[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 8293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3691]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

[Docket No. FWS-R9-2009-0075; MO-9221050083-B2]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Review of Native 
Species That Are Candidates for Listing as Endangered or Threatened; 
Annual Notice of Findings on Resubmitted Petitions; Annual Description 
of Progress on Listing Actions; Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of review; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects language used to describe the candidate 
status of the Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment of Rana 
muscosa, in a notice published in the Federal Register on November 9, 
2009, regarding the review of species that are candidates for listing 
under the Endangered Species Act, as amended. The correction is to 
clarify that the Sierra Nevada Distinct Population Segment of Rana 
muscosa, as defined in the January 16, 2003 Federal Register, remains 
the candidate for listing.

DATES: This correction is effective February 24, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Serfis, Chief, Branch of Candidate 
Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 
Room 420, Arlington, VA 22203 (telephone 703-358-2171; facsimile 703-
358-1735). Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-
8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    In a notice published in the Federal Register on November 9, 2009 
(74 FR 57804), regarding the review of species that are candidates for 
listing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.), we included a discussion of the Sierra Nevada Distinct 
Population Segment (DPS) of the mountain yellow-legged frog. In that 
discussion, we included language addressing some recent taxonomic work. 
That language did not accurately convey our intent that the entity that 
we consider to be a candidate had not changed despite the recent 
taxonomic studies. The language we used created confusion rather than 
clarifying this issue. Thus, we are replacing two sentences from the 
discussion with new language as described below.

Correction

    In the notice of review (74 FR 57804; November 9, 2009), we correct 
page 57830, under the section entitled Amphibians, in the discussion of 
``Mountain yellow-legged frog, Sierra Nevada DPS (Rana muscosa),'' by 
removing the two sentences, ``It is the population of R. muscosa found 
in the southern portion of the Sierra Nevada that is a candidate for 
listing. R. sierrae is not a candidate,'' and replacing them with the 
following sentence ``At this time, we have not adopted this taxonomic 
distinction of two species and continue to recognize mountain yellow-
legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California as R. muscosa 
and as the candidate entity.''

    Dated: February 3, 2010.
 Daniel W. Ashe,
Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-3691 Filed 2-23-10; 8:45 am]
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