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Piping Plover Critical Habitat Federal Register Notice of Final Rule The final rule designating critical habitat for the wintering population of the piping plover was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 10, 2001. Here is that notice, as a series of Adobe Acrobat pdf files. To view them, you may need to download and install the Adobe Acrobat Reader, free from Adobe, Inc.: Part one, pages 1 - 43 Part two, summary of changes from proposal, pp 43-50 North Carolina, pp. 50-56 South Carolina, pp. 57-62 Georgia, pp. 63-68 Florida, pp. 69-84 Alabama, pp. 85-86 Missississippi, pp. 87-90 Louisiana, pp 91-95 Texas, pp. 96-107   These documents are also available online from the Government Printing Office Federal Register web site. Back to piping plover home page     Updated: July 10, 2001