90-Day Finding on a Petition To Remove the Utah (Desert) Valvata Snail (Valvata utahensis) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90-day finding on a petition to remove the Utah (desert) valvata snail (Valvata utahensis) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (List) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (Act). We find that the petition presents substantial scientific information that delisting the Utah valvata snail may be warranted, and are initiating a status review. We plan to conduct this review concurrent with the ongoing status review initiated on April 11, 2006 (71 FR 18345), which we are required to make every 5 years under section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act. We are requesting submission of any new information on the Utah valvata snail since its original listing as an endangered species in 1992. At the conclusion of these simultaneous reviews, we will make the requisite recommendation under section 4(c)(2)(B) of the Act and will issue a 12-month finding on the petition, as provided in section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Act.