Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 6-Month Extension of Final Determination on the Proposed Threatened Status for Chorizanthe parryi, 33035-33036 [2017-15126]
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Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 29, 2017.
Alexis Strauss,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2016–0078;
4500030113]
RIN 1018–BB64
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; 6-Month Extension of Final
Determination on the Proposed
Threatened Status for Chorizanthe
parryi var. fernandina (San Fernando
Valley Spineflower)
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the
comment period.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
6-month extension of the final
determination of whether to list the
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina (San
Fernando Valley spineflower), a plant
species from southern California, as a
threatened species. Along with this
announcement to extend the final
determination, we are also reopening
the comment period on the proposed
rule to list the species, for an additional
30 days. We are taking this action to
extend the final determination based on
substantial disagreement regarding the
potential impact of Argentine ant
invasion on the pollination ecology of C.
parryi var. fernandina and scientific
uncertainty related to establishment of
C. parryi var. fernandina using
introduction of seed into suitable,
unoccupied areas. Comments previously
submitted need not be resubmitted as
they are already incorporated into the
public record and will be fully
considered in the final rule. We will
submit a final listing determination to
the Federal Register on or before March
15, 2018.
DATES: The comment period for the
proposed rule that published September
15, 2016, at 81 FR 63454 is reopened.
We will accept comments received or
postmarked on or before August 18,
2017. If you comment using the Federal
eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES),
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you must submit your comments by
11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing
date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. In the
Search box, enter the docket number for
this proposed rule, which is FWS–R8–
ES–2016–0078. Then click on the
Search button. You may submit a
comment by clicking on ‘‘Comment
Now!’’ Please ensure that you have
found the correct rulemaking before
submitting your comment.
(2) U.S. mail or hand delivery: Public
Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
FWS–R8–ES–2016–0078; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC; 5275
Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stephen P. Henry, Field Supervisor,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura
Fish and Wildlife Office, 2493 Portola
Road, Ventura, CA 93003; telephone
805–644–5763; facsimile 805–644–3958.
Persons who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 15, 2016, we published
a proposed rule (81 FR 63454) to list
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina as a
threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
That proposal had a 60-day comment
period, ending November 14, 2016. For
a description of previous Federal
actions concerning C. parryi var.
fernandina, please refer to the
September 15, 2016, proposed listing
rule (81 FR 63454). We also solicited
and received independent scientific
review of the information contained in
the proposed rule from peer reviewers
with expertise in C. parryi var.
fernandina or similar species ecology
and identified threats to the species, in
accordance with our July 1, 1994, peer
review policy (59 FR 34270).
Section 4(b)(6) of the Act and its
implementing regulations at 50 CFR
424.17(a) require that we take one of
three actions within 1 year of a
proposed listing: (1) Finalize the
proposed rule; (2) withdraw the
proposed rule; or (3) extend the final
determination by not more than 6
months, if there is substantial
disagreement regarding the sufficiency
or accuracy of the available data
relevant to the determination.
Since the publication of the
September 15, 2016, proposed listing
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rule (81 FR 63454), there has been
substantial disagreement among peer
reviewers regarding the potential impact
of the invasion of Argentine ants
(Linepithema humile) on the pollination
ecology of C. parryi var. fernandina, and
there is scientific uncertainty related to
establishment of C. parryi var.
fernandina using introduction of seed
into suitable, unoccupied areas.
We find that there is substantial
scientific uncertainty and disagreement
about certain data relevant to our listing
determination. Therefore, in
consideration of these disagreements,
we have determined that a 6-month
extension of the final determination for
this rulemaking is necessary, and we are
hereby extending the final
determination for 6 months in order to
solicit and consider additional
information that will help to clarify
these issues and to fully analyze data
that are relevant to our final listing
determination. With this 6-month
extension, we will make a final
determination on the proposed rule no
later than March 15, 2018.
Information Requested
We will accept written comments and
information during this reopened
comment period on our proposed listing
for Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina
that was published in the Federal
Register on September 15, 2016 (81 FR
63454). We will consider information
and recommendations from all
interested parties. We intend that any
final action resulting from the proposal
be as accurate as possible and based on
the best available scientific and
commercial data.
In consideration of the scientific
disagreements about certain data, we are
particularly interested in new
information and comments regarding:
(1) How Argentine ant invasion may
affect the pollination ecology of C.
parryi var. fernandina; and
(2) The efficacy of seed introduction
for long-term establishment into
suitable, unoccupied habitat of
Chorizanthe or related taxa.
If you previously submitted
comments or information on the
September 15, 2016, proposed rule (81
FR 63454), please do not resubmit them.
We have incorporated previously
submitted comments into the public
record, and we will fully consider them
in the preparation of our final
determination. Our final determination
concerning the proposed listing will
take into consideration all written
comments and any additional
information we receive.
You may submit your comments and
materials concerning the proposed rule
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by one of the methods listed in
ADDRESSES. We request that you send
comments only by the methods
described in ADDRESSES.
If you submit information via https://
www.regulations.gov, your entire
submission—including any personal
identifying information—will be posted
on the Web site. If your submission is
made via a hardcopy that includes
personal identifying information, 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.
We will post all hardcopy submissions
on https://www.regulations.gov.
Comments and materials we receive,
as well as supporting documentation we
used in preparing the proposed rule,
will be available for public inspection
on https://www.regulations.gov, or by
appointment, during normal business
hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Ventura Fish and Wildlife
Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT). You may obtain copies of the
proposed rule at https://
www.regulations.gov at Docket No.
FWS–R8–ES–2016–0078. Copies of the
proposed rule are also available at
https://www.fws.gov/cno/es//.
Authority
The authority for this action is the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: June 23, 2017.
Gregory Sheehan,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Fisheries of the Northeastern United
States; Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Omnibus
Acceptable Biological Catch
Framework Adjustment
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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This action proposes
regulations to implement an Omnibus
Framework Adjustment to the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council
acceptable biological catch setting
process. This proposed rule is necessary
to provide the public with an
opportunity to review and comment on
the measures recommended by the MidAtlantic Council to the National Marine
Fisheries Service for implementation.
The intended effect of these measures
would help bring stability to quotas
while accounting for year-to-year
changes in stock size projections, and
allow the Mid-Atlantic Council’s
Fishery Management Plans to
automatically incorporate the best
available scientific information when
calculating acceptable biological
catches. This action also proposes to
revise regulatory language to clarify the
Mid-Atlantic Council’s acceptable
biological catch control rule assessment
level designations.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before August 18, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by NOAA–NMFS–2017–0056,
by either of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal eRulemaking portal. Go to www.
regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=
NOAA-NMFS-2017-0056, click the
‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the
required fields, and enter or attach your
comments.
• Mail: Submit written comments to
John Bullard, Regional Administrator,
NMFS, Greater Atlantic Regional
Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Instructions: Comments sent by any
other method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered by NMFS. All comments
received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted for public
viewing on www.regulations.gov
without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
confidential business information, or
otherwise sensitive information
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publically accessible. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
remain anonymous).
Copies of the Environmental
Assessment and other supporting
documents are available from Dr.
Christopher M. Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, Suite 201, 800 N.
State Street, Dover, DE 19901. The draft
Omnibus Framework Adjustment, as
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submitted by the Council, is also
available via the internet at https://www.
greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reid
Lichwell, Fishery Management
Specialist, (978) 281–9112.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
required to set annual catch limits
(ACLs) that do not exceed the
acceptable biological catch (ABC)
recommendation of its Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC) to prevent
overfishing. ABCs represent an upper
limit for the Council to use when setting
catch and landing limits. The 2011 ACL
Omnibus Amendment implementing
rule (76 FR 60606; September 29, 2011),
enacted the Council’s risk policy that
provides guidance to the SSC on how
much overfishing risk the Council will
accept when the SSC develops ABC
recommendations. The policy also
outlines risk tolerance for ensuring
stocks under rebuilding plans achieve
fishing mortality objectives.
The Council’s risk policy for setting
ABCs states that for a typical species
whose stock size is equal to or greater
than a biomass target associated with
maximum sustainable yield (BMSY), the
acceptable probability of overfishing is
40 percent, i.e., if the fishery catches the
ABC then there is a 60-percent
probability of not overfishing. If a
species is deemed to have an atypical
life history, the Council requires at least
a 35-percent probability of overfishing
(i.e., a 65-percent chance of not
overfishing), to create a larger buffer
when biomass is at or above BMSY. The
SSC determines whether a stock is
typical or atypical each time an ABC is
recommended. When an overfishing
probability is available and considered
reliable by the SSC, the applicable
tolerance for overfishing risk, as
informed by the Council’s risk policy,
would be selected to derive the ABC
recommendation.
For both typical and atypical species,
the Council has specified that as stock
size biomass or (B) falls below the target
(BMSY), then the probability of
overfishing decreases, until the
probability of overfishing hits zero
when the stock is at 10 percent of the
target (BMSY). For a stock under a
rebuilding plan, the probability of not
exceeding the fishing mortality rate (F)
within the specified timeframe must be
at least 50 percent, unless this
probability threshold is modified
through a stock rebuilding plan.
The fishery management plans (FMPs)
managed by the Council all have
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2016-0078; 4500030113]
RIN 1018-BB64
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 6-Month Extension
of Final Determination on the Proposed Threatened Status for
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina (San Fernando Valley Spineflower)
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
6-month extension of the final determination of whether to list the
Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina (San Fernando Valley spineflower), a
plant species from southern California, as a threatened species. Along
with this announcement to extend the final determination, we are also
reopening the comment period on the proposed rule to list the species,
for an additional 30 days. We are taking this action to extend the
final determination based on substantial disagreement regarding the
potential impact of Argentine ant invasion on the pollination ecology
of C. parryi var. fernandina and scientific uncertainty related to
establishment of C. parryi var. fernandina using introduction of seed
into suitable, unoccupied areas. Comments previously submitted need not
be resubmitted as they are already incorporated into the public record
and will be fully considered in the final rule. We will submit a final
listing determination to the Federal Register on or before March 15,
2018.
DATES: The comment period for the proposed rule that published
September 15, 2016, at 81 FR 63454 is reopened. We will accept comments
received or postmarked on or before August 18, 2017. If you comment
using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES), you must submit
your comments by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
(1) Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. In the
Search box, enter the docket number for this proposed rule, which is
FWS-R8-ES-2016-0078. Then click on the Search button. You may submit a
comment by clicking on ``Comment Now!'' Please ensure that you have
found the correct rulemaking before submitting your comment.
(2) U.S. mail or hand delivery: Public Comments Processing, Attn:
Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2016-0078; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS:
BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen P. Henry, Field Supervisor,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, 2493
Portola Road, Ventura, CA 93003; telephone 805-644-5763; facsimile 805-
644-3958. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 15, 2016, we published a proposed rule (81 FR 63454)
to list Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina as a threatened species
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). That proposal had a 60-day comment period, ending
November 14, 2016. For a description of previous Federal actions
concerning C. parryi var. fernandina, please refer to the September 15,
2016, proposed listing rule (81 FR 63454). We also solicited and
received independent scientific review of the information contained in
the proposed rule from peer reviewers with expertise in C. parryi var.
fernandina or similar species ecology and identified threats to the
species, in accordance with our July 1, 1994, peer review policy (59 FR
34270).
Section 4(b)(6) of the Act and its implementing regulations at 50
CFR 424.17(a) require that we take one of three actions within 1 year
of a proposed listing: (1) Finalize the proposed rule; (2) withdraw the
proposed rule; or (3) extend the final determination by not more than 6
months, if there is substantial disagreement regarding the sufficiency
or accuracy of the available data relevant to the determination.
Since the publication of the September 15, 2016, proposed listing
rule (81 FR 63454), there has been substantial disagreement among peer
reviewers regarding the potential impact of the invasion of Argentine
ants (Linepithema humile) on the pollination ecology of C. parryi var.
fernandina, and there is scientific uncertainty related to
establishment of C. parryi var. fernandina using introduction of seed
into suitable, unoccupied areas.
We find that there is substantial scientific uncertainty and
disagreement about certain data relevant to our listing determination.
Therefore, in consideration of these disagreements, we have determined
that a 6-month extension of the final determination for this rulemaking
is necessary, and we are hereby extending the final determination for 6
months in order to solicit and consider additional information that
will help to clarify these issues and to fully analyze data that are
relevant to our final listing determination. With this 6-month
extension, we will make a final determination on the proposed rule no
later than March 15, 2018.
Information Requested
We will accept written comments and information during this
reopened comment period on our proposed listing for Chorizanthe parryi
var. fernandina that was published in the Federal Register on September
15, 2016 (81 FR 63454). We will consider information and
recommendations from all interested parties. We intend that any final
action resulting from the proposal be as accurate as possible and based
on the best available scientific and commercial data.
In consideration of the scientific disagreements about certain
data, we are particularly interested in new information and comments
regarding:
(1) How Argentine ant invasion may affect the pollination ecology
of C. parryi var. fernandina; and
(2) The efficacy of seed introduction for long-term establishment
into suitable, unoccupied habitat of Chorizanthe or related taxa.
If you previously submitted comments or information on the
September 15, 2016, proposed rule (81 FR 63454), please do not resubmit
them. We have incorporated previously submitted comments into the
public record, and we will fully consider them in the preparation of
our final determination. Our final determination concerning the
proposed listing will take into consideration all written comments and
any additional information we receive.
You may submit your comments and materials concerning the proposed
rule
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by one of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We request that you send
comments only by the methods described in ADDRESSES.
If you submit information via https://www.regulations.gov, your
entire submission--including any personal identifying information--will
be posted on the Web site. If your submission is made via a hardcopy
that includes personal identifying information, 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. We
will post all hardcopy submissions on https://www.regulations.gov.
Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting
documentation we used in preparing the proposed rule, will be available
for public inspection on https://www.regulations.gov, or by appointment,
during normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
You may obtain copies of the proposed rule at https://www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2016-0078. Copies of the
proposed rule are also available at https://www.fws.gov/cno/es//.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: June 23, 2017.
Gregory Sheehan,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-15126 Filed 7-18-17; 8:45 am]
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