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impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. 

This is not a toll-free number. Copies of 

available documents submitted to OMB 

may be obtained from Ms. Pollard. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice informs the public that HUD has 

submitted to OMB a request for 

approval of the information collection 

described in Section A. The Federal 

Register notice that solicited public 

comment on the information collection 

for a period of 60 days was published 

on January 23, 2014. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Comment Request, State Community 

Development Block (CDBG) Program. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506–0085. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Form Number: HUD–40108. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: The 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974, as amended (HCDA), 

requires grant recipients that receive 

CDBG funding to retain records 

necessary to document compliance with 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

on an on-going basis. Grantees must also 

submit an annual performance and 

evaluation report to demonstrate 

progress that it has made in carrying out 

its consolidated plan, and such records 

as may be necessary to facilitate review 

and audit by HUD of the grantee’s 

administration of CDBG funds [Section 

104(e)]. The statute also requires 

[Section 104(e)(2)] that HUD conduct an 

annual review to determine whether 

states have distributed funds to units of 

general local government in a timely 

manner. Respondents (i.e. affected 

public): This information collection 

applies to 50 State CDBG Grantees (49 

states and Puerto Rico but not Hawaii). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 50. 

Frequency of Response: The 

frequency of the response to the 

collection of information is annual at 

1.5 hour per response with a total of 75 

hours reporting burden. The record 

keeping burden for program compliance 

is already included under the currently 

approved information collection. The 

estimate of the annual reporting and 

recordkeeping is 112,180 hours for 50 

grant recipients. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 112,180. 

Note: Preparer of this notice may substitute 

the chart for everything beginning with 

estimated number of respondents above. 

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden 

hour per 

response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Hourly 

cost per 

response 

Annual 

cost 

PER ................................................. 50 1 .................. 1 .................. 237 11,850 .................... ....................

Recordkeeping: States Localities ... 50 

3,500 

On-going ..... On-going ..... 176 

26 .13 

8,800 

91,456 

.................... ....................

Timely Distribution Form: ................ 50 1 .................. 1 .................. 1 .5 75 .................... ....................

Total ......................................... ........................ ..................... ..................... ...................... 112,180 .................... ....................

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (3) Ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond; including through the 

use of appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. HUD 

encourages interested parties to submit 

comment in response to these questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapters 

35. 

Dated: March 12, 2014. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE) 

[Docket ID: BSEE–2014–0003; 14XE8370SD 

ED1OS0000.JAE000 EEGG000000] 

Notice of the National Preparedness 

for Response Exercise Program 

(PREP) Guidelines; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The BSEE is inviting you to 

provide comments on the Draft National 

Preparedness for Response Exercise 

Program (PREP) Guidelines update. The 

BSEE is publishing this notice on behalf 

of the National Schedule Coordination 

Committee (NSCC), which is comprised 

of representatives from the U.S. Coast 

Guard (USCG); Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA); Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA), under the 

Department of Transportation; and the 

Bureau of Safety and Environmental 

Enforcement (BSEE), under the 

Department of the Interior. These 

Guidelines were last revised in 2002. 

This notice solicits comments on the 

Draft PREP Guidelines document 

available in the regulations.gov docket 

ID: BSEE–2014–0003 and on the BSEE 

Web site at http://www.bsee.gov/

uploadedFiles/BSEE/About_BSEE/

Divisions/OSRD/PREPGuidelines%203- 

2014.pdf. 

DATES: You must submit comments by 

April 24, 2014. The NSCC may not fully 

consider comments received after this 

date. After reviewing comments on the 

Draft PREP Guidelines available in the 

docket, the NSCC will determine if a 

public hearing is necessary before final 

publication of the revised PREP 

Guidelines to provide the oil and gas 

industry and the public with an 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments for consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

and additional materials by any of the 

following methods. 

• Electronically: go to http://

www.regulations.gov. In the entry 

entitled, Enter Keyword or ID, enter 

BSEE–2014–0003, then click search. 


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Follow the instructions to submit public 

comments and view supporting and 

related materials available for this 

notice. 

• Email: oilspillresponsedivision@

bsee.gov or mail or hand-carry 

comments to the Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement, Oil Spill 

Response Division, 381 Elden Street, HE 

3327, Herndon, Virginia, 20170, 

Attention: Ms. Kelly Schnapp. Please 

reference National Preparedness for 

Response Exercise Planning Guidelines 

in your comments and include your 

name and return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

For BSEE: Ms. Kelly Schnapp, Oil 

Spill Response Division, 703–787–1569. 

For USCG: Mr. Kevin Sligh, Office of 

Environmental Response Policy, 202– 

372–2250. 

For EPA: Mr. Troy Swackhammer, 

Office of Emergency Management, 

Regulation and Policy Development 

Division, 202–564–1966. 

For PHMSA: Mr. Ed Murphy, Office 

of Pipeline Safety, 202–366–4595. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Basis and 

Purpose: The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 

(OPA 90), signed on August 18, 1990, 

requires, among other things, that 

industry representatives and 

government officials conduct oil spill 

response exercises to ensure that 

personnel and equipment are ready to 

respond to oil spills. The NSCC focuses 

on leading a systematic national 

exercise schedule that applies to all 

government and oil and gas industry 

plan holders and creates a workable 

exercise program consistent with this 

statutory requirement. The NSCC 

coordinates on a monthly basis to 

ensure consistency and efficiency 

among EPA, USCG, PHMSA, and BSEE 

activities. Each agency retains 

regulatory responsibility to oversee the 

specific regulated community activities 

under their respective jurisdictions and 

authorities. The PREP is a voluntary 

program developed to provide a 

mechanism for compliance with the 

exercise requirements in a way that is 

economically feasible for both the 

government and the oil industry to 

adopt and sustain. 

The first PREP Guidelines were 

published in August 1994 and were 

referred to as the ‘‘Red Book.’’ These 

Guidelines continue to provide useful 

information, including the Federal 

government’s plan to conduct six 

government-led and 14 industry-led 

Area Exercises annually. They also 

communicate the federal government’s 

plans to ensure that at least one exercise 

is conducted in each of the 42 USCG 

Captain of the Port (COTP) zones and 

each of EPA’s 10 Regions at least every 

3 years. The PREP Guidelines continue 

to outline a comprehensive exercise 

program option that the regulated 

community may voluntarily use to meet 

the requirements of section 4202(a) of 

OPA 90. 

The government and the oil and gas 

industry must always maintain a high 

level of preparedness to respond to an 

oil spill. Even though the average oil 

spill size and frequency have continued 

to decline since the adoption of OPA 90, 

the need for these Guidelines remains 

evident. There have been several major 

oil spills over the past decade where 

preparedness proved key to an effective 

response. In addition, the NSCC has 

incorporated key lessons learned from 

past significant oil spills resulting from 

natural or man-made events, including: 

1. The 2004 M/V ATHOS I tanker 

spill; 

2. The 2005 Katrina and Rita 

Hurricanes; 

3. The 2007 M/V COSCO BUSAN 

incident; 

4. The 2010 Marshall, Michigan 

inland oil spill; and 

5. The 2010 DEEPWATER HORIZON 

oil spill. 

After the original PREP Guidelines 

were published, the four referenced 

Federal agencies revised them in 2002. 

The 2002 edition is available in the 

regulations.gov docket USCG–2011– 

1178. On February 22, 2012, the USCG 

published a notice and request for 

public comments in the Federal 

Register, which provided advance 

notice that the NSCC agencies planned 

to update the 2002 PREP Guidelines (77 

FR 10542). During the 60-day comment 

period, the USCG, on behalf of the 

NSCC, received 214 comments from the 

oil and gas industry, professional 

organizations, Federal and state 

government agencies, and nongovernment organizations (NGOs). The 

NSCC agencies have revised the PREP 

Guidelines in order to reflect the 

comments received on the 2012 notice, 

and also to reflect, since 2002, agency 

reorganizations, lessons learned from 

past incidents, and new regulations, 

including the USCG’s Salvage and 

Marine Firefighting (SMFF) regulations. 

We are not publishing the Draft PREP 

Guidelines in this Federal Register 

notice. However, the Draft PREP 

Guidelines are available for public 

viewing and we invite public comment 

on the draft update to the PREP 

Guidelines located in regulations.gov 

docket ID: BSEE–2014–0003 and on the 

BSEE Web site at www.bsee.gov. 

The Draft PREP Guidelines would 

include new terminology and 

definitions that represent agency 

reorganizations. The Draft PREP 

Guidelines would incorporate new 

requirements, such as those found in the 

SMFF regulations and requirements 

related to the exercise credit process 

and subsea containment equipment. 

Additionally, these updates would 

continue to strengthen coordination 

among the NSCC agencies and 

emphasize the plan holder’s 

preparedness responsibilities. 

The NSCC members would also 

incorporate agency-specific changes, 

lessons learned, and their own 

experiences over the past decade into 

the Draft PREP Guidelines update. In 

the following sections, we summarize 

the changes that would be made to the 

PREP Guidelines represented in the 

draft update and discuss the comments 

the NSCC received in response to the 

2012 Federal Register notice. 

Summary of Changes 

Definitions and Terminology: The 

draft update would clarify the definition 

of an ‘‘area’’ using the COTP zone 

delineations. The update would also 

add definitions for (a) remote 

assessment and consultation, (b) 

resource provider, (c) Marine 

Firefighting (MFF) Organization, (d) 

SMFF Organization, and (e) Spill 

Response Operating Team. The USCG 

would add references to the COTP and 

Federal On-Scene Coordinator (FOSC) 

throughout the guidance. Hazardous 

substance terminology would be added 

throughout the document to highlight 

when it is applicable. References to the 

Minerals Management Service (MMS) in 

the 2002 PREP Guidelines would be 

replaced with BSEE throughout the 

document to reflect the new bureau that 

enforces 30 CFR Part 254. 

SMFF Additions: The Draft PREP 

Guidelines would now include 

guidance for adding SMFF providers 

and equipment into a plan holder’s 

exercise program. These updates would 

be included throughout the Guidelines 

in applicable sections. 

Federal Exercise Scheduling and Spill 

Response Credit: The scheduling 

process, maintained by the NSCC, 

would be further clarified by adding the 

USCG’s HOMEPORT Web site as 

another scheduling tool for Outer 

Continental Shelf-based exercises. The 

NSCC would also add additional 

guidance for requesting credit for 

responses to actual spills. 

USCG Specific Guidance Updates: In 

addition to SMFF exercise 

requirements, the USCG proposes to add 

guidance specifically on Vessel of 

Opportunity Skimming System (VOSS) 

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(SORS) equipment deployment exercise 

frequency and on how to incorporate 

joint exercises into an exercise program 

to effectively meet the intent of VOSS 

and SORS exercises. 

BSEE Specific Guidance: References 

to BSEE would replace references to 

MMS throughout the guidance, since it 

is now the bureau that has regulatory 

authority to ensure that offshore facility 

owners and operators comply with 30 

CFR Part 254 preparedness 

requirements. BSEE’s updates would 

also reflect new technology available for 

responses during continuous offshore 

discharges and the integration of 

offshore subsea containment. 

PHMSA Specific Guidance: 

References to PHMSA would replace 

references to RSPA throughout the 

guidance, since it is now the agency that 

has regulatory authority to ensure that 

pipeline operators comply with the 

requirements found in 49 CFR Part 194. 

Documentation: Appendix A from the 

2002 PREP Guidelines, which contained 

examples of internal exercise 

documentation forms, would be 

replaced. Alternative formats that have 

been developed by stakeholders contain 

the same information as the 2002 

examples, which should satisfy agency 

documentation requirements. 

Summary of Comments on the Notice 

and Request for Comments 

The USCG, on the behalf of the NSCC, 

received 214 comments from 

government agencies, regulated 

communities, private industry, and 

NGOs in response to the request for 

comments published on February 22, 

2012. Some comments were not related 

to the proposed update. We did not 

address comments that were outside the 

scope of this PREP Guidance update. All 

of the comments received are posted on 

regulations.gov, under docket number 

USCG–2011–1178. 

Summary of Select Comments and 

Responses 

Comment on Non Tank Vessel 

Response Plan: One commenter 

requested that the PREP Guidelines 

include a new section addressing Non 

Tank Vessel Response Plan exercise 

requirements, referenced in 33 CFR Part 

155. 

Response: The final rule for Non Tank 

Vessel Response Plan exercise 

requirements was recently published on 

September 27, 2013. Exercise 

requirements for Non Tank Vessels will 

be evaluated for inclusion into the draft 

PREP Guidelines final rule by the NSCC 

member agencies during the draft 2nd 

Notice Comment adjudication process. 

Comments on Sharing Lessons 

Learned: There were many comments 

requesting that government and 

industry make available to the public 

lessons learned from response exercises. 

Response: The NSCC does not have 

the capability to manage public access 

to lessons learned at this time. We 

encourage the regulated community and 

government agencies to share lessons 

learned whenever practicable. 

Comments on Response Equipment: 

Commenters asked NSCC to consider 

adding alternative containment 

methods, specifically dams and weirs, 

in the Guidelines. A commenter stated 

that some inland facilities are drained 

by small, steep-sided streams where 

boom deployment is difficult and may 

not be the most appropriate first 

response. The commenter stated that 

underflow dams could be used where 

the water flow is difficult for boom 

deployment, but could contain freephase oil for recovery. In addition, the 

commenter stated that weirs could also 

be used to take advantage of existing 

infrastructure (i.e., culverts, bridges, 

piers, etc.). Another commenter raised 

concern about the 1,000-foot boom 

requirement for facilities located near 

small water bodies, whereby less than 

1,000 feet of boom could be more 

appropriate given the small size of the 

stream and the physical constraints of 

deployment. 

Response: We have found that it is 

best if the PREP Guidelines avoid 

specifying particular types of 

equipment, or advocating use of an 

approach unique to one geographic area. 

The PREP Guidelines should be broad 

enough to encompass changing 

technology and many different 

environments. Oil spill response 

equipment is not limited to those 

systems mentioned in the PREP 

Guidelines. The NSCC recognizes that 

alternatives to containment boom may 

be more appropriate as part of the initial 

phase of the oil spill response for 

certain inland facilities. As such, the 

NSCC requests that stakeholders 

provide detailed suggestions for 

revisions to the ‘‘Oil and Hazardous 

Substance Response Systems’’ portion 

of Section 2 in the Guidelines on these 

alternatives. 

Comments pertaining to Exercise 

Design: There were a number of 

commenters that suggested adding 

language to encourage more exercise 

participation from stakeholders and to 

enhance scenario design. Many 

comments provided valuable 

information about exercise design best 

practices and considerations. These 

ranged from specific documentation 

suggestions to broader exercise design 

concepts. One consistent 

recommendation was to acknowledge 

the Homeland Security Exercise and 

Evaluation Program (HSEEP) as a 

planning process for exercise design in 

the PREP Guidelines. Some commenters 

requested exercise expectations be 

scaled back for plan holders that have 

lower risk operations or smaller scale 

response plans. The following are other 

general ideas that commenters 

recommended: 

• Exercise planners should always 

plan an exercise with safety objectives 

as the priorities because that is more 

important than strictly focusing on 

response time. 

• Exercise designers should conduct 

equipment deployment exercises in 

average expected conditions. 

• Exercise planners should ensure 

plan holders are regularly involved with 

Area Committees and Regional 

Response Team meetings. 

• Exercise planners should document 

lessons learned as a key exercise 

component, but they should also 

recognize that taking action and making 

changes to processes or plans based on 

these lessons learned completes the 

exercise. 

• Exercise design (announced and 

unannounced) should include 

objectives that focus on critical factors 

for response success, including the 

dispersant approval process. 

• Exercise design should consider 

downstream geographic areas and 

address cross-boundary and 

downstream issues in the objectives. 

• There should not be a reluctance to 

identify and document problems or 

challenges during an exercise. 

• When applicable, Spill 

Management Team Tabletop Exercises 

(TTX) should include communication 

between the qualified individual and 

the SMFF first response. 

• Exercises should align with staffing 

levels described in contingency plans. If 

additional positions are needed during 

the exercise they should be incorporated 

into subsequent plans and described 

under lessons learned. 

• Exercise planners should include 

key principal officials from the design 

and response organizations. 

• Exercise planners should consider 

using multiple spills to reach the Worst 

Case Discharge (WCD) level and avoid 

designing exercises that are conducted 

like a rehearsed play. 

• Exercise planners should use a 

tiered exercise structure comprised of 

quarterly phone confirmations, periodic 

one-day muster drills (perhaps one 

location per month), an annual 

equipment deployment, and an annual 

TTX. 


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Response: The PREP Guidelines are 

not intended to prescribe specific 

exercise design processes. Exercise 

development and conduct should be 

defined by the specific exercise 

planning team and not by the PREP 

Guidelines. Therefore, these suggestions 

are outside the scope of this Notice. 

However, due to the universal nature of 

HSEEP, the NSCC acknowledges this 

design process option in the PREP 

Guidelines. 

Comments pertaining to PREP 

Guidelines Formatting: One commenter 

provided a few recommendations to 

improve the functionality of the 

Guidelines. Specifically, the commenter 

found formatting errors and suggested 

different approaches to the example 

exercise evaluation forms in Appendix 

A. 

Response: When considering the 

commenter’s format suggestions, the 

NSCC came to realize that there are two 

versions of the PREP Guidelines. The 

General Printing Office’s (GPO) hard 

copy version (GPO 2002–493–463) does 

not have the same errors identified in 

the online version. We will ensure these 

errors do not appear in the updated hard 

copy or online version. We also made 

formatting changes throughout the 

document for consistency. Based on the 

commenter’s recommendation, we 

would also add an acronym list and 

remove unnecessary asterisks. Finally, 

we note that the draft PREP Guidelines 

update would replace Appendix A in its 

entirety. 

Comments on Exercise Frequency: 

One commenter asked for clarification 

on the number of Government-Initiated 

Unannounced Exercises (GIUE) that 

must be conducted annually. 

Response: The regulations that govern 

the number and frequency of GIUEs for 

marine transportation-related (MTR) 

facilities and vessels are located in 33 

CFR Parts 154 and 155. Each agency 

determines how many GIUEs are 

initiated per year within the prescribed 

limits. 

Comments on SMFF: More than a 

dozen comments were received relating 

to SMFF exercise requirements. Most of 

these comments stated that the SMFF 

exercise requirements should be added 

to the draft Guidelines. Some of the 

SMFF-related comments recommended 

that requirements for plan holders and 

SMFF providers should be kept separate 

from other PREP oil spill exercise 

requirements. 

Several commenters recommended 

that the roles and responsibilities for 

both plan holder (including vessel 

owner, operator, and crew) and SMFF 

providers should be clearly defined in 

the PREP Guidelines. 

Response: SMFF exercise 

requirements for vessel response plans 

were implemented by regulation, 33 

CFR 155.4052, February 2011. Some of 

these requirements, including remote 

assessment and consultation exercises, 

are unique to SMFF. As a result of this 

new regulation, SMFF requirements for 

both announced and unannounced 

exercises were added to the draft 

Guidelines. 

Although some SMFF exercises can 

be conducted independently, plan 

holders are encouraged to incorporate 

SMFF into their oil spill response 

scenarios. The Draft Guidelines describe 

SMFF exercise requirements, including 

incorporation of SMFF components into 

oil spill exercises. Furthermore, the 

roles and responsibilities for plan 

holders and SMFF providers have been 

clearly defined for each SMFF exercise 

type. 

Comments on WCD Definition: 

Several commenters suggested changing 

the definition and exercise requirements 

for the responses to WCD scenarios. 

Response: The definitions for vessel 

and MTR facility WCD were updated to 

reflect the language found in 33 CFR 

Parts 154 and 155. However, exercise 

requirements for vessel and facility plan 

holder responses to their WCD, as 

defined in the regulations, will remain 

unchanged as part of the update to the 

PREP Guidelines. 

Comments on Federal Oversight: 

There were numerous comments 

suggesting specific recommendations for 

Federal regulatory agencies to improve 

exercise program oversight. The 

commenters included specific 

documentation and details that Federal 

agencies should look for when 

conducting inspections. 

Response: These recommendations 

are outside the scope of the PREP 

Guidelines. Each regulatory agency is 

responsible for establishing procedures 

for enforcing the regulations where they 

have jurisdiction and authority. 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995 

The PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 

provides that an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Until OMB approves a collection of 

information, you are not obligated to 

respond. While this notice does not 

have information collection (IC), the 

PREP document, which we are 

requesting comments on, may be 

considered IC. The OMB approved all 

the ICs and each agency’s respective 

OMB control number is listed on page 

iii of the PREP document. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., confidential 

business information or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Otherwise, publicly available 

docket materials are available 

electronically in http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Dated: March 18, 2014. 

David M. Moore, 

Chief, Oil Spill Response Division, Bureau 

of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N030; 

FXES11130900000C2–145–FF09E32000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; 5-Year Status Reviews of 

33 Southeastern Species 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of reviews; 

request for information. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), are initiating 

5-year status reviews of 33 species 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). We conduct 

these reviews to ensure that the 

classification of species as threatened or 

endangered on the Lists of Endangered 

and Threatened Wildlife and Plants is 

accurate. A 5-year review is an 

assessment of the best scientific and 

commercial data available at the time of 

the review. We are requesting 

submission of information that has 

become available since the last review 

of each of these species. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct these reviews, we must receive 


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