Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List a Karst Meshweaver, Cicurina cueva, 48093-48094 [05-16150]
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AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[R07–OAR–2005–IA–0003; FRL–7953–6]
Approval and Promulgation of
Implementation Plans; State of Iowa
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA proposes to approve the
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revision submitted by the state of Iowa
for the purpose of approving the 2001
and 2004 updates to the Linn County
Air Quality Ordinance, Chapter 10, Air
Quality. These revisions will help to
ensure consistency between the
applicable local agency rules and
Federally-approved rules, and ensure
Federal enforceability of the applicable
parts of the local agency air programs.
DATES: Comments on this proposed
action must be received in writing by
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Heather Hamilton, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air Planning and
Development Branch, 901 North 5th
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courier; please follow the detailed
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by e-mail at hamilton.heather@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the
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Register, EPA is approving the state’s
SIP revision as a direct final rule
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Dated: August 3, 2005.
James B. Gulliford,
Regional Administrator, Region 7.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a
Petition To List a Karst Meshweaver,
Cicurina cueva, as an Endangered
Species
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of reopening of public
comment period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
reopening of the public comment period
for the status review initiated by the 90day finding on a petition to list Cicurina
cueva as an endangered species. This
action will allow all interested parties
an opportunity to provide information
on the status of the species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act).
DATES: Comments must be submitted
directly to the Service (see ADDRESSES
section) on or before August 30, 2005.
Any comments received after the
closing date may not be considered in
the 12-month finding for this petition.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,
you may submit your comments and
materials by any one of the following
methods:
1. You may submit written comments
and information by mail or handdelivery to Robert Pine, Field
Supervisor, Austin Ecological Services
Field Office, 10711 Burnet Road, Suite
200, Austin, Texas 78758.
2. Written comments may be sent by
facsimile to 512/490–0974.
3. You may send your comments by
electronic mail (e-mail) to
cicurinacomments@fws.gov.
All comments and materials received,
as well as supporting documentation
used in preparation of the 90-day
finding, will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during
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normal business hours at our Austin
Ecological Services Field Office at the
above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Pine, Field Supervisor, Austin
Ecological Services Office (telephone
512/490–0057, facsimile 512/490–0974).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) requires that for
any petition to revise the List of
Threatened or Endangered Wildlife and
Plant Species that contains substantial
scientific and commercial information
that listing may be warranted, we make
a finding within 12 months of the date
of the receipt of the petition on whether
the petitioned action is (a) not
warranted, (b) warranted, or (c)
warranted but the immediate proposal
of a regulation is precluded by other
pending proposals to determine whether
any species is threatened or endangered.
On July 8, 2003, we received a
petition requesting that we list Cicurina
cueva (no common name) as an
endangered species with critical habitat.
On May 25, 2004, Save Our Springs
Alliance (SOSA) filed a complaint
against the Secretary of the Interior and
the Service for failure to make a 90-day
petition finding under section 4 of the
Act for Cicurina cueva. In our response
to Plaintiff’s motion for summary
judgment on October 15, 2004, we
informed the court that we believed that
we could complete a 90-day finding by
January 20, 2005, and if we determined
that the 90-day finding provided
substantial information indicating that
listing may be warranted, we could
make a 12-month finding by December
8, 2005. On March 18, 2005, the District
Court for the Western District of Texas,
Austin Division, adopted our schedule
and ordered the Service to issue a 12month finding on or before December 8,
2005.
On February 1, 2005, we published
our 90-day finding on the petition to list
Cicurina cueva as an endangered
species (70 FR 5123). Our 90-day
finding stated that we found the petition
presented substantial scientific and
commercial information indicating that
listing Cicurina cueva may be
warranted. Threrefore, we initiated a
status review to determine if listing the
species is warranted. The original
comment period for providing
information for our status review closed
on May 15, 2005.
Pursuant to 50 CFR 424.16(c)(2), we
may extend or reopen a comment period
upon finding that there is good cause to
do so. We are currently gathering
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information that will be used in making
a determination whether Cicurina cueva
should be listed as endangered. We
reopened the comment period from May
23 to June 22, 2005 (70 FR 29471), as
additional information from a genetic
analysis and additional survey work for
Cicurina species in southern Travis
County became available near the end of
the original comment period. We were
also expecting a biological evaluation
from the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) on (SH) State
Highway 45 South that will evaluate
biological effects of proposed highway
construction and how they will avoid or
minimize any negative effects to Flint
Ridge Cave. In addition, we were
expecting a draft Candidate
Conservation Agreement with
Assurances (CCAA) and enhanced
management plan for Cave X from the
Regents School of Austin. These
documents are in progress, and it is our
understanding that they were almost
complete by the June 22, 2005, deadline.
With this document, we are reopening
the public comment period on the 90day finding and initiation of status
review to complete and make available
the results of our peer review on the
report titled, ‘‘Genetic and
morphological analysis of species limits
in Cicurina spiders (Araneae,
Dictynidae) from southern Travis and
northern Hays counties, with emphasis
on Cicurina cueva Gertsch and
relatives’’ and to receive additional
information that was in progress and
almost complete at the time the last
comment period closed including, but
not limited to, TxDOT’s biological
evaluation of SH 45, the Regents
School’s draft CCAA and enhanced
management plan, information from the
City of Austin, and possibly information
from a number of other parties who
requested an extension of the comment
period. This document and the results
of the peer review are available to the
public by contacting the Austin
Ecological Services Office (see
ADDRESSES section above). We believe
these documents may contain
significant information that may affect
our determination of the species’ status
and allowing the comment period to
expire before they are available could
result in hurried and incomplete
comments. We deem these
considerations as sufficient cause to
reopen the comment period. This
reopening of the comment period will
not result in an extension of the courtordered date by which the Service must
make its 12-month finding.
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Public Comments Solicited
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours.
Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address, which
we will honor to the extent allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name or address, you must state this
request prominently at the beginning of
your comments. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. To the
extent consistent with applicable law,
we will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Authority: The authority for this action is
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: August 2, 2005.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,
Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018–AT89
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Proposed Designation of
Critical Habitat for the Pacific Coast
Population of the Western Snowy
Plover
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of
availability of draft economic analysis.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of the draft economic
analysis for the proposal to designate
critical habitat for the Pacific coast
distinct population segment of the
western snowy plover (Charadrius
alexandrinus nivosus) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act),
as amended. The draft economic
analysis finds that, over the next 20
years, costs associated with western
snowy plover conservation activities are
forecast to range from $272.8 to $645.3
million. In constant dollars, the draft
economic analysis estimates there will
be an economic impact of $514.9 to
$1,222.7 million over the next 20 years.
The greatest economic impact
(approximately 90 to 95 percent of total
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future impact using 3 and 7 percent
discount rates) is expected to occur to
recreation; other activities impacted
include plover management, real estate
development, military base operations,
and gravel extraction. Comments
previously submitted on the December
17, 2004, proposed rule (69 FR 75608)
during the initial comment period need
not be resubmitted as they have been
incorporated into the public record and
will be fully considered in preparation
of the final rule.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
directly to the Service (see ADDRESSES
section) on or before 30 days after
publication of this notice.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment on
the proposed rule or draft economic
analysis, you may submit your
comments and materials by any one of
several methods:
1. You may submit written comments
and information by mail or handdelivery to the Arcata Fish and Wildlife
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
1655 Heindon Road, Arcata, California
95521.
2. Written comments may be sent by
facsimile to 707–822–8411.
3. You may send your comments by
electronic mail (e-mail) to
fw8snowyplover@fws.gov. For directions
on how to submit electronic filing of
comments, see the ‘‘Public Comments
Solicited’’ section below.
You may obtain copies of the draft
economic analysis by mail or by visiting
our Web site at https://www.fws.gov/
pacific/sacramento/default.htm. You
may review comments and materials
received, and review supporting
documentation used in preparation of
this proposed rule, by appointment,
during normal business hours, at the
above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Long, Field Supervisor, Arcata
Fish and Wildlife Office (telephone
707–822–7201; facsimile 707–822–
8411).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Solicited
We intend that any final action
resulting from this proposal will be as
accurate and as effective as possible.
Therefore, we solicit comments or
suggestions from the public, other
concerned governmental agencies, the
scientific community, industry, or any
other interested party concerning the
proposed rule and the draft economic
analysis. On the basis of public
comment, during the development of
our final determination, we may find
that areas proposed are not essential, are
appropriate for exclusion under section
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on
a Petition To List a Karst Meshweaver, Cicurina cueva, as an Endangered
Species
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
reopening of the public comment period for the status review initiated
by the 90-day finding on a petition to list Cicurina cueva as an
endangered species. This action will allow all interested parties an
opportunity to provide information on the status of the species under
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
DATES: Comments must be submitted directly to the Service (see
ADDRESSES section) on or before August 30, 2005. Any comments received
after the closing date may not be considered in the 12-month finding
for this petition.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments and
materials by any one of the following methods:
1. You may submit written comments and information by mail or hand-
delivery to Robert Pine, Field Supervisor, Austin Ecological Services
Field Office, 10711 Burnet Road, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78758.
2. Written comments may be sent by facsimile to 512/490-0974.
3. You may send your comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to
cicurinacomments@fws.gov.
All comments and materials received, as well as supporting
documentation used in preparation of the 90-day finding, will be
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business
hours at our Austin Ecological Services Field Office at the above
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Pine, Field Supervisor, Austin
Ecological Services Office (telephone 512/490-0057, facsimile 512/490-
0974).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) requires
that for any petition to revise the List of Threatened or Endangered
Wildlife and Plant Species that contains substantial scientific and
commercial information that listing may be warranted, we make a finding
within 12 months of the date of the receipt of the petition on whether
the petitioned action is (a) not warranted, (b) warranted, or (c)
warranted but the immediate proposal of a regulation is precluded by
other pending proposals to determine whether any species is threatened
or endangered.
On July 8, 2003, we received a petition requesting that we list
Cicurina cueva (no common name) as an endangered species with critical
habitat. On May 25, 2004, Save Our Springs Alliance (SOSA) filed a
complaint against the Secretary of the Interior and the Service for
failure to make a 90-day petition finding under section 4 of the Act
for Cicurina cueva. In our response to Plaintiff's motion for summary
judgment on October 15, 2004, we informed the court that we believed
that we could complete a 90-day finding by January 20, 2005, and if we
determined that the 90-day finding provided substantial information
indicating that listing may be warranted, we could make a 12-month
finding by December 8, 2005. On March 18, 2005, the District Court for
the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, adopted our schedule
and ordered the Service to issue a 12-month finding on or before
December 8, 2005.
On February 1, 2005, we published our 90-day finding on the
petition to list Cicurina cueva as an endangered species (70 FR 5123).
Our 90-day finding stated that we found the petition presented
substantial scientific and commercial information indicating that
listing Cicurina cueva may be warranted. Threrefore, we initiated a
status review to determine if listing the species is warranted. The
original comment period for providing information for our status review
closed on May 15, 2005.
Pursuant to 50 CFR 424.16(c)(2), we may extend or reopen a comment
period upon finding that there is good cause to do so. We are currently
gathering
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information that will be used in making a determination whether
Cicurina cueva should be listed as endangered. We reopened the comment
period from May 23 to June 22, 2005 (70 FR 29471), as additional
information from a genetic analysis and additional survey work for
Cicurina species in southern Travis County became available near the
end of the original comment period. We were also expecting a biological
evaluation from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on (SH)
State Highway 45 South that will evaluate biological effects of
proposed highway construction and how they will avoid or minimize any
negative effects to Flint Ridge Cave. In addition, we were expecting a
draft Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and
enhanced management plan for Cave X from the Regents School of Austin.
These documents are in progress, and it is our understanding that they
were almost complete by the June 22, 2005, deadline.
With this document, we are reopening the public comment period on
the 90-day finding and initiation of status review to complete and make
available the results of our peer review on the report titled,
``Genetic and morphological analysis of species limits in Cicurina
spiders (Araneae, Dictynidae) from southern Travis and northern Hays
counties, with emphasis on Cicurina cueva Gertsch and relatives'' and
to receive additional information that was in progress and almost
complete at the time the last comment period closed including, but not
limited to, TxDOT's biological evaluation of SH 45, the Regents
School's draft CCAA and enhanced management plan, information from the
City of Austin, and possibly information from a number of other parties
who requested an extension of the comment period. This document and the
results of the peer review are available to the public by contacting
the Austin Ecological Services Office (see ADDRESSES section above). We
believe these documents may contain significant information that may
affect our determination of the species' status and allowing the
comment period to expire before they are available could result in
hurried and incomplete comments. We deem these considerations as
sufficient cause to reopen the comment period. This reopening of the
comment period will not result in an extension of the court-ordered
date by which the Service must make its 12-month finding.
Public Comments Solicited
Our practice is to make comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold
their home address, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law.
If you wish us to withhold your name or address, you must state this
request prominently at the beginning of your comments. However, we will
not consider anonymous comments. To the extent consistent with
applicable law, we will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Authority: The authority for this action is the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: August 2, 2005.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,
Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 05-16150 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
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