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located in the state, and EPA notes that
it will not impose substantial direct
costs on tribal governments or preempt
tribal law.
1. April 27, 2011: Midland, Texas.
2. April 28, 2011: Roswell, New
Mexico.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
You may submit comments
by one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments to
Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2010–0041.
• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public
Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R2–
ES–2010–0041; Division of Policy and
Directives Management; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,
Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203.
We will post all comments on
https://www.regulations.gov. This
generally means that we will post any
personal information you provide us
(see the Public Comments section below
for more information).
Fish and Wildlife Service
Information Sessions and Hearings
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Incorporation by
reference, Intergovernmental relations,
Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements,
Volatile organic compounds.
Dated: March 30, 2011.
Dennis J. McLerran,
Regional Administrator, Region 10.
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RIN 1018–AV97
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Endangered Status for
Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of
comment period and announcement of
public hearings.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
reopening of the public comment period
on the December 14, 2010, proposed
rule to list the dunes sagebrush lizard
(Sceloporus arenicolus) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act). We are reopening the
comment period to allow all interested
parties another opportunity to comment
on the proposed rule. Comments
previously submitted need not be
resubmitted and will be fully
considered in preparation of the final
rule. We will also hold two public
informational sessions and hearings (see
DATES and ADDRESSES sections).
DATES: We will consider comments
received on or before May 9, 2011.
Comments must be received by 11:59
p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date.
Any comments that we receive after the
closing date may not be fully considered
in the final decision on this action.
We will hold a public informational
session from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
followed by a public hearing from 6:30
p.m. to 8 p.m., on each of the following
dates:
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ADDRESSES:
The public informational sessions and
hearings will be held at the following
locations:
1. Midland, Texas: Midland Center &
Centennial Plaza, 105 N. Main Street,
Midland, Texas 79701.
2. Roswell, New Mexico: ENMU—
Roswell, Performing Arts Center, 64
University Blvd., Roswell, New Mexico
88202.
People needing reasonable
accommodations in order to attend and
participate in the public hearings
should contact Wally ‘‘J’’ Murphy, New
Mexico Ecological Services Field Office,
at 505–761–4718 as soon as possible
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
In order to allow sufficient time to
process requests, please call no later
than one week before the hearing date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wally ‘‘J’’ Murphy, Field Supervisor,
New Mexico Ecological Services Field
Office, 2105 Osuna NE., Albuquerque,
NM 87113; by telephone 505–761–4781
or by facsimile 505–346–2542. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments
We will accept written comments and
information during this reopened
comment period for the proposed rule to
list the dunes sagebrush lizard
(Sceloporus arenicolus) that was
published in the Federal Register on
December 14, 2010 (75 FR 77801). We
intend that any final action resulting
from this proposed rule will be based on
the best scientific and commercial data
available and be as accurate and as
effective as possible. Therefore, we
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request comments or information from
the public, other concerned government
agencies, the scientific community,
industry, or other interested parties
concerning this proposed rule. Verbal
testimony or written comments may
also be presented during the public
hearing. We will consider information
and recommendations from all
interested parties. We are particularly
interested in comments concerning:
(1) Information on the dunes
sagebrush lizard relevant to the factors
that are the basis for making a listing
determination for a species under
section 4(a) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act) (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). These factors are:
(a) The present or threatened
destruction, modification, or
curtailment of its habitat or range;
(b) Overutilization for commercial,
recreational, scientific, or educational
purposes;
(c) Disease or predation;
(d) The inadequacy of existing
regulatory mechanisms; or
(e) Other natural or manmade factors
affecting its continued existence.
(2) Additional information concerning
the range, distribution, and population
size of this species, including the
locations of any additional populations
of this species.
(3) Any information on the biological
or ecological requirements of the
species.
If you submitted comments or
information on the proposed rule (75 FR
77801, December 14, 2010) during the
initial comment period from December
14, 2010, to February 14, 2011, please
do not resubmit them. We will
incorporate them into the public record
as part of this comment period, and we
will fully consider them in the
preparation of our final determination.
Our final determination will take into
consideration all written comments and
any additional information we receive
during both comment periods.
You may submit your comments and
materials concerning the proposed rule
by one of the methods listed in the
ADDRESSES section.
We will post your entire comment—
including your personal identifying
information—on https://
www.regulations.gov. If you provide
personal identifying information, such
as your street address, phone number, or
e-mail address, you may request at the
top of your document that we withhold
this information from public review.
However, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Comments and materials we receive,
as well as supporting documentation we
used in preparing the proposed rule,
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will be available for public inspection
on https://www.regulations.gov at Docket
No. FWS–R2–ES–2010–0041, or by
appointment, during normal business
hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, New Mexico Ecological
Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). You may obtain
copies of the proposed rule on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov at
Docket Number FWS–R2–ES–2010–
0041, or by mail from the New Mexico
Ecological Services Field Office (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section).
Background
It is our intent to discuss only those
topics directly relevant to the proposed
rule to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as
endangered in this document.
On December 14, 2010, we published
a proposed rule (75 FR 77801) to list the
dunes sagebrush lizard, a lizard known
from southeastern New Mexico and
adjacent west Texas, as endangered
under the Act. For a description of
previous Federal actions concerning the
dunes sagebrush lizard (formerly known
as the sand dunes lizard), please refer to
the proposed rule. In response to
comments received during the initial
public comment period, we have
decided to allow the public more time
to submit comments and to hold
informational sessions as described
previously.
If we finalize the rule as proposed, it
would extend the Act’s protections to
this species. We have determined that
critical habitat for the dunes sagebrush
lizard is prudent but not determinable at
this time. The final decision on whether
to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as
endangered will be based on the best
scientific data available, including
information obtained during the
comment period.
Authors
The primary authors of this notice are
the staff members of the New Mexico
Ecological Services Field Office, Region
2, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Authority
The authority for this action is the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: March 11, 2011.
Will Shafroth,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 110311194–1193–02]
RIN 0648–BA88
Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Northeast Multispecies
Fishery; Notice of a Control Date for
the Purpose of Limiting Excessive
Accumulation of Control in the
Northeast (NE) Multispecies Fishery;
NE Multispecies Fishery Management
Plan (FMP)
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking (ANPR); request for
comments.
AGENCY:
At the request of the New
England Fishery Management Council
(Council), this notification announces
that the Council and NMFS is
considering and seeking public
comment on, potential changes to the
Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan that would be
implemented through proposed
rulemaking, under the authority of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), to limit the
accumulation of excessive control or
ownership of fishing privileges in the
NE multispecies groundfish fishery. The
date of publication of this notification,
April 7, 2011, shall be known as the
‘‘control date,’’ and may be used as a
reference date for future management
measures related to such rulemaking. In
particular this notification is intended
to promote awareness of this possible
rulemaking; provide notice to the public
that any current or future accumulation
of fishing privilege interests in the NE
multispecies fishery may be affected,
restricted, or even nullified; and to
discourage speculative behavior in the
market for fishing privileges while the
Council considers whether and how
such limitations on accumulation of
fishing privileges should be developed.
This notification also gives the public
notice that interested participants
should locate and preserve records that
substantiate and verify their ownership
or control of groundfish permits and
other fishing privileges in the NE
multispecies fishery in Federal waters.
DATES: April 7, 2011, shall be known as
the ‘‘control date’’ and may be used as
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a reference date for future management
measures related to the maintenance of
a fishery with characteristics consistent
with the Council’s objectives and
applicable Federal laws. Written
comments must be received on or before
5 p.m., local time, May 9, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by RIN 0648–BA88, by any
one of the following methods:
• Written comments (paper, disk, or
CD–ROM) should be sent to Paul J.
Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council,
50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport,
MA 01950. Mark the outside of the
envelope, ‘‘Comments on Multispecies
Accumulation Limits Control Date.’’
• Comments also may be sent via
facsimile (fax) to (978) 465–3116.
• Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking
Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Instructions: Comments will be
posted for public viewing as they are
received. All comments received are a
part of the public record and will
generally be posted to https://
www.regulations.gov without change.
All Personal Identifying Information (for
example, name, address, etc.)
voluntarily submitted by the commenter
may be publicly accessible. Do not
submit Confidential Business
Information or otherwise sensitive or
protected information.
NMFS will accept anonymous
comments (enter N/A in the required
fields, if you wish to remain
anonymous). You may submit
attachments to electronic comments in
Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Travis Ford, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9233; fax 978–281–
9135; e-mail: travis.ford@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NE
Multispecies FMP manages 20
individual stocks comprised of the
following species: Cod, haddock, white
hake, pollock, Acadian redfish,
yellowtail flounder, winter flounder,
witch flounder, American plaice,
windowpane flounder, Atlantic halibut,
ocean pout, and Atlantic wolffish. The
Council has managed most of these
species as a unit under the FMP since
1985. Many of these stocks remain
overfished, and strict regulations have
been adopted to control catch and
promote stock rebuilding. Current
management measures include limited
and open-access permit categories,
limits on fishing time through days-atsea (DAS) allocations, gear
requirements, closed areas, retention
limits, and sector allocation. These
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 19304-19305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-7339]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2010-0041;MO 92210-0-0008]
RIN 1018-AV97
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status
for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period and announcement of
public hearings.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the reopening
of the public comment period on the December 14, 2010, proposed rule to
list the dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are reopening the
comment period to allow all interested parties another opportunity to
comment on the proposed rule. Comments previously submitted need not be
resubmitted and will be fully considered in preparation of the final
rule. We will also hold two public informational sessions and hearings
(see DATES and ADDRESSES sections).
DATES: We will consider comments received on or before May 9, 2011.
Comments must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing
date. Any comments that we receive after the closing date may not be
fully considered in the final decision on this action.
We will hold a public informational session from 3:30 p.m. to 5
p.m., followed by a public hearing from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., on each of
the following dates:
1. April 27, 2011: Midland, Texas.
2. April 28, 2011: Roswell, New Mexico.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments to Docket No. FWS-R2-
ES-2010-0041.
U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing,
Attn: FWS-R2-ES-2010-0041; Division of Policy and Directives
Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,
Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203.
We will post all comments on https://www.regulations.gov. This
generally means that we will post any personal information you provide
us (see the Public Comments section below for more information).
Information Sessions and Hearings
The public informational sessions and hearings will be held at the
following locations:
1. Midland, Texas: Midland Center & Centennial Plaza, 105 N. Main
Street, Midland, Texas 79701.
2. Roswell, New Mexico: ENMU--Roswell, Performing Arts Center, 64
University Blvd., Roswell, New Mexico 88202.
People needing reasonable accommodations in order to attend and
participate in the public hearings should contact Wally ``J'' Murphy,
New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, at 505-761-4718 as soon as
possible (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). In order to allow
sufficient time to process requests, please call no later than one week
before the hearing date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wally ``J'' Murphy, Field Supervisor,
New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, 2105 Osuna NE.,
Albuquerque, NM 87113; by telephone 505-761-4781 or by facsimile 505-
346-2542. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments
We will accept written comments and information during this
reopened comment period for the proposed rule to list the dunes
sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) that was published in the
Federal Register on December 14, 2010 (75 FR 77801). We intend that any
final action resulting from this proposed rule will be based on the
best scientific and commercial data available and be as accurate and as
effective as possible. Therefore, we request comments or information
from the public, other concerned government agencies, the scientific
community, industry, or other interested parties concerning this
proposed rule. Verbal testimony or written comments may also be
presented during the public hearing. We will consider information and
recommendations from all interested parties. We are particularly
interested in comments concerning:
(1) Information on the dunes sagebrush lizard relevant to the
factors that are the basis for making a listing determination for a
species under section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). These factors are:
(a) The present or threatened destruction, modification, or
curtailment of its habitat or range;
(b) Overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or
educational purposes;
(c) Disease or predation;
(d) The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; or
(e) Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued
existence.
(2) Additional information concerning the range, distribution, and
population size of this species, including the locations of any
additional populations of this species.
(3) Any information on the biological or ecological requirements of
the species.
If you submitted comments or information on the proposed rule (75
FR 77801, December 14, 2010) during the initial comment period from
December 14, 2010, to February 14, 2011, please do not resubmit them.
We will incorporate them into the public record as part of this comment
period, and we will fully consider them in the preparation of our final
determination. Our final determination will take into consideration all
written comments and any additional information we receive during both
comment periods.
You may submit your comments and materials concerning the proposed
rule by one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section.
We will post your entire comment--including your personal
identifying information--on https://www.regulations.gov. If you provide
personal identifying information, such as your street address, phone
number, or e-mail address, you may request at the top of your document
that we withhold this information from public review. However, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting
documentation we used in preparing the proposed rule,
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will be available for public inspection on https://www.regulations.gov
at Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2010-0041, or by appointment, during normal
business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico
Ecological Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
You may obtain copies of the proposed rule on the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov at Docket Number FWS-R2-ES-2010-0041, or by mail
from the New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section).
Background
It is our intent to discuss only those topics directly relevant to
the proposed rule to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as endangered in
this document.
On December 14, 2010, we published a proposed rule (75 FR 77801) to
list the dunes sagebrush lizard, a lizard known from southeastern New
Mexico and adjacent west Texas, as endangered under the Act. For a
description of previous Federal actions concerning the dunes sagebrush
lizard (formerly known as the sand dunes lizard), please refer to the
proposed rule. In response to comments received during the initial
public comment period, we have decided to allow the public more time to
submit comments and to hold informational sessions as described
previously.
If we finalize the rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's
protections to this species. We have determined that critical habitat
for the dunes sagebrush lizard is prudent but not determinable at this
time. The final decision on whether to list the dunes sagebrush lizard
as endangered will be based on the best scientific data available,
including information obtained during the comment period.
Authors
The primary authors of this notice are the staff members of the New
Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, Region 2, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: March 11, 2011.
Will Shafroth,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 2011-7339 Filed 4-6-11; 8:45 am]
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