[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27152-27154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12244]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2019-N025; FXES11130100000C4-190-FF01E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-
Year Status Reviews for 91 Species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and 
American Samoa

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are 
initiating 5-year status reviews for 91 species in Oregon, Washington, 
Hawaii, and American Samoa under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. 
Three of these species also occur outside U.S. jurisdiction in Canada 
and the South Pacific. A 5-year review is based on the best scientific 
and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we 
are requesting submission of any new information on these species that 
has become available since the last review.

DATES: To ensure consideration in our reviews, we are requesting 
submission of new information no later than August 12, 2019. However, 
we will continue to accept new information about any species at any 
time.

ADDRESSES: Submit information on the streaked horned lark via U.S. mail 
to Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th Ave., Suite 100, 
Portland, OR 97266.
    Submit information on the pocket gophers, Oregon spotted frog, 
Taylor's checkerspot butterfly, Umtanum Desert buckwheat, and White 
Bluffs bladderpod via U.S. mail to Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year 
Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Fish and Wildlife 
Office, 510 Desmond Dr. Southeast, Suite 102, Lacey, WA 98503.
    Submit information on any of the 82 Pacific Islands species 
(occurring in Hawaii, American Samoa, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, and Vanuatu) 
via U.S. mail to Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala 
Moana Blvd., Room 3-122, Honolulu, HI 96850; or by email to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the streaked horned lark, contact 
Michele Zwartjes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and 
Wildlife Office, at 503-231-6179.
    For the pocket gophers, Oregon spotted frog, Taylor's checkerspot 
butterfly, Umtanum Desert buckwheat, and White Bluffs bladderpod, 
contact Tom McDowell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Fish 
and Wildlife Office, at 360-753-9440.
    For the 82 Pacific Islands species, contact Gregory Koob, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, at 808-
792-9400.
    Individuals who are hearing impaired or speech impaired may call 
the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 for TTY assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Why do we conduct 5-year reviews?

    Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we maintain lists of endangered and threatened 
wildlife and plant species (referred to as the List) in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife) and 17.12 (for 
plants). Section 4(c)(2) of the Act requires us to review each listed 
species' status at least once every 5 years. For additional information 
about 5-year reviews, refer to our factsheet at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/recovery-overview.html.

What information do we consider in our review?

    A 5-year review considers all new information available at the time 
of the review. In conducting these reviews, we consider the best 
scientific and commercial data that have become available since the 
listing determination or most recent status review, such as:
    (A) Species biology, including but not limited to population 
trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics;
    (B) Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount, 
distribution, and suitability;
    (C) Conservation measures that have been implemented that benefit 
the species;
    (D) Threat status and trends in relation to the five listing 
factors (as defined in section 4(a)(1) of the Act); and
    (E) Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not 
limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of 
erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical 
methods.
    Any new information will be considered during the 5-year review and 
will also be useful in evaluating the ongoing recovery programs for 
these species.

Which species are under review?

    This notice announces our active review of the 91 species listed in 
the table below.

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                                                                                              Final listing rule
           Common name              Scientific name         Status          Known range of     and  publication
                                                                          species occurrence         date
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                                                     Animals
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Mammals:
    Pacific sheath-tailed bat     Emballonura          Endangered......  American Samoa,      81 FR 65466, 9/22/
     (South Pacific subspecies).   semicaudata                            Fiji, Samoa,         2016.
                                   semicaudata.                           Tonga, Vanuatu.
    Olympia pocket gopher.......  Thomomys mazama      Threatened......  Washington.........  79 FR 19759, 4/9/
                                   pugetensis.                                                 2014.
    Roy Prairie pocket gopher...  Thomomys mazama      Threatened......  Washington.........  79 FR 19759, 4/9/
                                   glacialis.                                                  2014.
    Tenino pocket gopher........  Thomomys mazama      Threatened......  Washington.........  79 FR 19759, 4/9/
                                   tumuli.                                                     2014.
    Yelm pocket gopher..........  Thomomys mazama      Threatened......  Washington.........  79 FR 19759, 4/9/
                                   yelmensis.                                                  2014.

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Birds:
    Hawaiian duck...............  Anas wyvilliana....  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  32 FR 4001, 3/11/
                                                                                               1967.
    Streaked horned lark........  Eremophila           Threatened......  Oregon, Washington.  78 FR 61452, 10/3/
                                   alpestris strigata.                                         2013.
    Hawaiian coot...............  Fulica alai........  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  35 FR 16047, 10/13/
                                                                                               1970.
    Friendly ground-dove          Gallicolumba stairi  Endangered......  American Samoa.....  81 FR 65466, 9/22/
     (American Samoa distinct                                                                  2016.
     population segment).
    Hawaiian common gallinule...  Gallinula galeata    Endangered......  Hawaii.............  32 FR 4001, 3/11/
                                   sandvicensis.                                               1967.
    Mao.........................  Gymnomyza samoensis  Endangered......  American Samoa,      81 FR 65466, 9/22/
                                                                          Samoa.               2016.
    Band-rumped storm-petrel....  Oceanodroma castro.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Ou..........................  Psittirostra         Endangered......  Hawaii.............  32 FR 4001, 3/11/
                                   psittacea.                                                  1967.
Amphibians: Oregon spotted frog.  Rana pretiosa......  Threatened......  Washington, Oregon,  79 FR 51658, 8/29/
                                                                          California; Canada   2014.
                                                                          (British Columbia).
Snails:
    No common name..............  Eua zebrina........  Endangered......  American Samoa.....  81 FR 65466, 9/22/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Ostodes strigatus..  Endangered......  American Samoa.....  81 FR 65466, 9/22/
                                                                                               2016.
Insects:
    Taylor's checkerspot          Euphydryas editha    Endangered......  Oregon, Washington.  78 FR 61452, 10/3/
     butterfly.                    taylori.                                                    2013.
    Yellow-faced bee............  Hylaeus anthracinus  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Yellow-faced bee............  Hylaeus assimulans.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Yellow-faced bee............  Hylaeus facilis....  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Yellow-faced bee............  Hylaeus hilaris....  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Yellow-faced bee............  Hylaeus kuakea.....  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Yellow-faced bee............  Hylaeus longiceps..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Yellow-faced bee............  Hylaeus mana.......  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Mariana eight-spot butterfly  Hypolimnas octocula  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  80 FR 59423, 10/1/
                                   marianensis.                                                2015.
    Orangeblack Hawaiian          Megalagrion          Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
     damselfly.                    xanthomelas.                                                2016.
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                                                     PLANTS
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Flowering Plants:
    Mahoe.......................  Alectryon            Endangered......  Hawaii.............  57 FR 20772, 5/15/
                                   macrococcus.                                                1992.
    No common name..............  Bonamia menziesii..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                                                                               1994.
    Maui reedgrass..............  Calamagrostis        Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   expansa.                                                    2016.
    No common name..............  Calamagrostis        Endangered......  Hawaii.............  78 FR 32013, 5/28/
                                   hillebrandii.                                               2013.
    Awikiwiki...................  Canavalia pubescens  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  78 FR 32013, 5/28/
                                                                                               2013.
    Kamanomano..................  Cenchrus             Endangered......  Hawaii.............  61 FR 53108, 10/10/
                                   agrimonioides.                                              1996.
    Kauila......................  Colubrina            Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                   oppositifolia.                                              1994.
    No common name..............  Cyanea kauaulaensis  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Cyperus              Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   neokunthianus.                                              2016.
    No common name..............  Cyperus              Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                   pennatiformis.                                              1994.
    Haiwale.....................  Cyrtandra hematos..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Umtanum Desert buckwheat....  Eriogonum codium...  Threatened......  Washington.........  78 FR 76995, 12/20/
                                                                                               2013.
    Heau........................  Exocarpos menziesii  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Festuca hawaiiensis  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Mehamehame..................  Flueggea neowawraea  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                                                                               1994.
    Hawaiian gardenia...........  Gardenia brighamii.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  50 FR 33728, 8/21/
                                                                                               1985.
    Nanu........................  Gardenia remyi.....  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Hesperomannia        Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 14482, 3/28/
                                   arborescens.                                                1994.
    Mao hau hele................  Hibiscus             Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                   brackenridgei.                                              1994.
    Hilo ischaemum..............  Ischaemum byrone...  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                                                                               1994.
    Wahine noho kula............  Isodendrion          Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                   pyrifolium.                                                 1994.
    Ohe.........................  Joinvillea           Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   ascendens ssp.                                              2016.
                                   ascendens.
    Kamapuaa....................  Kadua fluviatilis..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Kadua haupuensis...  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Labordia lorenciana  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Uhi uhi.....................  Mezoneuron           Endangered......  Hawaii.............  51 FR 24672, 7/8/
                                   kavaiense.                                                  1986.
    Kolea.......................  Myrsine fosbergii..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Aiea........................  Nothocestrum         Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   latifolium.                                                 2016.
    Holei.......................  Ochrosia haleakalae  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Holei.......................  Ochrosia             Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                   kilaueaensis.                                               1994.
    Makou.......................  Peucedanum           Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 9304, 2/25/
                                   sandwicense.                                                1994.
    No common name..............  Phyllostegia         Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   brevidens.                                                  2016.
    No common name..............  Phyllostegia         Endangered......  Hawaii.............  61 FR 53108, 10/10/
                                   parviflora.                                                 1996.
    White Bluffs bladderpod.....  Physaria douglasi    Threatened......  Washington.........  78 FR 76995, 12/20/
                                   ssp. tuplashensis.                                          2013.
    Kuahiwi laukahi.............  Plantago princeps..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                                                                               1994.
    No common name..............  Platanthera          Endangered......  Hawaii.............  61 FR 53108, 10/10/
                                   holochila.                                                  1996.
    Ihi.........................  Portulaca villosa..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Baker's loulu...............  Pritchardia bakeri.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Enaena......................  Pseudognaphalium     Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   sandwicensium var.                                          2016.
                                   molokaiense.
    Makou.......................  Ranunculus           Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   hawaiensis.                                                 2016.
    Makou.......................  Ranunculus           Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   mauiensis.                                                  2016.
    No common name..............  Sanicula             Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   sandwicensis.                                               2016.
    Iliahi......................  Santalum involutum.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.

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    Dwarf naupaka...............  Scaevola coriacea..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  51 FR 17971, 5/16/
                                                                                               1986.
    Awiwi.......................  Schenkia sebaeoides  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  56 FR 55770, 10/29/
                                                                                               1991.
    No common name..............  Schiedea diffusa     Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   ssp. diffusa.                                               2016.
    Maolioli....................  Schiedea pubescens.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Ohai........................  Sesbania tomentosa.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                                                                               1994.
    Anunu.......................  Sicyos               Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   lanceoloideus.                                              2016.
    Anunu.......................  Sicyos macrophyllus  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Silene lanceolata..  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  57 FR 46325, 10/8/
                                                                                               1992.
    Popolo......................  Solanum nelsonii...  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Spermolepis          Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                   hawaiiensis.                                                1994.
    Ae..........................  Zanthoxylum          Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                   hawaiiense.                                                 1994.
Ferns and Allies
    Pendant kihi fern...........  Adenophorus periens  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                                                                               1994.
    Asplenium-leaved diellia....  Asplenium            Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                   dielerectum.                                                1994.
    No common name..............  Asplenium            Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   diellaciniatum.                                             2016.
    Pauoa.......................  Ctenitis squamigera  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 49025, 9/26/
                                                                                               1994.
    Kupukupu makalii............  Cyclosorus boydiae.  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Deparia kaalaana...  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Hohiu.......................  Dryopteris glabra    Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   var. pusilla.                                               2016.
    No common name..............  Huperzia             Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   stemmermanniae.                                             2016.
    Olua........................  Hypolepis            Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   hawaiiensis var.                                            2016.
                                   mauiensis.
    No common name..............  Microlepia strigosa  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                   var. mauiensis.                                             2016.
    No common name..............  Pteris lidgatei....  Endangered......  Hawaii.............  59 FR 49025, 9/26/
                                                                                               1994.
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Request for New Information

    To ensure that a 5-year review is complete and based on the best 
available scientific and commercial information, we request new 
information from all sources. See What Information Do We Consider in 
Our Review? for specific criteria. If you submit information, please 
support it with documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, 
methods used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any 
pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.
    If you wish to provide information for any species listed in the 
table, please submit your comments and materials to the appropriate 
contact in ADDRESSES.

Public Availability of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.
    Comments and materials received will be available for public 
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the offices 
to which the comments are submitted.

Completed and Active Reviews

    A list of all completed and currently active 5-year reviews 
addressing species for which the Pacific Region of the Service has lead 
responsibility is available at http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/endangered/recovery/5year.html.

Authority

    This document is published under the authority of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

    Dated: March 8, 2019.
Mary M. Abrams,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
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