[Federal Register: May 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 101)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
[Page 28403-28413]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr26my99-17]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AE25

 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of 
Endangered Status for the Plant Eriogonum apricum (inclusive of vars. 
apricum and prostratum) (Ione Buckwheat) and Threatened Status for the 
Plant Arctostaphylos myrtifolia (Ione Manzanita)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We determine endangered status pursuant to the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for Eriogonum apricum (inclusive 
of vars. apricum and prostratum) (Ione buckwheat). We also determine 
threatened status for Arctostaphylos myrtifolia (Ione manzanita). These 
two species occur primarily on soils derived from the Ione Formation in 
Amador and/or Calaveras counties in the central Sierra Nevada foothills 
of California and are imperiled by one or more of the following 
factors--mining, clearing of vegetation for agriculture and fire 
protection, disease, inadequate regulatory mechanisms, habitat 
fragmentation, residential and commercial development, changes in fire 
frequency, and continued erosion due to prior off-road vehicle use. 
Existing regulatory mechanisms do not adequately protect these species. 
Random events increase the risk to the few, small populations of E. 
apricum. This action implements the protection of the Act for these 
plants.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 25, 1999.

ADDRESSES: The complete file for this rule is available for inspection, 
by appointment, during normal business hours at the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Sacramento Field Office, 3310 El Camino Avenue, Suite 
130, Sacramento, California 95821-6340.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirsten Tarp (telephone 916/979-2120) 
and/or Jason Davis (telephone 916/979-2749), staff biologists at the 
above address (facsimile 916/979-2723).