2022-16772. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of Five Listed Species in the Mountain-Prairie Region

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.

SUMMARY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews of five species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any new information on these species that has become available since the last review of the species.

DATES:

To ensure consideration in our reviews, we are requesting submission of new information no later than October 4, 2022. However, we will continue to accept new information about any listed species at any time.

ADDRESSES:

For instructions on how to submit information for each species, see the table in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

To request information, contact the appropriate person in the table in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section, or for general information, contact Craig Hansen, Regional Recovery Coordinator, by phone at 303-236-4748 or by email at [e-mail]. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

We are initiating 5-year status reviews under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) for one plant and four animals in the Mountain-Prairie Region. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any such information that has become available since the last review for the species.

Why do we conduct 5-year status reviews?

Under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we maintain Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (which we collectively refer to as the List) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for animals) and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act requires us to review each listed species' status at least once every 5 years. Our regulations at 50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing those species under active review. For additional information about 5-year status reviews, go to https://www.fws.gov/​endangered/​what-we-do/​recovery-overview.html, scroll down to “Learn More about 5-Year Status Reviews,” and click on our factsheet.

What information do we consider in our review?

A 5-year status review considers all new information available at the time of the review. In conducting these reviews, we consider the best scientific and commercial data that have become available since the listing determination or most recent status review, such as:

(A) Species biology, including but not limited to population trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics;

(B) Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount, distribution, and suitability;

(C) Conservation measures that have been implemented that benefit the species;

(D) Threat status and trends in relation to the five listing factors (as defined in section 4(a)(1) of the Act); and

(E) Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical methods.

Any new information will be considered during the 5-year status review and will also be useful in evaluating the ongoing recovery programs for the species.

Which species are under review?

This notice announces our active review of the five species listed in the table below.

Common name	Scientific name	Listing status	Historical range	Final listing rule ( Federal Register citation and publication date)	Contact person, phone, email	Contact person's U.S. mail address
Canada lynx	Lynx canadensis	Threatened	Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Colorado	68 FR 40076; 7/3/2003	Ben Conard, Acting Project Leader, 406-758-6882; [e-mail]	Ecological Services, Montana Field Office, 585 Shephard Way, Suite 1, Helena, MT 59601.
Greenback cutthroat trout	Oncorhynchus clarkii stomias	Threatened	Colorado, Utah	32 FR 4001; 3/11/1967	Liisa Niva, Assistant Field Supervisor, 303-236-4779; [e-mail]	Ecological Services, Colorado Field Office, P.O. Box 25486, Mail Stop 65412, Denver, CO 80225.
Mosquito range mustard (formerly known as Penland alpine fen mustard)	Eutrema penlandii	Threatened	Colorado	58 FR 40539; 7/28/1993	Liisa Niva (information above)	Ecological Services, Western Colorado Field Office, 445 W Gunnison Ave., #240, Grand Junction, CO 81501-5711.
Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly	Boloria acrocnema	Endangered	Colorado	56 FR 28712; 6/24/1991	Ann Timberman, Assistant Field Supervisor, Colorado Field Office, 970-628-7181; [e-mail]	Ecological Services, Western Colorado Field Office, 445 W Gunnison Ave., #240, Grand Junction, CO 81501-5711.
Salt Creek tiger beetle	Cicindela nevadica lincolniana	Endangered	Nebraska	70 FR 58335; 10/6/2005	Mark Porath, Project Leader, 308-382-6468; [e-mail]	Ecological Services, Nebraska Field Office, 9325 South Alda Road, Wood River, NE 68883.

Request for New Information

To ensure that a 5-year status review is complete and based on the best available scientific and commercial information, we request new information from all sources. See What Information Do We Consider in Our Review? for specific criteria. If you submit information, please support it with documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.

How do I ask questions or provide information?

If you wish to provide information for any species listed above, please submit your comments and materials to the appropriate contact in the table above. You may also direct questions to those contacts. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.

Public Availability of Submissions

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Contents of Submissions

Please make your comments as specific as possible. Please confine your comments to issues for which we seek comments in this notice, and explain the basis for your comments. Include sufficient information with your comments to allow us to authenticate any scientific or commercial data you include.

The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and likely to be relevant to agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by quantitative information or studies; and (2) Those that include citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations.

Authority

We publish this notice under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Anna Muñoz,

Deputy Regional Director, Lakewood, Colorado.