[Federal Register: May 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 90)]
[Notices]               
[Page 25362-25363]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Notice To Extend the Public Comment Period for the Draft Recovery 
Plan for Gabbro Soil Plants of the Central Sierra Nevada Foothills, CA

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice that the 
comment period announced in the March 8, 1999, notice of availability 
of the Draft Recovery Plan for Gabbro Soil Plants of the Central Sierra 
Nevada Foothills, California, will be extended an additional 30 days 
until July 7, 1999. Substantial public interest in the draft plan led 
the Service to distribute additional copies and to provide additional 
opportunities for the public to comment on the plan. This recovery plan 
includes six plant species, of which five are federally listed as 
endangered or threatened. The draft plan includes recovery criteria and 
measures for the plants--Stebbin's morning-glory (Calystegia 
stebbinsii), Pine Hill ceanothus (Ceanothus roderickii), Pine Hill 
flannelbush (Fremontodendron californicum ssp. decumbens), El Dorado 
bedstraw (Galium californicum ssp. sierrae), and Layne's butterweed 
(Senecio layneae), and an additional species, El Dorado mule-ears 
(Wyethia reticulata), that is considered to be a species of concern. 
The Service extends the current 90-day comment period and solicits 
review and comment from the public on this draft plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery plan received by July 7, 1999, 
will be considered by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery plan are available for 
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the 
following location: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and 
Wildlife Office, 3310 El Camino Avenue, Suite 130, Sacramento, 
California (telephone (916) 979-2710); and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Regional Office, Ecological Services, 911 NE 11th Ave., 
Eastside Federal Complex, Portland Oregon 97232-4181 (telephone (503) 
231-6131). Requests for copies of the draft recovery plan and written 
comments and materials regarding this plan should be addressed to Wayne 
S. White, Field Supervisor, Ecological Services, at the above 
Sacramento address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Elam, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above Sacramento address.