[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19861-19864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05822]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2024-N003; FXES11130100000C4-245-FF01E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-
Year Status Reviews for 100 Species in American S[amacr]moa, 
California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington

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, are initiating 5-year 
status reviews for 100 species in American S[amacr]moa, California, 
Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington under the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973. Three of these species also occur outside of United States 
jurisdiction, in Canada and the South Pacific. A 5-year status 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 
reviews.

DATES: To ensure consideration in our reviews, we are requesting 
submission of new information no later than May 20, 2024. However, we 
will continue to accept new information about any species at any time.

ADDRESSES: Submitting Information on Species:
     Any of the 89 species occurring in Hawaii or American 
S[amacr]moa:
    U.S. mail: 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
    Email: [email protected].
     Woodland caribou and Spalding's catchfly:
    U.S. mail: State Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office, 1387 S Vinnell 
Way, Suite 368, Boise, ID 83709; or
    Email: [email protected].
     Oregon silverspot butterfly:
    U.S. mail: State 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; or
    Email: [email protected].
     Pocket gophers, island marble butterfly, showy stickseed, 
White Bluffs bladderpod, and Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow:
    U.S. mail: State 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; or
    Email: [email protected].

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, please 
contact Grant Canterbury, Regional Recovery Biologist, at 503-231-6151. 
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
the United States.
    For information about the following specific species, contact the 
following people:
     Any of the 89 species occurring in Hawaii or American 
S[amacr]moa: Megan Laut, Recovery Program Manager, Pacific Islands Fish 
and Wildlife Office, 808-792-9400; [email protected].
     Woodland caribou and Spalding's catchfly: Tracy Melbihess, 
Assistant State Supervisor, Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office, 208-378-
5243; [email protected].
     Oregon silverspot butterfly: Jennifer Siani, Recovery 
Coordinator, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 503-231-6179; 
[email protected].
     Pocket gophers, island marble butterfly, showy stickseed, 
White Bluffs bladderpod, and Wenatchee Mountains checkermallow: Rose 
Agbalog, Recovery Coordinator, Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 
564-200-2124; [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Why do we conduct 5-year status 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 status reviews, refer to our factsheet at https://www.fws.gov/project/five-year-status-reviews.

What information do we consider in our review?

    A 5-year status 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 reviews, 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 status 
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 100 species, including 6 
mammals, 6 birds, 2 snails, 11 insects, and 75 plants, as 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            81 FR 65466, 9/22/
     (pe[revaps]ape[revaps]a      semicaudata                              S[amacr]moa,        2016.
     vai, tagiti, beka beka)      semicaudata.                             Fiji,
     (South Pacific subspecies).                                           S[amacr]moa,
                                                                           Tonga, Vanuatu.
    Woodland caribou (southern   Rangifer tarandus   Endangered.........  Idaho, Washington,  84 FR 52598, 10/02/
     mountain distinct            caribou.                                 Canada (British     2019.
     population segment (DPS)).                                            Columbia).
    Olympia pocket gopher......  Thomomys mazama     Threatened.........  Washington........  79 FR 19760, 4/9/
                                  pugetensis.                                                  2014.
    Roy Prairie pocket gopher..  Thomomys mazama     Threatened.........  Washington........  79 FR 19760, 4/9/
                                  glacialis.                                                   2014.
    Tenino pocket gopher.......  Thomomys mazama     Threatened.........  Washington........  79 FR 19760, 4/9/
                                  tumuli.                                                      2014.
    Yelm pocket gopher.........  Thomomys mazama     Threatened.........  Washington........  79 FR 19760, 4/9/
                                  yelmensis.                                                   2014.
Birds:
    Hawaiian duck (koloa maoli)  Anas wyvilliana...  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  32 FR 4001, 3/11/
                                                                                               1967.
    Hawaiian coot ([revaps]alae  Fulica alai.......  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  35 FR 16047, 10/13/
     ke[revaps]oke[revaps]o).                                                                  1970.
    Friendly ground-dove         Gallicolumba        Endangered.........  American            81 FR 65466, 9/22/
     (tu[revaps]aimeo)            stairi.                                  S[amacr]moa.        2016.
     (American S[amacr]moa DPS).
    Hawaiian common gallinule    Gallinula galeata   Endangered.........  Hawaii............  32 FR 4001, 3/11/
     ([revaps]alae [revaps]ula).  sandvicensis.                                                1967.
    Ma[revaps]o                  Gymnomyza           Endangered.........  American            81 FR 65466, 9/22/
     (ma[revaps]oma[revaps]o).    samoensis.                               S[amacr]moa,        2016.
                                                                           S[amacr]moa.
    Band-rumped storm-petrel     Hydrobates castro.  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
     ([revaps]ak[emacr]                                                                        2016.
     [revaps]ak[emacr]) (Hawaii
     DPS).
Snails:
    No common name.............  Eua zebrina.......  Endangered.........  American            81 FR 65466, 9/22/
                                                                           S[amacr]moa.        2016.
    No common name.............  Ostodes strigatus.  Endangered.........  American            81 FR 65466, 9/22/
                                                                           S[amacr]moa.        2016.
Insects:
    Island marble butterfly....  Euchloe ausonides   Endangered.........  Washington........  85 FR 26786, 5/5/
                                  insulanus.                                                   2020.
    Yellow-faced bee...........  Hylaeus             Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  anthracinus.                                                 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           Hypolimnas          Endangered.........  Hawaii............  80 FR 59423, 10/1/
     butterfly (ababbang,         octocula                                                     2015.
     libweibwogh).                marianensis.
    Orangeblack Hawaiian         Megalagrion         Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
     damselfly.                   xanthomelas.                                                 2016.

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    Oregon silverspot butterfly  Speyeria zerene     Threatened.........  Oregon,             45 FR 44935, 7/2/
                                  hippolyta.                               California,         1980.
                                                                           Washington.
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                                                     PLANTS
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Flowering Plants:
    M[amacr]hoe................  Alectryon           Endangered.........  Hawaii............  57 FR 20772, 5/15/
                                  macrococcus.                                                 1992.
    No common name.............  Amaranthus brownii  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  61 FR 43178, 8/21/
                                                                                               1996.
    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 32014, 5/28/
                                  hillebrandii.                                                2013.
    [revaps][Amacr]wikiwiki....  Canavalia           Endangered.........  Hawaii............  78 FR 32014, 5/28/
                                  pubescens.                                                   2013.
    K[amacr]manomano...........  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              Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  kauaulaensis.                                                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.
    Ha[revaps]iwale............  Cyrtandra hematos.  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    [revaps]Akoko..............  Euphorbia           Endangered.........  Hawaii............  61 FR 53108, 10/10/
                                  haeleeleana.                                                 1996.
    Heau.......................  Exocarpos           Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  menziesii.                                                   2016.
    No common name.............  Festuca             Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  hawaiiensis.                                                 2016.
    M[emacr]hamehame...........  Flueggea            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                  neowawraea.                                                  1994.
    N[amacr]n[umacr]...........  Gardenia brighamii  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  50 FR 33728, 8/21/
                                                                                               1985.
    N[amacr]n[umacr]...........  Gardenia remyi....  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    No common name.............  Gouania meyenii...  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  56 FR 55770, 10/29/
                                                                                               1991.
    Showy stickseed............  Hackelia venusta..  Endangered.........  Washington........  67 FR 5515, 2/6/
                                                                                               2002.
    Ma[revaps]o hau hele.......  Hibiscus            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                  brackenridgei.                                               1994.
    Hilo ischaemum.............  Ischaemum byrone..  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                                                                               1994.
    Aupaka.....................  Isodendrion         Threatened.........  Hawaii............  61 FR 53108, 10/10/
                                  longifolium.                                                 1996.
    Wahine noho kula...........  Isodendrion         Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                  pyrifolium.                                                  1994.
    [revaps]Ohe................  Joinvillea          Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  ascendens ssp.                                               2016.
                                  ascendens.
    Kamapua[revaps]a...........  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            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  lorenciana.                                                  2016.
    No common name.............  Lobelia             Endangered.........  Hawaii............  56 FR 55770, 10/29/
                                  niihauensis.                                                 1991.
    No common name.............  Lysimachia          Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 9304, 2/25/
                                  filifolia.                                                   1994.
    Uhiuhi.....................  Mezoneuron          Endangered.........  Hawaii............  51 FR 24672, 7/8/
                                  kavaiense.                                                   1986.
    K[omacr]lea................  Myrsine fosbergii.  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    [revaps]Aiea...............  Nothocestrum        Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  latifolium.                                                  2016.
    H[omacr]lei................  Ochrosia            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  haleakalae.                                                  2016.
    H[omacr]lei................  Ochrosia            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                  kilaueaensis.                                                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 douglasii  Threatened.........  Washington........  78 FR 23983, 4/23/
                                  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.
    [revaps]Ihi................  Portulaca villosa.  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Baker's loulu..............  Pritchardia bakeri  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Loulu......................  Pritchardia remota  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  61 FR 43178, 8/21/
                                                                                               1996.
    [revaps]Ena[revaps]ena.....  Pseudognaphalium    Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  sandwicensium                                                2016.
                                  var. 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.
    [revaps]Iliahi.............  Santalum involutum  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    Dwarf naupaka..............  Scaevola coriacea.  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  51 FR 17971, 5/16/
                                                                                               1986.
    [revaps][Amacr]wiwi........  Schenkia            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  56 FR 55770, 10/29/
                                  sebaeoides.                                                  1991.
    No common name.............  Schiedea diffusa    Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  ssp. diffusa.                                                2016.
    M[amacr][revaps]oli[revaps]  Schiedea pubescens  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
     oli.                                                                                      2016.
    No common name.............  Schiedea            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  61 FR 43178, 8/21/
                                  verticillata.                                                1996.
    [revaps][Omacr]hai.........  Sesbania tomentosa  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                                                                               1994.
    [revaps][Amacr]nunu........  Sicyos              Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  lanceoloideus.                                               2016.
    [revaps][Amacr]nunu........  Sicyos              Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  macrophyllus.                                                2016.
    Wenatchee Mountains          Sidalcea oregana    Endangered.........  Washington........  64 FR 71680, 12/22/
     checkermallow.               var. calva.                                                  1999.
    No common name.............  Silene lanceolata.  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  57 FR 46325, 10/8/
                                                                                               1992.
    Spalding's catchfly........  Silene spaldingii.  Threatened.........  Idaho, Washington,  66 FR 51598, 10/10/
                                                                           Oregon.             2001.
    P[omacr]polo...............  Solanum nelsonii..  Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                                                                               2016.
    [revaps]Aiakeakua,           Solanum             Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 9304, 2/25/
     p[omacr]polo.                sandwicense.                                                 1994.
    No common name.............  Spermolepis         Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                  hawaiiensis.                                                 1994.
    A[revaps]e.................  Zanthoxylum         Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 10305, 3/4/
                                  hawaiiense.                                                  1994.
Ferns and Allies:
    Palai l[amacr][revaps]au...  Adenophorus         Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                  periens.                                                     1994.
    No common name.............  Asplenium           Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 56333, 11/10/
                                  dielerectum                                                  1994.
                                  (=Diellia erecta).
    No common name.............  Asplenium           Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  diellaciniatum.                                              2016.
    Pauoa......................  Ctenitis            Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 49025, 9/26/
                                  squamigera.                                                  1994.
    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.
    Olua.......................  Hypolepis           Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  hawaiiensis var.                                             2016.
                                  mauiensis.
    Kupukupu makali[revaps]i...  Menisciopsis        Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  boydiae                                                      2016.
                                  (=Cyclosorus
                                  boydiae).

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    No common name.............  Microlepia          Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  strigosa var.                                                2016.
                                  mauiensis.
    W[amacr]wae[revaps]iole....  Phlegmariurus       Endangered.........  Hawaii............  59 FR 14482, 3/28/
                                  nutans.                                                      1994.
    No common name.............  Phlegmariurus       Endangered.........  Hawaii............  81 FR 67786, 9/30/
                                  stemmermanniae                                               2016.
                                  (=Huperzia
                                  stemmermanniae).
    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 status 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, 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.

Completed and Active Reviews

    A table including hyperlinks to the most recently completed 5-year 
status review for each listed species, as well as notices of 5-year 
status reviews that are currently in progress, is available at https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/report/species-five-year-review.

Authority

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

Bridget Fahey,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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