[Federal Register: March 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 43)]
[Notices]               
[Page 10716-10717]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Availability of Draft Revised Recovery Plan for Gila topminnow 
for Review and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the 
availability for public review of a draft revised recovery plan for the 
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis). This 
endangered species now occurs in the Gila River basin of Arizona and 
Mexico. Only the U.S. portion of the range is protected under the 
Endangered Species Act. Historical records exist for the Gila River 
basin in New Mexico. The Service solicits comments from the public on 
the draft revised recovery plan.

    In 1967 the Gila (Sonoran) topminnow was listed as endangered 
within the United States, under the Endangered Species Protection Act 
of 1966 (USDI 1967). Following passage of the Endangered Species Act of 
1969, the Gila (Sonoran) topminnow was included on Appendix D, the list 
of species endangered within the United States (USDI 1970).

DATES: Written comments on the recovery plan should be received on or 
before April 19, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review recovery plan may obtain a copy by 
contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Ecological 
Services Field Office, 2321 West Royal Palm Road, Suite 103, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85021, (602-640-2720; Fax 602-640-2730), or the person named 
below. Written data or comments concerning the recovery plan should be 
submitted to the Field Supervisor, Ecological Services Field Office, 
Phoenix, Arizona (see address above). Comments and materials are 
available on request for public inspection, by appointment, during 
normal business hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doug Duncan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Tucson Sub-office, 300 West Congress, Room 4D, Tucson, AZ 
85701 (520-670-4860; Fax 520-670-4567).