[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 8342-8343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3620]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018-AC99
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Extension of
Comment Period on Proposed Endangered Status for Four Plants and
Threatened Status for Six Plants From the Foothills of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains of California
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice that
the comment period on the proposed determination of endangered status
for four plants and threatened status for six plants from the foothills
of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California is extended. The species
proposed for endangered status are Brodiaea pallida, Calyptridium
pulchellum, Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus, and Mimulus shevockii,
while the species proposed for threatened status are Allium
tuolumnense, Carpenteria californica, Clarkia springvillensis,
Fritillaria striata, Navarretia setiloba, and Verbena californica.
DATES: The comment period, which originally closed on December 5, 1994,
and was reopened and extended to February 13, 1995, now closes on June
4, 1995. Any comments received by the closing date will be considered
in the final decision on this proposal.
ADDRESSES: Comments and materials should be submitted to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Field Office, 2800 Cottage Way, E-
1803, Sacramento, California 95825-1846. Comments and materials
received will be available for public inspection during normal business
hours, by appointment, at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Fuller (see ADDRESSES section) or
at 916/979-2120.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Allium tuolumnense (Rawhide Hill onion), Brodiaea pallida (Chinese
Camp brodiaea), Calyptridium pulchellum (Mariposa pussypaws),
Carpenteria californica (carpenteria), Clarkia springvillensis
(Springville clarkia), Fritillaria striata (Greenhorn adobe lily),
Lupinus citrinus var. deflexus (Mariposa lupine), Mimulus shevockii
(Kelso Creek monkeyflower), Navarretia setiloba (Piute Mountains
navarretia), and Verbena californica (Red Hills vervain) are plant
species found in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of
California. These ten plants are restricted to various substrate-
specific habitats in Fresno, Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Tulare, and
Tuolumne Counties. These plants face ongoing threats from one or more
of the following: urbanization, inadequate regulatory mechanisms,
random stochastic events, off-highway vehicle use, logging,
overgrazing, illegal dumping, alteration of natural fire regimes,
maintenance of roads and rights-of-ways, insect predation, agricultural
land conversion, mining, proposed highway projects, and competition
from brush species and nonnative grass species.
On October 4, 1994, the Service published a proposed rule to list
Brodiaea pallida, Calyptridium pulchellum, Lupinus citrinus var.
deflexus, and Mimulus shevockii as endangered, and list Allium
tuolumnense, Carpenteria californica, Clarkia springvillensis,
Fritillaria striata, Navarretia setiloba, and Verbena californica as
threatened (59 FR 50540). The comment period on this proposal
originally closed on December 5, 1994. [[Page 8343]] On December 29,
1994, the Service reopened and extended the public comment period until
February 13, 1995, to accommodate a public hearing held on January 31,
1995, in Bakersfield, California (59 FR 67268). In response to a letter
dated January 25, 1995, from Congressmen Richard Pombo and William M.
Thomas of California requesting an extension in the public comment
period until June and several other similar requests made in writing or
given in testimony at the public hearing, the Service extends the
comment period to allow for the collection of additional data during
1995 field season on the status and distribution of the proposed
plants. Written comments may now be submitted until June 4, 1995, to
the Service in the ADDRESSES section.
Author
The primary author of this notice is Jim A. Bartel, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland,
Oregon 97232-4181.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
Dated: February 8, 1995.
Mollie H. Beattie,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-3620 Filed 2-13-95; 8:45 am]
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