[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 7 (Monday, January 12, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 1491-1492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-00259]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

[Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2014-0038; 4500030113]
RIN 1018-BA13


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed 
Endangered Status for 21 Species and Proposed Threatened Status for 2 
Species in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), recently 
published a proposed listing for 21 plant and animal species from the 
Mariana Islands (U.S. Territory of Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands) as endangered species and 2 plant species 
from the Mariana Islands as threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), and announced a 60-day public 
comment period on the proposed actions, ending December 1, 2014. We now 
reopen the public comment period for an additional 30 days, and 
announce two public hearings and four public information meetings on 
our proposed rule. We are taking these actions to allow all interested 
parties additional time and opportunity to comment on the proposed 
rule.

DATES: Written Comments: We will consider comments received or 
postmarked on or before February 11, 2015, or provided at the public 
hearings. Please note comments submitted electronically using the 
Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES) must be received by 11:59 
p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date. Any comments that we receive 
after the closing date may not be considered in the final decision on 
the proposed rule.
    Public Hearings and Information Meetings:

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            Public hearings                Public information meetings
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Guam: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, from    Guam: Tuesday, January 27,
 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.                   2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00
                                          p.m.

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U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern        U.S. Commonwealth of the
 Mariana Islands (CNMI): Wednesday,       Northern Mariana Islands
 January 28, 2015, from 6:00 p.m. to      (CNMI):
 8:00 p.m. (island of Saipai)             Wednesday, January 28,
                                          2015, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00
                                          p.m.
                                          Thursday, January 29,
                                          2015, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00
                                          p.m. (island of Rota).
                                          Saturday, January 31,
                                          2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00
                                          a.m. (island of Tinian).
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ADDRESSES:
    Document Availability: You may obtain copies of the proposed rule 
at http://www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2014-0038; from 
the Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office's Web site (http://www.fws.gov/pacificislands ); or by contacting the Pacific Islands Fish 
and Wildlife Office directly (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    Comment Submission: You may submit written comments by one of the 
following methods:
    (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Submit comments on the proposed listing rule to 
FWS-R1-ES-2014-0038.
    (2) By hard copy: Submit comments on the proposed listing rule by 
U.S. mail or hand-delivery to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-
R1-ES-2014-0038; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, 
VA 22041-3803.
    We request that you send comments only by the methods described 
above. We will post all comments on http://www.regulations.gov. This 
generally means that we will post any personal information you provide 
us (see the Public Comments section, below, for more information).
    Locations of Public Hearings and Information Meetings:

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            Public hearings                Public information meetings
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Guam: University of Guam, in the Leon    Guam: Same location as the
 Guerrero School of Business and Public   public hearing.
 Administration Building, Anthony Leon
 Guerrero Multi-Purpose Room 129,
 located at UOG Station, Mangilao, Guam
 96923.
U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern        U.S. Commonwealth of the
 Mariana Islands (CNMI): Island of        Northern Mariana Islands
 Saipan, at the Multi-Purpose Center,     (CNMI):
 located at Beach Road, Susupe, Saipan.   Island of Saipan, at
                                          the same location as the
                                          public hearing.
                                          Island of Rota, at the
                                          Sinapalo Elementary School
                                          Cafeteria, located at Sinapalo
                                          I, Songsong Village, Rota, MP
                                          96951.
                                          Island of Tinian, at
                                          the Tinian Elementary School
                                          Cafeteria, located at San Jose
                                          Village, Tinian, MP 96952.
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    People needing reasonable accommodation in order to attend and 
participate in either public hearing should contact Kristi Young, 
Deputy Field Supervisor, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, as 
soon as possible (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristi Young, Deputy Field Supervisor, 
Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana Boulevard, 
Honolulu, HI 96850; telephone 808-792-9400; or facsimile 808-792-9581. 
Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call 
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Comments

    We are reopening the public comment period for 30 days on our 
proposed rule to list 23 Mariana Islands species that was published in 
the Federal Register on October 1, 2014 (79 FR 59364), to allow all 
interested parties additional time to comment on the proposed rule. We 
will accept written comments and information until the date specified 
in the DATES section, above, or at the public hearings. We will 
consider all information and recommendations from all interested 
parties.
    For details on specific information we are requesting, please see 
the Information Requested section of our proposed rule (79 FR 59364; 
October 1, 2014).
    You may submit your comments and materials concerning the proposed 
rule by one of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We request that you 
send comments only by the methods described in ADDRESSES.
    If you submit a comment via http://www.regulations.gov, your entire 
comment--including any personal identifying information--will be posted 
on the Web site. We will post all hardcopy comments on http://www.regulations.gov as well. If you submit a hardcopy comment that 
includes personal identifying information, you may request at the top 
of your document that we withhold this information from public review. 
However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting 
documentation we used in preparing the proposed rule, will be available 
for public inspection on http://www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWS-
R1-ES-2014-0038 or by appointment, during normal business hours, at the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife 
Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Authority

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

    Dated: December 19, 2014.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-00259 Filed 1-9-15; 8:45 am]
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