[Federal Register: April 11, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 69)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-
Year Reviews of 70 Species in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii,
and Guam
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of review.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the
initiation of a 5-year review of 70 species under section 4(c)(2)(B) of
the Endangered Species Act (Act). The purpose of a 5-year review is to
ensure that the classification of a species as threatened or endangered
on the List of
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is accurate and
consistent with the best scientific and commercial data currently
available. We are requesting submission of any such information that
has become available since the original listing of each of the 70
species identified in Table 1 below. Based on the results of these 5-
year reviews, we will determine whether any species should be proposed
for removal from the list or its listing status should be changed
pursuant to section 4(c)(2)(B) of the Act.
DATES: We must receive your information no later than June 12, 2006.
However, we will continue to accept new information about any listed
species at any time.
ADDRESSES: See ``Public Solicitation of New Information'' section for
instructions on how to submit information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For species-specific information,
contact the appropriate individual named in ``Public Solicitation of
New Information.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Why Is a 5-year Review Conducted?
Under the Endangered Species Act (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we
maintain a List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (List)
at 50 CFR 17.11 (for animals) and 17.12 (for plants). Section
4(c)(2)(A) of the Act requires that we conduct a review of listed
species at least once every 5 years. Then, on the basis of such reviews
under section 4(c)(2)(B), we determine whether or not any species
should be removed from the List (delisted), or reclassified from
endangered to threatened or from threatened to endangered. Delisting a
species must be supported by the best scientific and commercial data
available and only considered if such data substantiates that the
species is neither endangered nor threatened for one or more of the
following reasons: (1) The species is considered extinct; (2) the
species is considered to be recovered; and/or (3) the original data
available when the species was listed, or the interpretation of such
data, were in error (50 CFR 424.11(d)). Any change in Federal
classification would require a separate rulemaking process. The
regulations in 50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish a notice in the
Federal Register announcing those species currently under active
review. This notice announces our active review of the 70 species
listed in Table 1.
Table 1.--Summary of the Listing Information for the Following 70 Species in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii,
and Guam.
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Common name Scientific name Status Where listed Final listing rule
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Animals:
Sucker, Warner............. Catostomus Threatened......... U.S.A. (OR)....... 50 FR 39117 (27-
warnerensis. SEP-85)
Chub, Hutton tui........... Gila bicolor ssp.. Threatened......... U.S.A. (OR)....... 50 FR 12302 (28-
MAR-85)
Chub, Borax Lake........... Gila boraxobius... Endangered......... U.S.A. (OR)....... 47 FR 43957 (05-
OCT-82)
Dace, Foskett speckled..... Rhinichthys Threatened......... U.S.A. (OR)....... 50 FR 12302 (28-
osculus ssp.. MAR-85)
Snail, Utah valvata........ Valvata utahensis. Endangered......... U.S.A. (ID, UT)... 57 FR 59244 (14-
DEC-92)
Springsnail, Bruneau Hot... Pyrgulopsis Endangered......... U.S.A. (ID)....... 63 FR 32981 (17-
bruneauensis. JUN-98)
Limpet, Banbury Springs.... Lanx sp........... Endangered......... U.S.A. (ID)....... 57 FR 59244 (14-
DEC-92)
Caribou, woodland.......... Rangifer tarandus Endangered......... U.S.A. (ID, WA); 49 FR 7390 (29-FEB-
caribou. Canada (SE. B.C.). 84)
Akepa, Maui (honeycreeper). Loxops coccineus Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 35 FR 16047 (13-
ochraceus. OCT-70)
Creeper, Oahu.............. Paroreomyza Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 35 FR 16047 (13-
maculata. OCT-70)
Finch, Laysan Telespyza cantans. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 32 FR 4001 (11-MAR-
(honeycreeper). 67)
Kingfisher, Guam Halcyon Endangered......... Western Pacific 49 FR 33885 (27-
Micronesian. cinnamomina Ocean U.S.A. AUG-84)
cinnamomina. (Guam).
Nukupu`u (honeycreeper).... Hemignathus Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 32 FR 4001 (11-MAR-
lucidus. 67), 35 FR 16047
(13-OCT-70)
Po`ouli (honeycreeper)..... Melamprosops Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 40 FR 44151 (25-
phaeosoma. SEP-75)
Plants:
MacFarlane's four-o'clock.. Mirabilis Threatened......... U.S.A. (ID, OR)... 61 FR 10693 (15-
macfarlanei. MAR-96)
Liliwai.................... Acaena exigua..... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 20772 (05-
MAY-92)
Olulu...................... Brighamia insignis Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 9304 (02-FEB-
94)
Pua 'ala................... Brighamia rockii.. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 46325 (08-
OCT-92)
'Oha wai................... Clermontia peleana Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 10305 (04-
MAR-94)
Haha....................... Cyanea dunbariae.. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53130 (10-
OCT-96
Haha....................... Cyanea macrostegia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 47686 (20-
ssp. gibsonii SEP-91)
[Cyanea gibsonii].
Haha....................... Cyanea mceldowneyi Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 20772 (05-
MAY-92)
Haha....................... Cyanea procera.... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 46325 (08-
OCT-92)
Haha....................... Cyanea undulata... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 47695 (20-
SEP-91)
Ha'iwale................... Cyrtandra Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
subumbellata. OCT-96)
No common name............. Delissea Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 9304 (25-FEB-
rhytidosperma. 94)
Oha........................ Delissea Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
subcordata. OCT-96)
No common name............. Diellia pallida... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 9304 (25-FEB-
94)
Na'ena'e................... Dubautia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
herbstobatae. OCT-9)
Nioi....................... Eugenia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 14482 (28-
koolauensis. MAR-9)
Hawaiian gardenia (=Na'u).. Gardenia brighamii Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 50 FR 33 (21-AUG-
85)
Nanu....................... Gardenia mannii... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
OCT-96)
Kio'ele.................... Hedyotis coriacea. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 20772 (15-
MAY-92)
No common name............. Hedyotis parvula.. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
OCT-91)
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Kopa....................... Hedyotis Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 64 FR 48307 (03-
schlechtendahlian SEP-9)
a var. remyi.
Clay's hibiscus............ Hibiscus clayi.... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 9304 (25-FEB-
94)
Hau kuahiwi................ Hibiscadelphus Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53137 (10-
giffardianus. OCT-96)
Hau kuahiwi................ Hibiscadelphus Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53137 (10-
hualalaiensis. OCT-96)
Kula wahine noho........... Isodendrion Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 10305 (04-
pyrifolium. MAR-94)
Kohe malama malama o Kanaloa Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 64 FR 48307 (03-
kanaloa. kahoolawensis. SEP-99)
Cooke's koki'o............. Kokia cookei...... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 44 FR 62470 (30-
OCT-79)
Kamakahala................. Labordia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
cyrtandrae. OCT-96)
Kamakahala................. Labordia triflora. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 64 FR 48307 (03-
SEP-99)
No common name............. Lobelia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
monostachya. OCT-96)
No common name............. Lysimachia maxima. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53130 (10-
OCT-96)
Alani...................... Melicope Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 62346 (05-
adscendens. DEC-94)
Alani...................... Melicope Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 20772 (15-
mucronulata. MAY-92)
Alani...................... Melicope Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53137 (10-
zahlbruckneri. OCT-96)
Kolea...................... Myrsine juddii.... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
OCT-96)
No common name............. Neraudia angulata. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
OCT-91)
No common name............. Neraudia ovata.... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53137 (10-
OCT-9)
Kulu'i..................... Nototrichium Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
humile. OCT-91)
Lau 'ehu................... Panicum niihauense Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53108 (10-
OCT-96)
No common name............. Phyllostegia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
hirsuta. OCT-96)
No common name............. Phyllostegia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
kaalaensis. OCT-96)
No common name............. Phyllostegia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53108 (10-
parviflora. OCT-96)
No common name............. Phyllostegia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 9304 (25-FEB-
waimeae. 94)
Lo'ulu..................... Pritchardia kaalae Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53089 (10-
OCT-96)
Lo'ulu..................... Pritchardia Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53070 (10-
viscosa. OCT-96)
No common name............. Sanicula mariversa Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
OCT-91)
Diamond Head Schiedea...... Schiedea adamantis Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 49 FR 6099 (17-FEB-
84)
No common name............. Schiedea kaalae... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
OCT-91)
No common name............. Schiedea Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 61 FR 53108 (10-
kauaiensis. OCT-96)
No common name............. Silene alexandri.. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 46325 (08-
OCT-92)
No common name............. Silene perlmanii.. Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
OCT-91)
Popolo ku mai.............. Solanum Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 59 FR 56333 (10-
incompletum. NOV-94)
No common name............. Stenogyne Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 57 FR 20592 (13-
kanehoana. MAY-92)
No common name............. Tetramolopium Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
filiforme. OCT-91)
Pamakani................... Viola Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 55770 (29-
chamissoniana OCT-91)
ssp.
chamissoniana.
No common name............. Viola helenae..... Endangered......... U.S.A. (HI)....... 56 FR 47695 (20-
SEP-91)
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What Information Is Considered in the Review?
A 5-year review considers all new information available at the time
of the review. In conducting these reviews, we consider the best
scientific and commercial data that has become available since the
current listing determination or most recent status review, such as:
A. Species biology including, but not limited to, population
trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics;
B. Habitat conditions including, but not limited to, amount,
distribution, and suitability;
C. Conservation measures that have been implemented that benefit
the species;
D. Threat status and trends (see five factors under heading ``How
Do We Determine Whether a Species is Endangered or Threatened?''); and
E. Other new information, data, or corrections including, but not
limited to, taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of
erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical
methods.
How Do We Determine Whether a Species Is Endangered or Threatened?
Section 4(a)(1) of the Act requires that we determine whether a
species is endangered or threatened based on one or more of the five
following factors:
A. The present or threatened destruction, modification, or
curtailment of its habitat or range;
B. Overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or
educational purposes;
C. Disease or predation;
D. The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; or
E. Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued
existence.
Our assessment of these factors is required, under section 4(b)(1)
of the Act, to be based solely on the best scientific and commercial
data available.
What Could Happen as a Result of This Review?
If we find information concerning the 70 species listed in Table 1
indicating that a change in classification may be warranted, we may
propose a new rule that could do one of the following: (a) Reclassify
the species from threatened to endangered; (b) reclassify the species
from endangered to threatened; or (c) remove the species from the List.
If we find that a change in classification is not warranted, the
species will remain on the List under its current status.
Public Solicitation of New Information
To ensure that these 5-year reviews are complete and based on the
best available scientific and commercial information, we solicit new
information from the public, governmental agencies, Tribes, the
scientific community, environmental entities, industry, and
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any other interested parties concerning the status of the species.
If you wish to provide information for any species included in
these 5-year reviews, submit your comments and materials to the Field
Supervisors at the appropriate Fish and Wildlife Office listed below.
Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review during regular business hours.
Respondents may request that we withhold a respondent's identity, as
allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name or address, you
must state this request prominently at the beginning of your comment.
To the extent consistent with applicable law, we will make all
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Comments and materials received will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the offices
where the comments are submitted.
For the species under review, submit information and direct species
specific questions to the addresses and individuals as follows:
For the Warner sucker, Hutton tui chub, Borax Lake chub, and the
Foskett speckled dace, submit information to the following address:
Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Bend Field Office, 20310 Empire Avenue, Suite A 100, Bend, OR
97701, or at FW1OR5yearReview@fws.gov. For information concerning these
species, contact Alan Mauer at 541-383-7146.
For the Bruneau hot springsnail, Banbury Springs limpet (lanx),
MacFarlane's four-o'clock, and the Utah valvata snail, submit
information to the following address: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-
Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Snake River Fish and
Wildlife Office, 1387 South Vinnell Way, Suite 368, Boise, ID 83709, or
at fws1srbocomments@fws.gov. For information concerning these species,
contact Susan Burch at 208-378-5262.
For the Woodland caribou (Selkirk Mountain), submit information to the
following address: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office,
11103 E. Montgomery Drive, Spokane, WA 99206, or at fw1caribou@fws.gov.
For information concerning these species, contact Suzanne Audet at 509-
893-8002.
For the Hawaiian and Guam species, submit information to the following
address: Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala
Moana Buld., Room 3-122, Honolulu, HI 96850, or at
pifwo-5yr-review@fws.gov. For information concerning these species, contact Gina
Shultz at 808-792-9400.
Authority
This document is published under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: April 4, 2006.
David J. Wesley,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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