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received which would require a 

contrary determination vis-a`-vis 

Interior, DOI–45. Should the 

Department receive comments that 

require that it republish Interior, DOI–

45, this deletion notice will be effective 

on the date on which the revised notice 

for Interior, DOI–45 becomes effective. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue 

Ellen Sloca, Office of the Secretary 

Privacy Act Officer, 1951 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., MS–120 SIB, 

Washington, DC 20240, at 202–208–

6045, or by e-mail to 

sue_ellen_sloca@nbc.gov. 

Signed: March 7, 2007. 

Sue Ellen Sloca, 

Office of the Secretary Privacy Act Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended; 

Amendment of an Existing System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed amendment of an 

existing system of records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the 

Office of the Secretary is issuing public 

notice of its intent to amend an existing 

Privacy Act system of records notice, 

Interior, OS–01, ‘‘Computerized ID 

Security System,’’ to implement 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive 12 (HSPD–12) and to clarify its 

interpretation of 5 U.S.C. 6106. HSPD–

12 requires federal agencies to use a 

common identification credential for 

both logical and physical access to 

federally controlled facilities and 

information systems. Accordingly, the 

National Business Center, within the 

Office of the Secretary of the 

Department of the Interior, is integrating 

its computerized smart-card physical 

security system with the identity 

management system which automates 

the process of issuing credentials to all 

Departmental employees, contractors, 

volunteers and other individuals who 

require regular, ongoing access to 

agency facilities, systems and networks 

based on sound criteria to verify an 

individual’s identity, that are strongly 

resistant to fraud, tampering, 

counterfeiting, and terrorist 

exploitation, and that provide for rapid, 

electronic authentification of personal 

identity, by a provider whose reliability 

has been established through an official 

accreditation process. It is also 

expanding the coverage of this system to 

include all locations, Departmentwide, 

both Federal buildings and Federallyleased space, where paper-based 

physical security logs and registers have 

been established, in addition to or in 

place of smart-card access control 

systems. For this reason, it is renaming 

and renumbering this Privacy Act 

system notice as Interior, DOI–46: 

‘‘HSPD–12: Physical Security Files.’’

DATES: Effective Date: 5 U.S.C. 

552a(e)(11) requires that the public be 

provided a 30-day period in which to 

comment on the agency’s intended use 

of the information in the system of 

records. The Office of Management and 

Budget, in its Circular A–130, requires 

an additional 10-day period (for a total 

of 40 days) in which to make these 

comments. Any persons interested in 

commenting on this proposed 

amendment may do so by submitting 

comments in writing to the Office of the 

Secretary Privacy Act Officer, Sue Ellen 

Sloca, U.S. Department of the Interior, 

MS–120 SIB, 1951 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20240, or by email to Sue_Ellen_Sloca@nbc.gov. 

Comments received within 40 days of 

publication in the Federal Register will 

be considered. The system will be 

effective as proposed at the end of the 

comment period unless comments are 

received which would require a 

contrary determination. The Department 

will publish a revised notice if changes 

are made based upon a review of 

comments received. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David VanderWeele, Security Specialist, 

NBC Security Services, MS–1229 MIB, 

1849 C St., NW., Washington, DC 20240, 

or by e-mail to 

David_A_Vanderweele@nbc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In this 

notice, the Department of the Interior 

(DOI) is amending Interior, OS–01, 

‘‘Computerized ID Security System’’ to 

implement HSPD–12, and is renaming 

and renumbering it as Interior, DOI–46: 

‘‘HSPD–12: Physical Security Files.’’ In 

the process, it is expanding the 

categories of individuals covered by the 

system to include all individuals who 

have access to DOI facilities, and the 

categories of records covered by the 

system notice to include additional 

personal identity verification (PIV) data 

such as fingerprints. It is also clarifying 

its interpretation of 5 U.S.C. 6106 by 

deleting the note that follows the list of 

the routine uses of the records 

maintained in the system. This note 

concerned disclosures within DOI of 

data pertaining to the date and time of 

entry and exit of an agency employee 

working in the District of Columbia. 

Accordingly, the Department of the 

Interior proposes to amend the system 

notice for Interior, OS–01, 

‘‘Computerized ID Security System’’ in 

its entirety to read as follows: 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Sue Ellen Sloca, 

Office of the Secretary Privacy Act Officer. 

INTERIOR/DOI–46 

SYSTEM NAME: 

HSPD–12: Physical Security Files—

Interior, DOI–46. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

(1) Data covered by this system are 

maintained at the following main 

locations: 

(a) U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Office of the Secretary, National 

Business Center, Computer Center, 1849 

C Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240; 

and 

(b) U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Office of the Secretary, National 

Business Center, 7301 W. Mansfield 

Ave., MS D–2130, Denver, CO 80235–

2300. 

(2) Portions of the data covered by 

this system are also maintained at other 

Department of the Interior locations, 

both Federal buildings and Federallyleased space, where staffed guard 

stations have been established in 

facilities that have installed a smart card 

ID system, and/or paper-based physical 

security logs and registers, as well as the 

physical security office(s) of those 

locations. A list of these locations (as 

applicable to each bureau) is maintained 

by each bureau’s Security Manager, 

whose address is provided under item 

(2) in System Manager and Address, 

below. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

(1) Individuals who require regular, 

ongoing access to Departmental 

facilities, including Departmental 

employees, contractors, students, 

interns, volunteers, affiliates, and 

individuals formerly in any of these 

positions. The system also includes 

individuals authorized to perform or use 

services provided in Departmental 

facilities (e.g., Credit Union, Fitness 

Center, etc.) NOTE: All of these 

individuals are required to have HSPD–

12 compliant credentials issued from 

the National Business Center, within the 

Office of the Secretary of the 

Department of the Interior, if they are 

employed by DOI for more than 180 

days. 

(2) Individuals who have been issued 

HSPD–12 compliant credentials from 


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other Federal agencies who require 

access to Departmental facilities. 

(3) Visitors and other individuals who 

require infrequent access to Department 

facilities including services provided in 

Departmental facilities (e.g., 

Departmental Museum, Indian Arts and 

Crafts Shop, etc.) 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

(1) Records maintained on individuals 

issued HSPD–12 compliant credentials 

by the Department and by other Federal 

agencies include the following data 

fields: full name, Social Security 

Number; date of birth; signature; image 

(photograph); fingerprints; hair color; 

eye color; height; weight; home address; 

work address; e-mail address; agency 

affiliation (i.e., employee, contractor, 

volunteer, etc.); telephone number; 

personal identity verification (PIV) card 

issue and expiration dates; personal 

identification number (PIN); results of 

background investigation; PIV request 

form; PIV registrar approval signature; 

PIV card serial number; emergency 

responder designation; copies of ‘‘I–9’’

documents (e.g., driver’s license, 

passport, birth certificate, etc.) used to 

verify identification or information 

derived from those documents such as 

document title, document issuing 

authority, document number, or 

document expiration date; level of 

national security clearance and 

expiration date; computer system user 

name; user access and permission 

rights, authentication certificates; and 

digital signature information. 

(2) Records maintained on visitors 

and other individuals who require 

infrequent access to Department 

facilities include the following data 

fields: Full name, signature; image 

(photograph), Social Security Number 

(or one of the following: Driver’s 

License number, ‘‘Green Card’’ number, 

Visa number, or other ID number), 

images of relevant ID document(s), U.S. 

Citizenship (yes or no/logical data 

field), date of entry, time of entry, 

location of entry, time of exit, location 

of exit, purpose for entry, agency point 

of contact, company name, security 

access category, and access status. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

5 U.S.C. 301; Federal Information 

Security Act (Pub. L. 104–106, sec. 

5113); Electronic Government Act (Pub. 

L. 104–347, sec. 203); the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501); 

the Government Paperwork Elimination 

Act (Pub. L. 105–277, 44 U.S.C. 3504); 

Homeland Security Presidential 

Directive 12, Policy for a Common 

Identification Standard for Federal 

Employees and Contractors, August 27, 

2004; Federal Property and 

Administrative Act of 1949, as 

amended; 5 U.S.C. 301; and Presidential 

Memorandum on Upgrading Security at 

Federal Facilities, June 28, 1995. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

The primary purposes of the system 

are: 

(1) To ensure the safety and security 

of DOI facilities and their occupants in 

which the system is installed. 

(2) To verify that all persons entering 

DOI facilities or other Government 

facilities with smart card systems are 

authorized to enter them. 

(3) To verify that all persons entering 

DOI facilities or other Government 

facilities without smart cards are 

authorized to enter them. 

Note: This system interfaces with the 

Department’s identify management system 

and personnel security files, covered by 

Interior/DOI–45, ‘‘HSPD–12: Identity 

Management System and Personnel Security 

Files.’’

Disclosures outside the Department of 

the Interior may be made: 

(1) To an expert, consultant, or 

contractor (including employees of the 

contractor) of DOI that performs, on 

DOI’s behalf, services requiring access 

to these records. 

(2) To the Federal Protective Service 

and appropriate Federal, State, local or 

foreign agencies responsible for 

investigating emergency response 

situations or investigating or 

prosecuting the violation of or for 

enforcing or implementing a statute, 

rule, regulation, order or license, when 

DOI becomes aware of a violation or 

potential violation of a statute, rule, 

regulation, order or license. 

(3) To another agency with a similar 

HSPD–12 (PIV/smart card) system when 

a person with identification credentials 

issued by the Department desires access 

to that agency’s facilities. 

(4) (a) To any of the following entities 

or individuals, when the circumstances 

set forth in paragraph (b) are met: 

(i) The U.S. Department of Justice 

(DOJ); 

(ii) A court or an adjudicative or other 

administrative body; 

(iii) A party in litigation before a court 

or an adjudicative or other 

administrative body; or 

(iv) Any DOI employee acting in his 

or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ 

has agreed to represent that employee or 

pay for private representation of the 

employee; 

(b) When: 

(i) One of the following is a party to 

the proceeding or has an interest in the 

proceeding: 

(A) DOI or any component of DOI; 

(B) Any other Federal agency 

appearing before the Office of Hearings 

and Appeals; 

(C) Any DOI employee acting in his or 

her official capacity; 

(D) Any DOI employee acting in his 

or her individual capacity if DOI or DOJ 

has agreed to represent that employee or 

pay for private representation of the 

employee; 

(E) The United States, when DOJ 

determines that DOI is likely to be 

affected by the proceeding; and 

(ii) DOI deems the disclosure to be: 

(A) Relevant and necessary to the 

proceeding; and 

(B) Compatible with the purpose for 

which the records were compiled. 

(5) To a congressional office in 

response to a written inquiry that an 

individual covered by the system, or the 

heir of such individual if the covered 

individual is deceased, has made to the 

congressional office about the 

individual. 

(6) To an official of another Federal 

agency to provide information needed 

in the performance of official duties 

related to reconciling or reconstructing 

data files, in support of the functions for 

which the records were collected and 

maintained. 

(7) To representatives of the General 

Services Administration or the National 

Archives and Records Administration to 

conduct records management 

inspections under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2903 and 2904. 

(8) To another agency with a similar 

HSPD–12 (PIV/smart card) system when 

it controls access to facilities occupied 

by the agency. 

(9) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when: 

(a) It is suspected or confirmed that 

the security or confidentiality of 

information in the system of records has 

been compromised; and 

(b) The Department has determined 

that as a result of the suspected or 

confirmed compromise there is a risk of 

harm to economic or property interest, 

identity theft or fraud, or harm to the 

security or integrity of this system or 

other systems or programs (whether 

maintained by the Department or 

another agency or entity) that rely upon 

the compromised information; and 

(c) The disclosure is made to such 

agencies, entities and persons who are 

reasonably necessary to assist in 

connection with the Department’s 

efforts to respond to the suspected or 

confirmed compromise and prevent, 

minimize, or remedy such harm. 


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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

STORAGE: 

Records are stored in electronic media 

and in paper files. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records are retrievable by name, 

Social Security Number, other ID 

number, image (photograph), 

fingerprint, organization/office of 

assignment, agency point of contact, 

company name, security access, 

category, date of entry, time of entry, 

location of entry, time of exit, location 

of exit, ID security card issue date, ID 

security card expiration date, and ID 

security card serial number. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access to records covered by the 

system will be permitted only to 

authorized personnel in accordance 

with requirements found in the 

Departmental Privacy Act regulations 

(43 CFR 2.51). Paper records are stored 

in locked file cabinets in a secure area. 

Electronic records are maintained with 

safeguards meeting the requirements of 

43 CFR 2.51 for automated records, 

which conform to Office of Management 

and Budget and Departmental 

guidelines reflecting the 

implementation of the Federal 

Information Security Management Act. 

The computer servers in which records 

are stored are located in computer 

facilities that are secured by alarm 

systems and off-master key access. The 

computer servers themselves are 

password-protected. Access granted to 

individuals at guard stations is 

password-protected; each person 

granted access to the system at guard 

stations must be individually authorized 

to use the system. A Privacy Act 

Warning Notice appears on the monitor 

screen when records containing 

information on individuals are first 

displayed. Data exchanged between the 

servers and the client PCs at the guard 

stations and badging office are 

encrypted. Backup tapes are stored in a 

locked and controlled room in a secure, 

off-site location. A Privacy Impact 

Assessment was completed to ensure 

that Privacy Act requirements and 

personally identifiable information 

safeguard requirements are met. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Records relating to persons covered 

by this system are retained in 

accordance with General Records 

Schedule 18, Item No. 17. Unless 

retained for specific, ongoing security 

investigations: 

(1) Records relating to individuals 

other than employees are destroyed two 

years after ID security card expiration 

date. 

(2) Records relating to date and time 

of entry and exit of employees are 

destroyed two years after date of entry 

and exit. 

(3) All other records relating to 

employees are destroyed two years after 

ID security card expiration date. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

(1) Security Manager, Physical 

Security Office, Division of Employee 

and Public Services, National Business 

Center, MS–1224, 1849 C Street, NW, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

(2) Bureau Physical Security 

Managers: 

(a) Bureau of Indian Affairs: Indian 

Affairs Homeland Security Coordinator, 

1849 C St., NW., Mail Stop 4160 MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

(b) Bureau of Indian Education: 

Indian Affairs Homeland Security 

Coordinator, 1849 C St., NW., Mail Stop 

4160 MIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

(c) Bureau of Land Management: Chief 

Security and Intelligence, Bureau of 

Land Management, Office of Law 

Enforcement and Security, 1620 L 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

(d) Bureau of Reclamation: 

Reclamation Security Officer, Bureau of 

Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, 

CO 80225. 

(e) Minerals Management Service: IT 

Specialist, Minerals Management 

Service, 381 Elden Street, Mail Stop 

2050, Herndon, VA 20170. 

(f) National Park Service: Law 

Enforcement, Security and Emergency 

Service Manager, National Park Service, 

Security and Intelligence Branch, 1201 

I (Eye) St., NW., 10th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

(g) Office of Surface Mining, 

Reclamation and Enforcement: Security 

Officer, Office of Surface Mining, 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 1951 

Constitution Ave., NW., Mail Stop 344 

SIB, Washington, DC 20240. 

(h) Office of the Inspector General: 

Support Services Supervisor, Office of 

the Inspector General, 12030 Sunrise 

Valley Drive, Suite 350, Mail Stop 5341, 

Reston, VA 20191. 

(i) Office of the Secretary/National 

Business Center: Office of the Secretary/ 

National Business Center: Security 

Manager, National Business Center, 

Mail Stop 1224 MIB, 1849 C St., NW., 

Washington, DC 20240. 

(j) Office of the Solicitor: Director of 

Administrative Services, Division of 

Administration, Office of the Solicitor, 

1849 C St., NW., Mail Stop 6556 MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

(k) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: 

Security and Emergency Manager, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. 

Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203. 

(l) U.S. Geological Survey: Bureau 

Security Manager, U.S. Geological 

Survey, 250 National Center, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

An individual requesting notification 

of the existence of records on himself or 

herself maintained at either of the two 

main system locations should address 

his/her request to the Security Manager 

identified in (1), above. A request for 

notification of the existence of physical 

security records located at any other 

location should be addressed to the 

appropriate Bureau Security Manager 

identified in (2), above. The request 

must be in writing, signed by the 

requester, and include the requester’s 

bureau and office affiliation and the 

address of the facility to which the 

requester needed access to facilitate 

location of the applicable records. (See 

43 CFR 2.60.) 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURE: 

An individual requesting access to 

records maintained on himself or 

maintained at either of the two main 

system locations should address his/her 

request to the Security Manager 

identified in (1), above. A request for 

access to physical security records 

located at any other location should be 

addressed to the appropriate Bureau 

Security Manager identified in (2), 

above. The request must be in writing, 

signed by the requester, and include the 

requester’s bureau and office affiliation 

and the address of the facility to which 

the requester needed access to facilitate 

location of the applicable records. (See 

43 CFR 2.63.) 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURE: 

An individual requesting amendment 

of a record maintained on himself or 

herself at either of the two main system 

locations should address his/her request 

to the Security Manager identified in 

(1), above. A request for amendment of 

physical security records located at any 

other location should be addressed to 

the appropriate Bureau Security 

Manager identified in (2), above. The 

request must be in writing, signed by 

the requester, and include the 

requester’s bureau and office affiliation 

and the address of the facility to which 

the requester needed access to facilitate 

location of the applicable records. (See 

43 CFR 2.71.) 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information is obtained from 

individuals covered by the system, 


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supervisors, and designated approving 

officials, as well as records supplied by 

the National Business Center’s identity 

management system, other Federal 

agencies issuing HSPD–12 compliant 

cards, and HSPD–12 compliant cards 

carried by individuals seeking access to 

Departmental and other Federal 

facilities occupied by agency 

employees. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for 

Eggert’s Sunflower (Helianthus 

eggertii) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce the availability of the 

Post-delisting Monitoring Plan for 

Eggert’s sunflower (Helianthus eggertii) 

(Monitoring Plan). The status of Eggert’s 

sunflower will be monitored over a 

5-year period from 2006 through 2010, 

through annual evaluation of 

information routinely being collected by 

seven agencies that have entered into 

long-term management agreements with 

us covering 27 populations of Eggert’s 

sunflowers, combined with a total 

census of these populations during the 

second and fifth year of the monitoring 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Monitoring 

Plan are available by request from the 

Field Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 446 Neal Street, Cookeville, 

Tennessee 38501 (telephone 931–528–

6481; fax: 931–528–7074). This 

Monitoring Plan is also available on the 

World Wide Web at http://www.fws.gov/ 

cookeville. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geoff Call, Recovery Coordinator, at the 

above Cookeville address, at 

geoff_call@fws.gov, or at 931/528–6481, 

extension 213. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Eggert’s sunflower is a perennial 

member of the aster family (Asteraceae) 

known only from Alabama, Kentucky, 

and Tennessee. The species is 

commonly associated with the barrens/ 

woodland ecosystem. It occurs on 

rolling-to-flat uplands and in full sun or 

partial shade. It is often found in open 

fields or in thickets along woodland 

borders and with other tall herbs and 

small trees. It persists in, and may even 

invade, roadsides, power line rights-ofway, or fields that have suitable open 

habitat. 

Eggert’s sunflower was listed as 

threatened under the Endangered 

Species Act (Act) on May 22, 1997 (62 

FR 27973). At the time of listing, there 

were 34 known Eggert’s sunflower sites 

occurring in 1 site in 1 county in 

Alabama, 13 sites in 5 counties in 

Kentucky, and 20 sites in 8 counties in 

Tennessee. When the Recovery Plan for 

this species was finalized in 1999, there 

was 1 known site in Alabama, 27 sites 

in 6 counties in Kentucky, and 203 sites 

in 12 counties in Tennessee. Presently, 

there are 287 known Eggert’s sunflower 

sites distributed across 3 counties in 

Alabama, 9 counties in Kentucky, and 

15 counties in Tennessee. 

On August 18, 2005, we published a 

final rule removing Eggert’s sunflower 

from the Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife and Plants (70 FR 

48482). Our decision to delist this 

species was based on a review of all 

available data, which indicated that the 

species was more widespread and 

abundant than was documented at the 

time of listing, was more resilient and 

less vulnerable to certain activities than 

previously thought, and is now 

protected on Federal, State, and county 

lands. 

Section 4(g)(1) of the Act requires that 

we implement a system, in cooperation 

with the States, to monitor all species 

that have been delisted, or removed 

from the Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife and Plants, due to 

recovery for at least 5 years following 

delisting. The purpose of this postdelisting monitoring is to verify that a 

species delisted due to recovery remains 

secure from risk of extinction after it no 

longer has the protections of the Act. In 

keeping with that mandate, we 

developed this Monitoring Plan in 

cooperation with the States of Alabama, 

Kentucky, and Tennessee. We are 

responsible for compliance with section 

4(g) and must remain actively engaged 

in all phases of the post-delisting 

monitoring. 

The Draft Post-delisting Monitoring 

Plan for Eggert’s sunflower was 

available for public comment from 

August 18, 2005 through September 19, 

2005 (70 FR 48577). The only response 

we received was from the State of 

Tennessee, which supported the plan. 

Since we had no additional information 

provided to us during the comment 

period, we have finalized the Postdelisting Monitoring Plan with no 

changes from the draft. 

The Monitoring Plan is designed to 

track the population status of Eggert’s 

sunflower by using information 

routinely collected by our partners on a 

yearly basis as well as a total population 

census during the second and fifth years 

of the monitoring period for the 27 

populations that occur on public lands. 

We will also annually evaluate the 

effectiveness of the Cooperative 

Management Agreements in protecting 

Eggert’s sunflower populations on these 

public lands. 

If we determine at the end of the 5- 

year post-delisting monitoring period 

that ‘‘recovered’’ status is still 

appropriate and factors that led to the 

listing of Eggert’s sunflower, or any new 

factors, remain sufficiently reduced or 

eliminated, monitoring may be reduced 

or terminated. If data show that the 

species is declining or if one or more 

factors that have the potential to cause 

a decline are identified, we will 

continue monitoring beyond the 5-year 

period and may modify the Monitoring 

Plan based on an evaluation of the 

results of the initial Monitoring Plan, or 

reinitiate listing if necessary. 

Author 

The primary author of this proposed 

rule is Geoff Call (see ADDRESSES

section). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

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

Dated: December 19, 2006. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Buck Island, Green Cay, and Sandy 

Point National Wildlife Refuges in the 

U.S. Virgin Islands 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, intend to gather information 

necessary to prepare a comprehensive 

conservation plan and associated 

environmental documents for Buck 

Island, Green Cay, and Sandy Point 


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