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 2016_register executive 2018-02-14 article Part III Proposed Rules D09002ee1c7f321cf D09002ee1c7f3229f 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, and by 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 earlier candidate conservation measures to alleviate threats to the species. This CNOR summarizes the status and threats that we evaluated in order to determine whether species qualify as candidates, to assign a listing priority number (LPN) to each candidate species, and to determine whether a 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. This CNOR changes the LPN for one candidate. 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 30. 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, 2015, through September 30, 2016. Moreover, we request any additional status information that may be available for the candidate species identified in this CNOR. 81 FR 87246 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-02/2016-28817 2016-28817 fr02de16-28 4333-15-P Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0095 FF09E21000 FXES11190900000 167 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-02/2016-28817 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-02/html/2016-28817.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-02/pdf/2016-28817.pdf 27 p. 87246 87272 81 FR 87246 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 Notification of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description of Progress on Listing Actions; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue PRORULE 2016-28817 III DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2016-0095 FF09E21000 FXES11190900000 167 4333-15-P 2016-28817 Notification 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, and by 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 earlier candidate conservation measures to alleviate threats to the species. This CNOR summarizes the status and threats that we evaluated in order to determine whether species qualify as candidates, to assign a listing priority number (LPN) to each candidate species, and to determine whether a 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. This CNOR changes the LPN for one candidate. 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 30. 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, 2015, through September 30, 2016. Moreover, we request any additional status information that may be available for the candidate species identified in this CNOR.

We will accept information on any of the species in this Candidate Notice of Review at any time. Chief, Branch of Conservation and Communications, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: ES, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 (telephone 703-358- 2171). Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Review of Native Species that are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened, etc. , http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/reports/candidate-species-report http://ecos.fws.gov/tess_public/reports/non-listed-species-precluded-from-listing-due-to-conservation-report http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa-library/pdf/1983_LPN_Policy_FR_pub.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. 81, no. 232 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-12-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 511 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-02 P0b002ee198681d17 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02de16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-12-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-02/pdf/FR-2016-12-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-12-02/xml/FR-2016-12-02.xml fdlp 86905 87407 DGPO 2018-02-14 2024-06-01 FR-2016-12-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-12-02 81 232