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comments into account in the course of 

implementing recovery plans. 

The Service is also conducting a 5- 

year review for Apache trout under 

section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act. A 5-year 

review is a periodic process, based on 

the best scientific and commercial data 

available at the time of the review, 

conducted to ensure that the 

classification of a species as threatened 

or endangered on the List of Endangered 

and Threatened Species (List) is 

accurate. We initiated the 5-year review 

for Apache trout on April 21, 2006 (71 

FR 20714). Because the Service has not 

yet completed this review, we will use 

any new information received during 

the comment period for the revised 

Recovery Plan to complete the 5-year 

review for Apache trout. Based on the 

results of the 5-year review, we will 

make a recommendation whether the 

Apache trout should retain its current 

classification as threatened, be 

reclassified to endangered, or removed 

from the List (delisted). The Service will 

undertake a separate rulemaking process 

if the Apache trout is to be reclassified 

or delisted. 

The document submitted for review is 

the revised Recovery Plan for the 

Apache trout. Currently, the Apache 

trout is believed to occur in a 190 km 

(118 mi) reach of the upper Salt River 

and Little Colorado River drainages in 

Arizona. The species was listed as 

federally endangered in 1967 (32 FR 

4001) and reclassified to threatened in 

1975 (40 FR 29863). Critical habitat has 

not been designated. Throughout much 

of its historic range, the decline of the 

Apache trout may be attributed to 

destruction, drastic modification, or 

severe curtailment of its habitat and 

hybridization with introduced trout 

species. 

The Recovery Plan includes scientific 

information about the species and 

provides criteria and actions needed to 

delist (recover) the species. Delisting of 

the species may be considered when 30 

self-sustaining populations that 

maintain, to the maximum extent 

practicable, the remaining genetic 

diversity of the species have been 

established within historical range and 

threats to the populations have been 

identified, assessed, and ameliorated. 

Recovery actions designed to achieve 

this criterion include: (1) Complete any 

regulatory compliance required under 

the National Environmental Policy Act, 

Clean Water Act, or other applicable 

legislation to implement recovery 

actions; (2) Construct new fish barriers 

and maintain existing fish barriers; (3) 

Remove or minimize undesirable fish 

using piscicides or other feasible means 

in all or portions of recovery streams; (4) 

Establish and maintain 30 selfsustaining populations of pure Apache 

trout; and, (5) Monitor all populations. 

The original Apache trout Recovery 

Plan was finalized in 1979 and revised 

in 1983. This draft revised Recovery 

Plan retains the 1983 criterion to 

establish and maintain 30 selfsustaining populations; however, it 

limits recovery populations to those 

within historic range. It also includes 

additional objectives to ameliorate 

threats relative to the five listing factors. 

The revised recovery strategy allows for 

the use of hatchery propagated Apache 

trout to repatriate a renovated and 

secured stream if such populations 

cannot be established by moving fish 

from a relict or replicated population. A 

post-delisting management plan will 

incorporate genetic considerations. 

The Recovery Plan is being submitted 

for review to all interested parties. Peer 

review will be conducted concurrent 

with public review. After consideration 

of comments received during the public 

and peer review period, the Recovery 

Plan will be submitted for final 

approval. 

Public Comments Solicited 

The Service solicits written comments 

on the Recovery Plan described. All 

comments received by the date specified 

above will be considered prior to 

approval of the final Recovery Plan and 

new information will also be used to 

complete the 5-year review. 

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. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is 

Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: June 28, 2007. 

Benjamin N. Tuggle, 

Regional Director, Region 2. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–039–1320–PK] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Dakotas 

Resource Advisory Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FELPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), Dakotas 

Resource Advisory Council will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: A meeting will be held 

September 6, 2007, at the BLM North 

Dakota Field Office at 99 23rd Avenue 

West, Dickinson, ND 58601 beginning at 

8 a.m. The public comment period will 

begin at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 

6, 2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in North and South 

Dakota. All meetings are open to the 

public. The public may present written 

comments to the Council. Each formal 

Council meeting will also have time 

allocated for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation, or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact the BLM as provided below. The 

Council will hear updates to Recreation 

Resource Advisory Committee roles, 

Sage Grouse Conservation, recreation 

fees and upcoming resource 

management planning efforts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lonny Bagley, Field Manager, North 

Dakota Field Office, 99 23rd Avenue 

West, Dickinson, ND 58601, North 

Dakota, 701.227.7700, or Marian Atkins, 

Field Manager, South Dakota Field 

Office, 310 Roundup St., Belle Fourche, 

South Dakota, 605.892.7000. 

Dated: July 23, 2007. 

Karen A. Wolf, 

Acting Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. 07–3694 Filed 7–26–07; 8:45 am] 

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