[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 10343-10344]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-4747]
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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 Status Review for the Queen Charlotte Goshawk
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 status review of the Queen Charlotte
goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) is reopened. On August 26, 1994,
(59 FR 44124) the Service announced that sufficient information was
presented in the petition to list the Queen Charlotte goshawk as
endangered and opened a comment period until November 25, 1994. On
January 4, 1995, (60 FR 425) the Service extended the comment period
until February 9, 1995. This notice further extends the comment period
until February 28, 1995. All interested parties are invited to submit
comments regarding this species' status.
DATES: Written comments and materials must be received by February 28,
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
On May 9, 1994, the Service received a petition from Mr. Peter
Galvin of the Greater Gila Biodiversity Project and nine copetitioners
requesting listing of the Queen Charlotte goshawk as endangered under
the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(1)). A notice of positive
90-day finding and request for additional information was published on
August 26, 1994, (59 FR 44124) regarding this petition. 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 portion 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 initial comment period for the status review originally closed
on November 25, 1994. Since that date, parties have expressed interest
in submitting substantive comments. In order to accommodate these
parties, the Service is extending the comment period until February 28,
1995. Written comments may be submitted to the Service office noted in
the Address section.
Author
The primary author of this notice is John Lindell, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Field Office, Juneau, AK 99801.
Authority
The authority of this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: February 16, 1995.
David B. Allen,
Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-4747 Filed 2-23-95; 8:45 am]
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