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Recovery Plan Goals
The purpose of a recovery plan is to
provide a framework for the recovery of
species so that protection under the Act
is no longer necessary. A recovery plan
includes scientific information about
the species and provides criteria that
enable us to gauge whether downlisting
or delisting the species is warranted.
Furthermore, recovery plans help guide
our recovery efforts by describing
actions we consider necessary for each
species’ conservation and by estimating
time and costs for implementing needed
recovery measures.
The goal of this recovery plan is to
improve the status of Vine Hill clarkia
so that it can be delisted. The interim
goal is to recover the species to the
point that it can be downlisted from
endangered to threatened status. The
recovery objectives of the plan are:
• Restore Sonoma Barrens habitat and
establish Vine Hill clarkia.
• Manage native and nonnative
vegetation that competes with Vine Hill
clarkia.
• Ensure locations with Vine Hill
clarkia are secure from incompatible
uses.
The draft recovery plan contains
recovery criteria based on protecting,
maintaining, and increasing
populations, as well as increasing
habitat quality and quantity. As Vine
Hill clarkia meets recovery criteria, we
will review its status and consider it for
downlisting or removal from the Federal
Lists of Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife and Plants.
Community conservation efforts
recommended for Vine Hill manzanita
and Vine Hill ceanothus include
establishing these species, either in
concert with each other and Vine Hill
clarkia, or separately.
Request for Public Comments
We request written comments on the
draft recovery plan described in this
notice. All comments received by the
date specified above will be considered
in development of a final recovery plan
for Vine Hill clarkia. You may submit
written comments and information by
mail or in person to the Sacramento
Fish and Wildlife Office at the above
address (see ADDRESSES).
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Authority
We developed this recovery plan
under the authority of section 4(f) of the
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). We publish this
notice under section 4(f) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: July 23, 2015.
Ren Lohoefener,
Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
National Earthquake Prediction
Evaluation Council
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Public Law 106–
503, the National Earthquake Prediction
Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold
its next meeting at the Southern
Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
The Committee is comprised of
members from academia, industry, and
State government. The Committee shall
advise the Director of the U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS) on matters
relating to the USGS’s participation in
the National Earthquake Hazards
Reduction Program.
At the meeting, the Council will
receive briefings and updates on: The
USGS’s strategic plan for operational
earthquake forecasting and outcomes of
a user-needs workshop on that subject
held in March 2015; on USGS work to
calculate the probability of future
earthquakes in areas of the U.S. subject
to induced seismicity; on the estimation
of aftershock probabilities and on new
modeled estimates of earthquake
likelihood along the Wasatch fault zone
by a technical working group; and on
development of a plan for rapid
communication of earthquake
information in the Cascadia region. The
NEPEC will review USGS procedures
for calculating and communicating
aftershock probabilities following large
earthquakes in areas outside of
California and the application of these
procedures following the M7.8 Gorkha,
Nepal earthquake of April 2015. The
council will also finalize a statement for
public release summarizing the proper
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procedures for posing and testing
earthquake predictions and forecasts.
Meetings of the National Earthquake
Prediction Evaluation Council are open
to the public. A draft meeting agenda is
available upon request from the
Executive Secretary on request (contact
information below). In order to ensure
sufficient seating and hand-outs, it is
requested that visitors pre-register by
September 13. Members of the public
wishing to make a statement to the
Council should provide notice of that
intention by August 26 so that time may
be allotted in the agenda. A meeting
summary will be posted by September
30 to the committee Web site: https://
earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/nepec/.
DATES: September 2, 2015, commencing
at 2:00 p.m. in Room 253 in the
McGuire Building on the SMU campus
and adjourning at 6:00 p.m. September
3, 2015, Commencing at 9:00 a.m. in
Room 220 (Earnst & Young Gallery) in
the Fincher Building on campus and
adjourning at 5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Michael Blanpied, U.S. Geological
Survey, MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192, (703)
648–6696, mblanpied@usgs.gov.
William Leith,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and
Geologic Hazards.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Geological Survey
National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106-503, the National Earthquake
Prediction Evaluation Council (NEPEC) will hold its next meeting at the
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The Committee is
comprised of members from academia, industry, and State government. The
Committee shall advise the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS) on matters relating to the USGS's participation in the National
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
At the meeting, the Council will receive briefings and updates on:
The USGS's strategic plan for operational earthquake forecasting and
outcomes of a user-needs workshop on that subject held in March 2015;
on USGS work to calculate the probability of future earthquakes in
areas of the U.S. subject to induced seismicity; on the estimation of
aftershock probabilities and on new modeled estimates of earthquake
likelihood along the Wasatch fault zone by a technical working group;
and on development of a plan for rapid communication of earthquake
information in the Cascadia region. The NEPEC will review USGS
procedures for calculating and communicating aftershock probabilities
following large earthquakes in areas outside of California and the
application of these procedures following the M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal
earthquake of April 2015. The council will also finalize a statement
for public release summarizing the proper procedures for posing and
testing earthquake predictions and forecasts.
Meetings of the National Earthquake Prediction Evaluation Council
are open to the public. A draft meeting agenda is available upon
request from the Executive Secretary on request (contact information
below). In order to ensure sufficient seating and hand-outs, it is
requested that visitors pre-register by September 13. Members of the
public wishing to make a statement to the Council should provide notice
of that intention by August 26 so that time may be allotted in the
agenda. A meeting summary will be posted by September 30 to the
committee Web site: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/aboutus/nepec/.
DATES: September 2, 2015, commencing at 2:00 p.m. in Room 253 in the
McGuire Building on the SMU campus and adjourning at 6:00 p.m.
September 3, 2015, Commencing at 9:00 a.m. in Room 220 (Earnst & Young
Gallery) in the Fincher Building on campus and adjourning at 5:00 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael Blanpied, U.S. Geological
Survey, MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192,
(703) 648-6696, mblanpied@usgs.gov.
William Leith,
Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Geologic Hazards.
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