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The authority for this action is section
4 of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
Dated: February 9, 2007.
H. Dale Hall,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018–AT37
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Proposed Rule to Remove
the Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel
(Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) From the
Federal List of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of
comment period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), are extending
the public comment period on the
proposed rule to remove the Virginia
northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys
sabrinus fuscus), more commonly
known as the West Virginia northern
flying squirrel, from the Federal List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife,
due to recovery. Comments previously
submitted need not be resubmitted as
they have been incorporated into the
public record and will be fully
considered in the final determination.
DATES: The public comment period for
the proposed rule published at 71 FR
75924, December 19, 2006, is extended
from February 20, 2007, to April 23,
2007. Any comments received after the
closing date may not be considered in
the final decision on the proposal.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the proposed delisting by any one of
several methods:
1. You may submit written comments
and information to the Assistant Chief,
Division of Endangered and Threatened
Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Northeast Regional Office, 300 Westgate
Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035.
2. You may hand-deliver written
comments to our Northeast Regional
Office, at the above address.
3. You may fax your comments to
413–253–8482.
4. You may use the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Comments and materials received will
be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours at our Northeast Regional Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Lynch at our Northeast Regional
Office (telephone: 413–253–8628) or the
Field Office Supervisor, West Virginia
Field Office, 694 Beverly Pike, Elkins,
WV 26241 (telephone: 304–636–6586).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 19, 2006, the Service
published a proposed rule (71 FR
75924), under the authority of the Act,
to remove the WVNFS from the Federal
List of Endangered and Threatened
Wildlife, due to recovery. The proposed
rule opened a 60-day comment period,
which was to end on February 20, 2007,
on that action. We have received
requests to extend the comment period
in order to allow additional time for the
public to review the data and provide
comments. To ensure that the public has
sufficient opportunity to review the
available scientific and commercial
data, we are extending the comment
period for an additional 60 days.
Comments on the proposed delisting
rule will be accepted through April 23,
2007.
Authority: The authority for this action is
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Public Comments Solicited
We intend for any final action
resulting from the proposal to be as
accurate as possible. Therefore, we
solicit data, comments, or suggestions
from the public, other concerned
government agencies, the scientific
community, industry, Tribes, or any
other interested party concerning the
proposed rule. We particularly seek
comments concerning: (1) Biological,
commercial, trade, or other relevant data
concerning any threat (or lack thereof)
to the WVNFS; (2) additional
information on the range, distribution,
and population size of the WVNFS and
its habitat; (3) the location of any
additional populations of the WVNFS;
and (4) data on population trends.
Please note that comments merely
stating support or opposition to the
actions under consideration without
providing supporting information,
although noted, will not be considered
in making a determination, as section
4(b)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act) (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), directs that
determinations as to whether any
species is a threatened or endangered
species shall be made ‘‘solely on the
basis of the best scientific and
commercial data available.’’
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 name and/or home
address, etc., but if you wish us to
consider withholding this information,
you must state this prominently at the
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beginning of your comments. In
addition, you must present rationale for
withholding this information. This
rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Unsupported assertions will not meet
this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable
circumstances, this information will be
released. We will always make
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.
Comments and other information
received, as well as supporting
documentation used to write this rule,
will be available for public inspection,
by appointment, during normal business
hours at our Northeast Regional Office
(see ADDRESSES). In making a final
decision on the proposal, we will take
into consideration the comments and
any additional information we receive.
Such communications may lead to a
final rule that differs from the proposal.
Dated: February 15, 2007.
Kenneth Stansell,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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effort data reporting and recordkeeping
by fishermen, reduce human error, and
improve data accuracy.
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule
must be received by March 23, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by AS29elog by any of the
following methods:
• E-mail: AS29elog@noaa.gov.
Include ‘‘AS29elog’’ in the subject line
of the message.
• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: William L. Robinson,
Administrator, NMFS Pacific Islands
Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani Blvd.
1110, Honolulu, HI 96814.
Written comments regarding the
burden-hour estimates or other aspects
of the collection-of-information
requirements contained in this proposed
rule may be submitted to William L.
Robinson (see ADDRESSES), or by e-mail
to DavidlRostker@omb.eop.gov, or
faxed to 202–395–7285.
Copies of the Fishery Management
Plans (FMPs) and the regulatory
amendment document that describes the
proposed changes may be obtained from
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director,
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council), 1164 Bishop Street,
Suite 1400, Honolulu, HI 96813 or via
the World Wide Web at
www.wpcouncil.org.
Bob
Harman, NMFS PIR, 808–944–2271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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50 CFR Part 665
[Docket No. 070207026–7026–01; I.D.
012207A]
RIN 0648–AS29
Fisheries in the Western Pacific;
Optional Use of Electronic Logbook
Forms
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This proposed rule would
allow fishery participants in U.S.
domestic pelagics, crustaceans,
bottomfish and seamount groundfish,
precious corals, and coral reef fisheries
of the western Pacific the optional use
of NMFS-approved electronic logbook
forms in lieu of paper logbooks. The
intended effects of this action are to
enhance the efficiency of fish catch and
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Background
The NMFS Pacific Islands region
encompasses western Pacific Federal
waters, i.e., the 200 nautical mile U.S.
Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), around
the Territories of Guam and American
Samoa, the State of Hawaii, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, and the U.S. island possessions
in the Pacific. Western Pacific fisheries
are currently managed under five
Fishery Management Plans (FMPs)—
Pelagics, Crustaceans, Bottomfish and
Seamount Groundfish, Precious Corals,
and Coral Reef Ecosystems.
Current regulations (50 CFR 665.14)
require that permit holders, who fish for
western Pacific management unit
species subject to Federal reporting
requirements, record their catch and
effort information on paper logbook
forms and submit them to NMFS.
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Maintaining paper logbook forms, and
the interpretation of such forms, is
subject to potential errors due to
illegible handwriting and missed data
entry. The availability and capacity of
personal computers offer benefits to
fishery participants and NMFS data
collection programs. The proposed
optional use of electronic logbook data
collection systems would utilize
existing and emerging technologies to
enhance the efficiency of fish catch and
effort data reporting and recordkeeping
by fishermen, reduce human error, and
improve data accuracy. Furthermore, if
transmitted through a remote
communication system such as
electronic mail or vessel monitoring
system, electronic reporting provides a
near real-time catch reporting system.
At its 123rd meeting in June 2004, the
Council took final action to recommend
amending the western Pacific
regulations to provide fishermen an
alternative to the currently-required
paper logbook forms. Specifically,
fishermen would be allowed to submit
logbook data to NMFS on removable
non-paper media (such as diskette, CD–
ROM, memory stick, etc.), and would
also be allowed to transmit the data to
NMFS via e-mail or other remote
communication systems, where such
remote transmission was appropriate
and feasible. The option to use
electronic logbook forms would be
available to fishermen who are subject
to Federal reporting requirements under
all western Pacific FMPs, as well as
those participants in fisheries that may
become subject to Federal reporting
requirements.
This action does not establish the
technical requirements or protocols for
the electronic logbook program. The
technical and legal specifications and
operational details for the electronic
logbook software program and hardware
requirements will be developed and
published by NMFS subsequent to this
proposed rule.
Using the information contained in
the Council’s proposed regulatory
amendment, a Regulatory Impact
Review (RIR) was prepared for this
proposed rule. Copies of the Regulatory
Impact Review (RIR) may be obtained
from William L. Robinson (see
ADDRESSES).
Classification
NMFS has determined that the
proposed rule is consistent with the
western Pacific FMPs and preliminarily
determined that the rule is consistent
with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act and
other applicable laws.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018-AT37
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Rule to
Remove the Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus
fuscus) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are
extending the public comment period on the proposed rule to remove the
Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus), more
commonly known as the West Virginia northern flying squirrel, from the
Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, due to recovery.
Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they have been
incorporated into the public record and will be fully considered in the
final determination.
DATES: The public comment period for the proposed rule published at 71
FR 75924, December 19, 2006, is extended from February 20, 2007, to
April 23, 2007. Any comments received after the closing date may not be
considered in the final decision on the proposal.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the proposed delisting by any one
of several methods:
1. You may submit written comments and information to the Assistant
Chief, Division of Endangered and Threatened Species, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Northeast Regional Office, 300 Westgate Center Drive,
Hadley, MA 01035.
2. You may hand-deliver written comments to our Northeast Regional
Office, at the above address.
3. You may fax your comments to 413-253-8482.
4. You may use the Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Comments and materials received will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at our
Northeast Regional Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Lynch at our Northeast Regional
Office (telephone: 413-253-8628) or the Field Office Supervisor, West
Virginia Field Office, 694 Beverly Pike, Elkins, WV 26241 (telephone:
304-636-6586).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 19, 2006, the Service published a proposed rule (71 FR
75924), under the authority of the Act, to remove the WVNFS from the
Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, due to recovery.
The proposed rule opened a 60-day comment period, which was to end on
February 20, 2007, on that action. We have received requests to extend
the comment period in order to allow additional time for the public to
review the data and provide comments. To ensure that the public has
sufficient opportunity to review the available scientific and
commercial data, we are extending the comment period for an additional
60 days. Comments on the proposed delisting rule will be accepted
through April 23, 2007.
Authority: The authority for this action is the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Public Comments Solicited
We intend for any final action resulting from the proposal to be as
accurate as possible. Therefore, we solicit data, comments, or
suggestions from the public, other concerned government agencies, the
scientific community, industry, Tribes, or any other interested party
concerning the proposed rule. We particularly seek comments concerning:
(1) Biological, commercial, trade, or other relevant data concerning
any threat (or lack thereof) to the WVNFS; (2) additional information
on the range, distribution, and population size of the WVNFS and its
habitat; (3) the location of any additional populations of the WVNFS;
and (4) data on population trends. Please note that comments merely
stating support or opposition to the actions under consideration
without providing supporting information, although noted, will not be
considered in making a determination, as section 4(b)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), directs that determinations as to whether any species is a
threatened or endangered species shall be made ``solely on the basis of
the best scientific and commercial data available.''
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 name and/or home address, etc., but if you wish us to consider
withholding this information, you must state this prominently at the
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beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present rationale for
withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that
disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy.
Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of
exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be
released. We will always make 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. Comments and other information
received, as well as supporting documentation used to write this rule,
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal
business hours at our Northeast Regional Office (see ADDRESSES). In
making a final decision on the proposal, we will take into
consideration the comments and any additional information we receive.
Such communications may lead to a final rule that differs from the
proposal.
Dated: February 15, 2007.
Kenneth Stansell,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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