[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 26712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12202]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018-AD20
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Special
Rule for the Conservation of the Northern Spotted Owl on Non-Federal
Lands
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Reopening of the Comment Period for the Proposed Special Rule.
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SUMMARY: On February 17, 1995, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
published a proposed special rule, pursuant to section 4(d) of the
Endangered Species Act (Act), to replace the blanket prohibitions
against incidental take of spotted owls with a narrower, more tailor-
made set of standards that reduce prohibitions applicable to timber
harvest and related activities on specified non-Federal forest lands in
Washington and California. The original deadline for comments on the
proposed rule was May 18, 1995. The intent of this notice is to reopen
the comment period to July 17, 1995.
DATES: The comment period for written comments is reopened until July
17, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Comments and materials concerning this proposed rule should
be sent to Mr. Michael J. Spear, Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 911 N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-
4181.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curt Smitch, Assistant Regional
Director, North Pacific Coast Ecoregion, 3704 Griffin Lane SE, Suite
102, Olympia, Washington 98501 (360/534-9330); or Mr. Gerry Jackson,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director, North Pacific Coast Ecoregion, 911
N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland Oregon 97232-4181, (503/231-6159).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The implementing regulations for threatened wildlife generally
incorporate the prohibitions of section 9 of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (Act), for endangered wildlife, except when a
``special rule'' promulgated pursuant to section 4(d) of the Act has
been issued with respect to a particular threatened species. At the
time the northern spotted owl, Strix occidentalis caurina, was listed
as a threatened species in 1990, the Service did not promulgate a
special section 4(d) rule and therefore, all of the section 9
prohibitions, including the ``take'' prohibitions, became applicable to
the species. To replace the blanket prohibitions against take of
spotted owls, the Service published a proposed special rule, 50 CFR
part 17, on February 17, 1995, (60 FR 9484), in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 4(d) of the Act, which proposes a narrower, more
tailor-made set of standards that reduce prohibitions applicable to
timber harvest and related activities on specified non-Federal forest
lands in Washington and California.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, and Transportation.
Authority: The authority for this action is the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as ammended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
Dated: May 12, 1995.
Thomas Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1,
Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 95-12202 Filed 5-17-95; 8:45 am]
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