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20554. This document may also be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

Portals II, 445 12th Street, SW., Room 

CY–B402, Washington, DC 20554, 

telephone 1–800–378–3160 or http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Radio, Radio broadcasting. 

■ As stated in the preamble, the Federal 

Communications Commission amends 

47 CFR part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336. 

§ 73.202 [Amended] 

■ 2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM 

Allotments under Wyoming is amended 

by adding Basin, Channel 300C3. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E9–2378 Filed 2–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[DA 09–52; MB Docket No. 04–318; RM– 

11040] 

Radio Broadcasting Service; Culebra 

and Vieques, PR 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule; denial of petition for 

reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: The Audio Division, Media 

Bureau, has issued a Memorandum 

Opinion and Order that denies a 

Petition for Reconsideration filed by 

Western New Life, Inc. (‘‘Petitioner’’), 

permittee and operator by Special 

Temporary Authority (‘‘STA’’) of Station 

WJZG(FM), Channel 293A, Culebra, 

Puerto Rico, directed against the Report 

and Order in MB Docket No. 04–318. 

The Memorandum Opinion and Order 

denies Petitioner’s request to substitute 

Channel 291A for Channel 254A at 

Culebra, Puerto Rico, in an attempt to 

obtain a permanent authorization for 

Station WJZG(FM). It also denies 

Petitioner’s request to accommodate the 

foregoing allotment by deleting vacant 

Channel 291B at Vieques, Puerto Rico. 

Petitioner’s alternative proposal to 

substitute Channel 254A for Channel 

291B at Vieques so that Station 

WJZG(FM) could obtain a permanent 

authorization on Channel 291A at 

Culebra is also denied. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20554. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. 

Barthen Gorman, Media Bureau, (202) 

418–2180. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

synopsis of the Commission’s 

Memorandum Opinion and Order, MB 

Docket No. 04–318, adopted January 14, 

2009, and released January 16, 2009. 

The full text of this Commission 

decision is available for inspection and 

copying during regular business hours 

at the FCC’s Reference Information 

Center, Portals II, 445 Twelfth Street, 

SW., Room CY–A257, Washington, DC 

20554. The complete text of this 

decision may also be purchased from 

the Commission’s duplicating 

contractor, Best Copy and Printing, Inc., 

445 12th Street, SW., Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554, telephone 

1–800–378–3160 or http:// 

www.BCPIWEB.com. The Commission 

will not send a copy of this 

Memorandum Opinion and Order in a 

report to be sent to Congress and the 

Government Accountability Office 

pursuant to the Congressional Review 

Act, see 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), because 

the petition for reconsideration was 

denied. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Radio, Radio broadcasting. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

John A. Karousos, 

Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media 

Bureau. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[FWS–R2–ES–2008–0131; MO 9221050083– 

B2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Partial 90-Day Finding on 

a Petition To List 206 Species in the 

Midwest and Western United States as 

Threatened or Endangered With 

Critical Habitat 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of 90-day petition 

finding. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 

90-day finding on 165 species from a 

petition to list 206 species in the 

mountain-prairie region of the United 

States as threatened or endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). We find that, 

for these 165 species, the petition does 

not present substantial scientific or 

commercial information indicating that 

listing may be warranted. Therefore, for 

these 165 species, we will not initiate a 

further status review in response to this 

petition; however, we are making no 

determination at this time on whether 

substantial information has been 

presented on the remaining 39 species 

included in the petition. A finding (or 

findings) will be made on the remaining 

39 species at a later date. We ask the 

public to submit to us any new 

information that becomes available 

concerning the status of these 165 

species, or threats to them or their 

habitat, at any time. This information 

will help us monitor and encourage the 

conservation of these species. An 

additional 2 species of the 206 were 

reviewed in a concurrent 90-day finding 

and, therefore, were not considered in 

this finding (see Petition). 

DATES: The finding announced in this 

document was made on February 5, 

2009. You may submit new information 

concerning this species for our 

consideration at any time. 

ADDRESSES: This finding is available on 

the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Supporting 

information we used in preparing this 

finding is available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Mountain-Prairie 

Regional Ecological Services Office, P.O. 

Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, 

Denver, Colorado 80255. Please submit 

any new information, materials, 

comments, or questions concerning 

these species or this finding to the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Carlson, Listing Coordinator, MountainPrairie Regional Ecological Services 

Office (see ADDRESSES); telephone 303– 

236–4264. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), please call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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Background 

Section 4(b)(3)(A) of the Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that we 

make a finding on whether a petition to 

list, delist, or reclassify a species 

presents substantial scientific or 

commercial information indicating that 

a petitioned action may be warranted. 

We are to base this finding on 

information provided in the petition. To 

the maximum extent practicable, we are 

to make the finding within 90 days of 

our receipt of the petition, and publish 

our notice of this finding promptly in 

the Federal Register. 

Our standard for ‘‘substantial 

information,’’ as defined in the Code of 

Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 424.14(b), 

with regard to a 90-day petition finding 

is ‘‘that amount of information that 

would lead a reasonable person to 

believe that the measure proposed in the 

petition may be warranted.’’ If we find 

that substantial information was 

presented, we are required to promptly 

commence a status review of the 

species. 

In making this finding, we based our 

decision on information the petitioner 

provided that we determined to be 

reliable after reviewing sources 

referenced in the petition and otherwise 

available in our files. We evaluated that 

information in accordance with 50 CFR 

424.14(b). Our process for making this 

90-day finding under section 4(b)(3)(A) 

of the Act is limited to a determination 

of whether the information in the 

petition meets the ‘‘substantial 

information’’ threshold. 

Petition 

On July 30, 2007, we received a 

formal petition dated July 24, 2007, 

from Forest Guardians (now WildEarth 

Guardians) requesting that the Service: 

(1) Consider all full species in our 

Mountain Prairie Region ranked as G1 

or G1G2 by the organization 

NatureServe, except those that are 

currently listed, proposed for listing, or 

candidates for listing; and (2) list each 

species as either endangered or 

threatened. The petition incorporates all 

analysis, references, and documentation 

provided by NatureServe in its online 

database at http://www.natureserve.org/ 

into the petition. The petition clearly 

identified itself as a petition and 

included the identification information, 

as required in 50 CFR 424.14(a). We sent 

a letter to the petitioners dated August 

24, 2007, acknowledging receipt of the 

petition and stating that, based on 

preliminary review, we found no 

compelling evidence to support an 

emergency listing for any of the species 

covered by the petition. On June 18, 

2008, we received a petition from 

WildEarth Guardians dated June 12, 

2008, to emergency list 32 species under 

the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) 

and the Endangered Species Act. Of 

those 32 species, 11 were included in 

the July 24, 2007 petition for listing on 

a non-emergency basis. In a letter dated 

July 25, 2008, we stated that the 

information provided in both the 2007 

and 2008 petitions and in our files did 

not indicate that an emergency situation 

existed for any of the 11 species. The 

July 25, 2008 letter concludes our 

processing of the emergency aspect of 

the 2008 petition under the APA. The 

following discussion presents our 

evaluation of a portion of the species 

included in the July 24, 2007 and June 

23, 2008 petitions, using information in 

the petition and our current 

understanding of the species. 

The 2007 petition included a list of 

206 species. Two species, Cymopterus 

beckii and Camissonia gouldii, were 

included in a petition to list 475 species 

that we received on June 18, 2007. We 

reviewed the species files for 

Cymopterus beckii and Camissonia 

gouldii under the June 18, 2007 petition 

and made a 90-day finding on the two 

species on January 6, 2009 (74 FR 419); 

therefore, we reviewed only 204 actual 

species files for this 90-day finding. 

This finding addresses 165 of the 206 

species for which we were petitioned. 

We will address the remaining 39 

species in the future in one or more 

additional 90-day findings. Although we 

are not making a finding on the 

remaining 39 species at this time, the 

lack of inclusion of those species in this 

finding does not imply that we are 

making or will make a finding that the 

petitions present substantial scientific 

or commercial information indicating 

that listing may be warranted on any or 

all of the remaining species. 

Our priority for responding to a 

petition is a function of the resources 

that are available and competing 

demands for those resources. Thus, in 

any given fiscal year, multiple factors 

dictate whether it will be possible to 

undertake work on particular listing 

actions. The resources available for 

listing actions are determined through 

the annual Congressional appropriations 

process. The appropriation for the 

Listing Program is available to support 

work involving the following listing 

actions: Proposed and final listing rules; 

90-day and 12-month findings on 

petitions to revise critical habitat and to 

add species to the Lists of Endangered 

and Threatened Wildlife and Plants or 

to change the status of a species from 

threatened to endangered; annual 

determinations on prior ‘‘warranted but 

precluded’’ petition findings as required 

under section 4(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Act; 

proposed and final rules designating 

critical habitat; and litigation-related, 

administrative, and program 

management functions (including 

preparing and allocating budgets, 

responding to Congressional and public 

inquiries, and conducting public 

outreach regarding listing and critical 

habitat). 

The work involved in preparing 

various listing documents can be 

extensive and may include, but is not 

limited to, gathering and assessing the 

best scientific and commercial data 

available and conducting analyses used 

as the basis for our determinations 

under section 4(a)(1) of the Act; writing 

and publishing documents; and 

obtaining, reviewing, and evaluating 

public comments and peer review 

comments on proposed rules, and 

incorporating relevant information into 

final rules. The number of listing 

actions that we can undertake in a given 

year also is influenced by the 

complexity of those listing actions. 

In Fiscal Year 1998 and for each fiscal 

year since then, Congress has placed a 

statutory cap on funds which we may be 

used for the Listing Program, equal to 

the amount expressly appropriated for 

that purpose in that fiscal year. This cap 

was designed to prevent funds 

appropriated for other functions under 

the Act (e.g., Recovery funds for 

removing species from the Lists), or for 

other Service programs, from being used 

for listing actions (see House Report 

105–163, 105th Congress, 1st Session, 

July 1, 1997). Through the listing cap 

and the amount of funds needed to 

address court-mandated listing actions, 

Congress and the courts have in effect 

determined the amount of money 

available for other listing activities. 

Therefore, the funds in the listing cap, 

other than those needed to address 

court-mandated listing actions, set the 

limits on our ability to fully respond to 

this petition. When funds become 

available, we will continue our review 

of the remaining petitioned species that 

are not addressed in this finding and 

publish one or more findings for those 

species. 

Species Information 

The petitioners presented two tables 

that collectively listed the 206 species 

for consideration and requested that the 

Service incorporate all analysis, 

references and documentation provided 

by NatureServe in its online database 

into the petition. The information 

presented by NatureServe (http:// 

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and is considered to be a reputable 

source of scientific information. We 

judge this source to be reliable with 

regard to the information it presents. 

We accessed the NatureServe database 

on August 10, 2007. We saved 

hardcopies of each species file and used 

this information, including references 

cited within these files, during our 

review. Therefore, all information we 

used from the species files in 

NatureServe was current to that date. 

All petitioned species were ranked by 

NatureServe as G1 (critically imperiled) 

or G1G2 (between critically imperiled 

and imperiled). 

We reviewed all references cited in 

the NatureServe database species files 

that were available to us. For some 

species in NatureServe, there is a ‘‘Local 

Programs’’ link to the Web sites of the 

State programs that contribute 

information to NatureServe. We found 

this ‘‘Local Programs’’ link to have 

additional information for very few of 

the 206 species. We reviewed 

information in references cited in 

NatureServe and information readily 

available in our files, on the Internet, or 

in local libraries that was directly 

relevant to the petition. Following 

review of the available information, we 

separated the 206 species into one of 

four categories based on the level of 

information. The 165 species included 

in this finding are listed in Table 1; they 

fit into four distinct information level 

categories. 

Category A 

The first category, titled Category A in 

Table 1, has only minimal information 

about each species, and in some cases 

no more information than the name of 

the species. An example of a species in 

this category that had minimal 

information is a tiger moth with no 

common or species name (Arctia sp. 1). 

The NatureServe file for this species 

only states that it is found in Colorado. 

The file provides no references. The 

magnitude and type of information 

provided for other species that we 

placed in this category was similar in 

nature, or was taxonomic without much 

locational information. Category A 

contains 90 species, of which 50 are 

invertebrates and 40 are plants. 

Occasionally, generic information was 

presented in the NatureServe species 

files for a larger group of species, such 

as for the class or family the species 

belongs to, but not specific information 

on the individual species. The 

references were taxonomic in nature or 

simply checklists (lists of species, for 

example Robbins et al. 1991) of keys 

(which provide anatomical 

characteristics for identification of 

species) and did not address threats to 

the species. An example of a species for 

which generic information was 

presented is a cave obligate harvestman 

(no common name) (Cryptobunus 

cavicolus). The NatureServe file for this 

species states the name of the species, 

that it is found in Montana, and has one 

reference listed that lists harvestmen 

recently discovered in North American 

lava tubes (Briggs 1974). The file 

contains no other information specific 

to the species. The file provides 

descriptions of members of the family 

Triaenonychidae, but provides no 

information specific to C. cavicolus. 

Category B 

The information we reviewed for the 

species in Category B (see Table 1) 

contained basic information on the 

range of the species, based on some 

level of survey effort. Habitat was 

frequently mentioned as well as other 

aspects of the species’ biology, such as 

food habitats. Population size or 

abundance, if addressed, was rarely 

quantified, and the database instead 

used descriptors such as large, small, or 

numerous. The available information we 

reviewed did not address specific 

threats to the species. Category B 

contains 25 species, of which 10 are 

invertebrates and 15 are plants. 

An example of a species for which 

Category B information was presented is 

a caddisfly (no common name) 

(Allomyia hector). The NatureServe file 

for this species provides a general 

description of caddisflies, and two 

references, which are a Trichoptera 

World Checklist (Clemson University 

Department of Entomology 2002) and an 

article about the origins of Canadian 

adult Rhyacophilidae and 

Limnephilidae (Nimmo 1971). Neither 

NatureServe nor the references address 

threats to A. hector. The NatureServe 

file for this species cites Giersch and 

Hauer (1999), and states the species was 

recently found in source areas of 

snowmelt driven streams of Logan and 

Kootenai passes in Glacier National 

Park, Montana. 

Category C 

The information we reviewed for the 

species in Category C (see Table 1) 

described one or more threats for a 

general area, but did not link the threats 

to the species or the habitat occupied by 

the species. Information for species in 

this category was sometimes provided 

on distribution, habitat, population size, 

or other aspects of the species’ biology. 

Category C contains 47 species, of 

which 4 are vertebrates, 10 are 

invertebrates, and 33 are plants. 

An example of a species for which 

Category C information was presented is 

the Arapahoe snowfly (Capnia 

arapahoe), which is restricted to two 

small tributaries of the Cache La Poudre 

River in Colorado. The NatureServe file 

states that a small lake has been 

constructed in the headwaters of one 

tributary, and recreational use occurs 

along the length of the other tributary; 

however, these actions are not linked to 

the species and effects of potential 

threats are not described in a way that 

indicates they affect the species’ habitat. 

One reference was cited in NatureServe 

(Stark 1996) that is a list of North 

American stoneflies. 

Category D 

The information we reviewed for the 

species in Category D (see Table 1) cited 

one or more threats and generally linked 

them to the species or its habitat. 

However, we have no documentation to 

support significant impacts from the 

threats. These species are addressed in 

the Threats Analysis section. Category D 

contains three species, one invertebrate 

and two plants. 

This finding addresses the 165 

petitioned species that are listed in 

Table 1. Of the 165 species, 4 are 

vertebrates, 71 are invertebrates, and 90 

are plants. 

TABLE 1—LIST OF 165 SPECIES INCLUDED IN THIS FINDING

Category Scientific name Common name Range Group 

A ............... Ameletus edmundsi ..................................... A Mayfly ....................................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Aquilegia grahamii ....................................... Graham’s Columbine ................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Aquilegia loriae ............................................ ...................................................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Arctia sp. 1 .................................................. Arctiidae Arctia ............................................ CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Aschisma kansanum ................................... (Moss) .......................................................... KS ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Blancosoma scaturgo .................................. A Cave Obligate Millipede ........................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Brachycercus tuberculatus .......................... A Mayfly ....................................................... CO, UT ..................... Invertebrate. 


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TABLE 1—LIST OF 165 SPECIES INCLUDED IN THIS FINDING—Continued 

Category Scientific name Common name Range Group 

A ............... Caecidotea metcalfi ..................................... A Cave Obligate Isopod .............................. KS ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Caecidotea tridentate .................................. ...................................................................... IL, KS ........................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Camissonia bairdii ....................................... Baird’s Camissonia ...................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Campylium cardotii ...................................... (Moss) .......................................................... CAN:QC USA:MT ..... Plant. 

A ............... Chaetarthria utahensis ................................ Utah Chaetarthrian Water Scavenger Beetle.UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Chiloscyphus gemmiparus .......................... (Liverwort) .................................................... AK, CA, OR, UT ....... Plant. 

A ............... Cirsium scapanolepis .................................. Mountainslope Thistle ................................. CO ............................ Plant. 

A ............... Cryptobunus cavicolus ................................ A Cave Obligate Harvestman ..................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Didymodon anserinocapitatus ..................... (Moss) .......................................................... CO ............................ Plant. 

A ............... Draba brachystylis ....................................... Wasatch Draba ............................................ NV, UT ...................... Plant. 

A ............... Draba inexpectata ....................................... Uinta Mountains draba ................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Draba ramulosa ........................................... Tushar Mountain Whitlow-grass .................. UT ............................. Plant.

A ............... Ephemerella apopsis ................................... A Mayfly ....................................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Ericameria lignumviridis .............................. Greenwood’s Heath-goldenrod ................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Erigeron abajoensis ..................................... Abajo Daisy ................................................. UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Erigeron awapensis ..................................... Awapa Daisy ............................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Erigeron huberi ............................................ ...................................................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Erigeron zothecinus ..................................... Alcove Daisy ................................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Eriogonum hylophilum ................................. Gate Canyon Wild Buckwheat .................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Eriogonum mitophyllum ............................... Lost Creek wild buckwheat ......................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Eriogonum phoeniceum .............................. ...................................................................... NV, UT ...................... Plant. 

A ............... Hesperonemastoma packardi ..................... A Cave Obligate Harvestmann ................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Hygrotus diversipes ..................................... Narrow-foot Hygrotus Diving Beetl .............. WY ............................ Invertebrate.

A ............... Lepidium huberi ........................................... Huber’s Pepperwort ..................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Lepidium integrifolium ................................. Thickleaf Pepperwort ................................... CO, UT, WY ............. Plant. 

A ............... Leptophlebia konza ..................................... Konza Prairie Mayfly ................................... KS ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Melanoplus missoulae ................................. Spur-throat Grasshopper ............................. MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Melanoplus sp. 1 ......................................... ...................................................................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Melanoplus sp. 40 ....................................... ...................................................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Melanoplus sp. 41 ....................................... ...................................................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Melanoplus sp. 42 ....................................... ...................................................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Melanoplus sp. 47 ....................................... ...................................................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Melanoplus sp. 49 ....................................... ...................................................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Mentzelia goodrichii ..................................... Goodrich’s Blazingstar ................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Micarea ternaria .......................................... (Lichen) ........................................................ MT ............................ Plant. 

A ............... Neotrichia downsi ........................................ A Caddisfly .................................................. CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Oenothera murdockii ................................... ...................................................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Ogaridiscus subrupicola .............................. Southern Tightcoil ....................................... ID, OR, UT ............... Invertebrate. 

A ............... Oncopodura cruciata ................................... A Springtail .................................................. MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Oreohelix hendersoni .................................. Pallid Mountainsnail .................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Oreohelix howardi ....................................... Mill Creek Mountainsnail ............................. UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Oreohelix parawanensis .............................. Brian Head Mountainsnail ........................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Ozobryum ogalalense ................................. (Moss) .......................................................... KS, NE ...................... Plant. 

A ............... Packera castoreus ....................................... Beaver Mountain Groundsel ....................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Packera malmstenii ..................................... Podunk Groundsel ....................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Paraleptophlebia calcarica .......................... A Prongill Mayfly ......................................... AR, KS ...................... Invertebrate. 

A ............... Phacelia argylensis ..................................... Argyle Canyon Phacelia .............................. UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Phacelia indecora ........................................ Drab Phacelia .............................................. NN, UT ..................... Plant. 

A ............... Pheidole elecebra ........................................ An Ant .......................................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Physaria grahamii ........................................ Graham’s Twinpod ...................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Physaria repanda ........................................ Repand Twinpod ......................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Physaria stylosa .......................................... Duchesne River Twinpod ............................ UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Planorbella oregonensis .............................. Lamb Rams-horn ......................................... OR, UT ..................... Invertebrate. 

A ............... Polydesmus cavicola ................................... A Millipede ................................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Potentilla macounii ...................................... Macoun’s Cinquefoil .................................... CAN:AB USA:MT ..... Plant. 

A ............... Proctacanthus sp. 1 .................................... Robber Fly From Colorado ......................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Pyrgulopsis chamberlini .............................. Smooth Glenwood Pyrg .............................. UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Pyrgulopsis inopinata .................................. Carinate Glenwood Pyrg ............................. UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Pyrgulopsis nonaria ..................................... Ninemile Pyrg .............................................. UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Pyrgulopsis plicata ...................................... Black Canyon Pyrg ...................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Ranunculus coloradensis ............................ Colorado Buttercup ..................................... CO ............................ Plant. 

A ............... Riccia ozarkiana .......................................... (Liverwort) .................................................... AR, KS, MO .............. Plant. 

A ............... Senecio musiniensis .................................... Musinea Ragwort ........................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

A ............... Senecio spribillei ......................................... ...................................................................... MT ............................ Plant. 

A ............... Speodesmus aquiliensis .............................. A Cave Obligate Millipede ........................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Sphaeralcea janeae .................................... Jane’s Globemallow .................................... UT ............................. Plant.

A ............... Sphalloplana kansensis ............................... Kansas Planarian (flatworm) ....................... KS ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stagnicola elrodiana .................................... Longmouth Pondsnail .................................. MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus coloradensis .......................... A Cave Obligate Amphipod ......................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus fontinalis ................................ Spring Amphipod ......................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus holsingeri ............................... An Amphipod ............................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 


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Category Scientific name Common name Range Group 

A ............... Stygobromus montanensis .......................... A Cave Obligate Amphipod ......................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus obscurus ................................ A Cave Obligate Amphipod ......................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus puteanus ............................... A Cave Obligate Amphipod ......................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus simplex .................................. Simple Amphipod ........................................ CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus tritus ...................................... A Cave Obligate Amphipod ......................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus utahensis ............................... Utah Amphipod ............................................ UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Stygobromus wardi ...................................... Ward’s Amphipod ........................................ CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Suwallia salish ............................................. A Stonefly .................................................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

A ............... Sweltsa cristata ........................................... A Stonefly .................................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

A ............... Verrucaria kootenaica ................................. (Lichen) ........................................................ MT ............................ Plant. 

A ............... Vertigo hannai ............................................. Hanna’s Vertigo ........................................... CAN:ON USA:IL, KS Invertebrate. 

A ............... Webbhelix chadwicki ................................... Kaw Whitelip ................................................ KS, NE ...................... Plant. 

B ............... Allomyia hector ............................................ A Caddisfly .................................................. CAN:AB USA:MT ..... Invertebrate. 

B ............... Amblyderus werneri ..................................... Great Sand Dunes Anthicid Beetle ............. CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

B ............... Cryptomastix sanburni ................................. Kingston Oregonian ..................................... ID, MT ....................... Invertebrate. 

B ............... Cryptantha compacta .................................. Compact Cat’s-eye ...................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Cryptantha johnstonii ................................... Johnston Catseye ........................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Draba kassii ................................................. Kass’s Rockcress ........................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Erigeron wilkenii .......................................... Wilken’s Fleabane ....................................... CO ............................ Plant. 

B ............... Hackelia gracilenta ...................................... Colorado Stickseed ..................................... CO ............................ Plant. 

B ............... Helisoma newberryi ..................................... Great Basin Rams-horn .............................. CA, WY, ID (Extirpated), NV, OR, 

UT (Extirpated).

Invertebrate. 

B ............... Heterocampa rufinans ................................. A Notodontid Moth ...................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

B ............... Hymenoclea sandersonii ............................. Sanderson’s Cheesebush ........................... UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Hymenoxys lapidicola .................................. Rock Hymenoxys ........................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Mentzelia shultziorum .................................. Shultz Stickleaf ............................................ UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Oreohelix alpine .......................................... Alpine Mountainsnail ................................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

B ............... Oreohelix pygmaea ..................................... Pygmy Mountainsnail .................................. WY ............................ Invertebrate. 

B ............... Penstemon franklinii .................................... Ben Franklin’s Beardtongue ........................ UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Penstemon navajoa ..................................... Navajo Beardtongue .................................... NN, UT ..................... Plant. 

B ............... Physella spelunca ....................................... Cave Physa ................................................. WY ............................ Invertebrate. 

B ............... Physella zionis ............................................. Wet-rock Physa ........................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

B ............... Potentilla cottamii ........................................ Cottam’s Potentilla ...................................... NV, UT ...................... Plant. 

B ............... Primula domensis ........................................ House Range Primrose ............................... UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Pyrgulopsis fusca ........................................ Otter Creek Pyrg ......................................... UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

B ............... Sclerocactus blainei .................................... Blaine’s Pincushion ..................................... NV, UT ...................... Plant. 

B ............... Sclerocactus contortus ................................ Canyonland Fishhook Cactus ..................... UT ............................. Plant. 

B ............... Talinum thompsonii ..................................... Thompson’s Talinum ................................... UT ............................. Plant.

C ............... Allium passeyi ............................................. Passey’s Onion ........................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Arabis falcatoria ........................................... Grouse Creek Rockcress ............................ NV, UT ...................... Plant.

C ............... Astragalus avonensis .................................. ...................................................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Astragalus loanus ........................................ Glenwood Milk-vetch ................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Capnia Arapahoe ........................................ A Stonefly .................................................... CO ............................ Invertebrate. 

C ............... Cottus extensus ........................................... Bear Lake Sculpin ....................................... ID, UT ....................... Vertebrate. 

C ............... Cryptantha gypsophila ................................. Gypsum Valley Cateye ................................ CO ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Cryptantha ochroleuca ................................ Yellow-white Catseye .................................. UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Cuscuta plattensis ....................................... Wyoming Dodder ......................................... WY ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Cymopterus minimus ................................... Cedar Breaks Biscuitroot ............................ UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Descurainia torulosa .................................... Wyoming Tansymustard .............................. WY ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Eriogonum cronquistii .................................. Cronquist’s Wild Buckwheat ........................ UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Eriogonum smithii ........................................ Smith’s Wild Buckwheat .............................. UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Gilia sedifolia ............................................... Stonecrop Gily-flower .................................. CO ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Hackelia ibapensis ...................................... Deep Creek Stickseed ................................ UT ............................. Plant.

C ............... Lesquerella humilis ...................................... Few-seeded Bladderpod or Bitterroot 

Bladderpod.

MT ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Lesquerella lesicii ........................................ Pryor Mountains Bladderpod or Lesica’s 

Bladderpod.

MT ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Lygodesmia entrada .................................... Entrada Skeletonplant ................................. UT ............................. Plant.

C ............... Microcylloepus browni ................................. Brown’s Microcylloepus Riffle Beetle .......... CAN:MB USA:MT ..... Invertebrate. 

C ............... Mimulus gemmiparus .................................. Weber’s Monkeyflower ................................ CO ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Oreohelix elrodi ........................................... Carinate Mountainsnail ................................ CAN:MB USA:MT ..... Invertebrate. 

C ............... Oreohelix eurekensis ................................... Eureka Mountainsnail .................................. UT ............................. Invertebrate. 

C ............... Oreoxis humilis ............................................ Pikes Peak Spring-parsley .......................... CO ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Oreoxis trotteri ............................................. Trotter’s Oreoxis .......................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Oreohelix sp. 5 ............................................ Brunson Mountainsnail ................................ MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

C ............... Oreohelix sp. 6 ............................................ Kintla Lake Mountainsnail ........................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

C ............... Oreohelix sp. 7 ............................................ Kitchen Creek Mountainsnail ...................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

C ............... Oreohelix sp. 11 .......................................... Subcarinate Mountainsnail .......................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

C ............... Perityle specuicola ...................................... Alcove Rockdaisy ........................................ NN, UT ..................... Plant.

C ............... Physaria dornii ............................................. Dorn’s Twinpod ........................................... WY ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Physaria pulvinata ....................................... Cushion Bladderpod .................................... CO ............................ Plant. 


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Category Scientific name Common name Range Group 

C ............... Potentilla angelliae ...................................... Angell Cinquefoil ......................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Prosopium abyssicola ................................. Bear Lake Whitefish .................................... ID, UT ....................... Vertebrate. 

C ............... Prosopium gemmifer ................................... Bonneville Cisco .......................................... ID, NV (Exotic), UT .. Vertebrate. 

C ............... Prosopium spilonotus .................................. Bonneville Whitefish .................................... ID, UT ....................... Vertebrate. 

C ............... Pyrgulopsis bedfordensis ............................ A Freshwater Snail ...................................... MT ............................ Invertebrate.

C ............... Stagnicola elrodi .......................................... Flathead Pondsnail ...................................... MT ............................ Invertebrate. 

C ............... Thelesperma caespitosum .......................... Green River Greenthread ............................ UT, WY ..................... Plant. 

C ............... Thelesperma pubescens ............................. Uinta Greenthread ....................................... UT, WY ..................... Plant. 

C ............... Townsendia microcephala ........................... Cedar Mountain Easter-daisy ...................... WY ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Trifolium barnebyi ........................................ Barneby’s Clover ......................................... WY ............................ Plant. 

C ............... Viola clauseniana ........................................ Clausen’s Violet ........................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Viola frank-smithii ........................................ Frank Smith’s Violet .................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

C ............... Viola lithion .................................................. Rock Violet .................................................. NV, UT ...................... Plant. 

C ............... Xanthoparmelia idahoensis ......................... (Lichen) ........................................................ CAN:AB USA:CO, ID Plant. 

C ............... Xanthoparmelia neowyomingica ................. (Lichen) ........................................................ CO, WY .................... Plant. 

C ............... Xylorhiza cronquistii .................................... Cronquist’s Woody-aster ............................. UT ............................. Plant. 

D ............... Eriogonum ammophilum ............................. Ibex Wild Buckwheat ................................... UT ............................. Plant. 

D ............... Optioservus phaeus .................................... Scott Optioservus Riffle Beetle ................... KS ............................. Invertebrate. 

D ............... Penstemon pinorum .................................... Pinyon Penstemon ...................................... UT ............................. Plant.

Threats Analysis 

Section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1533) 

and its implementing regulations at 50 

CFR part 424 set forth the procedures 

for adding species to the Federal Lists 

of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants. A species, subspecies, or 

distinct population segment of 

vertebrate taxa may be determined to be 

endangered or threatened due to one or 

more of the five factors described in 

section 4(a)(1) of the Act: (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) inadequacy of existing 

regulatory mechanisms; or (E) other 

natural or manmade factors affecting its 

continued existence. 

In making this 90-day finding, we 

evaluated whether information on 

threats to the 165 species, as presented 

in the petition and other readily 

available information at the time of the 

petition review, is substantial, thereby 

indicating that the petitioned action 

may be warranted. Our evaluation of 

this information is presented below. 

A. Present or Threatened Destruction, 

Modification, or Curtailment of the 

Species’ Habitat or Range 

The petition, including all available 

references and the NatureServe species 

files, does not present substantial 

information that the present or 

threatened destruction, modification, or 

curtailment of the species’ habitat or 

range is a threat to 162 of the 165 

species. For the one invertebrate and 

two plants in Category D (Table 1), 

information related to habitat impacts at 

one or more occupied sites is presented. 

The Scott Optioservus riffle beetle 

(Optioservus phaeus) occurs in possibly 

one site in State Park in Kansas. Total 

population size is estimated at 2,000 to 

4,000. The species is thought to be 

stable, according to NatureServe. The 

threat cited in NatureServe is reduced 

spring flows due to dewatering of the 

Ogallala Aquifer for irrigation purposes. 

NatureServe indicates that this is a 

potential threat of unknown degree. No 

other references substantiated or 

quantified this alleged threat, and we 

find that substantial information was 

not presented to indicate that the 

species is threatened by dewatering. 

Eriogonum ammophilum (Ibex wild 

buckwheat) is known from 15 element 

occurrences in Utah, according to 

NatureServe. Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) reports (Armstrong, 

no date) indicate that off-road vehicle 

(ORV) use and grazing are not 

significant threats to the species. No 

substantial information was presented 

in NatureServe, cited references, or our 

files indicating that the species is 

threatened by ORV use or grazing. 

Therefore, we find the petition and 

supporting information does not present 

substantial scientific or commercial 

information to indicate E. ammophilum 

is threatened by the present or 

threatened destruction, modification, or 

curtailment of its habitat or range. 

Penstemon pinorum (Pinyon 

penstemon) is known from 3 element 

occurrences in Utah containing 

approximately 50,000 individuals, 

according to NatureServe. Kass (1995) 

indicated that mining and firewood 

removal has impacted the habitat at one 

site. The U.S. Forest Service and BLM 

(1995) signed a conservation agreement 

for the species. No substantial 

information was presented in 

NatureServe, cited references, or our 

files indicating that the species is 

threatened by mining or firewood 

removal. 

We find the petition and supporting 

information does not present substantial 

scientific or commercial information to 

indicate the Scott Optioservus riffle 

beetle, Eriogonum ammophilum, or 

Penstemon pinorum are threatened by 

the present or threatened destruction, 

modification, or curtailment of its 

habitat or range. 

B. Overutilization for Commercial, 

Recreational, Scientific, or Educational 

Purposes 

The petition, including all available 

references and the NatureServe species 

files, does not include any information 

concerning threats to any of the 165 

species from this factor. Therefore, we 

find that the petition does not present 

substantial information that 

overutilization for commercial, 

recreational, scientific, or educational 

purposes is a threat to any of the 165 

species. 

C. Disease or Predation 

The petition, including all available 

references and the NatureServe species 

files, does not include any information 

concerning threats to any of the 165 

species from this factor. Therefore, we 

find that the petition does not present 

substantial information that disease or 

predation is a threat to any of the 165 

species. 

D. Inadequacy of Existing Regulatory 

Mechanisms 

The petition discusses the lack of 

protection under the Act for the 

petitioned species, stating that unless a 


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species is listed as threatened or 

endangered under the Act, it receives no 

protections from the statute. The 

petition provides no information 

addressing any other State or Federal 

regulations, and no information about 

the inadequacy of existing regulatory 

mechanisms. 

The petitioner’s claim that we could 

afford more protection to these 

petitioned species if they were listed 

under the Act does not provide 

substantial information that the existing 

regulatory mechanisms are inadequate. 

As the petitioner acknowledges, under 

16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(1)(A), we must reach 

our determination solely on the basis of 

the best scientific and commercial data 

available. The petition did not present 

any specific information related to other 

Federal, State, or local government 

regulatory mechanisms that may exist to 

provide regulatory protections for the 

165 species or their respective habitats. 

Therefore, we conclude that the petition 

does not present substantial information 

that any of the 165 species may warrant 

listing due to inadequacy of existing 

regulatory mechanisms. 

E. Other Natural or Manmade Factors 

Affecting the Species’ Continued 

Existence 

While we recognize that many of the 

species contained within the 

NatureServe database have limited 

distribution or small population size, 

limited distribution and population size 

were not identified as threats faced by 

any of the 165 species in the petition, 

including all available references and 

the NatureServe species files and these 

two factors alone without elaboration 

may not be substantial information that 

may warrant listing under the Act. No 

other information that could be 

categorized under Factor E was 

presented in the petition. Therefore, we 

conclude that the petition does not 

present substantial information that 

other natural or manmade factors are a 

threat to any of the 165 species. 

Finding 

We have reviewed and evaluated the 

5 listing factors with regard to 165 of the 

206 petitioned species, based on the 

information in the petition and the 

literature cited in the petition. We 

evaluated the information to determine 

whether the sources cited support the 

claims made in the petition. We also 

reviewed reliable information that was 

readily available to us. Based on this 

review and evaluation, we find that the 

petition does not present substantial 

scientific or commercial information 

that listing these 165 species as 

threatened or endangered under the Act 

may be warranted. Although we will not 

commence a status review in response 

to these species included in the petition, 

we will continue to accept information 

and materials regarding any of the 165 

species at our Mountain-Prairie Region 

Ecological Services Office (see 

ADDRESSES). Further, as previously 

indicated, we will address the 

remaining 39 species in future findings. 

References Cited 

A complete list of references cited is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and upon request 

from the Mountain-Prairie Region 

Ecological Services Office (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Author 

The primary authors of this document 

are the staff members of the MountainPrairie Region Ecological Services Office 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: January 9, 2009. 

Kenneth Stansell, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–2358 Filed 2–4–09; 8:45 am] 

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