[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33334-33336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-14212]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R5-ES-2010-N268; 50120 1113 0000 D2]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-
Year Reviews of Nine Species: Purple Bean, Clubshell, Roanoke Logperch,
Swamp Pink, Northern Riffleshell, Flat-spired Three-toothed Land Snail,
Puritan Tiger Beetle, Dwarf Wedgemussel, and Bog Turtle
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of initiation of review/reviews; request for
information.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year
status reviews under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(Act), of nine species. We conduct these reviews to ensure that our
classification of each species on the Lists of Endangered and
Threatened Wildlife and Plants as threatened or endangered is accurate.
A 5-year review assesses the best scientific and commercial data
available at the time of the review. We are requesting any information
that has become available since our original listing of each of these
species. Based on review results, we will determine whether we should
change the listing status of any of these species.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written information by
August 8, 2011.
ADDRESSES: For how and where to send information, see ``VIII.,
Contacts'' near end of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Parkin, by U.S. mail at U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 300 Westgate Center Drive,
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035; by telephone at 617-417-3331; or by e-mail
at mary_parkin@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Why do we conduct 5-year reviews?
Under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we maintain Lists of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (which we collectively
refer to as the List) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50
CFR 17.11 (for animals) and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of
the Act requires us to review each listed species' status at least once
every 5 years. Then, under section 4(c)(2)(B), we determine whether to
remove any species from the List (delist), to reclassify it from
endangered to threatened, or to reclassify it from threatened to
endangered. Any change in Federal classification requires a separate
rulemaking process.
In classifying, we use the following definitions, from 50 CFR
424.02:
(A) Species includes any species or subspecies of fish, wildlife,
or plant, and any distinct population segment of any species of
vertebrate, that interbreeds when mature;
(B) Endangered species means any species that is in danger of
extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range; and
(C) Threatened species means any species that is likely to become
an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a
significant portion of its range.
We must support delisting by the best scientific and commercial
data available, and only consider delisting if data substantiates that
the species is neither endangered nor threatened for one or more of the
following reasons (50 CFR 424.11(d)):
(A) The species is considered extinct;
(B) The species is considered to be recovered; or
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(C) The original data available when the species was listed, or the
interpretation of data, were in error.
Our regulations at 50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish a notice
in the Federal Register announcing the species we are reviewing.
II. What species are under review?
This notice announces our active 5-year status [reviews] of the
species in Table 1.
Table 1. Current Listing Status of Species under 5-Year Status Review.
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Final listing rule
Common name Scientific name Status Where listed publication date
and citation
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ANIMALS
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Bean, purple.................... Villosa Endangered........ U.S.A. (TN, VA)... January 10, 1997
perpurpurea. (62 FR 1647).
Beetle, Puritan tiger........... Cicindela puritana Threatened........ U.S.A. (CT, MD, August 7, 1990 (55
MA). FR 32088).
Clubshell....................... Pleurobema clava.. Endangered........ U.S.A. (AL, IL, January 22, 1993
IN, KY, MI, OH. (58 FR 5638).
PA, TN, WV).
Logperch, Roanoke............... Percina rex....... Endangered........ U.S.A. (VA)....... August 18, 1989
(54 FR 34468).
Riffleshell, northern........... Epioblasma Endangered........ U.S.A. (IN, KY, January 22, 1993
torulosa rangiana. MI, OH, PA, WV). (58 FR 5638).
Snail, flat-spired three-toothed Triodopsis Threatened........ U.S.A. (WV)....... July 3, 1978 (43
platysayoides. FR 28932).
Turtle, bog..................... Clemmys Threatened........ U.S.A. (CT, DE, November 4, 1997
muhlenbergii. MD, MA, NJ, NY, (62 FR 59605).
PA).
Wedgemussel, dwarf.............. Alasmidonta Endangered........ U.S.A. (CT, MD, March 14, 1990 (55
heterodon. MA, NH, NJ, NY, FR 9447).
NC, PA, VT, VA).
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PLANTS
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Swamp pink...................... Helonias bullata.. Threatened........ U.S.A. (DE, GA, September 9, 1988
MD, NJ, NC, SC, (53 FR 35076).
VA).
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III. What Do We Consider in Our Review?
We consider all new information available at the time we conduct a
5-year status review. We consider the best scientific and commercial
data that has become available since our 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.
We specifically request data from any systematic surveys, as well
as any studies or analysis of data that may show any of the following:
(A) Population size or trends;
(B) Species biology or ecology;
(C) The effects of current land management on population
distribution and abundance;
(D) The current condition of habitat;
(E) Recent conservation measures that have been implemented to
benefit the species;
(F) Current distribution of populations;
(G) Evaluation of threats faced by the species in relation to the
five listing factors (as defined below and in section 4(a)(1) of the
Act); or
(H) The species' listed status as judged against the definition of
threatened or endangered.
IV. 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.
Under section 4(b)(1) of the Act, we must base our assessment of
these factors solely on the best scientific and commercial data
available.
V. What could happen as a result of our review?
For each species under review, if we find new information that
indicates 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 (uplist);
(B) Reclassify the species from endangered to threatened
(downlist); or
(C) Remove the species from the List (delist).
If we determine that a change in classification is not warranted,
then the species remains on the List under its current status.
VI. Request for new information
To ensure that a 5-year review is complete and based on the best
available scientific and commercial information, we request new
information from all sources. See ``What Information Do We Consider in
Our Review?'' for specific criteria. If you submit information, support
it with documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods
used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent
publications,
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reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.
Submit your comments and materials to the appropriate Fish and
Wildlife Office listed under ``VIII., Contacts.''
VII. Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so. Comments and materials received will be available for
public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the
offices where the comments are submitted.
VIII. Contacts
Send your comments and information on the following species, as
well as requests for information, to the corresponding contacts/
addresses. You may view information we receive in response to this
notice, as well as other documentation in our files, at the following
locations by appointment, during normal business hours.
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Contact person,
Species phone, e-mail Contact address
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Purple bean................. Shane Hanlon, (276) U.S. Fish and
623-1233 ext. 25; e- Wildlife Service,
mail shane-- Southwestern
hanlon@fws.gov. Virginia Field
Office, 330
Cummings Street,
Abingdon, VA 24210.
Puritan tiger beetle........ Andy Moser, (410) U.S. Fish and
573-4537; e-mail Wildlife Service,
andy_moser@fws.gov. Chesapeake Bay
Field Office, 177
Admiral Cochrane
Drive, Annapolis,
MD 21401.
Clubshell................... Robert M. Anderson, U.S. Fish and
(814) 234-4090 ext. Wildlife Service,
228; e-mail robert-- Pennsylvania Field
m_anderson@fws.gov. Office, 315 South
Allen Street, Suite
322, State College,
PA 16801.
Roanoke logperch............ Tylan Dean, (804) U.S. Fish & Wildlife
693-6694 ext. 104; Service, Virginia
e-mail tylan-- Field Office, 6669
dean@fws.gov. Short Lane,
Gloucester, VA
23061.
Northern riffleshell........ Robert M. Anderson, U.S. Fish and
(814) 234-4090 ext. Wildlife Service,
228; e-mail robert-- Pennsylvania Field
m_anderson@fws.gov. Office, 315 South
Allen Street, Suite
322, State College,
PA 16801.
Flat-spired three-toothed Barbara Douglas, U.S. Fish and
snail. (304) 636-6586 ext. Wildlife Service,
19; e-mail barbara-- West Virginia Field
douglas@fws.gov. Office, 694 Beverly
Pike, Elkins, WV
26241.
Bog turtle.................. Alison Whitlock, U.S. Fish and
(413) 253-8536; e- Wildlife Service,
mail alison-- Northeast Regional
whitlock@fws.gov. Office, 300
Westgate Center
Drive, Hadley, MA
01035.
Dwarf wedgemussel........... Susi von Oettingen, U.S. Fish and
(603) 223-2541 ext. Wildlife Service,
22; e-mail Susi-- New England Field
vonOettingen@fws.go Office, 70
v. Commercial Street,
Suite 300, Concord,
NH 03301.
Swamp pink.................. Wendy Walsh, (609) U.S. Fish and
383-3938 ext. 48; e- Wildlife Service,
mail wendy-- New Jersey Field
walsh@fws.gov. Office, 927 North
Main Street,
Building D,
Pleasantville, NJ
08232.
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IX. Authority
We publish this notice under the authority of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: December 30, 2010.
Anthony D. L[eacute]ger,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Editorial Note: Received in the Office of the Federal Register June
3, 2011.
[FR Doc. 2011-14212 Filed 6-7-11; 8:45 am]
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