[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-305]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of
Comment Period and Public Hearings on Proposed Rule to List the
Arkansas River Basin Population of the Arkansas River Shiner as
Endangered
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public hearings and reopening of
comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice that
three public hearings will be held on its proposal to list the Arkansas
River Basin population of the Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi)
as an endangered species. The Service proposed endangered status
pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), for the Arkansas River Basin population of the
Arkansas River shiner on August 3, 1994 (59 FR 39532). These hearings
will allow additional comments on this proposal to be submitted from
all interested parties.
DATES: The comment period on the proposal is reopened from January 6
through February 3, 1995. The public hearings will be held from 7 to
9:30 p.m. on January 23, 1995, in Meade, Kansas; from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on
January 24, 1995, in Woodward, Oklahoma; and from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on
January 25, 1995, in Amarillo, Texas.
ADDRESSES: The January 23rd hearing will be held in the auditorium of
Meade High School, 407 School Addition, Meade, Kansas; the January 24th
hearing will be held in the seminar room of the High Plains Institute
of Technology, 3921 34th Street, Woodward, Oklahoma; and the January
25th hearing will be held in the auditorium of the Texas A&M Regional
Research and Extension Center, 6500 Amarillo Boulevard West, Amarillo,
Texas. Written comments and materials should be sent to State
Supervisor, Ecological Services State Office, 222 South Houston, Suite
A, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127. Comments and materials received will be
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business
hours at the above office address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Collins at the above office
address (918/581-7458).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the Act requires that a public hearing be
held on the proposal to list the Arkansas River Basin population of the
Arkansas River shiner as an endangered species, if requested within 45
days of the proposal's publication in the Federal Register. Public
hearing requests were received during the allotted time period from
parties in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Anyone expecting to make an oral presentation at these hearings is
encouraged to provide a written copy of their statement to the hearing
officer prior to the start of the hearing. In the event there is a
large attendance, the time allotted for oral statements may have to be
limited. Oral and written statements receive equal consideration. There
are no limits to the length of written comments presented at these
hearings or mailed to the Service.
In order to accommodate the presently scheduled public hearings,
the Service extends the public comment period. Written comments may be
submitted from January 6, 1995 through February 3, 1995, to the State
Supervisor (see ADDRESSES above).
Author
The primary author of this document is Ken Collins (see ADDRESSES
above).
Authority
The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
Dated: December 23, 1994.
John G. Rogers,
Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-305 Filed 1-5-95; 8:45 am]
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