[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 425-426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-126]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018-
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of
Comment Period on the 90-day Finding for the Petition to List the Queen
Charlotte Goshawk as Endangered
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Status Review; Reopening of Comment Period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice
that the comment period on the proposal is reopened. The Queen
Charlotte goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) is found in forested
areas of British Columbia and southeast Alaska. All interested parties
are invited to submit comments regarding this species' status.
DATES: The comment period, which originally closed November 25, 1994,
now closes February 9, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Data, information, comments or questions concerning the
status of the petitioned species described below should be submitted to
the Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological
Services, 3000 Vintage Blvd., Suite 201, Juneau, Alaska 99801. The
petition, findings, and supporting data are available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the above
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Lindell, Endangered Species
Biologist (see ADDRESSES above) (907)/586-7240).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Queen Charlotte goshawk occurs from Vancouver Island British
Columbia, Canada, northward through insular British Columbia, insular
and adjacent mainland Alaska west of the coastal mountain range, to the
northern portions of the Alexander Archipelago, in southeast Alaska.
The subspecies may be endangered by past and planned removal and
fragmentation of mature forest habitat by clearcut logging.
The comment period for the status review originally closed on
November [[Page 426]] 25, 1994. Since that date many parties have
expressed interest in submitting substantive comments. In order to
accommodate these parties, the Service is extending the comment period
until February 9, 1995. Written comments may be submitted to the
Service office in the ADDRESSES section.
Author
The primary author of this notice is John Lindell, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Field Office, Juneau, Alaska
99801.
Authority
The authority of this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: December 23, 1994.
David B. Allen,
Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-126 Filed 1-3-95; 8:45 am]
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