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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Notice of Availability of a
Technical/Agency Draft Recovery Plan
for the Laurel Dace
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, announce the availability of the
technical/agency draft recovery plan for
the endangered laurel dace, a small fish
native to the Tennessee River Basin in
Tennessee. The draft recovery plan
includes specific recovery objectives
and criteria to be met in order for us to
downlist the species to threatened status
or delist it under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
We request review and comment on this
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draft recovery plan from local, State,
and Federal agencies, and the public.
DATES: In order to be considered,
comments on the draft recovery plan
must be received on or before March 16,
2015.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to review this
technical/agency draft recovery plan,
you may obtain a copy by contacting
Geoff Call, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Tennessee Field Office, 446
Neal Street, Cookeville, TN 38501; tel.
(931) 525–4983, or by visiting either the
Service’s recovery plan Web site at
https://www.fws.gov/endangered/
species/recovery-plans.html or the
Tennessee Field Office Web site at
https://www.fws.gov/cookeville. If you
wish to comment, you may submit your
comments by one of the following
methods:
1. You may submit written comments
and materials to Geoff Call, at the above
address.
2. You may hand-deliver written
comments to our Tennessee Field
Office, at the above address.
3. You may send comments by email
to geoff_call@fws.gov.
For additional information about
submitting comments, see the ‘‘Request
for Public Comments’’ section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Geoff Call (see ADDRESSES, above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
We listed the laurel dace (Chrosomus
saylori) as an endangered species under
the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) on
August 9, 2011 (76 FR 48722), and
designated critical habitat for the
species on October 16, 2012 (77 FR
63604). The laurel dace is a small fish
native to the Tennessee River Basin in
Tennessee. Laurel dace are known from
headwater tributaries. This fish, from
the family Cyprinidae, is found or
collected from pools or slow runs from
undercut banks or under slab boulders.
The vegetation surrounding the first or
second order streams where laurel dace
occur includes mountain laurel,
rhododendron, and hemlocks.
Historically, laurel dace is known
from seven streams, and it currently
occupies six of these, persisting in three
creek systems on the Walden Ridge of
the Cumberland Plateau. Only a few
individuals have been collected from
headwaters of the two creek systems in
the southern part of their range, Soddy
and Sale Creeks, although laurel dace
are more abundant in headwaters of the
Piney River system in their northern
range. Threats to the laurel dace
include: Land use activities that affect
silt levels, temperature, or hydrologic
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processes of these small tributaries;
invasive species, including sunfishes,
basses, and hemlock woolly adelgid; the
species’ naturally small population size
and geographic range; and climate
change.
Background
Restoring an endangered or
threatened animal or plant to the point
where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a
primary goal of our endangered species
program. To help guide the recovery
effort, we prepare recovery plans for
most listed species. Recovery plans
describe actions considered necessary
for conservation of the species, establish
criteria for downlisting or delisting, and
estimate time and cost for implementing
recovery measures.
The Act requires the development of
recovery plans for listed species, unless
such a plan would not promote the
conservation of a particular species.
Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to
provide a public notice and an
opportunity for public review and
comment during recovery plan
development. We will consider all
information we receive during a public
comment period prior to approval of
each new or revised recovery plan. We
and other Federal agencies will take
these comments into account in the
course of implementing approved
recovery plans.
Recovery Plan Specifics
Objectives for Reclassification and
Delisting
The goal for this recovery plan is to
conserve and recover populations of
laurel dace to the point that listing
under the Act is no longer necessary,
which will require the following
objectives to be accomplished. Because
recovery and delisting will be a long
and potentially unachievable goal, an
intermediate goal for this recovery plan
is to recover the species to the point that
it could be reclassified from endangered
to threatened.
Delisting
In order to recover laurel dace to the
point that listing under the Act is no
longer necessary, it will be necessary to
conserve all existing populations by
maintaining, and in some cases
restoring, suitable habitat conditions in
all streams where the species currently
occurs. It will also be necessary to
discover or establish one additional
population.
Reclassification to Threatened
Reclassification to threatened status
will be possible when habitat conditions
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in occupied streams are suitable for the
conservation of the species, and viable
populations are present throughout
suitable habitat in five of the six
currently occupied streams.
Criteria for Reclassification From
Endangered to Threatened or Delisting
The following criteria will be used to
determine whether the objectives for
reclassification and delisting described
above have been met. The criteria will
be achieved by reducing or removing
threats to the species’ habitat and
conserving or establishing viable
populations throughout the species’
range, as determined by monitoring of
demographic and genetic parameters.
Reclassification From Endangered to
Threatened
Criterion 1: Suitable instream habitat,
flows, and water quality for laurel dace,
as defined by Recovery Tasks 5.1 and
5.2, exist in occupied streams.
Criterion 2: Viable populations * are
present throughout suitable habitat in
Bumbee, Moccasin, and Youngs Creeks,
and at least two of the following
streams: Soddy or Cupp Creek or Horn
Branch.
Delisting
Criterion 1: Suitable instream habitat,
flows, and water quality for laurel dace
exist in all occupied streams, and
mechanisms exist to ensure that land
use activities (including road
maintenance) in catchments of streams
inhabited by laurel dace will be
compatible with the species’
conservation for the foreseeable future.
Such mechanisms could include, but
are not necessarily limited to,
conservation agreements, conservation
easements, land acquisition, and habitat
conservation plans.
Criterion 2: Viable populations * are
present throughout suitable habitat in
Bumbee, Moccasin, Youngs, Soddy, and
Cupp Creeks and Horn Branch, and one
additional viable population exists,
either through reintroduction into
Laurel Branch or discovery of an
additional wild population.
* Viability: Populations will be
considered viable when the following
demographic and genetic conditions
exist:
• Demographics—Monitoring data
demonstrate that (a) populations are
stable or increasing, (b) two or more ageclasses are consistently present over a
period of time encompassing five
generations (i.e., 15 years), and (c)
evidence of recruitment is not absent in
more than three years or during
consecutive years at any point within
that period of time.
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• Genetics—Populations will be
considered to have sufficient genetic
variation to be viable if measurements of
observed number of alleles and
estimates of heterozygosity and effective
population size have remained stable or
increased during the five generations
used to establish demographic viability.
Request for Public Comments
We request written comments on the
draft recovery plan. We will consider all
comments we receive by the date
specified in DATES prior to final
approval of the plan.
Public Availability of Comments
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.
Authority
The authority for this action is section
4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16
U.S.C. 1533(f).
Dated: December 3, 2014.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Regional Director, Southeast Region, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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Request for Nominations of Members
To Serve on the Bureau of Indian
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Nominations.
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Pursuant to the Federal
Advisory Committee Act—Public Law
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2, Section 10 (a) (b); and the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act of 2004
(IDEA), (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the
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February 20, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations
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Officer (DFO), Bureau of Indian
Education, Division of Performance and
Accountability, 1011 Indian School
Road NW., Suite 332, Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87104, Telephone (505)
563–5274, or Fax to (505) 563–5281.
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telephone number listed above.
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accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, Public Law 92–463. The
following provides information about
the Committee, the membership and the
nomination process.
1. Objective and Duties
(a) Members of the Advisory Board
will provide guidance, advice and
recommendations with respect to
special education and related services
for children with disabilities in BIEfunded schools in accordance with the
requirements of IDEA;
(b) The Advisory Board will:
(1) Provide advice and
recommendations for the coordination
of services within the BIE and with
other local, State and Federal agencies;
(2) Provide advice and
recommendations on a broad range of
policy issues dealing with the provision
of educational services to American
Indian children with disabilities;
(3) Serve as advocates for American
Indian students with special education
needs by providing advice and
recommendations regarding best
practices, effective program
coordination strategies, and
recommendations for improved
educational programming;
(4) Provide advice and
recommendations for the preparation of
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2. Membership
(a) Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(6),
the Advisory Board will be composed of
up to 15 individuals involved in or
concerned with the education and
provision of services to Indian infants,
toddlers, children, and youth with
disabilities. The Advisory Board
composition will reflect a broad range of
viewpoints and will include at least one
member representing each of the
following interests: Indians with
disabilities; teachers of children with
disabilities; Indian parents or guardians
of children with disabilities; service
providers; state education officials; local
education officials; state interagency
coordinating councils (for states having
Indian reservations); tribal
representatives or tribal organization
representatives; and other members
representing the various divisions and
entities of BIE.
(b) The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs may provide the Secretary of the
Interior recommendations for the
chairperson; however, the chairperson
and other Advisory Board members will
be appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior. Advisory Board members shall
serve staggered terms of two years or
three years from the date of their
appointment.
3. Miscellaneous
(a) Members of the Advisory Board
will not receive compensation, but will
be reimbursed for travel, including
subsistence, and other necessary
expenses incurred in the performance of
their duties in the same manner as
persons employed intermittently in
Government Service under 5 U.S.C.
5703.
(b) A member may not participate in
matters that will directly affect, or
appear to affect, the financial interests
of the member or the member’s spouse
or minor children, unless authorized by
the appropriate ethics official.
Compensation from employment does
not constitute a financial interest of the
member so long as the matter before the
committee will not have a special or
distinct effect on the member or the
member’s employer, other than as part
of a class. The provisions of this
paragraph do not affect any other
statutory or regulatory ethical
obligations to which a member may be
subject.
(c) The Advisory Board meets at least
twice a year, budget permitting.
Additional meetings may be held as
deemed necessary by the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs or the DFO.
(d) All Committee meetings are open
to the public in accordance with the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2014-N103; FXES11130400000C2-145-FF04E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of
Availability of a Technical/Agency Draft Recovery Plan for the Laurel
Dace
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability
of the technical/agency draft recovery plan for the endangered laurel
dace, a small fish native to the Tennessee River Basin in Tennessee.
The draft recovery plan includes specific recovery objectives and
criteria to be met in order for us to downlist the species to
threatened status or delist it under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act). We request review and comment on this
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draft recovery plan from local, State, and Federal agencies, and the
public.
DATES: In order to be considered, comments on the draft recovery plan
must be received on or before March 16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: If you wish to review this technical/agency draft recovery
plan, you may obtain a copy by contacting Geoff Call, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Tennessee Field Office, 446 Neal Street, Cookeville,
TN 38501; tel. (931) 525-4983, or by visiting either the Service's
recovery plan Web site at https://www.fws.gov/endangered/species/recovery-plans.html or the Tennessee Field Office Web site at https://www.fws.gov/cookeville. If you wish to comment, you may submit your
comments by one of the following methods:
1. You may submit written comments and materials to Geoff Call, at
the above address.
2. You may hand-deliver written comments to our Tennessee Field
Office, at the above address.
3. You may send comments by email to geoff_call@fws.gov.
For additional information about submitting comments, see the
``Request for Public Comments'' section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Geoff Call (see ADDRESSES, above).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
We listed the laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori) as an endangered
species under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) on August 9, 2011 (76 FR
48722), and designated critical habitat for the species on October 16,
2012 (77 FR 63604). The laurel dace is a small fish native to the
Tennessee River Basin in Tennessee. Laurel dace are known from
headwater tributaries. This fish, from the family Cyprinidae, is found
or collected from pools or slow runs from undercut banks or under slab
boulders. The vegetation surrounding the first or second order streams
where laurel dace occur includes mountain laurel, rhododendron, and
hemlocks.
Historically, laurel dace is known from seven streams, and it
currently occupies six of these, persisting in three creek systems on
the Walden Ridge of the Cumberland Plateau. Only a few individuals have
been collected from headwaters of the two creek systems in the southern
part of their range, Soddy and Sale Creeks, although laurel dace are
more abundant in headwaters of the Piney River system in their northern
range. Threats to the laurel dace include: Land use activities that
affect silt levels, temperature, or hydrologic processes of these small
tributaries; invasive species, including sunfishes, basses, and hemlock
woolly adelgid; the species' naturally small population size and
geographic range; and climate change.
Background
Restoring an endangered or threatened animal or plant to the point
where it is again a secure, self-sustaining member of its ecosystem is
a primary goal of our endangered species program. To help guide the
recovery effort, we prepare recovery plans for most listed species.
Recovery plans describe actions considered necessary for conservation
of the species, establish criteria for downlisting or delisting, and
estimate time and cost for implementing recovery measures.
The Act requires the development of recovery plans for listed
species, unless such a plan would not promote the conservation of a
particular species. Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to provide a
public notice and an opportunity for public review and comment during
recovery plan development. We will consider all information we receive
during a public comment period prior to approval of each new or revised
recovery plan. We and other Federal agencies will take these comments
into account in the course of implementing approved recovery plans.
Recovery Plan Specifics
Objectives for Reclassification and Delisting
The goal for this recovery plan is to conserve and recover
populations of laurel dace to the point that listing under the Act is
no longer necessary, which will require the following objectives to be
accomplished. Because recovery and delisting will be a long and
potentially unachievable goal, an intermediate goal for this recovery
plan is to recover the species to the point that it could be
reclassified from endangered to threatened.
Delisting
In order to recover laurel dace to the point that listing under the
Act is no longer necessary, it will be necessary to conserve all
existing populations by maintaining, and in some cases restoring,
suitable habitat conditions in all streams where the species currently
occurs. It will also be necessary to discover or establish one
additional population.
Reclassification to Threatened
Reclassification to threatened status will be possible when habitat
conditions in occupied streams are suitable for the conservation of the
species, and viable populations are present throughout suitable habitat
in five of the six currently occupied streams.
Criteria for Reclassification From Endangered to Threatened or
Delisting
The following criteria will be used to determine whether the
objectives for reclassification and delisting described above have been
met. The criteria will be achieved by reducing or removing threats to
the species' habitat and conserving or establishing viable populations
throughout the species' range, as determined by monitoring of
demographic and genetic parameters.
Reclassification From Endangered to Threatened
Criterion 1: Suitable instream habitat, flows, and water quality
for laurel dace, as defined by Recovery Tasks 5.1 and 5.2, exist in
occupied streams.
Criterion 2: Viable populations * are present throughout suitable
habitat in Bumbee, Moccasin, and Youngs Creeks, and at least two of the
following streams: Soddy or Cupp Creek or Horn Branch.
Delisting
Criterion 1: Suitable instream habitat, flows, and water quality
for laurel dace exist in all occupied streams, and mechanisms exist to
ensure that land use activities (including road maintenance) in
catchments of streams inhabited by laurel dace will be compatible with
the species' conservation for the foreseeable future. Such mechanisms
could include, but are not necessarily limited to, conservation
agreements, conservation easements, land acquisition, and habitat
conservation plans.
Criterion 2: Viable populations * are present throughout suitable
habitat in Bumbee, Moccasin, Youngs, Soddy, and Cupp Creeks and Horn
Branch, and one additional viable population exists, either through
reintroduction into Laurel Branch or discovery of an additional wild
population.
* Viability: Populations will be considered viable when the
following demographic and genetic conditions exist:
Demographics--Monitoring data demonstrate that (a)
populations are stable or increasing, (b) two or more age-classes are
consistently present over a period of time encompassing five
generations (i.e., 15 years), and (c) evidence of recruitment is not
absent in more than three years or during consecutive years at any
point within that period of time.
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Genetics--Populations will be considered to have
sufficient genetic variation to be viable if measurements of observed
number of alleles and estimates of heterozygosity and effective
population size have remained stable or increased during the five
generations used to establish demographic viability.
Request for Public Comments
We request written comments on the draft recovery plan. We will
consider all comments we receive by the date specified in DATES prior
to final approval of the plan.
Public Availability of Comments
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.
Authority
The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered
Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
Dated: December 3, 2014.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Regional Director, Southeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-00414 Filed 1-13-15; 8:45 am]
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