[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56131-56136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22857]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

[Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2017-0094; 4500030113]
RIN 1018-BC52


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species 
Status for Barrens Topminnow

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine 
endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (Act), for the Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia), a 
freshwater fish species from Cannon, Coffee, Dekalb, and Warren 
Counties, Tennessee. This rule adds this species to the Federal List of 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

DATES: This rule is effective November 20, 2019.

ADDRESSES: This final rule is available on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2017-0094 and at https://www.fws.gov/southeast/. Comments and materials we received, as well as 
supporting documentation we used in preparing this rule, are available 
for public inspection at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 
FWS-R4-ES-2017-0094. Comments, materials, and documentation that we 
considered in this rulemaking will be available by appointment, during 
normal business hours at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee 
Ecological Services Field Office; 446 Neal Street, Cookeville, TN; 
telephone 931-877-8339.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Andrews, Field Supervisor, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee Ecological Services Field Office, 
446 Neal Street, Cookeville, TN; telephone 931-525-4973. Persons who 
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Supporting Documents

    We prepared a species status assessment (SSA) report for the 
Barrens topminnow. Written in consultation with species experts, the 
SSA report represents the best scientific and commercial data available 
concerning the status of the Barrens topminnow, including the impacts 
of past, present and future factors (both negative and beneficial) 
affecting the species. Scientific expertise informing the SSA report 
came primarily from the Barrens Topminnow Working Group, which is a 
team of biologists from the Service, Tennessee Wildlife Resources 
Agency, Tennessee universities, and nongovernment organizations that 
have been working on Barrens topminnow conservation since 2001. 
Scientists on the Barrens Topminnow Working Group provided expertise in 
fish biology, habitat management, and stressors (factors negatively 
affecting the species). One biologist outside the Barrens Topminnow 
Working Group conducted independent peer review of the SSA report. The 
SSA report; the January 4, 2018, proposed rule (83 FR 490); this final 
rule; and other materials relating to this rulemaking can be found on 
the Service's Southeast Region website at https://www.fws.gov/southeast/ and at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. FWS-R4-
ES-2017-0094.

Previous Federal Actions

    Please refer to the proposed listing rule for the Barrens topminnow 
(83 FR 490; January 4, 2018) for a detailed description of previous 
Federal actions concerning this species.

Background

    The Barrens topminnow is a small fish with an average lifespan of 2 
years that is endemic to springs and gently flowing portions of spring-
fed streams in middle Tennessee. This species relies on aquatic 
vegetation for spawning substrate and cover. Owing primarily to 
invasive western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) that prey upon and 
harass Barrens topminnows, the species' range has been curtailed and 
its status rangewide is low, based upon the best available scientific 
and commercial data available.
    Please refer to the January 4, 2018, proposed listing rule for the 
Barrens topminnow (83 FR 490) and the SSA report for a full summary of 
species information. Both are available on the Service's Southeast 
Region website at https://www.fws.gov/southeast/ and at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2017-0094.

Summary of Comments and Recommendations

    In the January 4, 2018, proposed rule (83 FR 490), we requested 
that all interested parties submit written comments on the proposal by 
March 5, 2018. We also contacted appropriate Federal and State 
agencies, scientific experts and organizations, and other interested 
parties and invited them to comment on the proposal. We did not receive 
any requests for a public hearing.

Peer Reviewer Comments

    In accordance with our peer review policy published on July 1, 1994 
(59 FR 34270), and our August 22, 2016, memorandum updating and 
clarifying the role of peer review actions under the Act (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.), we solicited expert opinion from six knowledgeable 
individuals with scientific expertise that included familiarity with 
the Barrens topminnow and its habitat, biological needs, and threats. 
We received a response from one peer reviewer.
    We updated the SSA report based on the peer reviewer's comments. 
The changes consisted of clarifications and corrections to the SSA 
report, including typographical edits, incorporation of omitted 
references, and a clarification regarding the definition of a genetic 
term. The peer reviewer's comments did not change our determination 
that the Barrens topminnow meets the definition of an endangered 
species under the Act.

Public Comments

    We received 24 public comments on the proposed rule. Eleven of the 
comments were supportive of listing the Barrens topminnow as endangered 
but did not provide any new information on the species' status. None of 
the remaining 13 comments provided substantive comments concerning the 
proposed listing of the Barrens topminnow. Ten of those did not address 
or provide any information concerning the Barrens topminnow, and three 
focused on the need for transparency in regulations implemented under 
the Act. Regarding transparency for our listing decision for the 
Barrens topminnow, we note that we provide our SSA report, as well as 
several other reports and surveys that helped inform this listing 
decision, to the public on http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 
FWS-R4-ES-2017-0094. Thus, none of the public comments changed our 
determination that the Barrens topminnow meets the definition of an 
endangered species under the Act.

Summary of Changes From the Proposed Rule

    As discussed above, we made no changes to this final rule after 
consideration of the comments we received.

Summary of Biological Status and Threats

    Section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1533), and its implementing 
regulations in title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 
part 424, set forth the procedures for adding species to the Federal 
Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. Under section 
4(a)(1) of the Act, we may list a species based on (A) The present or 
threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or 
range; (B) overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or 
educational purposes; (C) disease or predation; (D) the inadequacy of 
existing regulatory mechanisms; or (E) other natural or manmade factors 
affecting its continued existence. Our assessment evaluates the 
biological status of the species and possible threats to its continued 
existence based upon the best available scientific and commercial data.
    Please refer to the SSA report for a more detailed discussion of 
the factors affecting the Barrens topminnow.

Current Condition of the Barrens Topminnow

    To evaluate the current and future viability of the Barrens 
topminnow, we assessed a range of conditions to consider the species' 
resiliency, representation, and redundancy (the ``3 Rs'' described in 
detail in the SSA report). The historical range of the Barrens 
topminnow included springs and spring runs (first and second order 
streams with a spring source) on the Barrens Plateau, which is part of 
the Eastern Highland Rim physiographic province in middle Tennessee. 
Historical species records are from the Duck River, Elk River, and 
Caney Fork River drainages. The Duck River and Elk River drain to the 
Tennessee River, and the Caney Fork River drains to the Cumberland 
River. Captively held Elk River and wild Caney Fork River stock exist 
today and are considered ``evolutionary significant units'' (ESUs, 
historically isolated groups of populations that are on independent 
evolutionary trajectories). Historical Duck River stock became extinct 
in the 1960s, before genetic material could be examined to assess 
whether the Duck River stock was a unique ESU or belonged to one of the 
two extant ESUs.
    Once known to occupy 18 sites (and likely more sites that were not 
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prior to extirpation) within the three drainages, the Barrens topminnow 
currently occurs in the wild at 5 sites. The species occurs in the Duck 
River drainage in Short Spring and Marcum Spring, and in the Caney Fork 
drainage in Benedict Spring, McMahan Creek, and Greenbrook Pond. The 
Benedict Spring and McMahan Creek occurrences consist of native stock, 
while the remaining three, including the two Duck River occurrences, 
are populated with individuals introduced from Caney Fork drainage 
sites. An ark population of Barrens topminnows from Pond Spring in the 
Elk River drainage is held in captivity at three facilities, with the 
intention to reintroduce individuals from that population to the 
drainage where habitat conditions are, or can be made, suitable.
    Of the five sites currently occupied by the species, the Greenbrook 
Pond and Marcum Spring populations are estimated to have medium 
resiliency, and the other three populations low resiliency. Rangewide, 
the Barrens topminnow has low representation, owing to the species' 
reduced genetic diversity, loss of at least one ESU from the wild, and 
restriction to a single ecoregion and specific habitat type. Redundancy 
is also low, as the species is extant at only 5 of 18 known historical 
sites. Based on the 3 Rs, the species' overall current condition is 
low.

Threats

    The greatest threat to Barrens topminnow is predation from the 
western mosquitofish (Factor C), an invasive species native to portions 
of Tennessee west of the Barrens Plateau that preys upon young 
topminnows and harasses adults. Extirpation of Barrens topminnows has 
occurred consistently within 3 to 5 years of western mosquitofish 
invasion of a site, and the five sites where Barrens topminnows remain 
extant are the only sites not occupied by western mosquitofish.
    Predation upon Barrens topminnows by western mosquitofish (Factor 
C) is the primary driver of Barrens topminnow range curtailment and 
habitat modification (Factor A), as well as adverse demographic changes 
(Factor E). The presence of predatory western mosquitofish in most 
spring and stream systems of the Barrens Plateau has rendered otherwise 
suitable habitat for the Barrens topminnow uninhabitable. In addition 
to modification of habitat by a biological feature (invasive western 
mosquitofish), alteration of physical habitat features has occurred due 
to conversion of surrounding upland habitat to pasture, with 
concomitant removal of riparian vegetation and livestock accessing 
streams.
    Livestock access increases bank erosion, sedimentation, and 
nutrient loading in streams. Removal of riparian vegetation can also 
increase sedimentation and may raise water temperatures above levels 
suitable for Barrens topminnows. While such physical habitat alteration 
(Factor A) has occurred and has been a factor in curtailing some of the 
species' range, its impact on the topminnow is much less substantial 
than predation by western mosquitofish.
    Adverse demographic changes (Factor E) also are largely driven by 
invasive western mosquitofish (Factor C). The expansion of western 
mosquitofish into topminnow habitat has eliminated connectivity between 
sites that would allow gene flow and maintenance of genetic diversity. 
Each occupied site is vulnerable to extirpation due to prolonged 
drought or a flood that enables western mosquitofish invasion. 
Topminnows cannot move from these sites during droughts or floods 
because western mosquitofish are downstream. Further, the erosion of 
genetic variability due to site isolation reduces the capacity of the 
species to withstand stochastic events.
    Climate change (Factor E) is a threat to the Barrens topminnow. 
Drought poses a threat to Barrens topminnows as evidenced by the 
Benedict Spring site drying up three times since 2006, although each 
time topminnows were rescued from the drying spring and held in 
captivity until they could be returned to the spring after the drought 
subsided. Climate models at the scale of the Barrens Plateau are 
lacking, but in the broader southeastern United States, variability in 
weather is expected to increase over the next century, resulting in 
more extreme dry and wet years.
    We did not find that the Barrens topminnow is impacted by 
overutilization (Factor B). Regarding the adequacy of existing 
regulatory mechanisms (Factor D), such as regulations implemented under 
the Clean Water Act to protect water quality and instream habitat, we 
found that they do not address, nor do they contribute to, the threat 
of invasive mosquitofish, which is the primary driver of the Barrens 
topminnow's status.

Determination

    We have carefully assessed the best scientific and commercial 
information available regarding the past, present, and future threats 
to the Barrens topminnow. The Barrens topminnow is extirpated from 13 
of 18 historically occupied sites, which is equivalent to a 72 percent 
loss in the species' range. Native Duck River populations have been 
lost, and the ESU from the Elk River drainage currently persists only 
in captivity. Due primarily to predation by the western mosquitofish, 
but secondarily to habitat alternation exacerbated by climate change, 
the overall condition of the species is low, based on population 
resiliency and rangewide representation and redundancy.
    The Act defines an endangered species as any species that is ``in 
danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its 
range'' and a threatened species as any species that ``is likely to 
become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout 
all or a significant portion of its range.'' As discussed above, the 
resiliency, representation, and redundancy of the species has been 
severely compromised by the operation of threats in the past, primarily 
due to predation by introduced and expanding populations of nonnative 
western mosquitofish. In addition, all of the remaining populations of 
Barrens topminnow are at imminent risk of further expansion of western 
mosquitofish, as well as drought events, with no reasonable prospect of 
natural reestablishment once a population is extirpated. Therefore, we 
conclude that the species is currently at risk of extinction throughout 
its range, thus meeting the definition of an endangered species. For 
the same reasons, we find that a threatened species status is not 
appropriate for the Barrens topminnow.
    Under the Act and our implementing regulations, a species may 
warrant listing if it is endangered or threatened throughout all or a 
significant portion of its range. Because we have determined that the 
Barrens topminnow is in danger of extinction throughout its range, we 
find it unnecessary to proceed to an evaluation of potentially 
significant portions of the range. Where the best available information 
allows the Services to determine a status for the species rangewide, 
that determination should be given conclusive weight because a 
rangewide determination of status more accurately reflects the species' 
degree of imperilment and better promotes the purposes of the statute. 
Under this reading, we should first consider whether listing is 
appropriate based on a rangewide analysis and proceed to conduct a 
``significant portion of its range'' analysis if, and only if, a 
species does not qualify for listing as either endangered or threatened 
according to the ``all'' language. We note that the court in Desert 
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of the Interior, No. 16-cv-01165-JCS, 2018 WL 4053447 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 
24, 2018), did not address this issue, and our conclusion is therefore 
consistent with the opinion in that case.
    Therefore, on the basis of the best available scientific and 
commercial information, we list the Barrens topminnow as an endangered 
species in accordance with sections 3(6) and 4(a)(1) of the Act.

Available Conservation Measures

    Conservation measures provided to species listed as endangered or 
threatened species under the Act include recognition, recovery actions, 
requirements for Federal protection, and prohibitions against certain 
practices. Recognition through listing results in public awareness and 
conservation by Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies, private 
organizations, and individuals. The Act encourages cooperation with the 
States and requires that recovery actions be carried out for all listed 
species. The protection required by Federal agencies and the 
prohibitions against certain activities are discussed, in part, below.

Recovery Actions

    The primary purpose of the Act is the conservation of endangered 
and threatened species and the ecosystems upon which they depend. The 
ultimate goal of such conservation efforts is the recovery of these 
listed species, so that they no longer need the protective measures of 
the Act. Subsection 4(f) of the Act requires the Service to develop and 
implement recovery plans for the conservation of endangered and 
threatened species. The recovery planning process involves the 
identification of actions that are necessary to halt or reverse the 
species' decline by addressing the threats to its survival and 
recovery. The goal of this process is to restore listed species to a 
point where they are secure, self-sustaining, and functioning 
components of their ecosystems.
    Recovery planning includes the development of a recovery outline 
shortly after a species is listed and preparation of a draft and final 
recovery plan. The recovery outline guides the immediate implementation 
of urgent recovery actions and describes the process to be used to 
develop a recovery plan. Revisions of the plan may be done to address 
continuing or new threats to the species, as new substantive 
information becomes available. The recovery plan identifies site-
specific management actions that set a trigger for review of the five 
factors that control whether a species remains endangered or may be 
downlisted or delisted, and methods for monitoring recovery progress. 
Recovery plans also establish a framework for agencies to coordinate 
their recovery efforts and provide estimates of the cost of 
implementing recovery tasks. Recovery teams (composed of species 
experts, Federal and State agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and 
stakeholders) are often established to develop recovery plans. When 
completed, the recovery outline, draft recovery plan, and the final 
recovery plan will be available on our website (http://www.fws.gov/endangered) or from our Tennessee Ecological Services Field Office (see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
    Implementation of recovery actions generally requires the 
participation of a broad range of partners, including other Federal 
agencies, States, Tribes, nongovernmental organizations, businesses, 
and private landowners. Examples of recovery actions include habitat 
restoration (e.g., restoration of native vegetation), research, captive 
propagation and reintroduction, and outreach and education. The 
recovery of many listed species cannot be accomplished solely on 
Federal lands because their range may occur primarily or solely on non-
Federal lands. To achieve recovery of these species requires 
cooperative conservation efforts on private, State, and Tribal lands.
    Following publication of this final listing rule, funding for 
recovery actions will be available from a variety of sources, including 
Federal budgets, State programs, and cost share grants for non-Federal 
landowners, the academic community, and nongovernmental organizations. 
In addition, pursuant to section 6 of the Act, the State of Tennessee 
will be eligible for Federal funds to implement management actions that 
promote the protection or recovery of the Barrens topminnow. 
Information on our grant programs that are available to aid species 
recovery can be found at: http://www.fws.gov/grants.
    Please let us know if you are interested in participating in 
recovery efforts for the Barrens topminnow. Additionally, we invite you 
to submit any new information on this species whenever it becomes 
available and any information you may have for recovery planning 
purposes (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Critical Habitat

    Section 4(a)(3) of the Act and implementing regulations (50 CFR 
424.12) require that we designate critical habitat at the time a 
species is determined to be an endangered or threatened species, to the 
maximum extent prudent and determinable. In the proposed listing rule 
(83 FR 490; January 4, 2018), we determined that designation of 
critical habitat was prudent but not determinable because specific 
information needed to analyze the impacts of designation was lacking. 
We are still in the process of assessing this information. We plan to 
publish a proposed rule to designate critical habitat for the Barrens 
topminnow in the near future.

Regulatory Provisions

    Section 7(a) of the Act requires Federal agencies to evaluate their 
actions with respect to any species that is listed as an endangered or 
threatened species and with respect to its critical habitat, if any is 
designated. Regulations implementing this interagency cooperation 
provision of the Act are codified at 50 CFR part 402. Section 7(a)(2) 
of the Act requires Federal agencies to ensure that activities they 
authorize, fund, or carry out are not likely to jeopardize the 
continued existence of any endangered or threatened species or destroy 
or adversely modify its critical habitat. If a Federal action may 
affect a listed species or its critical habitat, the responsible 
Federal agency must enter into consultation with the Service.
    Federal agency actions within the species' habitat that may require 
conference or consultation or both as described in the preceding 
paragraph include management and any other landscape-altering 
activities on Federal lands administered by the Service; technical 
assistance and projects funded through the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service; issuance of permits 
by the Tennessee Valley Authority for right-of-way stream crossings; 
issuance of section 404 Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) 
permits by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and construction and 
maintenance of roads or highways by the Federal Highway Administration.
    The Act and its implementing regulations set forth a series of 
general prohibitions and exceptions that apply to endangered wildlife. 
The prohibitions of section 9(a)(1) of the Act, also codified at 50 CFR 
17.21, make it illegal for any person subject to the jurisdiction of 
the United States to take (which includes harass, harm, pursue, hunt, 
shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect; or to attempt any of 
these) endangered wildlife within the United States or on the high 
seas. In addition, it is unlawful to import; export; deliver, receive, 
carry, transport, or ship in interstate or foreign commerce in the

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course of commercial activity; or sell or offer for sale in interstate 
or foreign commerce any listed species. It is also illegal to possess, 
sell, deliver, carry, transport, or ship any such wildlife that has 
been taken illegally. Certain exceptions apply to employees of the 
Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, other Federal land 
management agencies, and State conservation agencies.
    We may issue permits to carry out otherwise prohibited activities 
involving endangered wildlife under certain circumstances. Regulations 
governing permits for endangered wildlife are codified at 50 CFR 17.22. 
A permit may be issued for the following purposes: For scientific 
purposes, to enhance the propagation or survival of the species, and 
for incidental take in connection with otherwise lawful activities. 
There are also certain statutory exemptions from the prohibitions, 
which are found in sections 9 and 10 of the Act.
    It is our policy, as published in the Federal Register on July 1, 
1994 (59 FR 34272), to identify to the maximum extent practicable at 
the time a species is listed, those activities that would or would not 
constitute a violation of section 9 of the Act. The intent of this 
policy is to increase public awareness of the effect of a final listing 
on proposed and ongoing activities within the range of a listed 
species. Based on the best available information, the following actions 
are unlikely to result in a violation of section 9, if these activities 
are carried out in accordance with existing regulations and permit 
requirements; this list is not comprehensive:
    (1) Normal agricultural practices, including herbicide and 
pesticide use, which are carried out in accordance with any existing 
regulations, permit and label requirements, and best management 
practices; and
    (2) Normal residential landscaping activities.
    Based on the best available information, the following activities 
may potentially result in a violation of section 9 the Act; this list 
is not comprehensive:
    (1) Collection or handling of the Barrens topminnow;
    (2) Introduction of nonnative species that compete with or prey 
upon the Barrens topminnow, including western mosquitofish and other 
species in the mosquitofish genus Gambusia;
    (3) Removal or destruction of native aquatic vegetation in any body 
of water in which the Barrens topminnow is known to occur; and
    (4) Discharge of chemicals or fill material into any waters in 
which the Barrens topminnow is known to occur.
    Questions regarding whether specific activities would constitute a 
violation of section 9 of the Act should be directed to the Tennessee 
Ecological Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Required Determinations

National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)

    We have determined that environmental assessments and environmental 
impact statements, as defined under the authority of the National 
Environmental Policy Act, need not be prepared in connection with 
listing a species as an endangered or threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act. We published a notice outlining our reasons for 
this determination in the Federal Register on October 25, 1983 (48 FR 
49244).

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 (Consultation and 
Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments), and the Department of the 
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. In accordance with 
Secretarial Order 3206 of June 5, 1997 (American Indian Tribal Rights, 
Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act), 
we readily acknowledge our responsibilities to work directly with 
tribes in developing programs for healthy ecosystems, to acknowledge 
that tribal lands are not subject to the same controls as Federal 
public lands, to remain sensitive to Indian culture, and to make 
information available to tribes. There are no tribal lands affected by 
this listing determination.

References Cited

    A complete list of references cited in the SSA report that informed 
this rulemaking is available on the internet at http://www.regulations.gov under Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2017-0094 and upon 
request from the Tennessee Ecological Services Field Office (see FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Authors

    The primary authors of this final rule are the staff members of the 
Service's Tennessee Ecological Services Field Office.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

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

Regulation Promulgation

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

PART 17--ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS

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

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 1531-1544; and 4201-4245, 
unless otherwise noted.

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2. Amend Sec.  17.11(h) by adding an entry for ``Topminnow, Barrens'' 
to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in alphabetical order 
under FISHES to read as follows:


Sec.  17.11   Endangered and threatened wildlife.

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           Common name              Scientific name      Where listed         Status         applicable rules
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             Fishes
 
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Topminnow, Barrens..............  Fundulus julisia..  Wherever found....  E              83 FR [insert Federal
                                                                                          Register page where
                                                                                          the document begins],
                                                                                          10/21/2019.
 
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    Dated: August 20, 2019.
Margaret E. Everson,
Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Exercising 
the Authority of the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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