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National Wetland Plant List
AGENCY:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
DoD.
ACTION:
Notice.
The National Wetland Plant
List (NWPL) is used to delineate
wetlands for purposes of the Clean
Water Act and the Wetland
Conservation Provisions of the Food
Security Act. Other applications of the
list include wetland restoration,
establishment, and enhancement
projects. To update the NWPL, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), as
part of an interagency effort with the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and the U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS), is
announcing the availability of the draft
2018 National Wetland Plant List
(NWPL) and its web address to solicit
public comments. The public will now
have the opportunity to comment on the
proposed update or addition of wetland
indicator status ratings for 20 plant
species in select Corps wetland regions.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be submitted on
or before August 9, 2019.
DATES:
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Attn: CECW–CO (Ms.
Brianne McGuffie), 441 G Street NW,
Washington, DC 20314–1000.
ADDRESSES:
Ms.
Brianne McGuffie, Headquarters,
Operations and Regulatory Community
of Practice, Washington, DC at 202–761–
4750.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)
administers the National Wetland Plant
List (NWPL) for the United States (U.S.)
and its territories. Responsibility for the
NWPL was transferred to the Corps from
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) in 2006. The Corps led
interagency efforts to update the list in
2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016. The 2012
list contained 7,828 species, the 2013
list contained 7,937 species, the 2014
list contained 8,061 species, and the
2016 list contained 8,085 species. The
2018 draft NWPL is proposed to contain
8,093 species. Additions to and
subtractions from these lists represent
new records, range extensions,
nomenclatural changes, and newly
proposed species.
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Wetland Indicator Status Ratings
On the NWPL, there are five
categories of wetland indicator status
ratings, used to indicate a plant’s
likelihood for occurrence in wetlands
versus uplands (i.e., non-wetlands):
Obligate Wetland (OBL), Facultative
Wetland (FACW), Facultative (FAC),
Facultative Upland (FACU), and
Obligate Upland (UPL). These rating
categories are defined by the National
Panel as follows: OBL—almost always
occur in wetlands; FACW—usually
occur in wetlands, but may occur in
non-wetlands; FAC—occur in wetlands
and non-wetlands; FACU—usually
occur in non-wetlands, but may occur in
wetlands; UPL—almost always occur in
non-wetlands. These category
definitions are qualitative descriptions
that better reflect the qualitative
supporting information, rather than
numeric frequency ranges. The
percentage frequency categories used in
the older definitions are only used for
testing problematic or contested species
being recommended for indicator status
changes. Plus and minus designations
and wetland indicator designations such
as No Indicator (NI), No Occurrence
(NO), and No Agreement (NA) are no
longer used on the NWPL. When
assigning wetland indicator status
ratings, commenters should use the
rating definitions described above and
developed by the National Panel for
updating the NWPL.
For the purposes of determining how
often a species occurs in wetlands,
wetlands are defined as those areas that
are inundated or saturated by surface or
ground water at a frequency and
duration sufficient to support, and
under normal circumstances do support,
a prevalence of vegetation typically
adapted for life in saturated soil
conditions (33 CFR 328.3 and 40 CFR
230.3). Such wetlands are identified
using the Corps 1987 Wetland
Delineation Manual or relevant regional
supplements, whichever is more recent.
Wetlands are identified using the threefactor approach. Because each species
being evaluated occurs as part of a
vegetation assemblage, examining the
other species present in relation to their
assigned wetland fidelity may be useful
in assessing hydrophytic vegetation.
2018 Update Information
For the 2018 NWPL update, the
NWPL National Panel (NP) and Regional
Panels (RPs) reviewed proposed
wetland rating changes or additions for
20 species and 37 regional ratings (some
species were reviewed for multiple
regions) submitted by the general
public. Eight of these species were
proposed for addition to the NWPL, and
12 species were submitted for a rating
change request in one or more regions.
Submitted information was reviewed by
the NP and RPs, and proposed 2018
ratings for these species were
determined, as detailed below. Note that
all submitted species are included here,
regardless of whether or not the NP and
RPs proposed a rating change. Hence,
for those species where the current and
proposed ratings are the same, a rating
change request was submitted, but after
review of the submitted information no
rating change is being proposed for the
2018 update.
Species
Region(s)
Current 2016
rating *
Aristida palustris ....................................................................................
Artemisia dracunculus ...........................................................................
Bassia hyssopifolia ................................................................................
Bromus nottowayanus ...........................................................................
Delairea odorata ....................................................................................
Dichanthelium wrightianum ...................................................................
Epilobium brachycarpum .......................................................................
Hymenocallis latifolia .............................................................................
Hymenocallis occidentalis .....................................................................
Ilex opaca ..............................................................................................
Iva axillaris ............................................................................................
Liriodendron tulipifera ............................................................................
Penstemon rydbergii .............................................................................
Pleopeltis polypodioides ........................................................................
Polymnia canadensis ............................................................................
Pycnanthemum muticum .......................................................................
Quercus michauxii .................................................................................
Tussilago farfara ...................................................................................
Verbena brasiliensis ..............................................................................
Verbena incompta .................................................................................
AGCP .................................
AW, WMVC .......................
AW .....................................
MW, NCNE ........................
AW, WMVC .......................
AGCP .................................
AW, WMVC .......................
AGCP, CB .........................
AGCP, EMP, GP, MW .......
AGCP .................................
AW, WMVC .......................
AGCP, EMP .......................
AW, WMVC .......................
AGCP .................................
EMP, MW, NCNE ..............
EMP ...................................
AGCP .................................
NCNE .................................
AGCP, EMP, MW ..............
AGCP, EMP, MW ..............
NOL ........................
NOL ........................
FACU ......................
NOL ........................
NOL ........................
NOL ........................
NOL ........................
FACW .....................
OBL/FACW .............
FAC .........................
FAC .........................
FACU ......................
FACU ......................
FAC .........................
NOL ........................
FAC .........................
FACW .....................
FACU ......................
NOL ........................
FACW/FAC .............
Proposed 2018
rating
FACW.
FACU.
FACU.
FACU.
FAC.
FACW.
FAC.
FACU.
FAC.
FAC.
FACU.
FACU.
FACU.
UPL.
FACU.
FACU.
FACW.
FACU.
FACU.
FACU.
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* NOL = ‘‘Not On List ’’ and indicates proposed additions.
Instructions for Providing Comments
Online
The Corps encourages public input in
the form of data, comments, literature
references, or field experiences, to help
clarify the status of the species reviewed
for this update. The list of these same
20 reviewed species, and their draft
2018 wetland ratings by region, can be
viewed at the NWPL homepage, https://
wetland-plants.usace.army.mil/ under
‘‘2018 NWPL Update Information.’’ A
link to provide general or speciesspecific comments is also available at
this location. Users are encouraged to
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submit literature citations, herbaria
records, experiential references,
monitoring data, and other relevant
information. Specific knowledge of, or
studies related to, individual species are
particularly helpful. Commenters
should use their regional botanical and
ecological expertise, field observations,
reviews of the most recent indicator
status information, appropriate
botanical literature, floras, herbarium
specimens with notation of habitat and
associated species, habit data, relevant
studies, and historic list information.
Guessing ratings is inappropriate. All
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submitted comments and information
will be compiled and sent to the
National Panel for their consideration.
The Corps is also seeking comments
on the NWPL update process. Detailed
information on the update process,
protocol, and technical issues can be
found in the following documents
(available on the NWPL Publications
web page):
• Lichvar, Robert W. and Minkin,
Paul. Concepts and Procedures for
Updating the National Wetland Plant
List. Sept 2008. ERDC/CRREL TN–08–3
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• Lichvar, Robert W. and Gillrich,
Jennifer J. Final Protocol for Assigning
Wetland Indicator Status Ratings during
National Wetland Plant List Update.
Sept 2011. ERDC/CRREL TN–11–1
Future Actions
Future updates to the NWPL will
occur biennially. A change in indicator
status for a given species, or a proposed
species addition, may be requested at
any time at https://wetlandplants.usace.army.mil/ under ‘‘Submit
NWPL Change Request.’’ Submissions
will be compiled and reviewed prior to
each NWPL update, and resulting
changes will be reflected in the
subsequent updated list.
Dated: June 2, 2019.
Thomas P. Smith,
Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division,
Directorate of Civil Works.
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the Secretary of Education with respect
to:
• The establishment and enforcement
of the standards of accrediting agencies
or associations under subpart 2, part G,
Title IV of the HEA, as amended.
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Recognition: The pre-accreditation and
accreditation of nursing education
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territories, which offer a certificate,
diploma or degree at the practical/
vocational, diploma, associate,
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Recognition: The accreditation
throughout the United States of
institutions of higher education that
offer continuing education and
vocational programs that confer
certificates or occupational associate
degrees, including those programs
offered via distance education.
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Association, Council on Education.
Scope of Recognition: The accreditation
and preaccreditation (‘‘Provisional
Accreditation’’) in the United States of
programs leading to professional
degrees (D.V.M. or D.M.D.) in veterinary
medicine.
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accreditation within the United States of
schools of public health and public
health programs outside schools of
public health, at the baccalaureate and
graduate degree levels, including those
offered via distance education.
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Scope of recognition: The accreditation
throughout the United States of
freestanding institutions that offer dance
and dance-related programs (both
degree and non-degree-granting),
including those offered via distance
education.
5. National Association of Schools of
Music, Commission on Accreditation.
Scope of recognition: The accreditation
throughout the United States of
freestanding institutions that offer
music and music related programs (both
degree and non-degree-granting),
including those offered via distance
education.
6. National Association of Schools of
Theatre, Commission on Accreditation.
Scope of recognition: The accreditation
throughout the United States of
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theatre and theatre-related programs
(both degree and non-degree-granting),
including those offered via distance
education.
7. Western Association of Schools and
Colleges, Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges. Scope
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preaccreditation (‘‘Candidate for
Accreditation’’) of community and other
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California, Hawaii, the United States
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Federated States of Micronesia, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
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first baccalaureate degree by means of a
substantive change review offered by
institutions that are already accredited
by the agency, and such programs
offered via distance education and
correspondence education at these
colleges. This recognition also extends
to the Committee on Substantive Change
of the Commission, for decisions on
substantive changes, and the Appeals
Panel.
Compliance Report
1. The Council on Chiropractic
Education. Compliance report includes
the following: Finding identified in the
May 25, 2017 letter from the senior
Department official following the
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers
National Wetland Plant List
AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) is used to delineate
wetlands for purposes of the Clean Water Act and the Wetland
Conservation Provisions of the Food Security Act. Other applications of
the list include wetland restoration, establishment, and enhancement
projects. To update the NWPL, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps),
as part of an interagency effort with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
(NRCS), is announcing the availability of the draft 2018 National
Wetland Plant List (NWPL) and its web address to solicit public
comments. The public will now have the opportunity to comment on the
proposed update or addition of wetland indicator status ratings for 20
plant species in select Corps wetland regions.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 9, 2019.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: CECW-CO (Ms. Brianne
McGuffie), 441 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20314-1000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Brianne McGuffie, Headquarters,
Operations and Regulatory Community of Practice, Washington, DC at 202-
761-4750.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)
administers the National Wetland Plant List (NWPL) for the United
States (U.S.) and its territories. Responsibility for the NWPL was
transferred to the Corps from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
in 2006. The Corps led interagency efforts to update the list in 2012,
2013, 2014, and 2016. The 2012 list contained 7,828 species, the 2013
list contained 7,937 species, the 2014 list contained 8,061 species,
and the 2016 list contained 8,085 species. The 2018 draft NWPL is
proposed to contain 8,093 species. Additions to and subtractions from
these lists represent new records, range extensions, nomenclatural
changes, and newly proposed species.
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Wetland Indicator Status Ratings
On the NWPL, there are five categories of wetland indicator status
ratings, used to indicate a plant's likelihood for occurrence in
wetlands versus uplands (i.e., non-wetlands): Obligate Wetland (OBL),
Facultative Wetland (FACW), Facultative (FAC), Facultative Upland
(FACU), and Obligate Upland (UPL). These rating categories are defined
by the National Panel as follows: OBL--almost always occur in wetlands;
FACW--usually occur in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands; FAC--
occur in wetlands and non-wetlands; FACU--usually occur in non-
wetlands, but may occur in wetlands; UPL--almost always occur in non-
wetlands. These category definitions are qualitative descriptions that
better reflect the qualitative supporting information, rather than
numeric frequency ranges. The percentage frequency categories used in
the older definitions are only used for testing problematic or
contested species being recommended for indicator status changes. Plus
and minus designations and wetland indicator designations such as No
Indicator (NI), No Occurrence (NO), and No Agreement (NA) are no longer
used on the NWPL. When assigning wetland indicator status ratings,
commenters should use the rating definitions described above and
developed by the National Panel for updating the NWPL.
For the purposes of determining how often a species occurs in
wetlands, wetlands are defined as those areas that are inundated or
saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration
sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a
prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil
conditions (33 CFR 328.3 and 40 CFR 230.3). Such wetlands are
identified using the Corps 1987 Wetland Delineation Manual or relevant
regional supplements, whichever is more recent. Wetlands are identified
using the three-factor approach. Because each species being evaluated
occurs as part of a vegetation assemblage, examining the other species
present in relation to their assigned wetland fidelity may be useful in
assessing hydrophytic vegetation.
2018 Update Information
For the 2018 NWPL update, the NWPL National Panel (NP) and Regional
Panels (RPs) reviewed proposed wetland rating changes or additions for
20 species and 37 regional ratings (some species were reviewed for
multiple regions) submitted by the general public. Eight of these
species were proposed for addition to the NWPL, and 12 species were
submitted for a rating change request in one or more regions. Submitted
information was reviewed by the NP and RPs, and proposed 2018 ratings
for these species were determined, as detailed below. Note that all
submitted species are included here, regardless of whether or not the
NP and RPs proposed a rating change. Hence, for those species where the
current and proposed ratings are the same, a rating change request was
submitted, but after review of the submitted information no rating
change is being proposed for the 2018 update.
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Species Region(s) Current 2016 rating * Proposed 2018 rating
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Aristida palustris................... AGCP................... NOL.................... FACW.
Artemisia dracunculus................ AW, WMVC............... NOL.................... FACU.
Bassia hyssopifolia.................. AW..................... FACU................... FACU.
Bromus nottowayanus.................. MW, NCNE............... NOL.................... FACU.
Delairea odorata..................... AW, WMVC............... NOL.................... FAC.
Dichanthelium wrightianum............ AGCP................... NOL.................... FACW.
Epilobium brachycarpum............... AW, WMVC............... NOL.................... FAC.
Hymenocallis latifolia............... AGCP, CB............... FACW................... FACU.
Hymenocallis occidentalis............ AGCP, EMP, GP, MW...... OBL/FACW............... FAC.
Ilex opaca........................... AGCP................... FAC.................... FAC.
Iva axillaris........................ AW, WMVC............... FAC.................... FACU.
Liriodendron tulipifera.............. AGCP, EMP.............. FACU................... FACU.
Penstemon rydbergii.................. AW, WMVC............... FACU................... FACU.
Pleopeltis polypodioides............. AGCP................... FAC.................... UPL.
Polymnia canadensis.................. EMP, MW, NCNE.......... NOL.................... FACU.
Pycnanthemum muticum................. EMP.................... FAC.................... FACU.
Quercus michauxii.................... AGCP................... FACW................... FACW.
Tussilago farfara.................... NCNE................... FACU................... FACU.
Verbena brasiliensis................. AGCP, EMP, MW.......... NOL.................... FACU.
Verbena incompta..................... AGCP, EMP, MW.......... FACW/FAC............... FACU.
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* NOL = ``Not On List '' and indicates proposed additions.
Instructions for Providing Comments Online
The Corps encourages public input in the form of data, comments,
literature references, or field experiences, to help clarify the status
of the species reviewed for this update. The list of these same 20
reviewed species, and their draft 2018 wetland ratings by region, can
be viewed at the NWPL homepage, https://wetland-plants.usace.army.mil/
under ``2018 NWPL Update Information.'' A link to provide general or
species-specific comments is also available at this location. Users are
encouraged to submit literature citations, herbaria records,
experiential references, monitoring data, and other relevant
information. Specific knowledge of, or studies related to, individual
species are particularly helpful. Commenters should use their regional
botanical and ecological expertise, field observations, reviews of the
most recent indicator status information, appropriate botanical
literature, floras, herbarium specimens with notation of habitat and
associated species, habit data, relevant studies, and historic list
information. Guessing ratings is inappropriate. All submitted comments
and information will be compiled and sent to the National Panel for
their consideration.
The Corps is also seeking comments on the NWPL update process.
Detailed information on the update process, protocol, and technical
issues can be found in the following documents (available on the NWPL
Publications web page):
Lichvar, Robert W. and Minkin, Paul. Concepts and
Procedures for Updating the National Wetland Plant List. Sept 2008.
ERDC/CRREL TN-08-3
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Lichvar, Robert W. and Gillrich, Jennifer J. Final
Protocol for Assigning Wetland Indicator Status Ratings during National
Wetland Plant List Update. Sept 2011. ERDC/CRREL TN-11-1
Future Actions
Future updates to the NWPL will occur biennially. A change in
indicator status for a given species, or a proposed species addition,
may be requested at any time at https://wetland-plants.usace.army.mil/
under ``Submit NWPL Change Request.'' Submissions will be compiled and
reviewed prior to each NWPL update, and resulting changes will be
reflected in the subsequent updated list.
Dated: June 2, 2019.
Thomas P. Smith,
Chief, Operations and Regulatory Division, Directorate of Civil Works.
[FR Doc. 2019-12129 Filed 6-7-19; 8:45 am]
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