United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2012_register executive 2012-11-21 article Part III Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7fc2adc D09002ee1c7fc2bce United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Fish and Wildlife Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency In this Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), present an updated list of plant and animal species native to the United States that we regard as candidates for or have proposed for addition to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Identification of candidate species can assist environmental planning efforts by providing advance notice of potential listings, allowing landowners and resource managers to alleviate threats and thereby possibly remove the need to list species as endangered or threatened. Even if we subsequently list a candidate species, the early notice provided here could result in more options for species management and recovery by prompting candidate conservation measures to alleviate threats to the species. The CNOR summarizes the status and threats that we evaluated in order to determine that species qualify as candidates and to assign a listing priority number (LPN) to each species or to determine that species should be removed from candidate status. Additional material that we relied on is available in the Species Assessment and Listing Priority Assignment Forms (species assessment forms) for each candidate species. Overall, this CNOR recognizes two new candidates, changes the LPN for nine candidates, and removes three species from candidate status. Combined with other decisions for individual species that were published separately from this CNOR in the past year, the current number of species that are candidates for listing is 192. This document also includes our findings on resubmitted petitions and describes our progress in revising the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (Lists) during the period October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012. We request additional status information that may be available for the 192 candidate species identified in this CNOR. 77 FR 69994 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-11-21/2012-28050 2012-28050 fr21no12-22 4310-55-P Docket No. FWS-R9-ES-2012-0050 MO-4500030113 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-11-21/2012-28050 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-11-21/html/2012-28050.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-11-21/pdf/2012-28050.pdf 67 p. 69994 70060 77 FR 69994 Title 50 Part 17 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Federal Register Vol. 77, Issue PRORULE 2012-28050 III DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Docket No. FWS-R9-ES-2012-0050 MO-4500030113 4310-55-P 2012-28050 Notice of review.

In this Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), present an updated list of plant and animal species native to the United States that we regard as candidates for or have proposed for addition to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Identification of candidate species can assist environmental planning efforts by providing advance notice of potential listings, allowing landowners and resource managers to alleviate threats and thereby possibly remove the need to list species as endangered or threatened. Even if we subsequently list a candidate species, the early notice provided here could result in more options for species management and recovery by prompting candidate conservation measures to alleviate threats to the species. The CNOR summarizes the status and threats that we evaluated in order to determine that species qualify as candidates and to assign a listing priority number (LPN) to each species or to determine that species should be removed from candidate status. Additional material that we relied on is available in the Species Assessment and Listing Priority Assignment Forms (species assessment forms) for each candidate species. Overall, this CNOR recognizes two new candidates, changes the LPN for nine candidates, and removes three species from candidate status. Combined with other decisions for individual species that were published separately from this CNOR in the past year, the current number of species that are candidates for listing is 192. This document also includes our findings on resubmitted petitions and describes our progress in revising the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (Lists) during the period October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012. We request additional status information that may be available for the 192 candidate species identified in this CNOR.

We will accept information on any of the species in this Candidate Notice of Review at any time. The Endangered Species Coordinator(s) in the appropriate Regional Office(s), or Chief, Office of Communications and Candidate Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420, Arlington, VA 22203 (telephone 703-358-2171). Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Review of Native Species that are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions , http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=A001 http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/pub/candidateSpecies.jsp http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/pdf/48fr43098-43105.pdf http://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/cca.html http://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/cnor.html http://www.regulations.gov Vol. 77, no. 225 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2012-11-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 380 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-11-21 P0b002ee183826e41 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21no12 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2012-11-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-11-21/pdf/FR-2012-11-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-11-21/xml/FR-2012-11-21.xml fdlp 69733 70103 DGPO 2012-11-21 2024-06-03 FR-2012-11-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2012-11-21 77 225