, 4533503; 610895, 4532503; 611095, 
4532303; 611095, 4532203; 611195, 4531903; 611395, 4531703; 611595, 
4531403; 611595, 4531203; 611695, 4531003; 611895, 4530903; 612095, 
4530803; 612295, 4530603; 612295, 4530303; 612195, 4529903; 611995, 
4529703; 611795, 4529703; 611595, 4529703; 611095, 4529703; 610595, 
4530003; 610495, 4530103; 610295, 4530203; 610295, 4530403; 610395, 
4530703; 610695, 4530903; 610595, 4531203; 610295, 4531403; 610295, 
4531603; 610195, 4532003; 610195, 4532403; 610095, 4532603; 610095, 
4532803; 609995, 4533003; 609995, 4533303; 609795, 4533703; 609695, 
4533903; 609695, 4534103; 609695, 4534403; 609695, 4534603; 609695, 
4535003; 609595, 4535103; 609395, 4535203; 609195, 4535303; 608895, 
4535403; 608695, 4535403; 608395, 4535503; 608295, 4535603; 608095, 
4535603;

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608195, 4535803; returning to 609795, 4535803.
    (23) Subunit 5F; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Merken Bench. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 632495, 4522703; 632095, 4521403; 631295, 
4521403; 631195, 4521503; 630995, 4521403; 630595, 4521403; 630395, 
4521103; 630195, 4521003; 629995, 4521003; 628995, 4522603; 629295, 
4523303; 629695, 4523703; 631095, 4523903; 631895, 4523303; returning 
to 632495, 4522703.
    (24) Subunit 5G; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Murken Bench, Old Station. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 636095, 4512903; 
636095, 4512603; 636095, 4512203; 635695, 4511903; 635595, 4511503; 
635595, 4511203; 635495, 4511003; 635195, 4510703; 634895, 4510603; 
634695, 4511003; 634495, 4511203; 634695, 4512203; 634295, 4512603; 
634395, 4512803; 634495, 4512703; 634895, 4512703; 635195, 4513003; 
635895, 4513003; returning to 636095, 4512903.
    (25) Subunit 5H; Lassen County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Poison Lake, Swains Hole. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 651595, 4507403; 
651895, 4506303; 652295, 4505503; 651795, 4504703; 651595, 4504903; 
650895, 4504203; 650395, 4504503; 649595, 4504703; 648895, 4504403; 
648995, 4503603; 648795, 4503403; 648195, 4503803; 647495, 4505203; 
647895, 4505703; 647595, 4506403; 647795, 4507003; 648895, 4507403; 
649595, 4507203; 650395, 4507403; 651295, 4507503; returning to 651595, 
4507403.
    (26) Subunit 5I; Lassen and Shasta County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Swains Hole. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 641929, 4502903; 642195, 4502903; 
642195, 4503003; 642595, 4503103; 642795, 4503103; 643095, 4503203; 
643295, 4503303; 643495, 4503403; 644095, 4503303; 644195, 4503303; 
644295, 4503203; 644495, 4503103; 645095, 4503203; 645295, 4503003; 
645295, 4502703; 645595, 4502003; 645595, 4501503; 645395, 4501103; 
645395, 4500403; 645295, 4500003; 644895, 4499903; 644395, 4500103; 
643595, 4500203; 642495, 4500603; 641957, 4501022; 641595, 4501303; 
641295, 4502503; 641395, 4502703; 641695, 4502703; 641795, 4502903; 
returning to 641929, 4502903.
    (27) Subunit 5J; Lassen County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Harvey Mtn., Poison Lake, Pine Creek Valley, Bogard 
Buttes. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates 
(E,N): 662895, 4502103; 661695, 4500903; 661395, 4499403; 660895, 
4498603; 660795, 4498403; 660795, 4498003; 660895, 4497803; 661095, 
4497803; 661195, 4497503; 659995, 4497703; 659395, 4497503; 657595, 
4498803; 655595, 4500503; 655095, 4501003; 654995, 4501503; 655195, 
4501403; 655695, 4501603; 656695, 4502403; 656795, 4502603; 657795, 
4503003; 658795, 4503003; 660095, 4503403; 661395, 4504203; 662295, 
4504803; 662995, 4504903; 663695, 4504503; 664295, 4504303; 664495, 
4504103; 664495, 4502903; 664195, 4502803; returning to 662895, 
4502103.
    (28) Subunit 5K; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Old Station, West Prospect Peak. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 634695, 4495403; 
634695, 4495203; 634895, 4495203; 635095, 4495003; 635095, 4494703; 
635295, 4494603; 635295, 4494303; 635195, 4494203; 634895, 4493803; 
635195, 4493304; 635095, 4493204; 635295, 4492904; 634995, 4492704; 
634395, 4492704; 634395, 4493504; 634195, 4493704; 634195, 4493904; 
633695, 4494203; 632595, 4494903; 631995, 4495104; 631395, 4495004; 
631095, 4494804; 630795, 4494304; 630595, 4493804; 630595, 4493204; 
630495, 4493104; 630495, 4492504; 629995, 4492904; 629395, 4493304; 
629195, 4493504; 629395, 4494004; 629595, 4494504; 629495, 4494604; 
629495, 4495004; 629795, 4495304; 630595, 4495504; 630595, 4496303; 
631795, 4496903; 631795, 4497403; 631895, 4497803; 631995, 4498003; 
632095, 4498203; 632195, 4498203; 632495, 4498203; 633995, 4497703; 
634295, 4496603; 634295, 4496503; 634195, 4496403; 634195, 4496103; 
634495, 4495903; 634495, 4495603; returning to 634695, 4495403.
    (29) Subunit 5L; Plumas County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Almanor. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 654995, 4453204; 655395, 4452704; 655495, 
4452404; 655495, 4451904; 655095, 4451904; 654995, 4452304; 654495, 
4452504; 654195, 4452804; 653995, 4453004; 653795, 4453004; 653495, 
4452804; 652695, 4452804; 652395, 4453304; 651995, 4453504; 651695, 
4454204; 651695, 4454504; 652095, 4455204; 652495, 4455304; 652795, 
4455504; 653295, 4455104; 653095, 4454904; 653095, 4454604; 653395, 
4454204; 653595, 4453904; 653995, 4453704; 654595, 4453504; returning 
to 654995, 4453204.
    (30) Subunit 6A; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Enterprise. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 559296, 4490004; 559296, 4489804; 559496, 
4489604; 559496, 4489104; 559296, 4488804; 558896, 4488704; 558596, 
4488704; 558096, 4488804; 558096, 4489604; 558196, 4489604; 558396, 
4489704; 558296, 4489904; 558096, 4489904; 558096, 4490304; 558096, 
4490819; 558411, 4490625; 558419, 4490621; 558770, 4490407; 558813, 
4490381; 558887, 4490336; 559083, 4490215; 559096, 4490208; 559096, 
4490204; returning to 559296, 4490004.
    (31) Subunit 6B; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Enterprise, Cottonwood. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 559096, 4486604; 559096, 4483804; 
559396, 4483804; 559396, 4483704; 559596, 4483704; 559896, 4483404; 
560796, 4483404; 560996, 4483304; 560596, 4483304; 560596, 4482404; 
560196, 4482304; 559996, 4482304; 559996, 4481804; 559496, 4481804; 
558996, 4482204; 558996, 4482704; 558996, 4483404; 558396, 4483404; 
558296, 4483704; 558296, 4484304; 558096, 4484604; 558096, 4484904; 
558096, 4485104; 557896, 4485404; 557696, 4485704; 557396, 4485904; 
557396, 4487204; 559096, 4487204; returning to 559096, 4486604.
    (32) Subunit 6C; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Balls Ferry, Cottonwood, Enterprise, and Palo Cedro. 
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 
562596, 4487204; 562796, 4486904; 562996, 4487004; 563296, 4487004; 
563396, 4486804; 563396, 4486504; 563896, 4486204; 564396, 4484504; 
564396, 4484204; 564596, 4483904; 564596, 4483604; 564696, 4483504; 
564696, 4483204; 564496, 4482904; 564196, 4482604; 564196, 4482404; 
564396, 4482404; 564396, 4482204; 564396, 4482104; 564296, 4482004; 
564196, 4481904; 564096, 4481904; 564296, 4481604; 564296, 4480704; 
563696, 4480704; 563396, 4480804; 563196, 4480704; 562996, 4480704; 
562596, 4481004; 562496, 4481304; 562496, 4481504; 562396, 4482204; 
562096, 4482304; 561996, 4482604; 561896, 4483104; 561596, 4483504; 
561096, 4483804; 560796, 4485204; 560796, 4486304; 560896, 4486504; 
561096, 4486704; 561296, 4486804; 561396, 4487404; 561696, 4487704; 
562096, 4487704; returning to 562596, 4487204.

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    (33) Subunit 6D; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Palo Cedro, Balls Ferry. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 566996, 4477104; 566796, 4477104; 
566196, 4478004; 565996, 4478704; 565596, 4479004; 565596, 4479104; 
565696, 4479404; 565396, 4479504; 565396, 4479704; 565496, 4480004; 
566196, 4480204; 566196, 4480504; 565796, 4480604; 565796, 4480804; 
565796, 4481104; 565796, 4481504; 565596, 4482304; 565196, 4482404; 
564996, 4482704; 564996, 4482904; 565096, 4483104; 565496, 4483604; 
565796, 4484704; 566496, 4485204; 567496, 4484804; 568196, 4483604; 
568196, 4483104; 568496, 4482804; 568496, 4481904; 568296, 4481404; 
567596, 4481104; 567596, 4480004; 567796, 4479204; 567796, 4478204; 
567596, 4477604; returning to 566996, 4477104.
    (34) Subunit 6E; Tehama County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Henleyville, Corning, West of Gerber, Gerber, Red 
Bluff West, Red Bluff East. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 563496, 4444304; 563496, 4444204; 563596, 
4444204; 563796, 4444204; 563896, 4443604; 564296, 4443604; 564396, 
4443404; 564296, 4443204; 564196, 4443004; 564096, 4443004; 564096, 
4442804; 564196, 4442804; 564196, 4442604; 564196, 4442504; 564196, 
4442404; 564296, 4442404; 564396, 4442704; 564496, 4442904; 564496, 
4443204; 564796, 4443204; 565296, 4443204; 565596, 4443104; 565896, 
4442704; 566196, 4442704; 566296, 4442304; 566196, 4442204; 566196, 
4441904; 565896, 4441704; 566096, 4441404; 566096, 4441304; 565496, 
4441004; 565596, 4440804; 565496, 4440604; 565496, 4440004; 565496, 
4438804; 566196, 4438804; 566196, 4439104; 566596, 4439704; 566496, 
4440204; 566096, 4440404; 567596, 4441004; 567996, 4441004; 568769, 
4440386; 568496, 4440204; 568396, 4439704; 568796, 4438904; 569596, 
4439204; 569946, 4438554; 570290, 4437905; 569496, 4438004; 569096, 
4438104; 568696, 4438204; 567896, 4438204; 567696, 4438204; 567496, 
4438004; 567096, 4437904; 567096, 4437804; 566896, 4437504; 566896, 
4437204; 566296, 4437204; 566296, 4438004; 565996, 4438204; 565496, 
4437804; 564296, 4437804; 564296, 4437604; 563996, 4437604; 563696, 
4437404; 563496, 4437204; 563496, 4436704; 563496, 4436404; 563296, 
4436404; 563296, 4436004; 563296, 4435604; 563596, 4435604; 563796, 
4435904; 564296, 4436204; 564596, 4436304; 564796, 4436304; 564996, 
4436204; 564996, 4436004; 564896, 4435604; 565196, 4435604; 564896, 
4435304; 564596, 4435304; 564496, 4435204; 564296, 4435004; 564196, 
4434804; 563896, 4434704; 563696, 4434504; 563596, 4434304; 563496, 
4434304; 563296, 4434004; 563696, 4434004; 563696, 4432404; 563796, 
4432404; 563596, 4431904; 564596, 4431773; 564596, 4431304; 565496, 
4431304; 565496, 4431204; 567096, 4431104; 567096, 4430504; 566896, 
4430304; 567496, 4430304; 567596, 4429404; 566896, 4429404; 566396, 
4429404; 566196, 4429504; 566196, 4428904; 566096, 4429004; 565896, 
4429104; 565596, 4429004; 565396, 4429004; 565196, 4428804; 564696, 
4428804; 564396, 4428504; 564096, 4428504; 563796, 4428304; 563796, 
4428004; 564196, 4428004; 564696, 4428004; 565596, 4428104; 566696, 
4427904; 566696, 4427804; 567096, 4427804; 567196, 4427704; 567396, 
4427004; 566996, 4427004; 566196, 4426704; 566096, 4426504; 565596, 
4426504; 565496, 4426404; 565392, 4426404; 565403, 4427187; 564372, 
4427175; 564365, 4427817; 564375, 4427959; 564039, 4427941; 563783, 
4427939; 563691, 4427935; 563702, 4427185; 563784, 4427182; 563785, 
4426344; 564036, 4426357; 564896, 4426380; 564896, 4426004; 564896, 
4425704; 563796, 4425604; 562696, 4424904; 562396, 4424804; 562196, 
4424804; 562096, 4424804; 561896, 4424704; 561796, 4424604; 561696, 
4424604; 561596, 4424604; 561396, 4424604; 561296, 4424604; 560996, 
4424704; 560796, 4424704; 560496, 4424804; 560196, 4424704; 559896, 
4424604; 559896, 4424304; 559796, 4424204; 559496, 4424104; 559396, 
4424204; 559296, 4424304; 559196, 4424304; 558996, 4424504; 558796, 
4424604; 558396, 4424604; 558196, 4424604; 557996, 4424404; 557796, 
4424304; 557396, 4424104; 557096, 4424004; 556896, 4423904; 556696, 
4423904; 556196, 4423804; 555996, 4423804; 555896, 4423704; 555896, 
4423604; 555596, 4423604; 555496, 4423604; 555396, 4423504; 555296, 
4423404; 555196, 4423404; 555096, 4423404; 554696, 4424704; 555196, 
4425404; 557296, 4426104; 557896, 4426604; 558396, 4426304; 559596, 
4428104; 558296, 4428004; 557896, 4428304; 557496, 4429104; 558096, 
4429704; 558696, 4429804; 558696, 4430904; 560096, 4431404; 559296, 
4431704; 558396, 4431804; 557496, 4432004; 557496, 4432404; 558496, 
4432904; 558496, 4433404; 557896, 4433404; 557596, 4433604; 557396, 
4434204; 555196, 4434604; 555196, 4435204; 557096, 4436004; 557996, 
4438804; 557096, 4438804; 554696, 4437204; 553296, 4436804; 553296, 
4437404; 554596, 4437904; 555496, 4439504; 556596, 4439604; 556596, 
4441604; 558596, 4442404; 558596, 4442804; 557496, 4442704; 557096, 
4442804; 556896, 4443204; 557596, 4444104; 558096, 4443504; 558496, 
4443504; 559896, 4443704; 559896, 4443504; 559796, 4443304; 559796, 
4443004; 559996, 4443204; 560096, 4443304; 560596, 4443304; 560796, 
4443404; 561096, 4443504; 561796, 4443704; 562496, 4443804; 562596, 
4443904; 562696, 4443904; 562696, 4444304; 562996, 4444304; returning 
to 563496, 4444304.
    (35) Subunit 6F; Glenn and Tehama Counties, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Black Butte Dam and Kirkwood. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 563310, 4405483; 
563296, 4405505; 562896, 4405605; 561496, 4406005; 560996, 4406005; 
560696, 4406105; 560596, 4406205; 560496, 4406405; 560496, 4406704; 
560896, 4406705; 560896, 4407104; 561296, 4407104; 561296, 4411104; 
565596, 4411104; 565596, 4410304; 568496, 4410304; 568496, 4410404; 
568496, 4411204; 570596, 4411204; 570896, 4411504; 571496, 4411304; 
571596, 4410804; 572196, 4410704; 572196, 4409904; 571896, 4409404; 
570596, 4408804; 570296, 4408804; 570296, 4409104; 569796, 4409104; 
569796, 4408804; 569896, 4407505; 569996, 4406805; 569896, 4405905; 
569896, 4405447; 569896, 4405305; 569496, 4405305; 569203, 4405451; 
568696, 4405705; 568396, 4405705; 567904, 4405459; 567596, 4405305; 
567296, 4405305; 565096, 4405305; 564865, 4405478; 564696, 4405605; 
564196, 4405605; 563956, 4405485; 563796, 4405405; 563496, 4405205; 
returning to 563310, 4405483.
    (36) Subunit 7A; Shasta County, Tehama County, California. From 
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Balls Ferry. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 569496, 4471491; 
569496, 4471604; 569696, 4471704; 569696, 4471804; 569996, 4472004; 
570296, 4471904; 570544, 4471821; 570555, 4471529; 570555, 4471529; 
570555, 4471528; 570504, 4471512; 570478, 4471518; 570452, 4471544; 
570431, 4471571; 570400, 4471571; 570393, 4471576; 570375, 4471572; 
570336, 4471562; 570306, 4471565; 570292, 4471547; 570279, 4471542; 
570268, 4471538; 570256, 4471509; 570252, 4471484; 570252, 4471482; 
570246, 4471475; 570235, 4471460; 570235, 4471458;

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570235, 4471449; 570214, 4471432; 570188, 4471428; 570185, 4471428; 
570167, 4471427; 570150, 4471427; 570102, 4471428; 570071, 4471445; 
570048, 4471443; 570009, 4471442; 569989, 4471429; 569962, 4471427; 
569948, 4471428; 569917, 4471401; 569906, 4471378; 569885, 4471377; 
569857, 4471378; 569853, 4471379; 569831, 4471347; 569818, 4471378; 
569772, 4471385; 569754, 4471385; 569740, 4471388; 569721, 4471387; 
569701, 4471389; 569653, 4471389; 569630, 4471397; 569613, 4471402; 
569590, 4471410; 569561, 4471419; 569534, 4471426; 569511, 4471433; 
569496, 4471433; returning to 569496, 4471491.
    (37) Subunit 7B; Shasta and Tehama County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangles Tuscan Buttes NE, Balls Ferry, Shingletown, 
Dales, Bend, Red Bluff East. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 571332, 4471716; 571334, 4471766; 571340, 
4471796; 571333, 4471846; 571340, 4471873; 571343, 4471927; 571345, 
4471968; 571367, 4471968; 571459, 4471969; 571501, 4471942; 571556, 
4471947; 571556, 4471947; 571563, 4471948; 571620, 4471970; 571637, 
4471970; 571637, 4471970; 571731, 4471970; 571743, 4471975; 571810, 
4472002; 571819, 4472004; 571835, 4472004; 571996, 4472004; 572250, 
4472089; 572250, 4472087; 572252, 4472088; 572254, 4472031; 572258, 
4472029; 572264, 4472031; 572277, 4472030; 572304, 4472029; 572315, 
4472027; 572327, 4472023; 572337, 4472021; 572378, 4472019; 572403, 
4472019; 572421, 4472017; 572428, 4472016; 572596, 4471904; 573996, 
4471904; 574247, 4472594; 574303, 4472618; 574308, 4472620; 574315, 
4472618; 574334, 4472612; 574351, 4472608; 574367, 4472604; 574389, 
4472602; 574417, 4472601; 574438, 4472602; 574456, 4472606; 574465, 
4472611; 574480, 4472615; 574499, 4472619; 574523, 4472627; 574546, 
4472632; 574565, 4472634; 574579, 4472636; 574585, 4472638; 574584, 
4472727; 574584, 4472736; 574584, 4472745; 574583, 4472755; 574583, 
4472755; 574583, 4472755; 574555, 4472750; 574538, 4472746; 574521, 
4472744; 574507, 4472742; 574493, 4472740; 574486, 4472738; 574475, 
4472733; 574469, 4472731; 574461, 4472728; 574452, 4472724; 574449, 
4472724; 574438, 4472723; 574442, 4472729; 574454, 4472759; 574561, 
4472824; 574544, 4472824; 574541, 4472841; 574431, 4472775; 574422, 
4472751; 574393, 4472724; 574374, 4472726; 574357, 4472744; 574349, 
4472755; 574327, 4472779; 574318, 4472791; 574396, 4473004; 574850, 
4473004; 575035, 4473004; 575196, 4473004; 575552, 4473217; 575696, 
4473304; 575720, 4473327; 576096, 4473704; 576203, 4473704; 576555, 
4473704; 576696, 4473704; 576979, 4473704; 577165, 4473704; 577396, 
4473704; 577440, 4473737; 577447, 4473742; 577796, 4474004; 578696, 
4474004; 578781, 4474028; 578899, 4474062; 578899, 4474062; 579396, 
4474204; 579733, 4474204; 580096, 4474204; 580696, 4474504; 581086, 
4474504; 581543, 4474504; 581996, 4474504; 582027, 4474541; 582496, 
4475104; 583096, 4475204; 583296, 4475204; 583706, 4474876; 583796, 
4474804; 584296, 4475004; 584696, 4475004; 585496, 4474304; 586096, 
4473404; 586196, 4473204; 585896, 4472404; 585596, 4471904; 584896, 
4471704; 584596, 4471404; 584596, 4471204; 584796, 4470904; 584796, 
4470604; 584596, 4470304; 583496, 4469504; 583196, 4469204; 582696, 
4468304; 582696, 4467404; 582796, 4466704; 582796, 4466504; 581996, 
4465604; 581096, 4465304; 580696, 4465004; 580496, 4463804; 580296, 
4463104; 578996, 4462504; 578596, 4462104; 578196, 4461804; 577896, 
4460704; 577796, 4459804; 576796, 4459104; 576696, 4458604; 576896, 
4458104; 576896, 4456904; 576496, 4456504; 575596, 4456604; 574996, 
4456604; 574196, 4455704; 573596, 4455404; 572396, 4455104; 572096, 
4455104; 571696, 4455404; 571496, 4455204; 571196, 4454704; 570696, 
4454704; 570296, 4454604; 570296, 4454804; 570696, 4455704; 570096, 
4455904; 569596, 4456104; 569396, 4456304; 568996, 4456304; 568696, 
4456304; 568096, 4456604; 567996, 4456904; 567996, 4457804; 568496, 
4458604; 569196, 4459604; 569696, 4460304; 569596, 4460604; 569096, 
4460404; 568396, 4460504; 567596, 4460504; 566896, 4459804; 566496, 
4459804; 565996, 4460904; 565896, 4461204; 565896, 4461504; 566096, 
4461804; 565896, 4462104; 565996, 4462204; 565896, 4462304; 565996, 
4462404; 565896, 4462604; 565996, 4462704; 565996, 4462804; 566096, 
4462904; 566396, 4462904; 566596, 4463104; 566596, 4463404; 566796, 
4463504; 566896, 4463504; 566996, 4463404; 567196, 4463304; 567296, 
4463404; 567696, 4463204; 568396, 4463004; 569896, 4463004; 570696, 
4463704; 570896, 4464104; 572096, 4465004; 572096, 4466104; 572196, 
4466404; 572896, 4467104; 573596, 4468404; 573496, 4468804; 573196, 
4469204; 572996, 4469404; 572696, 4469404; 571896, 4468604; 571496, 
4467904; 571096, 4467704; 571096, 4468504; 571296, 4468504; 571196, 
4469004; 571296, 4469304; 571296, 4470304; 570596, 4470704; 570556, 
4470724; 570556, 4470736; 570562, 4470735; 570557, 4471158; 570882, 
4471152; 571325, 4471157; 571331, 4471712; 571332, 4471716; and 
excluding land bounded by 579424, 4466287; 579440, 4463592; 580153, 
4465463; 580228, 4465617; 580280, 4465722; 580409, 4465868; 580935, 
4466259; returning to 579424, 4466287.
    (38) Subunit 7C; Butte County, Tehama County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangles Acorn Hollow, Campbell Mound, Richardson 
Springs Northwest, and Vina. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 588835, 4429627; 588996, 4429304; 589596, 
4429304; 589596, 4428404; 589596, 4427804; 589896, 4426904; 590596, 
4426204; 590596, 4425104; 591296, 4424204; 591596, 4423104; 591658, 
4422362; 590621, 4423490; 590082, 4424078; 589912, 4424262; 589224, 
4425011; 588550, 4426026; 588521, 4426069; 588374, 4426290; 588309, 
4426387; 588309, 4426388; 588308, 4426389; 588263, 4426456; 588110, 
4426687; 588008, 4426841; 588096, 4427104; 587996, 4427104; 587898, 
4427006; 587852, 4427075; 587233, 4427967; 587203, 4428047; 586868, 
4428574; 586847, 4428605; 586996, 4428704; 587396, 4428904; 588396, 
4429404; 588596, 4429804; 588796, 4429704; 588829, 4429638; returning 
to 588835, 4429627.
    (39) Subunit 7D; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Richardson Springs. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 593796, 4420704; 593259, 4420620; 592425, 
4421527; 592354, 4421604; 593096, 4421604; 593196, 4421304; 593596, 
4421204; returning to 593796, 4420704.
    (40) Subunit 7E; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Richardson Springs. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 594596, 4420104; 593977, 4419839; 593466, 
4420395; 594096, 4420604; 594496, 4420404; returning to 594596, 
4420104.
    (41) Subunit 7F; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Paradise West, Richardson Springs, Chico. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 597196, 4416204; 
597196, 4415404; 597140, 4415330; 596896, 4415004; 597196, 4414804; 
597896, 4415304; 598196, 4415004; 597696, 4414404; 597696, 4414204; 
597396, 4413604; 597396, 4413104; 598296, 4413704; 598496, 4413704;

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598496, 4413404; 597518, 4411742; 597376, 4412187; 597055, 4413207; 
596736, 4414221; 596716, 4414286; 596400, 4415288; 596399, 4415293; 
596226, 4415844; 596187, 4415965; 596124, 4416162; 596107, 4416216; 
596089, 4416270; 596078, 4416304; 596096, 4416304; 596196, 4416204; 
596296, 4416304; 596396, 4416404; 596496, 4416504; 596596, 4416504; 
596596, 4416604; 596696, 4416604; returning to 597196, 4416204.
    (42) Subunit 7G; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Hamlin Canyon, Chico. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 598996, 4411605; 599496, 4411505; 599896, 
4411505; 599896, 4410805; 599396, 4410505; 599196, 4410605; 599096, 
4410605; 598896, 4410405; 598596, 4410205; 598396, 4409905; 598196, 
4409805; 598166, 4409775; 598147, 4409798; 598133, 4409815; 598110, 
4409888; 597901, 4410542; 597820, 4410795; 597557, 4411620; 597530, 
4411705; 597696, 4411705; 598396, 4412504; 598596, 4413104; 598996, 
4413104; returning to 598996, 4411605.
    (43) Subunit 7H; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Cherokee, Hamlin Canyon. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 600396, 4405805; 601296, 4405405; 
601896, 4405405; 602096, 4405305; 602296, 4405005; 602596, 4405005; 
602796, 4404705; 603396, 4404505; 604596, 4404005; 605296, 4404005; 
605696, 4403805; 605696, 4403405; 605196, 4403105; 604796, 4403205; 
604596, 4403105; 604571, 4402980; 604496, 4402905; 604396, 4402905; 
604296, 4402805; 604196, 4402705; 604096, 4402705; 603896, 4402605; 
603896, 4402405; 603696, 4402205; 603496, 4402205; 603296, 4402305; 
603196, 4402205; 602996, 4402205; 602996, 4401905; 602796, 4401905; 
602396, 4402405; 602396, 4402505; 601896, 4403105; 601810, 4403105; 
601648, 4403304; 601597, 4403304; 601561, 4403425; 601415, 4403468; 
601322, 4403400; 601185, 4403376; 601074, 4403308; 600997, 4403374; 
600955, 4403251; 600800, 4403371; 600638, 4403280; 600603, 4403335; 
600568, 4403368; 600548, 4403385; 600464, 4403455; 600439, 4403447; 
600328, 4403409; 600079, 4403484; 600069, 4403483; 599897, 4403467; 
599821, 4403522; 599747, 4403502; 599588, 4403644; 599424, 4403666; 
599397, 4403670; 599365, 4403674; 599180, 4403439; 599120, 4403416; 
599082, 4404205; 599076, 4404348; 599067, 4404527; 599050, 4405192; 
599049, 4405263; 599047, 4405333; 599043, 4405482; 599029, 4405524; 
599015, 4405554; 599009, 4405567; 598980, 4405599; 598938, 4405651; 
598881, 4405710; 598869, 4405726; 598818, 4405777; 598807, 4405787; 
598790, 4405805; 598731, 4405863; 598694, 4405907; 598679, 4405931; 
598663, 4405964; 598645, 4406015; 598640, 4406038; 598636, 4406060; 
598628, 4406226; 598618, 4406620; 598611, 4406938; 598607, 4407300; 
598609, 4407320; 598621, 4407372; 598623, 4407375; 598623, 4407394; 
598676, 4407617; 598896, 4407705; 598996, 4407905; 599296, 4408205; 
600296, 4408705; 600396, 4408605; 600396, 4408205; 600096, 4407905; 
600496, 4407405; 599596, 4406505; 599596, 4406005; returning to 600396, 
4405805.
    (44) Subunit 7I; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Hamlin Canyon, Shipee. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 607696, 4401105; 607896, 4400905; 
607596, 4400605; 606996, 4400605; 605196, 4399605; 605196, 4399405; 
606596, 4399305; 606893, 4399135; 606873, 4399104; 606820, 4399056; 
606664, 4399070; 606624, 4399076; 606575, 4399084; 606573, 4399084; 
606490, 4399069; 606458, 4399042; 606425, 4399015; 606370, 4398974; 
606305, 4398940; 606221, 4398927; 606156, 4398927; 606063, 4398936; 
605995, 4398939; 605953, 4398938; 605918, 4398935; 605885, 4398921; 
605877, 4398942; 605870, 4398953; 605860, 4398957; 605859, 4398956; 
605797, 4398947; 605685, 4398921; 605600, 4398911; 605528, 4398915; 
605415, 4398869; 605329, 4398849; 605269, 4398839; 605230, 4398828; 
605230, 4398828; 605223, 4398828; 605205, 4398828; 605176, 4398829; 
605159, 4398830; 605097, 4398855; 605053, 4398874; 605003, 4398897; 
604125, 4399313; 603992, 4399240; 603982, 4399239; 603974, 4399241; 
603396, 4399327; 603396, 4399405; 602996, 4399405; 603596, 4399605; 
604796, 4400005; 604396, 4401105; 604496, 4401205; 604596, 4401105; 
604696, 4401105; 604696, 4401205; 604896, 4401205; 604996, 4401205; 
604896, 4401405; 605396, 4401705; 605996, 4401805; 606496, 4401605; 
607196, 4401205; returning to 607696, 4401105.
    (45) Subunit 7J; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Cherokee, Oroville, Shippee. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 610454, 4388429; 610496, 4388305; 
609396, 4387905; 609396, 4387705; 608896, 4387605; 608896, 4389105; 
607696, 4389105; 607696, 4389305; 607596, 4389405; 607496, 4389405; 
607496, 4389705; 607396, 4389805; 607496, 4389805; 607596, 4389905; 
607496, 4390105; 607496, 4390305; 607396, 4390405; 607396, 4390605; 
607196, 4390805; 605796, 4392105; 605896, 4392105; 606096, 4392305; 
606196, 4392505; 605996, 4392705; 605896, 4392705; 605696, 4392605; 
606124, 4392947; 606383, 4392656; 606442, 4392590; 606586, 4392442; 
606633, 4392398; 607213, 4391850; 607740, 4391343; 607844, 4391243; 
607922, 4391168; 608323, 4390783; 608633, 4390441; 608948, 4390093; 
609241, 4389770; 609487, 4389499; 609817, 4389134; 609831, 4389118; 
609986, 4388947; 610218, 4388694; 610283, 4388624; 610335, 4388559; 
610417, 4388468; returning to 610454, 4388429.
    (46) Subunit 7K; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangles Oroville, and Shippee. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 616960, 4387371; 616948, 4387464; 
616937, 4387853; 616938, 4387886; 616946, 4388066; 617025, 4388461; 
617078, 4388655; 617271, 4389323; 617291, 4389377; 617397, 4389892; 
617404, 4389930; 617457, 4390159; 617476, 4390213; 617505, 4390300; 
617537, 4390394; 617565, 4390486; 618696, 4390405; 618896, 4390005; 
618896, 4389505; 617896, 4388105; 617296, 4387505; returning to 616960, 
4387371.
    (47) Subunit 7L; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Hamlin Canyon, Shippee. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 612389, 4386215; 612396, 4386105; 
612096, 4385905; 611396, 4384305; 611096, 4384305; 611096, 4383405; 
610496, 4383405; 610496, 4383005; 610396, 4383005; 610396, 4382905; 
610296, 4382805; 610396, 4382805; 610496, 4382705; 610596, 4382705; 
610596, 4382605; 610596, 4382505; 610596, 4382405; 610296, 4382105; 
610196, 4382205; 610296, 4382305; 610296, 4382405; 610296, 4382505; 
610196, 4382405; 609996, 4382205; 609910, 4382119; 608596, 4383105; 
608896, 4383605; 609596, 4384005; 609596, 4384305; 609396, 4384805; 
609696, 4385105; 609396, 4385605; 609596, 4385805; 609996, 4385905; 
610196, 4385905; 610196, 4386205; 610296, 4386305; 610596, 4386505; 
611196, 4386905; 611496, 4387205; 611460, 4387320; 611983, 4386741; 
612310, 4386376; returning to 612389, 4386215.
    (48) Subunit 7M; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Cherokee, Oroville, Shippee.

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Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 
618688, 4384311; 618688, 4384311; 618656, 4384349; 618608, 4384406; 
618473, 4384567; 618453, 4384600; 618382, 4384720; 618321, 4384953; 
618303, 4385024; 618281, 4385143; 618113, 4385826; 618093, 4385912; 
618046, 4386016; 618026, 4386061; 617997, 4386086; 617935, 4386166; 
617827, 4386246; 617781, 4386268; 617763, 4386270; 617760, 4386283; 
617521, 4386430; 617796, 4386705; 618096, 4386505; 618296, 4386505; 
618796, 4386705; 619096, 4386805; 619296, 4387005; 619396, 4387005; 
619596, 4387205; 619596, 4387405; 619796, 4387405; 619896, 4387505; 
619996, 4387805; 620296, 4387805; 620696, 4388205; 620796, 4388205; 
620796, 4387005; 621396, 4387005; 621696, 4386305; 621496, 4385405; 
620996, 4385305; 620696, 4384705; 620496, 4384605; 619696, 4384905; 
618696, 4384305; returning to 618688, 4384311.
    (49) Subunit 7N; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Oroville, Shippee. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 618596, 4382306; 618596, 4382305; 619396, 
4381105; 619596, 4380805; 619596, 4380305; 620896, 4378705; 620996, 
4378205; 620396, 4377505; 618896, 4376805; 617896, 4376205; 617196, 
4376005; 616996, 4375805; 617596, 4374605; 617596, 4374305; 617396, 
4374005; 615511, 4373926; 615500, 4374159; 615415, 4374258; 614979, 
4373925; 614761, 4374187; 614666, 4374554; 614396, 4374532; 614396, 
4375505; 614696, 4375505; 614696, 4376405; 614896, 4376405; 614996, 
4376505; 615196, 4376605; 615196, 4376805; 615996, 4376805; 616396, 
4376805; 616396, 4377905; 614996, 4377905; 614996, 4378105; 614796, 
4378105; 614796, 4378305; 614596, 4378305; 614596, 4378605; 614696, 
4378705; 614696, 4379505; 614296, 4379505; 614296, 4381105; 612696, 
4381105; 612696, 4382705; 613596, 4382805; 613796, 4382905; 613896, 
4383005; 614096, 4383305; 614296, 4383805; 614296, 4384005; 614896, 
4384005; 615169, 4384005; 615902, 4383609; 616800, 4383109; 617362, 
4382796; 617423, 4382762; 617659, 4382634; 617685, 4382617; 618083, 
4382368; 618443, 4382135; 618464, 4382111; 618541, 4382082; 618540, 
4382106; 618553, 4382177; 618559, 4382213; returning to 618596, 
4382306.
    (50) Subunit 8A; Mendocino County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Point Arena. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 441396, 4314002; 441696, 4313502; 441796, 
4313302; 442296, 4313202; 442596, 4313102; 442996, 4312602; 443296, 
4312102; 443396, 4311802; 443396, 4311602; 442596, 4311602; 442496, 
4311802; 442296, 4311802; 441396, 4310802; 441096, 4310702; 440796, 
4310702; 440596, 4310902; 440296, 4310902; 440096, 4311102; 439596, 
4310802; 438996, 4310802; 438596, 4311202; 438596, 4311602; 438596, 
4312302; 438596, 4312502; 438796, 4312802; 439096, 4312902; 439196, 
4313302; 439396, 4313702; 439596, 4313802; 439896, 4313702; 440196, 
4313802; 441096, 4313802; 441296, 4314002; returning to 441396, 
4314002.
    (51) Subunit 9A; Lake County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Kelseyville, The Geysers. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 520696, 4304503; 520796, 4304203; 
521296, 4303703; 521296, 4303303; 520996, 4303203; 520096, 4302703; 
519696, 4302703; 519296, 4303003; 518696, 4303403; 518496, 4303803; 
517796, 4304303; 517796, 4305303; 518096, 4305603; 518996, 4305603; 
519496, 4305403; 519496, 4305003; 520696, 4304503; and excluding land 
bound by 519229, 4304318; 519282, 4304316; 519286, 4304383; 519355, 
4304340; 519671, 4304397; 519803, 4304319; 519978, 4304007; 520024, 
4303964; 520021, 4303917; 519881, 4303816; 519825, 4303689; 519774, 
4303779; 519731, 4303720; 519735, 4303496; 519936, 4303493; 519942, 
4303707; 520021, 4303683; 520033, 4303584; 520071, 4303585; 520076, 
4304308; 520048, 4304313; 520040, 4304404; 519226, 4304415; returning 
to 519229, 4304318.
    (52) Subunit 9B; Lake County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Middletown. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 538796, 4301004; 539196, 4300404; 540096, 4299804; 
540796, 4299504; 541096, 4299104; 541196, 4298504; 540796, 4298104; 
540296, 4298204; 539196, 4298904; 538896, 4299004; 538496, 4299004; 
538196, 4299304; 538396, 4300004; 537996, 4300504; 537496, 4300404; 
536996, 4299704; 536396, 4299504; 536096, 4299504; 535196, 4300204; 
535096, 4300604; 535096, 4301004; 535196, 4301604; 535396, 4302004; 
535796, 4302204; 536196, 4302204; 536996, 4302104; returning to 538796, 
4301004.
    (53) Subunit 9C; Napa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Capell Valley, Yountville. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 566896, 4250704; 567396, 4250304; 
568196, 4250304; 568396, 4249904; 568196, 4249804; 568496, 4249204; 
568596, 4249104; 568396, 4248904; 567896, 4248804; 567596, 4248704; 
567496, 4248404; 567396, 4247904; 567296, 4248104; 567096, 4249604; 
566796, 4249804; 566496, 4250104; 566196, 4250204; 566096, 4250304; 
565596, 4250304; 565196, 4250304; 565196, 4250604; 565496, 4251004; 
566096, 4251604; 566696, 4251404; returning to 566896, 4250704.
    (54) Subunit 10A; Colusa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Meridian, Colusa. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 587096, 4337905; 587596, 4337405; 
587796, 4337605; 588896, 4336505; 588996, 4336505; 589196, 4336305; 
589196, 4336705; 589296, 4336705; 589296, 4335705; 587996, 4335705; 
587996, 4335805; 587496, 4336405; 587396, 4336605; 586996, 4337605; 
586796, 4337605; 586796, 4337505; 586496, 4337505; 586496, 4336605; 
586396, 4336405; 586096, 4336405; 585896, 4336705; 585896, 4337005; 
585996, 4337005; 585996, 4338005; 586196, 4338005; 586196, 4338205; 
586896, 4338705; 587096, 4338305; 587096, 4338205; 586896, 4338005; 
returning to 587096, 4337905.
    (55) Subunit 10B; Yolo County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangles Davis, and Saxon. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 615496, 4262105; 615496, 4260505; 614596, 
4260505; 614596, 4261305; 614296, 4261305; 614296, 4261605; 614096, 
4261605; 614096, 4262105; returning to 615496, 4262105.
    (56) Subunit 10C; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Dozier. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 600496, 4242805; 600496, 4242005; 601396, 
4242005; 601396, 4241220; 601098, 4241220; 600974, 4241220; 600543, 
4241219; 600117, 4241218; 599096, 4241216; 599096, 4242105; 599696, 
4242105; 599696, 4242805; returning to 600496, 4242805.
    (57) Subunit 10D; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Elmira. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 593296, 4242004; 593296, 4240404; 593307, 
4240404; 593351, 4239612; 592127, 4239598; 592158, 4239931; 592140, 
4239942; 592122, 4239975; 592122, 4239986; 592127, 4240065; 592396, 
4240604; 592196, 4240604; 591896, 4240804; 591796, 4240904; 591696, 
4241004; 591696, 4241104; 591696, 4241504; 591796, 4241504; 591896, 
4241404;

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591996, 4241404; 592096, 4241304; 592296, 4241104; 592396, 4240704; 
returning to 593296, 4242004.
    (58) Subunit 10E; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Denverton, and Elmira. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 589496, 4233804; 589096, 4234204; 
588596, 4234204; 588596, 4236204; 588645, 4236253; 589040, 4236356; 
589620, 4236362; 589766, 4236364; 589794, 4236364; 589696, 4234704; 
589796, 4234704; 589796, 4234304; 590196, 4234304; 590196, 4233868; 
590196, 4233804; returning to 589496, 4233804.
    (59) Subunit 10F; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Denverton, Elmira, and Fairfield South. Land bounded 
by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 589275, 4230706; 
589276, 4230706; 589337, 4230698; 589370, 4230694; 589411, 4230699; 
589417, 4230713; 589410, 4230984; 589112, 4231020; 589196, 4231104; 
589196, 4231504; 588696, 4231404; 588536, 4231484; 588513, 4232204; 
588596, 4232204; 588596, 4232304; 588696, 4232304; 588696, 4232604; 
588496, 4232804; 588696, 4233104; 588796, 4233304; 590096, 4233304; 
590196, 4233304; 590196, 4233104; 590696, 4233104; 591196, 4232604; 
591234, 4232629; 591239, 4232624; 591280, 4232660; 591796, 4233004; 
592610, 4233095; 592690, 4233095; 592690, 4233104; 592696, 4233104; 
592696, 4233604; 592996, 4233504; 592996, 4233555; 592998, 4233555; 
592996, 4233558; 592996, 4233604; 593496, 4233904; 594296, 4233904; 
594396, 4234704; 594596, 4234704; 594986, 4235200; 595012, 4233903; 
595013, 4233118; 595140, 4233114; 595164, 4233100; 595227, 4233071; 
595270, 4233031; 595285, 4233015; 595335, 4232955; 595418, 4232782; 
595519, 4232583; 595579, 4232471; 595649, 4232328; 595795, 4232048; 
596062, 4231522; 595023, 4231515; 594541, 4231511; 594505, 4231477; 
594506, 4231420; 594530, 4231344; 594570, 4231298; 594592, 4231261; 
594594, 4231219; 594607, 4231174; 594639, 4231161; 594671, 4231147; 
594699, 4231145; 594711, 4231142; 594712, 4231130; 594714, 4231115; 
594710, 4231094; 594702, 4231089; 594679, 4231079; 594669, 4231072; 
594653, 4231049; 594646, 4231013; 594639, 4230983; 594596, 4231004; 
593896, 4231004; 593696, 4230304; 593387, 4230319; 593387, 4230319; 
593796, 4229704; 594096, 4229504; 593996, 4229404; 593996, 4229304; 
594096, 4229204; 593996, 4229104; 593996, 4228904; 594396, 4228804; 
594396, 4228304; 593796, 4228204; 593596, 4227904; 592896, 4227904; 
592796, 4227804; 592696, 4227804; 592596, 4227704; 592296, 4227604; 
592096, 4227304; 591796, 4227204; 591596, 4227004; 591296, 4226904; 
590996, 4226804; 590796, 4226904; 590496, 4226904; 589496, 4227204; 
589361, 4227204; 589122, 4227268; 588803, 4227384; 588075, 4227674; 
588069, 4227676; 587563, 4227840; 587435, 4227881; 587106, 4228001; 
587029, 4228138; 586996, 4228204; 586796, 4228304; 586696, 4228804; 
586496, 4228904; 586296, 4228904; 586196, 4229104; 585496, 4229704; 
585496, 4229904; 585596, 4230004; 585096, 4230104; 585196, 4230204; 
585096, 4230304; 585207, 4230371; 585220, 4230354; 585423, 4230389; 
585415, 4230433; 585391, 4230453; 585366, 4230466; 585596, 4230604; 
585696, 4230904; 585999, 4230904; 586005, 4230876; 586022, 4230869; 
586052, 4230862; 586135, 4230865; 586141, 4230878; 586141, 4230892; 
586123, 4230901; 586119, 4230904; 586364, 4230904; 586369, 4230888; 
586420, 4230842; 586436, 4230799; 587532, 4230821; 587978, 4230857; 
588064, 4230915; 588087, 4230928; 588112, 4230930; 588131, 4230927; 
588171, 4230904; 588182, 4230901; 588213, 4230899; 588796, 4230704; 
588939, 4230704; 589021, 4230702; 589085, 4230703; 589186, 4230717; 
returning to 589275, 4230706.
    (60) Subunit 10G; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Fairfield South. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 583208, 4232797; 583252, 4232811; 
583641, 4232942; 583715, 4232965; 583726, 4232969; 583822, 4233000; 
583875, 4233018; 583796, 4232704; 583196, 4231704; 582796, 4231604; 
582496, 4231304; 582396, 4230504; 582096, 4230504; 581996, 4230204; 
581796, 4230204; 581796, 4230904; 581896, 4230904; 581896, 4231404; 
581396, 4231404; 581396, 4231804; 581596, 4232004; 581596, 4231704; 
581796, 4231704; 581796, 4232704; 581996, 4232704; 582896, 4232804; 
583196, 4232804; returning to 583208, 4232797.
    (61) Subunit 10H; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Fairfield South. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 577696, 4229504; 577796, 4229404; 
578196, 4229604; 578196, 4229504; 577996, 4228904; 577396, 4229204; 
577296, 4229604; 577496, 4229804; 577696, 4229604; returning to 577696, 
4229504.
    (62) Subunit 11A; Yuba County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangles Browns Valley, and Wheatland. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 635096, 4332005; 635096, 4329705; 
634696, 4329705; 633896, 4329705; 633696, 4329905; 633596, 4329905; 
633396, 4329905; 633396, 4330105; 632796, 4329905; 632496, 4329705; 
632496, 4328805; 631396, 4328805; 631396, 4329005; 631696, 4329005; 
631696, 4329605; 631996, 4329605; 631996, 4330405; 632896, 4330405; 
633096, 4330705; 633096, 4331105; 633196, 4331305; 633596, 4331505; 
633896, 4331305; 633896, 4332005; returning to 635096, 4332005.
    (63) Subunit 11B; Placer County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Lincoln. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 647996, 4313205; 647996, 4312505; 648096, 
4312305; 647996, 4311305; 647796, 4311305; 647696, 4311105; 647396, 
4311205; 646996, 4311205; 646996, 4311105; 647296, 4311105; 647596, 
4311005; 647896, 4311005; 647996, 4310905; 647896, 4310805; 646996, 
4310805; 646896, 4310705; 646896, 4310605; 647496, 4310605; 647596, 
4310705; 647696, 4310605; 647896, 4310505; 648096, 4310505; 648096, 
4309805; 648096, 4309505; 647296, 4309505; 647296, 4309005; 646796, 
4308905; 646796, 4308605; 646696, 4308605; 646196, 4308905; 646196, 
4308005; 646222, 4307980; 646108, 4308064; 646063, 4308099; 646012, 
4308132; 645918, 4308192; 645433, 4308547; 645310, 4308646; 645196, 
4308747; 644293, 4309663; 644291, 4309665; 644289, 4309667; 644244, 
4309719; 643560, 4310423; 643796, 4310305; 644096, 4310705; 644396, 
4310205; 645496, 4310205; 645896, 4310005; 646196, 4310005; 646396, 
4309805; 647596, 4309805; 647596, 4310005; 646896, 4310005; 646596, 
4310105; 646596, 4310405; 646696, 4310505; 646196, 4310505; 645996, 
4310605; 645996, 4311005; 646196, 4310905; 646596, 4310905; 646596, 
4311005; 646396, 4311005; 646396, 4311205; 646496, 4311505; 646896, 
4311505; 646896, 4311705; 646896, 4311805; 646996, 4311905; 646896, 
4312305; 647096, 4312405; 647196, 4312605; 647396, 4312605; 647496, 
4312505; 647496, 4312605; 647396, 4312705; 647196, 4312705; 646896, 
4312503; 646896, 4312805; 646996, 4313205; 647196, 4313605; 647396, 
4314005; 648396, 4314005; 648396, 4313705; returning to 647996, 
4313205.
    (64) Subunit 11C; Placer County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Lincoln. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 644496, 4306482;

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644496, 4305705; 644796, 4305705; 644796, 4305205; 644896, 4305205; 
644896, 4305005; 645196, 4305005; 645196, 4304905; 645296, 4304805; 
645496, 4304905; 645622, 4304905; 645597, 4304892; 645552, 4304878; 
645509, 4304874; 645500, 4304876; 645489, 4304870; 645473, 4304845; 
645440, 4304828; 645410, 4304815; 645373, 4304793; 645354, 4304775; 
645331, 4304746; 645324, 4304743; 645303, 4304721; 645241, 4304661; 
645164, 4304612; 645083, 4304568; 645000, 4304539; 644924, 4304536; 
644892, 4304538; 644873, 4304543; 644859, 4304549; 644859, 4304548; 
644840, 4304549; 644803, 4304531; 644763, 4304503; 644722, 4304474; 
644696, 4304454; 644671, 4304439; 644659, 4304439; 644656, 4304441; 
644650, 4304444; 644636, 4304458; 644622, 4304469; 644611, 4304461; 
644579, 4304457; 644535, 4304451; 644484, 4304448; 644453, 4304448; 
644423, 4304445; 644412, 4304440; 644396, 4304436; 644396, 4304705; 
644196, 4304705; 644196, 4304805; 644096, 4304805; 644096, 4306474; 
returning to 644496, 4306482.
    (65) Subunit 11D; Sacramento County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Folsom. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 655336, 4279155; 655196, 4279155; 655150, 
4279167; 655156, 4279185; 655186, 4279195; 655186, 4279365; 655156, 
4279385; 655136, 4279395; 655116, 4279415; 655106, 4279445; 655086, 
4279455; 655056, 4279525; 655036, 4279575; 655036, 4279605; 655196, 
4279605; 655197, 4279611; 655316, 4279615; 655306, 4279955; 655386, 
4279955; 655314, 4279951; 655326, 4279736; 655474, 4279733; 655466, 
4279725; 655376, 4279725; 655366, 4279665; 655366, 4279635; 655356, 
4279605; 655346, 4279555; 655336, 4279505; 655336, 4279445; returning 
to 655336, 4279155.
    (66) Subunit 11E; Sacramento County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Carmichael. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 649731, 4266483; 649796, 4266505; 649890, 
4266499; 650296, 4266905; 650496, 4266805; 650696, 4266805; 650896, 
4267005; 650996, 4267305; 650896, 4267705; 650596, 4267605; 650396, 
4267905; 649996, 4268205; 649496, 4267905; 649196, 4267605; 649196, 
4267305; 649496, 4267205; 649296, 4266905; 648496, 4266905; 648396, 
4267505; 648096, 4267805; 648696, 4268305; 649496, 4268705; 649496, 
4269005; 649696, 4269405; 649896, 4269405; 649896, 4268505; 650496, 
4268705; 650896, 4268605; 651096, 4268605; 651096, 4269205; 651896, 
4269105; 651596, 4268605; 651696, 4267705; 651696, 4266305; 651596, 
4266205; 651596, 4266105; 651196, 4266105; 651196, 4265805; 651666, 
4265617; 651685, 4264881; 651696, 4264205; 651496, 4264205; 651496, 
4264005; 650596, 4264005; 650596, 4264105; 650496, 4264105; 650496, 
4264405; 650096, 4264505; 649996, 4264905; 649496, 4264905; 649196, 
4264805; 648996, 4264905; 648796, 4264905; 648796, 4265105; 648796, 
4265305; 649996, 4265305; 649996, 4265805; 648396, 4265805; 648396, 
4266005; 648596, 4266205; 648796, 4266005; 649096, 4266005; 649396, 
4266205; 649496, 4266405; returning to 649731, 4266483.
    (67) Subunit 11F; Sacramento County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Sloughhouse. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 660757, 4256313; 660777, 4255924; 660696, 
4256005; 660396, 4255905; 660096, 4256005; 659896, 4256105; 659946, 
4256255; 659996, 4256405; 660296, 4256305; 660396, 4256605; 660612, 
4256533; 660729, 4256449; 660742, 4256432; returning to 660757, 
4256313.
    (68) Subunit 11G; Amador County, Sacramento County, California. 
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Carbondale, Clay, Goose Creek, and 
Sloughhouse. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 654796, 4248555; 654796, 4248605; 654796, 4248805; 
655196, 4248805; 655896, 4248805; 656396, 4249505; 656696, 4249305; 
657296, 4250005; 656796, 4250905; 657796, 4250905; 657796, 4251305; 
656796, 4251205; 656796, 4251905; 656596, 4252105; 656596, 4252405; 
657096, 4253505; 657496, 4254405; 657896, 4254105; 657896, 4254005; 
658196, 4253805; 658996, 4253305; 659096, 4253305; 659396, 4253105; 
660096, 4254305; 660196, 4254605; 660296, 4254705; 660396, 4255005; 
660696, 4255105; 660796, 4255205; 660896, 4255805; 660850, 4255851; 
660873, 4255851; 661637, 4255865; 661651, 4255601; 661827, 4252068; 
661832, 4251947; 662276, 4251977; 662409, 4251980; 662679, 4251997; 
663105, 4252023; 663215, 4252003; 663317, 4252039; 663371, 4252095; 
663408, 4252146; 663420, 4252196; 663440, 4252251; 663474, 4252316; 
663486, 4252396; 663505, 4252516; 663533, 4252575; 663606, 4252695; 
663642, 4252719; 663686, 4252727; 663726, 4252712; 663822, 4252705; 
663857, 4252706; 663896, 4252721; 663914, 4252764; 663920, 4252796; 
663857, 4252880; 663747, 4253004; 663747, 4253037; 663763, 4253091; 
663837, 4253213; 663903, 4253293; 663928, 4253295; 664001, 4253291; 
664058, 4253303; 664135, 4253365; 664184, 4253407; 664222, 4253422; 
664315, 4253500; 664344, 4253504; 664409, 4253477; 664465, 4253411; 
664567, 4253418; 664662, 4253481; 664688, 4253505; 664743, 4253559; 
664849, 4253655; 664950, 4253758; 664964, 4253805; 664973, 4253929; 
664952, 4253998; 664979, 4254043; 665073, 4254139; 665214, 4254225; 
665270, 4254273; 665323, 4254297; 665409, 4254269; 665487, 4254229; 
665610, 4254195; 665715, 4254243; 665752, 4254299; 665819, 4254352; 
665853, 4254363; 665896, 4254358; 665949, 4254318; 665976, 4254298; 
666052, 4254239; 666056, 4254207; 666125, 4254170; 666163, 4254172; 
666210, 4254184; 666264, 4254197; 666332, 4254245; 666369, 4254253; 
666406, 4254245; 666435, 4254240; 666513, 4254210; 666547, 4254168; 
666587, 4254124; 666619, 4254114; 666677, 4254117; 666748, 4254111; 
666801, 4254066; 666818, 4254035; 666836, 4253969; 666838, 4253889; 
666860, 4253792; 666887, 4253752; 666922, 4253724; 666945, 4253718; 
667011, 4253723; 667073, 4253756; 667153, 4253781; 667238, 4253802; 
667349, 4253785; 667373, 4253769; 667398, 4253773; 667409, 4253786; 
667411, 4253813; 667473, 4253839; 667578, 4253845; 667714, 4253831; 
667897, 4253780; 668055, 4253686; 668263, 4253626; 668456, 4253639; 
668519, 4253655; 668621, 4253643; 668739, 4253609; 668796, 4253548; 
668896, 4253471; 668974, 4253415; 669094, 4253336; 669194, 4253292; 
669267, 4253288; 669347, 4253276; 669424, 4253270; 669495, 4253201; 
669557, 4253129; 669654, 4253082; 669715, 4253062; 669761, 4253063; 
669955, 4253052; 670108, 4252985; 670239, 4252978; 670337, 4252993; 
670375, 4252990; 670416, 4252964; 670467, 4252910; 670515, 4252879; 
670595, 4252812; 670633, 4252797; 670690, 4252732; 670722, 4252678; 
670738, 4252653; 670759, 4252648; 670808, 4252657; 670828, 4252680; 
670812, 4252712; 670823, 4252726; 670852, 4252739; 670903, 4252728; 
670946, 4252729; 670979, 4252701; 671008, 4252634; 671046, 4252594; 
671071, 4252579; 671137, 4252568; 671206, 4252564; 671287, 4252468; 
671366, 4252374; 671412, 4252343; 671472, 4252324; 671534, 4252310; 
671605, 4252270; 671627, 4252253; 671655, 4252255; 671699, 4252295; 
671727, 4252314; 671770, 4252320; 671812, 4252316; 671869, 4252308; 
671923, 4252302; 671944, 4252281; 672031, 4252224; 672039, 4252232;

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672059, 4252259; 672086, 4252263; 672100, 4252240; 672139, 4252205; 
672204, 4252111; 672213, 4252089; 672226, 4252061; 672230, 4252049; 
672249, 4252035; 672255, 4252005; 672249, 4251995; 672244, 4251985; 
672207, 4251970; 672200, 4251954; 672205, 4251906; 672210, 4251885; 
672209, 4251860; 672204, 4251786; 672216, 4251713; 672247, 4251698; 
672274, 4251711; 672281, 4251706; 672295, 4251670; 672309, 4251635; 
672342, 4251607; 672359, 4251589; 672367, 4251580; 672367, 4251592; 
672361, 4251922; 672360, 4252004; 672343, 4252721; 672342, 4252746; 
672327, 4253475; 672321, 4253759; 672320, 4253811; 672316, 4253962; 
672315, 4254034; 672314, 4254092; 672288, 4255416; 672296, 4255405; 
672496, 4255405; 672796, 4256205; 673296, 4256205; 672896, 4254905; 
672896, 4254605; 673196, 4254705; 673896, 4254705; 674096, 4254405; 
674096, 4254205; 674596, 4253805; 674596, 4253505; 674196, 4253305; 
674196, 4252705; 674396, 4252105; 674596, 4251705; 674596, 4251405; 
673496, 4251305; 673396, 4251205; 673396, 4251005; 673996, 4250805; 
674096, 4250305; 674396, 4249805; 674396, 4249605; 674296, 4249505; 
673996, 4249505; 673696, 4249705; 672596, 4249705; 672411, 4249798; 
671996, 4250005; 671396, 4250005; 671196, 4250305; 671096, 4250305; 
671096, 4249605; 670796, 4249605; 670796, 4249305; 670896, 4249105; 
670896, 4248805; 670996, 4248705; 670996, 4248305; 670596, 4248105; 
670596, 4247930; 670596, 4247905; 670496, 4247905; 670496, 4247805; 
670196, 4247805; 670196, 4247605; 670596, 4247305; 671196, 4247305; 
671696, 4247505; 671896, 4247405; 671996, 4247105; 671996, 4246905; 
671596, 4246605; 671696, 4246405; 671896, 4245805; 671396, 4245205; 
671351, 4245169; 670896, 4244805; 670096, 4244005; 670096, 4243905; 
670596, 4243605; 670296, 4243205; 670296, 4243105; 670396, 4243005; 
670496, 4242905; 670696, 4242405; 671296, 4242705; 671696, 4242805; 
671696, 4242505; 670796, 4241905; 669896, 4241905; 669396, 4241705; 
668996, 4241705; 668796, 4241605; 668596, 4241405; 668496, 4241405; 
668296, 4241505; 668096, 4241805; 667996, 4241805; 667496, 4241405; 
667496, 4241605; 666496, 4241505; 665496, 4241505; 665496, 4242505; 
665096, 4242505; 665096, 4242105; 664896, 4242105; 664896, 4242005; 
664796, 4242005; 664696, 4241905; 664596, 4241905; 664596, 4241105; 
664096, 4241105; 664096, 4240805; 663596, 4240805; 663596, 4240705; 
663496, 4240605; 663396, 4240605; 663396, 4240405; 663196, 4240405; 
663196, 4240705; 662896, 4240705; 662896, 4240305; 662796, 4240205; 
662796, 4239805; 662596, 4239805; 662596, 4239405; 662196, 4239405; 
662196, 4239205; 662096, 4239105; 661796, 4239105; 661796, 4239005; 
661496, 4238805; 661496, 4239705; 661596, 4239705; 661596, 4241405; 
661596, 4241705; 661796, 4241805; 662296, 4241805; 662296, 4241405; 
662996, 4241405; 662896, 4242105; 662596, 4242105; 662696, 4242805; 
662996, 4242905; 663496, 4242905; 663496, 4243605; 663146, 4243605; 
663126, 4243646; 663096, 4243649; 663096, 4243705; 662596, 4243705; 
662796, 4244505; 662896, 4244605; 662946, 4244605; 663096, 4244705; 
663196, 4245105; 663896, 4245105; 663996, 4245305; 664496, 4245405; 
664596, 4245005; 664696, 4245005; 664846, 4245043; 664996, 4245080; 
664996, 4245105; 665096, 4245105; 664996, 4245505; 664996, 4246305; 
664496, 4246305; 663996, 4246505; 662596, 4246105; 662330, 4246105; 
662296, 4246105; 662196, 4246205; 661796, 4246205; 661996, 4246805; 
662096, 4247105; 661896, 4247305; 660996, 4247305; 660996, 4246945; 
660996, 4246905; 660946, 4246905; 659796, 4246905; 659596, 4247105; 
659596, 4248105; 660096, 4248105; 659996, 4249405; 660096, 4249705; 
659996, 4250005; 659496, 4249505; 659496, 4249305; 659396, 4249005; 
659196, 4248805; 659196, 4248705; 659296, 4248605; 659196, 4248505; 
658996, 4248505; 658896, 4248405; 658696, 4248405; 658596, 4248605; 
658496, 4248705; 658296, 4248805; 658296, 4248705; 658396, 4248505; 
658596, 4248305; 658596, 4248205; 658496, 4248105; 658496, 4247705; 
658196, 4247705; 658096, 4248305; 656796, 4248305; 656396, 4248705; 
655996, 4248005; 656196, 4247905; 656196, 4247805; 656096, 4247605; 
655296, 4247605; 655296, 4247005; 654796, 4247005; returning to 654796, 
4248555.
    (69) Subunit 11H; Sacramento, San Joaquin County, California. From 
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Lockeford, Clay. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 654171, 4234569; 
654196, 4234605; 655196, 4234605; 655506, 4234373; 655596, 4234305; 
655784, 4234399; 655996, 4234505; 656082, 4234505; 656096, 4234505; 
656096, 4234305; 656896, 4234305; 656896, 4234505; 657696, 4234505; 
657996, 4234805; 658896, 4235005; 658796, 4234905; 658796, 4234405; 
659296, 4234405; 659296, 4234505; 659096, 4234705; 660596, 4235105; 
661096, 4235105; 661196, 4234905; 660796, 4234505; 660396, 4234205; 
660096, 4234105; 659696, 4233205; 656996, 4233205; 654196, 4233005; 
654096, 4233005; 654096, 4232505; 653696, 4232505; 653696, 4233905; 
returning to 654171, 4234569.
    (70) Subunit 12A; Napa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Napa, Cuttings Wharf. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 564896, 4233104; 564896, 4232904; 564696, 
4233004; 564196, 4232604; 563896, 4232804; 563896, 4233404; 563896, 
4234904; 563896, 4235004; 563996, 4235104; 564296, 4235204; 564496, 
4235104; 564596, 4234904; 564796, 4234804; 564796, 4234704; 564896, 
4234504; 564796, 4234204; 564896, 4234004; 564796, 4233904; 564796, 
4233804; 564896, 4233604; returning to 564896, 4233104.
    (71) Subunit 12B; Napa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale 
quadrangle Cuttings Wharf. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 563296, 4230404; 563896, 4229304; 564196, 
4229404; 564396, 4229004; 563296, 4228704; 563096, 4228704; 562896, 
4228304; 562718, 4228304; 562357, 4228448; 561986, 4228585; 561853, 
4228635; 561894, 4228673; 561961, 4228724; 562294, 4228870; 562253, 
4229105; 562516, 4229162; 562580, 4229331; 562627, 4229327; 562716, 
4229356; 562748, 4229378; 562751, 4229445; 562700, 4229489; 562634, 
4229585; 562577, 4229661; 562624, 4230099; 562554, 4230302; 562577, 
4230372; 562573, 4230413; 562573, 4230496; 562561, 4230550; 562572, 
4230604; 562596, 4230604; 563296, 4230704; returning to 563296, 
4230404.
    (72) Subunit 12C; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Benicia, Mare Island. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 566896, 4208304; 
566896, 4207804; 566996, 4207804; 566996, 4207704; 566996, 4207604; 
567196, 4207604; 567196, 4207704; 567096, 4207704; 567096, 4207804; 
567196, 4207904; 567296, 4208004; 567596, 4207604; 567996, 4207204; 
568296, 4207004; 568596, 4206904; 568496, 4206904; 568396, 4206804; 
568296, 4206804; 568296, 4206904; 568196, 4206904; 568196, 4206804; 
567996, 4206904; 567796, 4207004; 567696, 4207004; 567696, 4206904; 
567596, 4206904; 567296, 4206904; 566696, 4207504; 566496, 4207304; 
565996, 4207204; 565796, 4207504; 566507, 4208304; returning to 566896, 
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    (73) Subunit 13A; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Antioch South, Brentwood. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 612596, 4195704; 
611796, 4194304; 611796, 4194104; 611496, 4193204; 610996, 4193304; 
610296, 4193504; 609996, 4193704; 609796, 4193804; 609196, 4193804; 
608196, 4194104; 608596, 4194704; 608496, 4194904; 608696, 4195104; 
608696, 4195704; 609696, 4195704; 609596, 4195404; 609296, 4194904; 
609296, 4194804; 609396, 4194704; 609996, 4194604; 610296, 4194604; 
610596, 4194904; 611296, 4195704; 612196, 4196104; returning to 612596, 
4195704.
    (74) Subunit 13B; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Byron Hot Springs, Clifton Court Forebay. 
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 
617896, 4187704; 618296, 4187904; 618596, 4188104; 618496, 4188404; 
617796, 4188604; 617896, 4188704; 617715, 4188659; 617496, 4188804; 
617496, 4189004; 618296, 4189304; 618196, 4189604; 618296, 4189904; 
618796, 4190104; 618796, 4190504; 619096, 4190804; 619396, 4190904; 
619696, 4190904; 619896, 4190504; 619996, 4190504; 620196, 4190704; 
620496, 4190704; 620596, 4191004; 621896, 4191004; 622296, 4190504; 
622396, 4190204; 622371, 4190204; 622496, 4189704; 623096, 4189104; 
622996, 4188504; 622296, 4188504; 622196, 4188604; 621996, 4188804; 
621796, 4189104; 621496, 4189504; 621296, 4189804; 621296, 4190204; 
621196, 4190204; 621196, 4188504; 620996, 4188504; 620696, 4188204; 
620496, 4188404; 620496, 4187904; 620596, 4187704; 620696, 4187604; 
620796, 4187504; 620996, 4187504; 621196, 4187304; 620596, 4186904; 
620596, 4186704; 621396, 4187104; 621417, 4187094; 621434, 4187085; 
621696, 4187204; 622096, 4186804; 622496, 4186204; 622696, 4185904; 
622596, 4185804; 622596, 4185604; 622096, 4185104; 621296, 4185104; 
621096, 4185304; 620896, 4185304; 620596, 4185004; 620296, 4185104; 
619996, 4185404; 619696, 4185304; 619496, 4185504; 618296, 4186404; 
618196, 4186904; 617796, 4187204; returning to 617896, 4187704.
    (75) Subunit 13C; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Byron Hot Springs. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 614896, 4185204; 
615196, 4185004; 615196, 4185304; 615396, 4185304; 615496, 4185004; 
615696, 4184704; 615896, 4184704; 616096, 4184604; 616096, 4184504; 
615896, 4184304; 615796, 4184304; 615596, 4184004; 615196, 4184004; 
614896, 4184004; 614796, 4183804; 614696, 4183804; 614696, 4184304; 
614996, 4184804; 614696, 4185104; 614696, 4185704; 614796, 4185704; 
returning to 614896, 4185204.
    (76) Subunit 13D; Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Byron Hot Springs. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 615596, 4181004; 615596, 4180904; 
615696, 4180904; 615796, 4181104; 615896, 4181004; 616096, 4180404; 
616096, 4180304; 616296, 4180004; 616296, 4179704; 615996, 4179704; 
615996, 4179504; 616296, 4179304; 616296, 4178804; 616196, 4178804; 
615996, 4179004; 615996, 4179204; 615796, 4179404; 615596, 4179904; 
615196, 4180304; 614896, 4180604; 614496, 4180704; 614196, 4180904; 
614696, 4181304; 614796, 4181304; 614796, 4181504; 614996, 4181504; 
615296, 4181204; 615496, 4181104; returning to 615596, 4181004.
    (77) Subunit 13E; Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Altamont, Livermore. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 612496, 4175704; 612496, 4176104; 
612196, 4176104; 612196, 4176204; 612096, 4176304; 611896, 4176304; 
611696, 4176304; 611696, 4175104; 611496, 4175104; 611296, 4175204; 
610996, 4175204; 610896, 4175704; 610496, 4175704; 610396, 4175004; 
610296, 4174904; 610096, 4174804; 610096, 4174604; 609196, 4175204; 
608696, 4175404; 608496, 4175704; 610096, 4175704; 610096, 4176304; 
610496, 4176304; 610496, 4178304; 610896, 4178104; 610896, 4177304; 
610896, 4177004; 611296, 4177004; 611996, 4176504; 612396, 4176504; 
612496, 4176504; 612496, 4177004; 613396, 4177004; 613496, 4176804; 
613396, 4176704; 613396, 4176604; 613396, 4176504; 613296, 4176504; 
613296, 4176104; 613496, 4176104; 613496, 4176004; 613596, 4176004; 
613596, 4176104; 613696, 4176204; 613796, 4176204; 613796, 4176404; 
614496, 4175304; 614396, 4175204; 614296, 4175204; 614196, 4175104; 
614096, 4175104; 613996, 4175004; 613896, 4174904; 613796, 4174904; 
613796, 4175004; 613696, 4175004; 613696, 4175904; 613396, 4175904; 
613296, 4175704; 613196, 4175704; 612896, 4175904; 612796, 4175904; 
612596, 4175704; returning to 612496, 4175704.
    (78) Subunit 14A; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Ripon. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 662496, 4168105; 661696, 4167805; 661696, 
4168105; 660396, 4167605; 660696, 4167305; 660896, 4167005; 660096, 
4167005; 659596, 4168605; 661696, 4168605; 661696, 4169205; 662496, 
4169205; returning to 662496, 4168105.
    (79) Subunit 14B; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Gustine, San Luis Ranch, and Stevinson. Land bounded 
by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 688396, 4128805; 
688696, 4128605; 689196, 4128705; 689296, 4128605; 689496, 4128405; 
689896, 4128305; 689996, 4128105; 690296, 4128105; 690496, 4128005; 
690596, 4127805; 690696, 4125305; 692796, 4125305; 693296, 4124805; 
693196, 4124605; 693196, 4124205; 693396, 4123505; 693696, 4123205; 
693896, 4122805; 694096, 4122705; 694175, 4122626; 694131, 4122595; 
692549, 4121476; 692396, 4121705; 692296, 4121805; 692296, 4122305; 
692196, 4122505; 691896, 4122605; 691496, 4122605; 691357, 4122884; 
691358, 4122902; 691359, 4122918; 691363, 4122960; 691369, 4123003; 
691363, 4123043; 691344, 4123077; 691313, 4123096; 691296, 4123099; 
691296, 4123305; 691207, 4123484; 691223, 4123482; 691245, 4123487; 
691252, 4123499; 691262, 4123523; 691273, 4123544; 691287, 4123575; 
691290, 4123598; 691296, 4123605; 691291, 4123615; 691297, 4123654; 
691311, 4123697; 691316, 4123747; 691310, 4123785; 691288, 4123825; 
691268, 4123854; 691247, 4123877; 691223, 4123893; 691195, 4123900; 
691167, 4123900; 691151, 4123895; 690996, 4124205; 690655, 4124205; 
690655, 4124207; 690665, 4124222; 690678, 4124232; 690679, 4124252; 
690673, 4124271; 690660, 4124287; 690642, 4124298; 690622, 4124307; 
690619, 4124307; 690619, 4124324; 690596, 4124329; 690571, 4124335; 
690565, 4124343; 690541, 4124375; 690484, 4124395; 690449, 4124397; 
690276, 4124454; 690223, 4124494; 690179, 4124500; 690121, 4124588; 
690116, 4124659; 690092, 4124705; 690085, 4124810; 690048, 4124861; 
690008, 4124900; 689952, 4124924; 689915, 4124989; 689884, 4125015; 
689844, 4125034; 689796, 4125105; 689754, 4125400; 689761, 4125400; 
689768, 4125408; 689742, 4125562; 689726, 4125598; 689696, 4125805; 
689796, 4126005; 689696, 4126405; 689496, 4126405; 689372, 4126343; 
689335, 4126386; 689285, 4126469; 689231, 4126483; 689217, 4126487; 
689165, 4126532; 689164, 4126657; 689116, 4126766; 689086, 4126798;

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689007, 4126783; 688999, 4126800; 689009, 4126811; 689196, 4126905; 
689120, 4127000; 689121, 4127012; 689045, 4127097; 689027, 4127129; 
689019, 4127127; 688951, 4127212; 688919, 4127259; 688876, 4127308; 
688831, 4127386; 688819, 4127426; 688792, 4127455; 688780, 4128049; 
688289, 4128040; 688196, 4128505; returning to 688396, 4128805.
    (80) Subunit 14C; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles San Luis Ranch, and Stevinson. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 693218, 4125475; 
693196, 4125505; 693242, 4125551; 693296, 4125605; 693796, 4125705; 
693796, 4127105; 693896, 4127105; 693996, 4126805; 694296, 4126705; 
694696, 4126205; 694696, 4126005; 694796, 4125805; 695275, 4125531; 
695496, 4125405; 695596, 4121805; 694996, 4122205; 694796, 4122505; 
694596, 4122705; 694596, 4122905; 694196, 4123205; 693896, 4123305; 
693896, 4123605; 693596, 4123705; 693596, 4124305; 693796, 4124505; 
693896, 4124805; 693696, 4125005; 693496, 4125105; returning to 693218, 
4125475.
    (81) Subunit 14D; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Arena, San Luis Ranch, Stevinson, and Turner Ranch. 
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 
702966, 4121510; 703296, 4120905; 703996, 4120305; 704696, 4119605; 
704696, 4119605; 704796, 4119505; 698996, 4119405; 698896, 4119505; 
698639, 4119762; 698655, 4119775; 698597, 4119816; 698600, 4119874; 
698722, 4120002; 698758, 4119882; 698790, 4119918; 698764, 4120921; 
698760, 4121315; 698690, 4121313; 698696, 4121405; 699996, 4121405; 
700096, 4120205; 700296, 4120205; 700296, 4122505; 697096, 4122405; 
696996, 4124905; 697796, 4124905; 697796, 4125105; 697696, 4125205; 
697796, 4125405; 698096, 4125505; 698296, 4125605; 698396, 4125905; 
698796, 4126305; 699596, 4126305; 699696, 4126105; 699396, 4126105; 
699396, 4125205; 700196, 4125205; 700296, 4125805; 700696, 4125505; 
701196, 4125105; 701196, 4124105; 700396, 4124105; 700396, 4123605; 
700596, 4123605; 700696, 4123305; 701196, 4123205; 701296, 4123005; 
701496, 4122905; 701696, 4122505; 701996, 4122305; 702696, 4122005; 
returning to 702966, 4121510.
    (82) Subunit 14E; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Arena, and Turner Ranch. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706796, 4121905; 
706896, 4120705; 706796, 4120305; 706796, 4119505; 708196, 4119505; 
708196, 4119405; 708096, 4119305; 707996, 4119005; 707996, 4118805; 
708096, 4118705; 708396, 4118705; 708396, 4117905; 707996, 4117905; 
707596, 4118305; 706596, 4118305; 706096, 4118705; 705696, 4119105; 
705296, 4119505; 704896, 4119805; 704796, 4119905; 704796, 4120205; 
705196, 4120205; 705196, 4120405; 704996, 4120505; 704996, 4120605; 
705196, 4120605; 704996, 4120805; 705096, 4120905; 705196, 4121505; 
705296, 4121505; 705396, 4121805; 705796, 4121905; 705796, 4122005; 
705496, 4122105; 705396, 4122205; 705596, 4122405; 705496, 4122405; 
705396, 4122305; 705296, 4122305; 705196, 4122305; 704996, 4122305; 
704996, 4122505; 704896, 4122605; 704596, 4122605; 704396, 4122705; 
704096, 4122605; 703996, 4122705; 703496, 4124205; 703396, 4124405; 
701396, 4126305; 700196, 4127405; 700563, 4128872; 700596, 4129005; 
700596, 4130405; 701096, 4130405; 701096, 4129905; 701196, 4129605; 
701296, 4129605; 701196, 4129905; 701196, 4130405; 701796, 4130405; 
701796, 4129005; 701896, 4129005; 702896, 4129005; 703096, 4128605; 
703396, 4128605; 703996, 4128605; 703996, 4128805; 704296, 4128805; 
704296, 4128305; 703396, 4128205; 703496, 4128105; 703496, 4127705; 
703596, 4127605; 703896, 4127305; 703796, 4127105; 703596, 4127105; 
703496, 4126905; 703496, 4125905; 703596, 4125905; 704496, 4125905; 
704396, 4125805; 704496, 4125705; 704596, 4125105; 704596, 4124605; 
705096, 4124605; 705096, 4125105; 705796, 4125105; 705796, 4124705; 
706696, 4124805; 706796, 4123505; returning to 706796, 4121905.
    (83) Subunit 14F; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Sandy Mush, and Turner Ranch. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706796, 4121905; 
711596, 4122005; 711596, 4121505; 711596, 4121005; 709996, 4121105; 
709996, 4121705; 709896, 4121705; 709896, 4121605; 709796, 4121305; 
709596, 4121305; 709396, 4121405; 708896, 4121205; 708796, 4121105; 
706896, 4121105; returning to 706796, 4121905.
    (84) Subunit 14G; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Sandy Mush and Turner Ranch. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 711296, 4120305; 
711496, 4120205; 711596, 4120305; 711696, 4119405; 711996, 4119405; 
711996, 4119205; 712196, 4119105; 712396, 4119105; 712396, 4119005; 
712696, 4119005; 712896, 4118605; 711696, 4118505; 711696, 4118305; 
711496, 4118305; 711396, 4118205; 711196, 4117905; 709996, 4117905; 
709996, 4118605; 709996, 4118805; 709796, 4118805; 709796, 4119405; 
710396, 4119405; 710396, 4119705; 710796, 4119705; 710796, 4119805; 
710696, 4119805; 710696, 4119905; 710796, 4120005; 710696, 4120105; 
710796, 4120205; 710796, 4120305; 710996, 4120205; 711196, 4120205; 
returning to 711296, 4120305.
    (85) Subunit 14H; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Sandy Mush. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 714696, 4114805; 713396, 4114805; 713196, 
4115105; 713396, 4115105; 713896, 4115205; 713896, 4116405; 715496, 
4116405; 715596, 4116305; 715596, 4115623; 714696, 4115605; returning 
to 714696, 4114805.
    (86) Subunit 14I; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles El Nido, and Sandy Mush. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 718196, 4119755; 
718196, 4119805; 718596, 4119805; 718596, 4120705; 718996, 4120705; 
718996, 4119805; 719396, 4119805; 719496, 4120005; 719696, 4119905; 
720296, 4119905; 720396, 4120005; 720796, 4120005; 720996, 4119805; 
721596, 4119805; 721696, 4119905; 722096, 4119905; 722196, 4119805; 
722296, 4120005; 722296, 4120105; 722996, 4120105; 722996, 4119405; 
722196, 4119305; 722296, 4118205; 725496, 4118305; 725496, 4118383; 
725496, 4118387; 726196, 4118405; 726196, 4119905; 728696, 4119905; 
728696, 4119005; 727896, 4119005; 727796, 4118405; 727696, 4118305; 
727596, 4118305; 727596, 4118205; 727596, 4116705; 726896, 4116705; 
726796, 4116705; 726896, 4115105; 725996, 4115105; 725996, 4116705; 
724396, 4116705; 724396, 4117405; 722790, 4117311; 722696, 4117405; 
721896, 4117405; 721896, 4118205; 720296, 4118205; 720296, 4117405; 
719496, 4117405; 719496, 4116505; 718696, 4116505; 718696, 4116905; 
718296, 4116905; 718296, 4117005; 718396, 4117105; 718496, 4117205; 
718696, 4117205; 718696, 4117305; 718696, 4118096; 718996, 4118105; 
718996, 4118705; 718896, 4118805; 718796, 4118805; 718696, 4118905; 
717796, 4118905; 717796, 4119705; 718196, 4119705; returning to 718196, 
4119755.
    (87) Subunit 14J; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Sandy Mush. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27

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coordinates (E,N): 721396, 4120605; 720596, 4120605; 720596, 4121405; 
721396, 4121405; 721396, 4121005; returning to 721396, 4120605.
    (88) Subunit 14K; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle El Nido. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 722996, 4121605; 721896, 4121605; 722296, 
4122305; 722996, 4122305; returning to 722996, 4121605.
    (90) Subunit 14L; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles El Nido, and Plainsburg. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 731796, 4116805; 
730496, 4116805; 730496, 4118405; 730296, 4118405; 730196, 4119105; 
730096, 4119505; 730096, 4119705; 730196, 4120005; 730996, 4120005; 
730996, 4121205; 731396, 4121305; 731896, 4121205; 732796, 4121105; 
734096, 4121005; 734296, 4120905; 734296, 4120105; 733496, 4120105; 
733496, 4118505; 731796, 4118505; returning to 731796, 4116805.
    (91) Subunit 14M; Kings County and Tulare County, California. From 
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Burris Park, Monson, Remnoy, and 
Traver. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates 
(E,N): 276838, 4031116; 276881, 4031202; 277581, 4031302; 278281, 
4031702; 279581, 4031602; 279081, 4032702; 280581, 4032702; 281481, 
4033102; 281881, 4033002; 283081, 4034102; 283881, 4034202; 284780, 
4035002; 286880, 4034902; 287080, 4034902; 288580, 4034902; 288580, 
4035402; 287780, 4035502; 287780, 4036502; 289380, 4036502; 289480, 
4037202; 291180, 4037202; 291180, 4037002; 291880, 4037002; 291980, 
4036602; 291980, 4035402; 292733, 4035590; 292727, 4035432; 292680, 
4035202; 291980, 4035202; 291780, 4035202; 291780, 4035402; 290580, 
4035502; 290580, 4035902; 289880, 4035902; 289880, 4035502; 289480, 
4035502; 289480, 4034302; 288580, 4034302; 288580, 4034002; 287780, 
4034002; 287780, 4034302; 287080, 4034402; 287080, 4034102; 285080, 
4034202; 285080, 4033602; 283181, 4033602; 283181, 4032902; 282681, 
4032902; 282681, 4032402; 282281, 4032402; 282181, 4031602; 282181, 
4030902; 280181, 4030902; 280181, 4030602; 279081, 4030402; 278781, 
4030302; 278581, 4029902; 278181, 4029802; 278088, 4029807; 276481, 
4029902; 275781, 4029402; 275581, 4029002; 275381, 4028402; 275081, 
4028102; 274781, 4027902; 274781, 4029602; 275681, 4029602; 276181, 
4030202; 276481, 4030402; returning to 276838, 4031116.
    (92) Subunit 14N; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Alpaugh, Cocoran, and Taylor Weir. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 276581, 3997103; 
276781, 3997003; 278181, 3997002; 278181, 3995402; 279681, 3995403; 
279681, 3993803; 278081, 3993803; 278081, 3992203; 278881, 3992203; 
278881, 3991403; 279681, 3991403; 279681, 3990603; 279681, 3989803; 
279681, 3989003; 278781, 3989003; 278781, 3987403; 279281, 3987403; 
279281, 3986303; 278981, 3986303; 278981, 3986503; 278681, 3987003; 
278581, 3987203; 278381, 3987303; 277181, 3987403; 276981, 3988303; 
276981, 3988803; 276581, 3988803; 276081, 3989703; 275981, 3990603; 
276181, 3990803; 276181, 3991303; 276481, 3991303; 276481, 3992103; 
276481, 3992303; 274481, 3992303; 274481, 3993903; 274881, 3993903; 
274881, 3994503; 274981, 3994703; 275781, 3994703; 273781, 3997102; 
returning to 276581, 3997103.
    (93) Subunit 14O; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Alpaugh, and Pixley. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 288081, 3974303; 288081, 3974703; 
288481, 3974703; 288481, 3975003; 288881, 3975003; 288881, 3975903; 
285481, 3975903; 285181, 3976103; 285081, 3976603; 284981, 3977103; 
284681, 3977303; 284681, 3977503; 283281, 3977503; 282981, 3977203; 
284081, 3976203; 284081, 3976003; 283981, 3976003; 282081, 3976003; 
281081, 3977703; 282281, 3977703; 282681, 3977403; 282881, 3977503; 
282881, 3977703; 283181, 3977903; 283181, 3978003; 283281, 3978003; 
283281, 3979203; 286581, 3979203; 286581, 3980003; 287381, 3980003; 
287381, 3979103; 287781, 3979103; 287781, 3977603; 287781, 3977603; 
289081, 3977603; 288981, 3976003; 290581, 3975903; 290481, 3975803; 
290481, 3975003; 291481, 3975003; 291481, 3975103; 291581, 3975103; 
291481, 3974203; 291381, 3974203; 291282, 3973411; 290484, 3973428; 
290481, 3974303; 288481, 3974303; returning to 288081, 3974303.
    (94) Subunit 14P; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Alpaugh, and Pixley. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 288081, 3974303; 288081, 3973503; 
287281, 3973503; 287281, 3973403; 287281, 3973403; 287281, 3972803; 
285881, 3972803; 285881, 3973403; 285581, 3973403; 285581, 3973503; 
285081, 3973503; 285081, 3972603; 283981, 3972603; 283081, 3974303; 
returning to 288081, 3974303.
    (95) Subunit 14Q; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Delano West. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 290033, 3972047; 290022, 3971848; 290454, 
3971840; 290438, 3971046; 289595, 3971055; 289581, 3971055; 289581, 
3972303; 290467, 3972303; 290460, 3972041; returning to 290033, 
3972047.
    (96) Subunit 15A; San Joaquin County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Peters, Farmington, Linden, Valley Springs 
SW. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 
676096, 4212205; 676696, 4211005; 676396, 4211005; 676496, 4210805; 
676397, 4210405; 676297, 4210305; 676197, 4210305; 675897, 4210105; 
675697, 4210005; 675797, 4209805; 675997, 4209505; 675997, 4209405; 
676597, 4209405; 676797, 4209905; 676796, 4210605; 676896, 4210705; 
677296, 4211105; 678796, 4211105; 678896, 4210305; 680296, 4210205; 
680296, 4209505; 681196, 4209505; 681896, 4210105; 682099, 4210068; 
682109, 4209560; 682119, 4209092; 681596, 4208905; 681396, 4208305; 
680896, 4208205; 680896, 4205905; 680596, 4205505; 680496, 4204905; 
679796, 4204405; 679796, 4203105; 679296, 4203105; 679296, 4203205; 
679096, 4203205; 679096, 4203105; 678597, 4203105; 678497, 4202905; 
678397, 4202905; 678397, 4202805; 678497, 4202705; 678497, 4202505; 
677797, 4202005; 677697, 4201505; 677597, 4201505; 677522, 4201430; 
677463, 4201405; 675897, 4201405; 675797, 4202805; 675997, 4202805; 
675997, 4203005; 675797, 4203005; 675797, 4204605; 672597, 4204505; 
672597, 4205405; 672897, 4205605; 672897, 4206105; 672197, 4206105; 
672197, 4206305; 671897, 4206305; 671697, 4206505; 671697, 4206905; 
673297, 4206905; 673297, 4207205; 674097, 4207205; 674097, 4207505; 
674797, 4207305; 674797, 4207005; 675197, 4207005; 675697, 4207205; 
675697, 4207905; 675397, 4207905; 675397, 4207805; 674597, 4207805; 
674497, 4207905; 674297, 4208005; 674027, 4208185; 674004, 4208506; 
674897, 4208605; 674797, 4209105; 674697, 4209105; 674697, 4209405; 
673997, 4209405; 673997, 4209605; 673597, 4209505; 673297, 4209405; 
673297, 4209305; 673197, 4209305; 673196, 4211705; 673596, 4211605; 
673996, 4211505; 673997, 4211205; 674197, 4211205; 674197, 4211305; 
674397, 4211305; 674396, 4211405; 674997, 4211205; 675296, 4211305; 
675296, 4211505; 675396, 4211605; 675396,

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4211671; 675446, 4211705; 675596, 4211705; 675596, 4211805; 675596, 
4212205; returning to 676096, 4212205.
    (97) Subunit 15B; Tuolumne and Stanislaus County, California. From 
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Keystone, Knights Ferry. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706708, 4189617; 
706796, 4189905; 707396, 4190505; 707896, 4190505; 708496, 4189805; 
708796, 4189805; 709296, 4189105; 709296, 4188405; 710196, 4188005; 
710015, 4186646; 710009, 4186600; 709573, 4186981; 709372, 4187156; 
708531, 4187889; 708447, 4187963; 708360, 4188038; 708228, 4188154; 
708095, 4188270; 707735, 4188584; 707703, 4188612; 707661, 4188649; 
706981, 4189243; 706692, 4189494; 706674, 4189509; returning to 706708, 
4189617.
    (98) Subunit 15C; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Paulsell, and Waterford. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 699396, 4176489; 
700596, 4176531; 701301, 4176555; 701378, 4176635; 701442, 4176570; 
701852, 4176583; 701696, 4176505; 701696, 4176305; 701696, 4176005; 
701796, 4175705; 701896, 4175605; 702096, 4175605; 702096, 4174905; 
701696, 4174905; 701696, 4174005; 701996, 4173505; 701896, 4173405; 
701796, 4173305; 701796, 4173105; 701796, 4173005; 701696, 4173005; 
701596, 4172905; 701596, 4172805; 701696, 4172805; 701696, 4172605; 
701596, 4172405; 701396, 4172305; 701196, 4172405; 700796, 4172405; 
700696, 4172405; 700596, 4172505; 700596, 4172705; 700496, 4172705; 
700496, 4172605; 700196, 4172505; 699696, 4172505; 699596, 4172605; 
699396, 4172605; 699196, 4172305; 698896, 4172305; 698796, 4172405; 
698496, 4172205; 698196, 4172605; 698296, 4172805; 697496, 4174105; 
697396, 4174105; 697396, 4174305; 697896, 4174305; 697896, 4176105; 
697796, 4176105; 697796, 4176242; 698187, 4176203; 698182, 4176418; 
698181, 4176447; returning to 699396, 4176489.
    (99) Subunit 15D; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Paulsell. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 703196, 4177305; 703096, 4177105; 703008, 
4177164; 703002, 4177308; 703196, 4177313; returning to 703196, 
4177305.
    (100) Subunit 15E; Stanislaus County, Tuolumne County, California. 
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Cooperstown, Keystone, La Grange, 
and Paulsell. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 705196, 4174505; 705496, 4175205; 705096, 4175705; 
705396, 4176105; 705796, 4176505; 705796, 4176805; 705796, 4177305; 
705196, 4177305; 705096, 4177105; 704896, 4177105; 704896, 4176905; 
704696, 4176905; 704596, 4177005; 704596, 4177205; 704396, 4177305; 
704296, 4177105; 704096, 4177105; 703896, 4176905; 703596, 4177105; 
703596, 4177455; 703757, 4177460; 703741, 4177798; 703896, 4178005; 
704096, 4178005; 704196, 4177905; 704296, 4177905; 704296, 4178205; 
703996, 4178205; 703996, 4178605; 703896, 4178705; 703996, 4178905; 
703996, 4179005; 703685, 4179005; 703683, 4179046; 704531, 4178989; 
705326, 4179286; 706238, 4179131; 708158, 4179213; 708755, 4178373; 
709373, 4178848; 709975, 4179310; 710001, 4179330; 711355, 4179383; 
711346, 4179738; 711724, 4179792; 711695, 4180558; 711674, 4180690; 
713135, 4181130; 713537, 4181279; 714099, 4181546; 714637, 4181825; 
714723, 4181878; 714730, 4181882; 715078, 4182097; 715141, 4182136; 
715046, 4182231; 714819, 4182405; 715196, 4182405; 715596, 4183205; 
715896, 4183205; 716096, 4182505; 716996, 4182505; 717196, 4182305; 
717196, 4181805; 716996, 4181105; 717296, 4180705; 717296, 4180405; 
717203, 4180188; 716996, 4179705; 717579, 4179851; 717796, 4179905; 
718596, 4179805; 718796, 4179005; 719396, 4178505; 719551, 4178078; 
719796, 4177405; 720222, 4177476; 720396, 4177505; 720796, 4177505; 
720841, 4176920; 720896, 4176205; 721496, 4175705; 722296, 4175105; 
722796, 4175005; 722896, 4173405; 723096, 4173305; 723296, 4173405; 
723796, 4173405; 724096, 4173105; 724196, 4172105; 722896, 4172005; 
721796, 4171005; 721668, 4170448; 721596, 4170305; 721496, 4170205; 
721296, 4170105; 721096, 4169905; 721096, 4169405; 720996, 4169405; 
720096, 4168305; 718996, 4167805; 718796, 4167905; 718196, 4168305; 
718096, 4168305; 717996, 4168405; 716296, 4168405; 715996, 4168305; 
715696, 4168105; 715596, 4168005; 715496, 4168105; 715496, 4169205; 
714996, 4169705; 714996, 4169805; 715196, 4169805; 715296, 4170005; 
715396, 4170005; 715396, 4170205; 715396, 4170212; 715396, 4171005; 
715296, 4171005; 715296, 4170805; 715196, 4170805; 715196, 4170505; 
714996, 4170505; 714996, 4170105; 713996, 4169605; 713896, 4169705; 
713096, 4169305; 712596, 4169205; 712296, 4169205; 712096, 4169405; 
711596, 4169705; 711396, 4169705; 710596, 4168905; 709396, 4168905; 
709196, 4169305; 709196, 4169505; 708996, 4169505; 708896, 4169705; 
708796, 4169705; 708696, 4169605; 708596, 4169705; 708496, 4169805; 
708796, 4170005; 708896, 4170105; 708996, 4170205; 709196, 4170305; 
709296, 4170405; 709496, 4170405; 709496, 4170605; 709396, 4170605; 
709296, 4170705; 709196, 4170605; 708896, 4170505; 708896, 4170405; 
708596, 4170305; 708496, 4170105; 708196, 4170005; 707996, 4170005; 
707996, 4170105; 708196, 4170305; 708296, 4170305; 708296, 4170405; 
708096, 4170405; 708296, 4170605; 708296, 4170705; 708196, 4170705; 
707996, 4170505; 707796, 4170505; 707796, 4170605; 707696, 4170705; 
707496, 4170705; 707196, 4170905; 707196, 4171005; 707296, 4171105; 
707396, 4171005; 707596, 4171105; 707896, 4171405; 707996, 4171405; 
708196, 4171405; 708296, 4171505; 708196, 4171605; 708196, 4171705; 
708396, 4171705; 708396, 4171905; 708496, 4171905; 708596, 4172005; 
708596, 4172105; 708796, 4172205; 708896, 4172305; 708896, 4172405; 
708796, 4172505; 708596, 4172505; 708496, 4172605; 708396, 4172505; 
708296, 4172505; 708196, 4172405; 708096, 4172305; 707996, 4172305; 
707896, 4172505; 707696, 4172405; 707496, 4172305; 707496, 4172405; 
707296, 4172505; 707196, 4172105; 707096, 4172005; 706796, 4172005; 
706796, 4172105; 706596, 4172105; 706496, 4172105; 706496, 4172205; 
706296, 4172405; 706396, 4172505; 706496, 4172605; 706396, 4172605; 
706296, 4172605; 706196, 4172705; 705996, 4172905; 705896, 4173105; 
705896, 4173305; 706096, 4173605; 705996, 4173705; 705896, 4173905; 
705796, 4174005; 705596, 4174005; 705496, 4173905; 705496, 4173505; 
705296, 4173005; 705196, 4173005; 705196, 4172405; 704996, 4172205; 
704896, 4171905; 704696, 4171905; 704596, 4171705; 704496, 4171605; 
704696, 4171205; 704796, 4171305; 704996, 4171005; 704796, 4170905; 
704996, 4170805; 704896, 4170705; 704696, 4170705; 704696, 4170505; 
704896, 4170005; 705196, 4170005; 705096, 4169905; 705096, 4169305; 
704896, 4169105; 704196, 4169105; 703596, 4169305; 703496, 4169405; 
703496, 4169905; 703696, 4170005; 703696, 4170105; 703596, 4170105; 
703596, 4170605; 703496, 4170705; 703496, 4171105; 703296, 4171305; 
703496, 4171305; 703496, 4171605; 703696, 4171605; 703696, 4173805; 
704396, 4173805; 704396, 4173505; 705263, 4173505; returning to 705196, 
4174505.
    (101) Subunit 15F; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale

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quadrangle Paulsell. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 700596, 4170338; 700596, 4170705; 700396, 4170705; 
700396, 4170905; 700396, 4171605; 701296, 4171605; 702096, 4171605; 
702096, 4169605; 702296, 4169605; 702296, 4169505; 702296, 4169463; 
702296, 4169005; 701796, 4168805; 701396, 4168605; 701296, 4168405; 
701096, 4168405; 701096, 4169417; 701096, 4169505; 700796, 4169505; 
700796, 4170205; 700796, 4170305; 700646, 4170305; 700596, 4170305; 
returning to 700596, 4170338.
    (102) Subunit 15G; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangles Montpelier, and Paulsell. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 704896, 4167305; 
705096, 4167205; 705396, 4167205; 705396, 4166205; 705096, 4166105; 
704496, 4166105; 704296, 4166005; 704096, 4166005; 703896, 4166205; 
703496, 4166405; 703496, 4166605; 703596, 4166605; 703696, 4166705; 
703796, 4166805; 703796, 4167005; 704696, 4167405; 704796, 4167405; 
returning to 704896, 4167305.
    (103) Subunit 15H; Merced County, Stanislaus County, California. 
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Cooperstown, La Grange, Merced 
Falls, Montpelier, Paulsell, and Turlock Lake. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 712996, 4163605; 
712996, 4163505; 713196, 4163605; 713596, 4163805; 713696, 4163805; 
713696, 4163905; 713796, 4164105; 714296, 4164105; 714496, 4164305; 
714596, 4164605; 714696, 4164605; 714896, 4164505; 714896, 4164005; 
714496, 4163805; 714496, 4163405; 714596, 4163305; 715296, 4163805; 
715396, 4164005; 715496, 4164005; 715396, 4163705; 715196, 4163505; 
715096, 4163305; 714896, 4163105; 714996, 4163005; 715096, 4163005; 
715796, 4163005; 715996, 4162905; 716096, 4162705; 716196, 4162605; 
716296, 4162605; 716396, 4162705; 716496, 4162805; 716596, 4162905; 
716696, 4163005; 716696, 4163305; 716596, 4163405; 716596, 4163605; 
716696, 4163905; 716896, 4164305; 716796, 4164705; 716896, 4165105; 
717296, 4165605; 717296, 4165905; 717096, 4166205; 716696, 4166205; 
716496, 4166105; 716496, 4166705; 716696, 4166705; 716896, 4166905; 
716896, 4167105; 717096, 4167205; 717596, 4167205; 718196, 4167105; 
718596, 4166905; 718696, 4166405; 718796, 4166205; 719196, 4166505; 
719396, 4166605; 719596, 4166605; 719596, 4166305; 719696, 4166205; 
719696, 4165905; 719896, 4165905; 719996, 4166105; 719996, 4166005; 
720796, 4166005; 720796, 4163505; 721629, 4163505; 721796, 4163505; 
722496, 4163905; 722496, 4163961; 722496, 4165105; 722296, 4165105; 
722296, 4165205; 721596, 4165205; 721596, 4165905; 721096, 4166105; 
720796, 4166305; 720996, 4166405; 721096, 4166505; 721196, 4166705; 
721096, 4166805; 720396, 4166805; 720196, 4166705; 720296, 4166505; 
720296, 4166405; 720196, 4166305; 720096, 4166305; 719896, 4166605; 
719596, 4167205; 719596, 4167405; 719796, 4167605; 720596, 4167605; 
720796, 4167505; 720996, 4167305; 721196, 4167205; 721396, 4167505; 
721796, 4167505; 722096, 4167405; 722596, 4167405; 722996, 4167305; 
723396, 4167205; 723096, 4168205; 723096, 4169005; 723396, 4169505; 
723896, 4169605; 724196, 4169605; 724696, 4169005; 724796, 4168105; 
725196, 4167705; 725396, 4167005; 726296, 4166905; 726596, 4166605; 
726596, 4166405; 726824, 4166235; 727396, 4165805; 727796, 4165605; 
729096, 4165605; 730196, 4165205; 730496, 4164905; 730596, 4164705; 
730796, 4163905; 731396, 4163905; 731796, 4163605; 731896, 4163205; 
732296, 4162605; 732296, 4162305; 732796, 4162505; 733096, 4162405; 
733696, 4161905; 733796, 4161305; 733696, 4160805; 734696, 4160205; 
734823, 4160078; 734896, 4160005; 734896, 4159940; 734896, 4159305; 
734496, 4158505; 734396, 4157905; 734596, 4157705; 734796, 4157805; 
734996, 4158105; 735096, 4158605; 735596, 4158605; 735601, 4158601; 
735601, 4158601; 735796, 4158405; 735771, 4158278; 735696, 4157905; 
736267, 4157334; 736296, 4157305; 736896, 4157105; 736996, 4156905; 
736996, 4156305; 736808, 4156305; 736396, 4156305; 736096, 4156105; 
735596, 4156105; 734196, 4156705; 733496, 4156905; 731796, 4156705; 
730996, 4156305; 728996, 4156405; 728796, 4156505; 728796, 4156605; 
728696, 4156705; 728396, 4156705; 728196, 4156605; 727996, 4156605; 
727196, 4156605; 726996, 4156405; 726796, 4156305; 726396, 4156305; 
726196, 4156405; 725896, 4156305; 725696, 4156205; 725596, 4156105; 
725496, 4156005; 725196, 4155905; 725096, 4155805; 724996, 4155805; 
724896, 4155905; 724396, 4155905; 724396, 4155505; 723896, 4155505; 
723996, 4155105; 723396, 4155205; 722796, 4154905; 722796, 4155205; 
722396, 4155205; 722396, 4156605; 722996, 4156605; 722996, 4157205; 
723596, 4157205; 723596, 4156805; 723796, 4156805; 723796, 4156705; 
724396, 4156705; 724396, 4157205; 724296, 4157205; 724296, 4157205; 
724196, 4158005; 723896, 4158005; 723796, 4158805; 722596, 4158805; 
722596, 4159005; 722496, 4159005; 722396, 4159105; 722296, 4159105; 
721696, 4159105; 721696, 4159305; 721596, 4159405; 721596, 4159605; 
721696, 4159605; 721696, 4159705; 721796, 4159705; 721796, 4160305; 
721196, 4160305; 721196, 4159905; 720896, 4159905; 720896, 4160305; 
719596, 4160305; 719596, 4160105; 720096, 4159405; 719696, 4159405; 
719696, 4159305; 719596, 4159305; 719496, 4159305; 719396, 4159205; 
719196, 4159205; 719096, 4159205; 718996, 4159105; 718796, 4158905; 
718696, 4158805; 718696, 4158705; 718496, 4158705; 718296, 4158605; 
718296, 4158505; 718396, 4158405; 718496, 4158305; 718596, 4158305; 
718696, 4158205; 718796, 4158205; 718996, 4158105; 719096, 4157905; 
719096, 4157705; 718796, 4157405; 718096, 4157505; 717896, 4157205; 
717996, 4157005; 718096, 4156805; 718496, 4157105; 718796, 4156505; 
718796, 4156105; 717596, 4156105; 717596, 4156505; 717196, 4156505; 
717196, 4156105; 716696, 4156105; 716696, 4155605; 716396, 4155505; 
716296, 4154805; 715996, 4154705; 715996, 4154905; 715896, 4155005; 
715896, 4155105; 715796, 4155205; 715696, 4155505; 715596, 4155605; 
715496, 4155605; 715396, 4156405; 715496, 4156405; 715496, 4157005; 
715496, 4157205; 715596, 4157205; 715596, 4157405; 717696, 4157405; 
717696, 4159505; 718196, 4160005; 718296, 4160305; 718496, 4160605; 
718796, 4160905; 716896, 4160905; 716896, 4160205; 715349, 4160205; 
714996, 4160205; 714996, 4160705; 715096, 4160705; 715096, 4160805; 
715296, 4160805; 715296, 4160905; 714496, 4160905; 714496, 4161005; 
713796, 4161005; 713796, 4160905; 713396, 4160905; 713296, 4161005; 
713196, 4160905; 713196, 4160805; 713496, 4160505; 713496, 4160405; 
713696, 4160305; 713896, 4160605; 713996, 4160605; 714096, 4160505; 
714096, 4160205; 711230, 4160106; 711196, 4161705; 709596, 4161705; 
709596, 4163305; 707996, 4163305; 707996, 4162905; 707096, 4162905; 
707096, 4165405; 707496, 4165405; 707496, 4165605; 706796, 4165905; 
706596, 4165605; 706296, 4165805; 706396, 4166105; 706296, 4166205; 
706296, 4166305; 706396, 4166305; 706396, 4166505; 706296, 4166505; 
706296, 4166905; 706596, 4166905; 706796, 4166505; 706896, 4166505; 
706896, 4166105; 707096, 4166105; 707096, 4165905; 707296, 4165905; 
707296, 4166505; 707496, 4166505; 707896, 4165805;

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707896, 4165405; 708096, 4165605; 708296, 4165605; 708496, 4165505; 
708496, 4165305; 708296, 4165205; 708296, 4165105; 708396, 4165005; 
708496, 4165005; 708596, 4165105; 708696, 4165205; 708896, 4165205; 
709196, 4164905; 710296, 4164905; 710296, 4166205; 710196, 4166205; 
710196, 4166305; 710096, 4166305; 709996, 4166305; 709996, 4166505; 
709896, 4166505; 709896, 4166905; 710296, 4166605; 711096, 4167405; 
711696, 4167605; 712496, 4167605; 712496, 4167105; 712996, 4167105; 
712996, 4167005; 712696, 4166705; 711896, 4166805; 711696, 4166605; 
711696, 4166405; 711896, 4166305; 711896, 4166405; 711996, 4166405; 
712096, 4166105; 712196, 4166305; 712296, 4166305; 712396, 4166205; 
712596, 4166205; 712596, 4166005; 712796, 4166005; 712796, 4166105; 
712896, 4166105; 713096, 4165905; 713019, 4165867; 712896, 4165805; 
712796, 4165605; 712596, 4165605; 712596, 4165405; 712796, 4165405; 
712696, 4165205; 712496, 4165305; 712396, 4165205; 712596, 4165105; 
712596, 4165005; 712496, 4164905; 712696, 4164905; 712696, 4164805; 
712696, 4164705; 712796, 4164605; 712696, 4164505; 712596, 4164605; 
712496, 4164605; 712496, 4164105; 712896, 4164305; 713196, 4164105; 
713296, 4163905; returning to 712996, 4163605.
    (104) Subunit 15I; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Turlock Lake. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 713896, 4155205; 712696, 4155005; 712696, 
4156605; 712996, 4156605; 712996, 4156905; 714896, 4157005; 714896, 
4156605; 714396, 4156105; 714296, 4156005; 714096, 4155305; 714096, 
4155205; returning to 713896, 4155205.
    (105) Subunit 15J; Madera County, Mariposa County, Merced County, 
California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Haystack Mountain, 
Illinois Hill, Indian Gulch, Le Grand, Merced, Merced Falls, Owens 
Reservoir, Plainsburg, Planada, Raynor Creek, Snelling, Winton, and 
Yosemite Lake. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 736505, 4134005; 733996, 4134005; 733996, 4134605; 
733896, 4134705; 733896, 4134805; 733096, 4134805; 733096, 4135605; 
732596, 4135605; 730396, 4135505; 730296, 4135405; 730196, 4135405; 
729996, 4135505; 729996, 4136305; 729996, 4136505; 730096, 4136505; 
730196, 4136405; 730296, 4136405; 730396, 4136405; 730496, 4136505; 
730596, 4136605; 730696, 4136705; 730696, 4136805; 730696, 4137005; 
730696, 4137105; 730596, 4137205; 730496, 4137305; 730396, 4137305; 
729996, 4137505; 729896, 4137505; 729796, 4137405; 729496, 4137405; 
729396, 4137605; 729396, 4138205; 729296, 4138305; 729096, 4138205; 
728896, 4138505; 728496, 4138605; 728296, 4138605; 727996, 4138405; 
727796, 4138305; 727696, 4138205; 727496, 4138105; 727496, 4137605; 
727396, 4137605; 727396, 4137405; 727496, 4137405; 727496, 4137305; 
727396, 4137305; 727396, 4137205; 727496, 4137205; 727496, 4137005; 
726596, 4137005; 726596, 4136305; 726496, 4136205; 725896, 4136205; 
725896, 4137005; 725096, 4137005; 724996, 4138605; 725596, 4138605; 
725596, 4138505; 725896, 4138505; 725896, 4138605; 725996, 4138605; 
725996, 4139305; 726596, 4139305; 726596, 4139405; 725996, 4139405; 
725896, 4139405; 725896, 4140005; 725996, 4140005; 725996, 4140705; 
725496, 4140705; 725496, 4140605; 725196, 4140605; 725196, 4140805; 
724996, 4140805; 724996, 4141005; 724196, 4141005; 724196, 4141405; 
723496, 4141405; 723496, 4140905; 723296, 4140905; 723296, 4140405; 
723496, 4140305; 723496, 4139305; 724096, 4139305; 724096, 4139205; 
723996, 4138705; 723996, 4138505; 723596, 4138005; 723496, 4138005; 
723496, 4138105; 723096, 4138105; 723096, 4138505; 723096, 4138705; 
723196, 4138905; 723296, 4139205; 723396, 4139305; 722196, 4139305; 
722096, 4140305; 721996, 4140905; 721996, 4141705; 721996, 4143205; 
720896, 4143205; 720996, 4141605; 721096, 4141305; 721096, 4141005; 
721196, 4140905; 721096, 4140805; 717896, 4140705; 717796, 4142305; 
714596, 4142205; 714596, 4144705; 715596, 4144705; 715596, 4144805; 
715896, 4144805; 715996, 4144805; 716096, 4144805; 716196, 4144905; 
716196, 4145005; 716096, 4145005; 715996, 4145105; 715996, 4145205; 
716096, 4145305; 716096, 4145405; 716196, 4145505; 717096, 4145505; 
717796, 4145105; 717896, 4145105; 717896, 4145005; 717896, 4144905; 
717696, 4144705; 717696, 4144605; 717696, 4144505; 717896, 4144305; 
717996, 4144405; 718296, 4144405; 718496, 4144305; 718796, 4144305; 
718796, 4144605; 718696, 4144805; 718796, 4144905; 718796, 4145405; 
718696, 4145405; 718696, 4145505; 718796, 4145605; 718696, 4145705; 
718596, 4145805; 718596, 4145905; 718696, 4146005; 718696, 4146305; 
718396, 4146305; 718296, 4146405; 718296, 4146605; 718396, 4146605; 
718596, 4146705; 718696, 4146805; 718696, 4146905; 718496, 4147005; 
718596, 4147105; 718596, 4147405; 718796, 4147405; 718796, 4147205; 
719096, 4147305; 719196, 4147505; 719396, 4147405; 719696, 4147705; 
719796, 4147805; 719796, 4147905; 719896, 4148005; 720096, 4148005; 
720696, 4148005; 720696, 4148105; 720796, 4148205; 720896, 4148205; 
720996, 4148305; 722796, 4148305; 722796, 4148405; 722996, 4148405; 
723296, 4148505; 723496, 4148505; 723296, 4148405; 723196, 4148305; 
723096, 4148205; 723296, 4148005; 723496, 4148005; 723596, 4148105; 
723696, 4148205; 723696, 4148305; 723896, 4148305; 723896, 4148205; 
723996, 4148205; 723996, 4148305; 724096, 4148505; 724296, 4148305; 
724296, 4148705; 724396, 4148805; 724396, 4148905; 724596, 4148805; 
724596, 4149105; 724796, 4149205; 724996, 4149405; 725096, 4149505; 
725096, 4149805; 724996, 4149905; 725096, 4150005; 725296, 4150005; 
725396, 4150205; 725496, 4150305; 725496, 4150405; 725196, 4150705; 
724796, 4150705; 724796, 4153205; 725096, 4153305; 725496, 4153705; 
725696, 4153905; 725896, 4154005; 726096, 4154105; 726296, 4153805; 
726396, 4153605; 726396, 4153505; 727896, 4153405; 727896, 4153205; 
727996, 4153205; 727996, 4153305; 728496, 4153405; 728796, 4153505; 
729096, 4153505; 729096, 4153405; 729196, 4153305; 729396, 4153205; 
729496, 4153205; 729496, 4153105; 729396, 4153005; 729596, 4152905; 
729896, 4152905; 729996, 4153005; 729996, 4154005; 730096, 4154005; 
730196, 4154105; 730696, 4154105; 730796, 4154205; 731096, 4154405; 
731296, 4154505; 731596, 4154505; 731896, 4154705; 732296, 4154705; 
732696, 4154605; 733296, 4154305; 733496, 4154305; 733796, 4154105; 
734796, 4154105; 734996, 4154405; 735196, 4154605; 735196, 4154705; 
735596, 4155105; 735696, 4155105; 735896, 4155305; 736196, 4155705; 
737196, 4155205; 737253, 4155173; 737896, 4154805; 738296, 4154005; 
738396, 4153105; 739096, 4152605; 739196, 4152005; 740296, 4151605; 
740896, 4151305; 740896, 4150105; 741196, 4149705; 741796, 4149205; 
742196, 4148305; 742196, 4146905; 743496, 4145905; 744096, 4145405; 
744496, 4144405; 744396, 4143705; 743996, 4142505; 744096, 4141805; 
744296, 4141505; 745596, 4140105; 746196, 4139305; 746896, 4138305; 
747796, 4137505; 748596, 4135605; 748796, 4134905; 749596, 4133805; 
749596, 4133804; 750268, 4132516; 750795, 4131505; 751695, 4130305; 
752095, 4130005; 752195, 4130005; 752268, 4130005; 752268, 4130004; 
752253, 4129985;

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752895, 4129905; 753395, 4130205; 753595, 4130205; 753995, 4130005; 
754095, 4129105; 753495, 4128205; 753995, 4127505; 754495, 4127505; 
754695, 4127205; 755395, 4128205; 755495, 4128205; 755695, 4127505; 
756995, 4126205; 757895, 4125605; 758495, 4126105; 758595, 4126105; 
758695, 4125805; 757995, 4124905; 757495, 4124905; 757895, 4124205; 
757895, 4123805; 758295, 4123805; 758595, 4123405; 758895, 4123405; 
759095, 4123705; 759395, 4123705; 759795, 4123305; 759795, 4123205; 
759295, 4122705; 760395, 4121105; 761095, 4120805; 761395, 4120105; 
762050, 4119369; 762063, 4119354; 761813, 4119070; 761796, 4119063; 
761793, 4119062; 761739, 4119040; 761614, 4118979; 761592, 4118963; 
761571, 4118947; 761507, 4118899; 761450, 4118857; 761339, 4118774; 
761202, 4118699; 760953, 4118644; 760846, 4118560; 760689, 4118439; 
760373, 4118414; 760323, 4118410; 760215, 4118402; 760179, 4118399; 
760179, 4118399; 760103, 4118393; 759837, 4118317; 759624, 4118257; 
759470, 4118163; 759425, 4118132; 759268, 4118020; 758878, 4117890; 
758636, 4117875; 758131, 4117787; 758029, 4117769; 758005, 4117760; 
757907, 4117723; 757903, 4117722; 757892, 4117719; 757789, 4117670; 
757717, 4117616; 757715, 4117615; 757711, 4117613; 757686, 4117605; 
757627, 4117586; 757580, 4117547; 757571, 4117532; 757570, 4117531; 
757545, 4117506; 757506, 4117466; 757473, 4117432; 757473, 4117432; 
757447, 4117405; 757445, 4117403; 757316, 4117273; 757277, 4117238; 
757212, 4117223; 757181, 4117215; 757142, 4117205; 757080, 4117190; 
757013, 4117174; 756967, 4117147; 756919, 4117105; 756880, 4117073; 
756854, 4117048; 756840, 4117036; 756730, 4116933; 756719, 4116929; 
756687, 4116917; 756686, 4116915; 756685, 4116915; 756595, 4117005; 
756318, 4117098; 756295, 4117105; 755895, 4117005; 755795, 4117005; 
755795, 4116965; 755795, 4116505; 755795, 4116405; 755595, 4116305; 
755495, 4116305; 754995, 4116105; 754895, 4116105; 754895, 4116405; 
753795, 4116405; 753795, 4116205; 753395, 4116205; 753395, 4115405; 
753195, 4115305; 752795, 4115205; 752495, 4115105; 752295, 4115005; 
752295, 4115405; 751895, 4115405; 752095, 4115605; 751995, 4115805; 
751495, 4115905; 751195, 4116105; 751395, 4116105; 751395, 4116705; 
751195, 4116705; 750911, 4116705; 750895, 4116705; 750795, 4116805; 
750095, 4116605; 749395, 4116605; 749395, 4116416; 749395, 4116305; 
746895, 4116305; 746095, 4116305; 746095, 4116325; 746095, 4116405; 
745295, 4116405; 745295, 4117605; 744695, 4117605; 744695, 4118405; 
743695, 4118405; 743695, 4118805; 745495, 4118805; 745495, 4119505; 
744795, 4119505; 744795, 4120305; 745395, 4120305; 745595, 4120405; 
745695, 4120505; 746095, 4120505; 746095, 4121205; 746295, 4121305; 
746295, 4121405; 746495, 4121505; 746495, 4121605; 747695, 4120505; 
746595, 4120505; 746595, 4119505; 747095, 4119505; 747095, 4120105; 
747895, 4120105; 747895, 4119805; 748495, 4119805; 747895, 4120305; 
747895, 4121205; 748695, 4121205; 748695, 4121705; 747895, 4121705; 
747895, 4123105; 748395, 4123105; 748395, 4123305; 748595, 4123305; 
748695, 4123305; 748695, 4123705; 747895, 4123705; 747895, 4124405; 
747495, 4124905; 747495, 4125305; 746995, 4125305; 746996, 4125569; 
746998, 4125572; 747017, 4125623; 747066, 4125676; 747093, 4125703; 
747099, 4125707; 747237, 4125776; 747398, 4125792; 747453, 4125805; 
747295, 4125805; 747237, 4125776; 747218, 4125774; 747165, 4125755; 
747099, 4125707; 747096, 4125705; 746996, 4125705; 746696, 4125605; 
746396, 4125505; 746296, 4125405; 746296, 4125305; 745796, 4125305; 
745796, 4124905; 744596, 4124905; 744596, 4125105; 744496, 4125105; 
744496, 4125005; 743796, 4125005; 743796, 4125605; 744596, 4125605; 
744596, 4126005; 743796, 4126005; 743796, 4126805; 743696, 4126805; 
742796, 4126805; 742496, 4126805; 742096, 4127005; 742096, 4128405; 
742896, 4128405; 742896, 4128905; 742996, 4128905; 743096, 4128905; 
743096, 4129005; 743496, 4129105; 743696, 4129305; 743696, 4130505; 
743596, 4130505; 743596, 4130705; 743196, 4130705; 743096, 4130605; 
743096, 4130405; 742496, 4130405; 742496, 4130605; 742096, 4130605; 
742096, 4130905; 741296, 4130905; 741396, 4130805; 741596, 4130805; 
741696, 4130705; 741696, 4130505; 741496, 4130205; 741396, 4130005; 
740496, 4130005; 740496, 4130105; 740396, 4130105; 740396, 4130905; 
740596, 4130905; 740596, 4131005; 740796, 4131005; 740796, 4131105; 
740896, 4131205; 741096, 4131205; 741096, 4131305; 741196, 4131305; 
741196, 4131405; 741096, 4131705; 741096, 4131905; 740896, 4132005; 
740796, 4132005; 740596, 4131905; 740496, 4131905; 740496, 4132005; 
740396, 4132005; 740296, 4132005; 740296, 4132105; 739996, 4132405; 
740096, 4132405; 740396, 4132605; 740396, 4133305; 738896, 4133305; 
738396, 4133405; 738196, 4133405; 737196, 4133205; 737196, 4134005; 
736796, 4134005; 736696, 4134005; returning to 736505, 4134005.
    (106) Subunit 15K; Madera County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Kismet. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 764595, 4105205; 761810, 4105205; 761795, 
4105705; 762195, 4105705; 762995, 4106105; 763395, 4106005; 764195, 
4106505; 764195, 4106005; 764595, 4106005; 764595, 4106205; 764895, 
4106105; 765295, 4106205; 765795, 4106305; 765995, 4106505; 766195, 
4106505; 766195, 4106305; 766395, 4106205; 766695, 4106105; 766695, 
4104905; 764595, 4104805; returning to 764595, 4105205. Subunit 16A; 
Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle 
Milpitas. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates 
(E,N): 590197, 4150203; 590578, 4150013; 590549, 4149963; 590480, 
4150004; 590417, 4150034; 590409, 4150019; 590406, 4150019; 590403, 
4150019; 590400, 4150018; 590397, 4150017; 590394, 4150017; 590391, 
4150016; 590388, 4150015; 590299, 4150066; 590297, 4150067; 590296, 
4150068; 590294, 4150069; 590292, 4150069; 590290, 4150070; 590288, 
4150071; 590286, 4150071; 590284, 4150072; 590281, 4150072; 590279, 
4150073; 590277, 4150073; 590275, 4150073; 590273, 4150074; 590271, 
4150074; 590269, 4150074; 590267, 4150074; 590265, 4150073; 590262, 
4150073; 590260, 4150073; 590258, 4150073; 590256, 4150072; 590254, 
4150072; 590252, 4150071; 590250, 4150071; 590248, 4150070; 590246, 
4150069; 590244, 4150068; 590242, 4150067; 590240, 4150066; 590238, 
4150065; 590237, 4150064; 590235, 4150063; 590233, 4150062; 590231, 
4150061; 590230, 4150059; 590027, 4149887; 590023, 4149883; 590018, 
4149880; 590013, 4149876; 590008, 4149873; 590003, 4149870; 589998, 
4149867; 589993, 4149864; 589988, 4149862; 589982, 4149860; 589977, 
4149857; 589971, 4149856; 589966, 4149854; 589960, 4149852; 589954, 
4149851; 589949, 4149850; 589943, 4149849; 589937, 4149848; 589931, 
4149847; 589925, 4149847; 589920, 4149847; 589914, 4149847; 589908, 
4149847; 589902, 4149848; 589896, 4149848; 589890, 4149849; 589885, 
4149850; 589879, 4149852; 589873, 4149853; 589868, 4149855; 589862, 
4149857; 589857, 4149859; 589851, 4149861; 589846, 4149863; 589841, 
4149866; 589836, 4149869; 589831, 4149872; 589826, 4149875; 589821, 
4149878; 589816,

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4149882; 589812, 4149886; 589807, 4149889; 589803, 4149893; 589799, 
4149897; 589795, 4149902; 589791, 4149906; 589738, 4149968; 589997, 
4149903; returning to 590197, 4150203.
    (107) Subunit 15L; Fresno County, and Madera County, California. 
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Daulton, Friant, Gregg, Lanes 
Bridge, Little Table Mountain, and Millerton Lake West. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 233282, 4106500; 
233311, 4106904; 233377, 4107821; 233380, 4107865; 233491, 4107900; 
233596, 4107902; 233644, 4107900; 233680, 4107899; 233697, 4107898; 
233759, 4107917; 233786, 4107935; 233808, 4107948; 233855, 4107979; 
233917, 4108019; 234009, 4108041; 234065, 4108039; 234115, 4108015; 
234132, 4107992; 234164, 4107785; 234176, 4107596; 234202, 4107547; 
234340, 4107386; 234351, 4107345; 234350, 4107272; 234350, 4107220; 
234366, 4107153; 234379, 4107097; 234738, 4106944; 235151, 4106911; 
235179, 4106923; 235232, 4106995; 235284, 4107100; 235307, 4107122; 
235346, 4107136; 235464, 4107102; 235607, 4107034; 235721, 4106941; 
235896, 4106926; 235929, 4106912; 235981, 4106872; 235996, 4106864; 
236033, 4106845; 236109, 4106843; 236426, 4106897; 236896, 4106742; 
237015, 4106706; 237841, 4106782; 237878, 4106776; 237918, 4106750; 
237936, 4106738; 237948, 4106725; 238168, 4106555; 238180, 4106552; 
238462, 4106471; 238828, 4106150; 238944, 4106006; 238993, 4105943; 
239006, 4105826; 239100, 4105747; 239267, 4105801; 239366, 4105805; 
239431, 4105771; 239471, 4105749; 239538, 4105670; 239643, 4105628; 
239722, 4105631; 239833, 4105709; 240041, 4105959; 240067, 4105976; 
240261, 4106168; 240427, 4106288; 240646, 4106271; 240794, 4106317; 
240850, 4106318; 240934, 4106300; 240987, 4106306; 241085, 4106346; 
241224, 4106484; 241277, 4106485; 241297, 4106477; 241340, 4106458; 
241379, 4106421; 241397, 4106400; 241441, 4106368; 241480, 4106339; 
241490, 4106331; 241493, 4106329; 241503, 4106323; 241525, 4106272; 
241540, 4106109; 241542, 4105926; 241535, 4105887; 241523, 4105819; 
241524, 4105756; 241577, 4105660; 241599, 4105639; 241724, 4105475; 
241867, 4105341; 241980, 4105195; 242164, 4104984; 242178, 4104953; 
242237, 4104895; 242317, 4104855; 242489, 4104677; 242540, 4104667; 
242663, 4104686; 242759, 4104765; 242821, 4104791; 242886, 4104779; 
242948, 4104711; 242989, 4104648; 242998, 4104610; 242993, 4104521; 
242985, 4104499; 242980, 4104448; 242963, 4104380; 242919, 4104259; 
242848, 4104109; 242842, 4104071; 242846, 4104030; 242887, 4103988; 
242888, 4103988; 243018, 4104116; 243184, 4104236; 243402, 4104219; 
243551, 4104265; 243607, 4104266; 243690, 4104248; 243744, 4104254; 
243841, 4104294; 243980, 4104432; 244034, 4104433; 244054, 4104424; 
244096, 4104406; 244136, 4104369; 244153, 4104348; 244198, 4104316; 
244236, 4104287; 243739, 4103748; 243317, 4103327; 243816, 4102872; 
243846, 4102853; 243907, 4102851; 243986, 4102869; 244022, 4102866; 
244057, 4102847; 244076, 4102821; 244081, 4102803; 244073, 4102727; 
244009, 4102604; 243979, 4102483; 243945, 4102446; 243883, 4102405; 
243820, 4102346; 243819, 4102297; 243843, 4102246; 243860, 4102225; 
243888, 4102163; 243881, 4102105; 243825, 4101926; 243822, 4101835; 
243834, 4101797; 243851, 4101768; 244052, 4101607; 244109, 4101572; 
244248, 4101531; 244380, 4101479; 244407, 4101441; 244430, 4101366; 
244452, 4101345; 244500, 4101326; 244546, 4101327; 244677, 4101372; 
244714, 4101355; 244832, 4101207; 244887, 4101188; 244959, 4101191; 
245044, 4101145; 245089, 4101146; 245123, 4101168; 245251, 4101294; 
245310, 4101305; 245330, 4101299; 245390, 4101254; 245425, 4101238; 
246089, 4101180; 246223, 4101151; 246407, 4101186; 246461, 4101199; 
246514, 4101195; 246564, 4101173; 246679, 4101038; 246919, 4100757; 
246964, 4100704; 246971, 4100694; 246979, 4100681; 246985, 4100673; 
247008, 4100642; 247049, 4100559; 247047, 4100501; 247020, 4100441; 
246965, 4100376; 246863, 4100273; 246778, 4100153; 246774, 4100105; 
246785, 4100067; 246825, 4100027; 247177, 4099742; 247300, 4099594; 
247305, 4099590; 247362, 4099549; 247775, 4099331; 247859, 4099331; 
248018, 4099400; 248083, 4099418; 248143, 4099394; 248162, 4099381; 
248287, 4099295; 248341, 4099296; 248564, 4099356; 248620, 4099357; 
248645, 4099343; 248672, 4099320; 248742, 4099198; 248791, 4099151; 
249007, 4099043; 249036, 4099019; 249079, 4098987; 249116, 4098867; 
249248, 4098690; 249371, 4098554; 249433, 4098527; 249542, 4098509; 
249826, 4098495; 249867, 4098479; 249903, 4098417; 249908, 4098382; 
249911, 4098362; 249922, 4098349; 249922, 4098324; 249933, 4098287; 
249944, 4098243; 249974, 4098207; 250003, 4098180; 250034, 4098156; 
250057, 4098130; 250087, 4098111; 250197, 4098102; 250324, 4098087; 
250385, 4098079; 250403, 4098084; 250439, 4098077; 250481, 4098081; 
250518, 4098093; 250556, 4098104; 250580, 4098115; 250605, 4098127; 
250637, 4098137; 250660, 4098138; 250679, 4098131; 250703, 4098112; 
250714, 4098088; 250730, 4098044; 250736, 4098012; 250753, 4097975; 
250759, 4097946; 250782, 4097926; 250783, 4097925; 250800, 4097901; 
250829, 4097888; 250860, 4097868; 250884, 4097855; 250901, 4097842; 
250925, 4097829; 250944, 4097818; 250968, 4097797; 250997, 4097773; 
251026, 4097754; 251062, 4097723; 251086, 4097697; 251110, 4097670; 
251133, 4097647; 251152, 4097621; 251156, 4097596; 251168, 4097577; 
251167, 4097549; 251179, 4097518; 251178, 4097494; 251170, 4097461; 
251162, 4097446; 251151, 4097425; 251138, 4097401; 251120, 4097371; 
251100, 4097340; 251087, 4097305; 251068, 4097281; 251055, 4097258; 
251048, 4097239; 251054, 4097215; 251078, 4097190; 251107, 4097171; 
251143, 4097137; 251167, 4097132; 251196, 4097099; 251208, 4097088; 
251219, 4097051; 251225, 4097001; 251228, 4096934; 251233, 4096886; 
251237, 4096818; 251242, 4096774; 251242, 4096762; 251258, 4096707; 
251270, 4096640; 251284, 4096582; 251290, 4096536; 251289, 4096504; 
251275, 4096456; 251250, 4096389; 251229, 4096336; 251216, 4096280; 
251208, 4096251; 251214, 4096231; 251231, 4096188; 251254, 4096151; 
251282, 4096101; 251301, 4096071; 251324, 4096032; 251335, 4095995; 
251327, 4095947; 251332, 4095892; 251331, 4095849; 251335, 4095812; 
251347, 4095799; 251359, 4095787; 251383, 4095780; 251384, 4095797; 
251379, 4095822; 251435, 4097407; 251437, 4097464; 251437, 4097466; 
251449, 4097800; 251453, 4097924; 251444, 4098034; 251452, 4098139; 
251454, 4098317; 251457, 4098365; 251459, 4098412; 251479, 4098782; 
251492, 4099462; 251492, 4099478; 251514, 4100214; 251519, 4100308; 
251536, 4100428; 251545, 4100495; 251558, 4100507; 251633, 4100726; 
251669, 4100817; 251916, 4101267; 252362, 4102020; 252382, 4102000; 
252382, 4101200; 252982, 4100800; 253782, 4101400; 254582, 4101400; 
255781, 4101800; 257881, 4101800; 258981, 4100900; 259081, 4098600; 
259281, 4098200; 259281, 4098187; 259281, 4098066; 259273, 4098055; 
259263, 4098040; 259229, 4097992; 259005, 4097673; 258907, 4097686; 
258572, 4097694; 258481, 4097660; 258407, 4097624; 258381, 4097632; 
258314, 4097564; 258289, 4097564;

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258283, 4097527; 258184, 4097642; 258181, 4097636; 258181, 4097700; 
258081, 4097800; 256781, 4098100; 256281, 4098100; 256281, 4096500; 
255082, 4096600; 254981, 4094900; 256162, 4094900; 256123, 4094849; 
256058, 4094384; 256055, 4094364; 256046, 4094295; 256037, 4094227; 
255930, 4093459; 255877, 4093070; 255875, 4093057; 255891, 4093056; 
255865, 4092898; 255775, 4092898; 255737, 4091904; 255827, 4091855; 
255896, 4091964; 255981, 4091993; 255981, 4091984; 255981, 4091882; 
255749, 4091668; 255725, 4091647; 255481, 4091500; 255256, 4091246; 
255189, 4091172; 255172, 4091162; 255110, 4091082; 254948, 4090900; 
254886, 4090900; 253782, 4090900; 253744, 4090862; 253681, 4090800; 
253606, 4090800; 253582, 4090800; 253482, 4090800; 253481, 4090400; 
253506, 4090400; 253840, 4090400; 253882, 4090400; 253881, 4090300; 
254082, 4090300; 253881, 4090200; 253782, 4090200; 253681, 4090100; 
253581, 4089900; 253482, 4089900; 253381, 4089800; 253282, 4089700; 
253182, 4089500; 253082, 4089300; 252782, 4089100; 252482, 4088800; 
251582, 4088800; 251582, 4088300; 252582, 4088300; 252509, 4087866; 
252483, 4087712; 252482, 4087700; 252471, 4087700; 252382, 4087700; 
252280, 4087650; 252182, 4087600; 251982, 4087400; 251882, 4087300; 
251782, 4087300; 251682, 4087200; 251582, 4087100; 251482, 4087000; 
251482, 4086900; 251282, 4086900; 251182, 4089100; 251282, 4089800; 
251582, 4089800; 251582, 4089900; 251982, 4089900; 251982, 4090200; 
252482, 4090200; 252482, 4091000; 251282, 4091000; 251282, 4091400; 
251682, 4091400; 251682, 4091800; 251282, 4091800; 251282, 4092000; 
251082, 4092000; 250682, 4092000; 250482, 4092000; 250482, 4092600; 
250482, 4092600; 250482, 4092700; 246382, 4092800; 245582, 4092800; 
242382, 4092900; 242382, 4094800; 242582, 4094900; 244082, 4094800; 
244082, 4096500; 244882, 4096400; 244982, 4098000; 245782, 4098000; 
245782, 4099600; 242582, 4099800; 242482, 4095000; 242382, 4095000; 
239582, 4095000; 237682, 4095000; 237682, 4096000; 237782, 4098300; 
239682, 4098200; 239782, 4099800; 236182, 4099900; 236182, 4100200; 
237582, 4101700; 238482, 4102500; 238882, 4103100; 239382, 4103900; 
238982, 4104100; 238882, 4104200; 238857, 4104194; 238482, 4104100; 
238296, 4103914; 238282, 4103900; 238282, 4103400; 238082, 4103200; 
237982, 4103100; 237882, 4103100; 237882, 4103946; 237882, 4104000; 
237882, 4104100; 238182, 4104100; 237182, 4104100; 237182, 4105500; 
235582, 4105600; 235582, 4106400; 233317, 4106498; 233317, 4106498; 
233312, 4106499; 233312, 4106499; returning to 233282, 4106500 
excluding land bounded by 250582, 4094600; 250557, 4094200; 250519, 
4093451; 250497, 4093000; 250497, 4093000; 250882, 4093000; 250922, 
4093000; 251282, 4093300; 251374, 4094600; 250582, 4094600; returning 
to 250582, 4094600.
    (108) Subunit 15M; Madera County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Millerton Lake East, and North Fork. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 270881, 4108600; 
271381, 4108200; 271581, 4107600; 271681, 4107100; 271281, 4106600; 
270281, 4106600; 269981, 4106800; 269981, 4107400; 270181, 4108400; 
269381, 4108100; 269081, 4108500; 268581, 4108500; 268381, 4109800; 
268881, 4110200; 268981, 4110800; 268381, 4111100; 268581, 4111300; 
268681, 4112100; 268881, 4112200; 270681, 4112200; 270881, 4111900; 
270781, 4111100; 269681, 4110600; 269781, 4110300; 270081, 4110000; 
270681, 4109500; returning to 270881, 4108600.
    (109) Subunit 15N; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Academy, and Millerton Lake East. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 266981, 4097100; 
267081, 4097400; 267881, 4098100; 268181, 4098500; 268181, 4098700; 
268081, 4098900; 267481, 4099600; 267481, 4100100; 267781, 4100600; 
268181, 4101200; 268681, 4101200; 269181, 4100900; 269681, 4100900; 
269881, 4101100; 269981, 4101300; 269681, 4102000; 269281, 4102200; 
268681, 4102600; 268781, 4103600; 269181, 4103600; 269681, 4102900; 
270281, 4103300; 270381, 4103300; 270781, 4102300; 270581, 4102200; 
270381, 4102000; 270381, 4101700; 270581, 4101300; 270681, 4100900; 
270581, 4100800; 270281, 4100500; 269481, 4100300; 268381, 4100300; 
268181, 4100100; 268181, 4099900; 268481, 4099600; 268681, 4099300; 
268781, 4099000; 268781, 4098700; 268681, 4098100; 268581, 4097900; 
268481, 4097600; 268181, 4097400; 267881, 4097200; 267381, 4097100; 
returning to 266981, 4097100.
    (110) Subunit 15O; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Academy, Friant, and Round Mountain. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 259348, 4097383; 
259581, 4097500; 259681, 4097500; 259881, 4097400; 259881, 4097200; 
260081, 4097000; 260281, 4097000; 260381, 4096800; 260681, 4096600; 
260881, 4096400; 261581, 4096400; 261881, 4096300; 262281, 4096400; 
262481, 4096800; 263181, 4097000; 263381, 4097000; 263681, 4097000; 
264981, 4096300; 264781, 4096100; 264281, 4096100; 263881, 4096300; 
263881, 4095800; 263681, 4095700; 263581, 4095600; 263581, 4095500; 
263581, 4095400; 263981, 4095400; 263981, 4095100; 263681, 4095100; 
263681, 4094900; 263881, 4094900; 263881, 4094800; 263381, 4094500; 
262381, 4094000; 261881, 4093400; 260781, 4093200; 259981, 4092100; 
259981, 4091900; 260281, 4091900; 261281, 4092200; 262281, 4091300; 
262981, 4091600; 263481, 4091100; 263481, 4089700; 263281, 4089600; 
263181, 4089200; 264781, 4088500; 265081, 4087700; 265381, 4087400; 
265981, 4087400; 265981, 4086600; 267081, 4086600; 267681, 4086800; 
267881, 4086300; 267281, 4085300; 267481, 4084900; 268181, 4085100; 
268381, 4085600; 269181, 4085600; 269881, 4085200; 270381, 4084700; 
271181, 4084601; 271981, 4084900; 272281, 4085401; 272881, 4086000; 
273081, 4087100; 273381, 4087500; 273281, 4088300; 273281, 4089400; 
274781, 4089400; 275481, 4089800; 275681, 4090300; 275981, 4090600; 
276581, 4090700; 277181, 4090700; 277181, 4090000; 276181, 4088700; 
276181, 4087700; 276081, 4087300; 275481, 4087000; 275181, 4086400; 
274981, 4085800; 274481, 4085301; 274081, 4084700; 273481, 4084200; 
273481, 4083601; 273681, 4083200; 273681, 4082801; 272981, 4082700; 
272881, 4082000; 272881, 4081201; 273081, 4080600; 273281, 4080300; 
273581, 4079900; 273781, 4079501; 273881, 4078901; 274281, 4078401; 
274381, 4077901; 273381, 4077900; 273381, 4076901; 273081, 4076401; 
271381, 4076501; 271481, 4076701; 271781, 4076901; 271881, 4077101; 
271881, 4077301; 271581, 4077501; 271181, 4077501; 271181, 4078001; 
271381, 4078200; 271681, 4078701; 271881, 4078901; 272181, 4078901; 
272181, 4079701; 271181, 4079700; 268081, 4079801; 268081, 4080400; 
268381, 4080401; 268381, 4080600; 268081, 4080600; 268081, 4081100; 
267581, 4081100; 267581, 4080701; 266581, 4080700; 266581, 4080900; 
266381, 4080900; 266381, 4081101; 266681, 4081100; 266681, 4081501; 
267081, 4082101; 267081, 4082200; 268381, 4082201; 268381, 4081500; 
268481, 4081401; 268481, 4081000; 268881, 4081001; 268881, 4082600; 
269681, 4082600; 269681, 4083000;

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270081, 4083000; 270181, 4083600; 268881, 4083300; 268881, 4083170; 
268783, 4083242; 268754, 4083261; 268740, 4083277; 268724, 4083296; 
268717, 4083328; 268704, 4083389; 268602, 4083754; 268597, 4083780; 
268598, 4083808; 268608, 4083832; 268618, 4083854; 268634, 4083876; 
268675, 4083938; 268694, 4083971; 268705, 4084033; 268716, 4084073; 
268717, 4084108; 268717, 4084130; 268712, 4084156; 268709, 4084176; 
268695, 4084200; 268682, 4084220; 268652, 4084236; 268397, 4084375; 
268369, 4084390; 268339, 4084395; 268320, 4084391; 268301, 4084381; 
268276, 4084377; 268246, 4084363; 268226, 4084354; 268197, 4084355; 
268163, 4084356; 268134, 4084371; 268120, 4084387; 268105, 4084400; 
268087, 4084426; 268025, 4084514; 268007, 4084539; 267994, 4084559; 
267974, 4084575; 267954, 4084585; 267929, 4084591; 267916, 4084597; 
267891, 4084592; 267861, 4084587; 267798, 4084565; 267769, 4084556; 
267739, 4084552; 267710, 4084548; 267686, 4084548; 267656, 4084554; 
267636, 4084569; 267619, 4084585; 267603, 4084605; 267590, 4084621; 
267529, 4084743; 267501, 4084802; 267488, 4084826; 267474, 4084848; 
267455, 4084863; 267431, 4084877; 267373, 4084903; 267310, 4084930; 
267291, 4084945; 267277, 4084964; 267144, 4085292; 267141, 4085317; 
267136, 4085337; 267142, 4085360; 267148, 4085380; 267162, 4085393; 
267196, 4085414; 267346, 4085522; 267376, 4085567; 267396, 4085585; 
267407, 4085600; 267411, 4085614; 267412, 4085638; 267420, 4085736; 
267421, 4085780; 267417, 4085803; 267408, 4085819; 267389, 4085849; 
267366, 4085881; 267332, 4085885; 267308, 4085914; 267271, 4085944; 
267238, 4085981; 267227, 4085999; 267209, 4086020; 267122, 4086227; 
267104, 4086256; 267084, 4086269; 267056, 4086283; 266906, 4086331; 
266891, 4086342; 266882, 4086352; 266867, 4086372; 266849, 4086402; 
266825, 4086426; 266801, 4086437; 266771, 4086445; 266747, 4086438; 
266722, 4086426; 266687, 4086406; 266594, 4086390; 266560, 4086382; 
266526, 4086381; 266501, 4086377; 266477, 4086377; 266376, 4086400; 
266351, 4086401; 266327, 4086402; 266297, 4086403; 266247, 4086390; 
266213, 4086381; 266184, 4086375; 266164, 4086377; 266140, 4086383; 
266106, 4086398; 265972, 4086470; 265938, 4086490; 265928, 4086507; 
265910, 4086537; 265892, 4086570; 265868, 4086595; 265829, 4086610; 
265804, 4086620; 265785, 4086618; 265770, 4086609; 265755, 4086589; 
265744, 4086563; 265738, 4086531; 265743, 4086505; 265733, 4086482; 
265717, 4086458; 265692, 4086440; 265652, 4086425; 265604, 4086407; 
265574, 4086399; 265549, 4086385; 265534, 4086369; 265519, 4086344; 
265507, 4086302; 265493, 4086278; 265468, 4086253; 265433, 4086239; 
265300, 4086200; 265255, 4086191; 265217, 4086197; 265173, 4086214; 
265130, 4086230; 265096, 4086250; 265030, 4086310; 264977, 4086370; 
264864, 4086462; 264686, 4086500; 264646, 4086646; 264145, 4086593; 
263385, 4087492; 263250, 4087462; 262733, 4087787; 262377, 4088430; 
262168, 4088625; 261938, 4088667; 261884, 4088677; 261847, 4088935; 
261881, 4088900; 261845, 4088949; 261712, 4089859; 261816, 4090114; 
261861, 4090181; 261946, 4090230; 262019, 4090628; 261877, 4091074; 
261790, 4091345; 261561, 4091701; 261492, 4091853; 261478, 4091881; 
261382, 4092067; 261066, 4092009; 260594, 4091923; 260082, 4091835; 
259931, 4091809; 259927, 4091872; 259919, 4092031; 259969, 4092207; 
260060, 4092294; 260115, 4092347; 260281, 4092532; 260323, 4092741; 
260563, 4093046; 260514, 4093202; 260706, 4093697; 260542, 4093983; 
260409, 4094216; 260399, 4094501; 260394, 4094638; 259681, 4095909; 
259681, 4096500; 259568, 4096500; 259490, 4096685; 259560, 4096972; 
259429, 4097248; 259437, 4097286; 259377, 4097317; returning to 259348, 
4097383.
    (111) Subunit 15P; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Clovis. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 247982, 4091500; 247982, 4090700; 246682, 
4090700; 246682, 4090300; 246482, 4090300; 246482, 4089900; 247082, 
4089900; 247082, 4089200; 245882, 4089200; 245882, 4089600; 245482, 
4089600; 245582, 4091600; 246182, 4091600; 246182, 4091000; 246582, 
4091100; 246882, 4091200; 247282, 4091300; 247582, 4091400; 247882, 
4091500; returning to 247982, 4091500.
    (112) Subunit 15Q; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Clovis. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 265581, 4081601; 264281, 4081601; 265554, 
4082449; 265656, 4082509; 265781, 4082592; 265781, 4082301; 265681, 
4082300; 265681, 4081700; 265581, 4081700; returning to 265581, 
4081601.
    (113) Subunit 15R; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Ivanhoe, and Stokes Mountain. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 300980, 4041602; 
300280, 4041602; 299980, 4041702; 299680, 4041902; 299280, 4042502; 
298980, 4042802; 298980, 4043102; 299280, 4043302; 299780, 4043302; 
299780, 4044502; 300180, 4045102; 300780, 4045202; 301280, 4044702; 
301480, 4044702; 301480, 4045002; 301380, 4045002; 301380, 4045602; 
302280, 4045602; 302280, 4045402; 302580, 4045402; 303080, 4045702; 
303180, 4045702; 303380, 4045502; 303680, 4045502; 303880, 4045902; 
304380, 4045902; 304580, 4046102; 304780, 4046102; 304980, 4046602; 
304780, 4047502; 304880, 4047702; 304780, 4048102; 304880, 4048302; 
305480, 4048302; 305880, 4047802; 306080, 4047702; 306380, 4047702; 
306580, 4047402; 306580, 4046802; 306380, 4046702; 306180, 4045702; 
305980, 4045102; 305680, 4044902; 305480, 4044102; 305480, 4043902; 
305980, 4043702; 305780, 4043202; 305780, 4042202; 305080, 4042202; 
304980, 4041802; 304280, 4041802; 304180, 4041402; 301480, 4041502; 
300980, 4041302; returning to 300980, 4041602 excluding land bounded by 
299280, 4039193; 298499, 4039227; 298480, 4039302; 298580, 4039602; 
298980, 4039702; 298980, 4040802; 299780, 4040802; 299380, 4041302; 
300980, 4041302; 300980, 4041202; 300480, 4041202; 300480, 4039902; 
300380, 4039902; 300380, 4039202; 300380, 4039102; 300080, 4039102; 
300080, 4038402; 299280, 4038402; 299280, 4038639; 299293, 4039193; 
299694, 4039182; 299695, 4039202; 299731, 4039993; 300093, 4039986; 
300104, 4040440; 299864, 4040716; 299157, 4040740; 299141, 4040404; 
299317, 4040392; 299299, 4040017; 299320, 4040016; 299294, 4039202; 
299293, 4039193; returning to 299280, 4039193.
    (114) Subunit 15S; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Auckland, Ivanhoe, Stokes Mountain, and Woodlake. 
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 
309080, 4043702; 309680, 4043202; 311780, 4043202; 312180, 4042802; 
312780, 4042802; 313080, 4042502; 313080, 4042102; 312580, 4041802; 
311080, 4040802; 311080, 4040202; 310680, 4040002; 310680, 4039702; 
310480, 4039702; 310480, 4039602; 310080, 4039602; 310080, 4039302; 
309980, 4039202; 309980, 4039002; 309780, 4039002; 309380, 4039002; 
309380, 4038602; 308980, 4038602; 308980, 4038202; 308180, 4038202; 
308080, 4038002; 307980, 4038002; 307980, 4037402; 308180, 4037402; 
308180, 4037202; 308380, 4037202; 308380,

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4037802; 308780, 4037802; 308780, 4037702; 308880, 4037602; 308780, 
4037402; 308980, 4037402; 308980, 4037202; 308780, 4037202; 308780, 
4037002; 309180, 4037002; 309180, 4036602; 308780, 4036602; 308780, 
4036802; 308180, 4036802; 308180, 4036702; 308280, 4036702; 308280, 
4036602; 308180, 4036602; 308180, 4036402; 308380, 4036402; 308380, 
4036302; 308558, 4036302; 308480, 4035602; 308380, 4035602; 308380, 
4035202; 308980, 4034802; 309080, 4034602; 308780, 4034602; 308780, 
4033902; 308680, 4033902; 308680, 4033802; 308780, 4033702; 308580, 
4033502; 308280, 4033602; 308080, 4033702; 308180, 4034102; 308080, 
4034302; 308080, 4034702; 307780, 4034902; 307580, 4035202; 307480, 
4035402; 307480, 4035602; 307280, 4036102; 306980, 4036702; 307180, 
4037102; 306780, 4038102; 306780, 4038202; 306880, 4038302; 307080, 
4038302; 307280, 4038402; 307180, 4038502; 307180, 4039702; 308180, 
4040002; 308580, 4040502; 308280, 4041302; 307680, 4041302; 307180, 
4041802; 307180, 4042402; 307780, 4043502; 307880, 4044302; 308280, 
4044502; returning to 309080, 4043702.
    (115) Subunit 15T; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Woodlake. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 312780, 4039402; 312780, 4039202; 313380, 
4039202; 313580, 4038802; 313180, 4038402; 313780, 4038402; 313980, 
4038302; 314180, 4037802; 314680, 4037802; 314880, 4037302; 314880, 
4037002; 314080, 4036402; 314180, 4036202; 314980, 4036202; 315180, 
4036402; 315580, 4036402; 316180, 4036202; 316480, 4035202; 316480, 
4035002; 315980, 4034302; 314180, 4034402; 313480, 4034702; 312880, 
4034802; 312880, 4034902; 313080, 4034902; 313080, 4035702; 312580, 
4035702; 312580, 4035502; 312380, 4035502; 312180, 4035302; 312080, 
4035302; 312080, 4034902; 311380, 4034902; 311380, 4035102; 311580, 
4035102; 311580, 4035302; 311180, 4035402; 311180, 4035102; 311080, 
4035002; 311080, 4034902; 310580, 4034902; 310480, 4034802; 310380, 
4034902; 310380, 4035702; 310680, 4035702; 310680, 4036502; 310880, 
4036502; 310880, 4036802; 310580, 4036802; 310580, 4036902; 310680, 
4037202; 310480, 4037402; 309880, 4037402; 309980, 4038202; 310180, 
4038202; 310180, 4038002; 310580, 4038002; 310580, 4037702; 310880, 
4037702; 310880, 4038102; 311280, 4038102; 311280, 4038502; 311580, 
4038502; 311580, 4038602; 311680, 4038602; 311680, 4038802; 311780, 
4038902; 312080, 4038902; 312080, 4039302; 311880, 4039302; 311680, 
4039402; 311780, 4039802; 311780, 4039802; 312180, 4040502; 312780, 
4040802; 313080, 4040802; 313680, 4040302; 313780, 4040102; 313180, 
4039402; returning to 312780, 4039402.
    (116) Subunit 15U; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Monson. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 292780, 4036223; 292756, 4036224; 292733, 
4035590; 291980, 4035402; 291980, 4036602; 292780, 4036602; 292780, 
4037402; 291980, 4037502; 292080, 4039302; 292380, 4039002; 292880, 
4039002; 292880, 4038302; 293280, 4038302; 293280, 4038202; 294477, 
4038202; 294430, 4036802; 294380, 4035402; 294313, 4035402; 294270, 
4035469; 294036, 4035567; 294043, 4035741; 294329, 4035733; 294329, 
4035783; 293527, 4035814; 293548, 4036184; returning to 292780, 
4036223.
    (117) Subunit 15V; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Monson. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 297580, 4036102; 297580, 4035302; 297580, 
4035002; 296880, 4035102; 296280, 4035102; 296780, 4036602; 297580, 
4036502; returning to 297580, 4036102.
    (118) Subunit 15W; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Monson. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, 
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 293431, 4033802; 292680, 4033802; 292680, 
4033808; 292683, 4033807; 292686, 4034084; 293057, 4034063; 293438, 
4034046; returning to 293431, 4033802.
    (119) Subunit 16B; Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Niles, Milpitas. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 592097, 4150703; 592397, 4150403; 
592397, 4150385; 592371, 4150407; 592373, 4150418; 592310, 4150478; 
592292, 4150493; 592178, 4150572; 592123, 4150572; 592053, 4150638; 
591927, 4150506; 591921, 4150499; 591701, 4150252; 591698, 4150252; 
591695, 4150252; 591692, 4150252; 591689, 4150252; 591686, 4150252; 
591683, 4150252; 591680, 4150251; 591677, 4150250; 591675, 4150250; 
591672, 4150249; 591669, 4150248; 591666, 4150247; 591664, 4150246; 
591661, 4150245; 591658, 4150244; 591656, 4150242; 591653, 4150241; 
591651, 4150239; 591648, 4150238; 591646, 4150236; 591644, 4150234; 
591641, 4150232; 591639, 4150230; 591637, 4150228; 591635, 4150226; 
591633, 4150224; 591631, 4150222; 591629, 4150220; 591628, 4150217; 
591626, 4150215; 591624, 4150213; 591623, 4150210; 591622, 4150208; 
591620, 4150205; 591619, 4150202; 591618, 4150200; 591617, 4150197; 
591616, 4150194; 591615, 4150191; 591614, 4150189; 591614, 4150186; 
591613, 4150183; 591613, 4150180; 591613, 4150177; 591612, 4150174; 
591612, 4150171; 591612, 4150168; 591612, 4150165; 591612, 4150163; 
591613, 4150160; 591613, 4150157; 591539, 4150076; 591493, 4150122; 
591340, 4149959; 591352, 4149949; 591366, 4149936; 591397, 4149907; 
591428, 4149878; 591570, 4149746; 591647, 4149676; 591686, 4149643; 
591717, 4149620; 591762, 4149591; 591785, 4149578; 591817, 4149565; 
591874, 4149541; 591922, 4149523; 591968, 4149511; 592009, 4149501; 
592054, 4149494; 592098, 4149489; 592161, 4149487; 592216, 4149493; 
592333, 4150186; 592342, 4150188; 592341, 4150191; 592348, 4150192; 
592349, 4150189; 592395, 4150195; 592297, 4149803; 592197, 4149403; 
592097, 4149303; 592081, 4149303; 592200, 4149453; 592185, 4149451; 
592155, 4149449; 592127, 4149450; 592091, 4149453; 592050, 4149459; 
591983, 4149469; 591941, 4149480; 591880, 4149500; 591814, 4149526; 
591748, 4149561; 591691, 4149598; 591654, 4149627; 591627, 4149653; 
591550, 4149723; 591407, 4149856; 591376, 4149885; 591345, 4149914; 
591332, 4149926; 591319, 4149937; 591317, 4149934; 591142, 4149751; 
591013, 4149825; 591597, 4150603; 591697, 4150503; 591897, 4150503; 
returning to 592097, 4150703.
    (120) Subunit 17A; San Benito, Monterey Counties, California. From 
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Llanada, San Benito, Hernandez 
Reservoir, Rock Springs Peak, Topo Valley, Hepsedam Peak, Lonoak, 
Pinalito Canyon, Monarch Peak, Nattrass Valley. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 673301, 4024031; 
673596, 4024104; 674896, 4026004; 674596, 4026304; 674696, 4026804; 
674196, 4027104; 673096, 4026604; 672496, 4026804; 671696, 4028504; 
670796, 4028504; 669796, 4028704; 669796, 4029904; 669896, 4030504; 
670396, 4031904; 670796, 4034904; 671396, 4036904; 669196, 4037504; 
669296, 4038404; 668796, 4040104; 669896, 4042504; 671996, 4043104; 
674196, 4043304; 676096, 4045404; 677396, 4046504; 683096, 4043104; 
683896, 4042004; 683796, 4040404; 682396, 4039504; 681396, 4038404; 
681696, 4036804; 681796, 4035604; 680896, 4034304; 678896, 4035004;

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678096, 4035804; 677696, 4036904; 677296, 4037604; 676896, 4037704; 
676196, 4038304; 675896, 4038804; 675096, 4038304; 675196, 4037804; 
674796, 4037404; 673196, 4036804; 673896, 4036304; 674096, 4035304; 
674796, 4034804; 675596, 4034504; 676096, 4033404; 676896, 4033104; 
677696, 4032504; 678196, 4031904; 679096, 4031204; 679696, 4031004; 
679996, 4031504; 679996, 4032504; 680596, 4032804; 681096, 4032304; 
681596, 4031304; 682696, 4031004; 684496, 4028505; 685296, 4028505; 
685596, 4028005; 687496, 4029305; 688096, 4030505; 688896, 4030905; 
689796, 4031005; 691295, 4032405; 692095, 4032105; 692595, 4031405; 
693295, 4031105; 693795, 4031105; 694395, 4030705; 693895, 4029305; 
692695, 4028305; 693595, 4028305; 694395, 4027605; 694395, 4027005; 
695195, 4025905; 696695, 4024705; 696695, 4023505; 697295, 4022405; 
697995, 4022405; 698395, 4021305; 699295, 4020305; 699195, 4019205; 
698595, 4019105; 698095, 4018505; 697195, 4018605; 695796, 4017705; 
695496, 4016705; 695196, 4016305; 694996, 4015705; 694996, 4014805; 
694952, 4014692; 694496, 4013505; 693896, 4012905; 693696, 4011905; 
692496, 4010705; 692096, 4008905; 691696, 4008405; 690896, 4008405; 
689596, 4009205; 689096, 4009905; 688996, 4010505; 687896, 4010805; 
687196, 4010805; 685496, 4011905; 684996, 4013105; 683696, 4013905; 
683496, 4014705; 682796, 4015005; 682596, 4016005; 683196, 4016405; 
683196, 4016849; 683196, 4017505; 684296, 4019305; 684296, 4020305; 
683496, 4022005; 681796, 4023305; 681196, 4023405; 680796, 4024205; 
680696, 4025305; 679896, 4025504; 679396, 4026704; 678796, 4027104; 
678196, 4026404; 677496, 4026204; 676096, 4025404; 676096, 4024804; 
676696, 4024304; 676896, 4023504; 675896, 4022304; 675798, 4021666; 
675696, 4021004; 675096, 4020004; 674296, 4019704; 672296, 4016504; 
670896, 4015504; 670096, 4015504; 669596, 4015804; 669196, 4016504; 
669696, 4017204; 669596, 4018404; 670196, 4019104; 670396, 4022004; 
671096, 4022804; 672796, 4023904; returning to 673301, 4024031.
    (121) Subunit 18A; Monterey County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Williams Hill, Jolon, Valleton, Bradley, San Miguel, 
Wunpost. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates 
(E,N): 668597, 3981705; 668797, 3981405; 668597, 3980905; 668797, 
3980405; 669497, 3979905; 669897, 3980305; 670697, 3980505; 671497, 
3980405; 671497, 3979305; 671997, 3979305; 672797, 3978405; 674797, 
3978405; 675497, 3978005; 674697, 3976705; 674897, 3975505; 674997, 
3975372; 674997, 3975305; 674797, 3975305; 674737, 3975786; 674736, 
3976029; 674706, 3976031; 674697, 3976105; 673540, 3976105; 673514, 
3976459; 673497, 3976459; 673497, 3976505; 673129, 3976505; 673126, 
3976836; 673926, 3976848; 673934, 3977666; 673097, 3977663; 673097, 
3977705; 672358, 3977674; 672298, 3978463; 670682, 3978454; 670706, 
3977606; 670697, 3977605; 670697, 3977433; 670307, 3977714; 669890, 
3978014; 669500, 3978298; 669301, 3978444; 669106, 3978599; 668788, 
3978852; 668773, 3978864; 668728, 3978899; 668672, 3978944; 668639, 
3978959; 668524, 3979010; 668452, 3979050; 668397, 3979105; 667234, 
3979977; 668252, 3979993; 668234, 3980797; 667835, 3980800; 667819, 
3981613; 667417, 3981606; 667411, 3981905; 668097, 3981905; returning 
to 668597, 3981705.
    (122) Subunit 19A; Monterey County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Bradley, San Miguel, Wunpost, Valleton. Land bounded 
by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706395, 3974906; 
706595, 3974206; 706496, 3971706; 706696, 3970606; 707096, 3969906; 
707096, 3969206; 706896, 3969006; 706896, 3968006; 706696, 3967305; 
705596, 3965306; 705496, 3965306; 705385, 3970275; 706163, 3970285; 
706139, 3972736; 705331, 3972723; 705296, 3974306; 705250, 3974306; 
705250, 3974310; 705026, 3974306; 704096, 3974306; 703796, 3973606; 
703796, 3973206; 703325, 3972358; 703266, 3972286; 702996, 3972106; 
702696, 3971806; 702596, 3971706; 702027, 3971042; 702019, 3971042; 
701981, 3971006; 701696, 3971006; 701396, 3970806; 700896, 3970806; 
700096, 3970806; 700096, 3970206; 699096, 3970216; 699096, 3970306; 
699296, 3970506; 699896, 3972006; 700296, 3972606; 700496, 3973406; 
700896, 3974106; 701396, 3974506; 701796, 3975306; 702996, 3976106; 
703296, 3976706; 704295, 3977606; 704895, 3977706; 705495, 3977706; 
706195, 3978106; 706795, 3978506; 706795, 3978106; 706295, 3976506; 
706195, 3975306; returning to 706395, 3974906.
    (123) Subunit 19B; Monterey, San Luis Obispo Counties, California. 
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Bradley. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 694826, 3962816; 
694896, 3963306; 695496, 3963306; 695796, 3963206; 695851, 3963206; 
695857, 3962893; 695688, 3962837; 695596, 3962806; 695596, 3962772; 
695566, 3962771; 695596, 3961437; 695596, 3961206; 694396, 3961206; 
694396, 3961006; 694296, 3961206; 694896, 3961606; 694996, 3962206; 
694796, 3962606; returning to 694826, 3962816.
    (124) Subunit 19C; Monterey, San Luis Obispo Counties, California. 
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle San Miguel. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706573, 3963024; 
706896, 3963306; 707696, 3963306; 707659, 3963047; 707596, 3962606; 
707996, 3962306; 708196, 3961806; 707596, 3961106; 706996, 3961106; 
706996, 3961206; 706889, 3961286; 706888, 3961340; 706905, 3962663; 
706746, 3962700; 706639, 3962753; 706585, 3962809; 706506, 3962813; 
706384, 3962858; returning to 706573, 3963024.
    (125) Subunit 19D; San Luis Obispo County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle San Miguel. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 705696, 3959606; 705996, 3959206; 
706045, 3958909; 705731, 3958904; 705722, 3959308; 705396, 3959304; 
705396, 3960906; 705559, 3960924; 706296, 3960931; 706296, 3960906; 
706096, 3960806; returning to 705696, 3959606.
    (126) Subunit 19E; San Luis Obispo County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Paso Robles, and San Miguel. Land bounded by 
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 705796, 3956906; 
705407, 3956906; 705396, 3957463; 705396, 3958495; 706383, 3958510; 
706696, 3958406; 706996, 3957806; 706996, 3957406; 706496, 3957006; 
returning to 705796, 3956906.
    (127) Subunit 19F; San Luis Obispo County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Paso Robles, Adelaida. Land bounded by the 
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 705896, 3956306; 
706396, 3955806; 707996, 3955906; 707996, 3955206; 708196, 3954906; 
707696, 3953806; 707396, 3953406; 705796, 3952406; 705096, 3952606; 
703296, 3952006; 703096, 3952006; 703096, 3953306; 702296, 3953306; 
702209, 3954002; 703137, 3954834; 705448, 3954885; 705447, 3954906; 
705496, 3954906; 705424, 3956054; 705415, 3956506; 705496, 3956506; 
returning to 705896, 3956306.
    (128) Subunit 19G; Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties, 
California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Creston, Paso Robles, 
Estrella, Ranchito Canyon, Cholame Hills. Land bounded by the following 
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 724752, 3963363; 725195, 3963806; 
725195, 3963369;

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725195, 3963106; 725095, 3961906; 725695, 3961506; 726195, 3961506; 
726195, 3961106; 725295, 3960206; 725195, 3959006; 724795, 3958106; 
724395, 3956506; 724795, 3956306; 725295, 3954806; 724195, 3953406; 
723895, 3952506; 723495, 3951806; 723195, 3950406; 723595, 3949506; 
723595, 3948806; 724195, 3948306; 723595, 3948206; 722395, 3948706; 
719295, 3948706; 719295, 3949506; 718395, 3949506; 718396, 3948706; 
718995, 3948706; 719095, 3948506; 719295, 3948506; 719295, 3947906; 
720095, 3947906; 720095, 3946306; 720295, 3946206; 720895, 3945506; 
721095, 3945006; 721195, 3944706; 721196, 3943206; 720196, 3943206; 
718796, 3942006; 717796, 3941506; 717496, 3941506; 717096, 3941706; 
717296, 3942306; 715196, 3944706; 715396, 3945006; 714596, 3945706; 
714896, 3946006; 714696, 3946206; 714096, 3946206; 713296, 3946806; 
713296, 3947006; 713696, 3947606; 713596, 3948206; 713296, 3948506; 
712896, 3947706; 712696, 3947706; 712596, 3947806; 712596, 3948606; 
711696, 3948906; 711396, 3949106; 711296, 3949606; 710696, 3949706; 
710596, 3949806; 710596, 3950006; 710996, 3950206; 710996, 3950406; 
710696, 3950506; 709496, 3950306; 709396, 3951906; 709896, 3952606; 
709896, 3954606; 709596, 3955006; 709596, 3955406; 710296, 3955406; 
710496, 3955306; 711096, 3955106; 711596, 3954406; 711696, 3953406; 
713996, 3953406; 714296, 3953806; 714596, 3953606; 715096, 3953506; 
715396, 3953306; 715596, 3953206; 715796, 3953206; 716096, 3953506; 
716595, 3953506; 716895, 3953406; 717695, 3953506; 717995, 3954006; 
718595, 3954406; 718995, 3954606; 719395, 3954706; 720495, 3955406; 
721495, 3956506; 722295, 3958206; 722595, 3960206; 723395, 3961906; 
724295, 3962306; 724495, 3963106; returning to 724752, 3963363.
    (129) Subunit 20A; San Luis Obispo, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangle Simmler. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, 
NAD 27 coordinates (E,N): 229082, 3913702; 231982, 3913003; 233382, 
3913003; 234382, 3912703; 235182, 3911903; 235382, 3911003; 233982, 
3909903; 233782, 3909503; 235382, 3908803; 235782, 3908303; 237282, 
3907303; 237782, 3906103; 238014, 3905871; 238008, 3905871; 237194, 
3905886; 237184, 3905886; 236403, 3905898; 236380, 3905898; 236429, 
3907546; 235115, 3907587; 234832, 3907596; 234824, 3907373; 234770, 
3905961; 233642, 3906004; 231878, 3906076; 231889, 3906496; 231732, 
3906501; 231682, 3906803; 231982, 3908603; 231882, 3909202; 229482, 
3910003; 227282, 3911002; 227382, 3913202; 228182, 3913602; returning 
to 229082, 3913702.
    (130) Subunit 21A; Santa Barbara County, California. From USGS 
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Santa Ynez, Lake Cachuma, Los Olivos, 
Figueroa Mtn. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 
coordinates (E,N): 775096, 3831708; 774296, 3831608; 773696, 3831708; 
772596, 3831608; 772196, 3831208; 771496, 3831308; 770496, 3830808; 
769896, 3830708; 769396, 3830908; 769196, 3831108; 768596, 3832408; 
768596, 3833108; 768796, 3833508; 769996, 3834508; 770296, 3834508; 
771996, 3835008; 772396, 3835108; 772896, 3834808; 773196, 3834808; 
773196, 3835108; 773796, 3835108; 773796, 3835508; 773696, 3835908; 
773296, 3836708; 773896, 3836908; 774396, 3836308; 774996, 3836108; 
thence east to UTM zone 11, land bounded by the following UTM 11 NAD 83 
coordinates (E, N): 225183, 3836002; 225383, 3836203; 225683, 3836802; 
226683, 3838302; 228283, 3839102; 229883, 3838802; 232283, 3840302; 
232483, 3841502; 232383, 3842502; 231683, 3842902; 230383, 3844702; 
230083, 3846003; 230883, 3846202; 231283, 3846002; 231783, 3846002; 
232083, 3846302; 232883, 3846802; 233883, 3846802; 234583, 3846202; 
234783, 3845402; 235283, 3845402; 235983, 3844303; 236483, 3844002; 
236483, 3843602; 235983, 3843402; 235783, 3843102; 235583, 3842802; 
235283, 3842702; 235183, 3842602; 235183, 3841802; 235383, 3841102; 
235283, 3840503; 234783, 3839802; 234983, 3839502; 234683, 3839302; 
234683, 3839102; 234383, 3839102; 233883, 3839102; 233183, 3838002; 
232983, 3837802; 232383, 3837702; 232183, 3838002; 231883, 3838202; 
231483, 3838302; 230783, 3837502; 230883, 3837002; 230383, 3836402; 
230183, 3835902; 230083, 3835502; 229183, 3835102; 228983, 3834702; 
228883, 3833602; 228083, 3833102; 227483, 3833002; 227083, 3832602; 
226783, 3832202; 226183, 3832202; 225883, 3832302; 225283, 3831802; 
225083, 3831702; 224883, 3831702; thence west to UTM zone 10 to the 
point of beginning at UTM 10 NAD 27 coordinates 775096, 3831708.
    (131) Subunit 22A; Ventura County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 
scale quadrangles Alamo Mountain, Lion Canyon, Lockwood Valley, San 
Guillermo, and Topatopa Mountains. Land bounded by the following UTM 
Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 315281, 3843603; 315781, 3842204; 
316581, 3840904; 317282, 3837903; 317281, 3836804; 317205, 3836464; 
316582, 3833703; 315782, 3833103; 315282, 3833903; 314082, 3833903; 
313182, 3832003; 311582, 3830603; 310182, 3830303; 309482, 3830803; 
308482, 3830703; 307282, 3830403; 306082, 3831003; 304782, 3831103; 
303482, 3831903; 302182, 3832403; 301682, 3833403; 300482, 3833403; 
299282, 3833803; 298282, 3834203; 297782, 3835103; 297982, 3837103; 
299582, 3837303; 301282, 3838203; 301582, 3839103; 303482, 3840803; 
303882, 3842503; 304982, 3843403; 305882, 3843403; 307782, 3843204; 
309582, 3843204; 310582, 3844003; 311982, 3844404; 313481, 3845203; 
314581, 3843903; returning to 315281, 384360.

    Dated: August 1, 2005.
Craig Manson,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 05-15569 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
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