Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 23, 1997 / Proposed Rules 67041

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[FR Doc. 97–33448 Filed 12–22–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AE06

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Reopening of Comment

Period on Proposed Endangered

Status for the Preble’s Meadow

Jumping Mouse

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of

public comment period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

provides notice that the comment

period on the Service’s proposal to list

the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse

(Zapus hudsonius preblei) as

endangered throughout its range (62 FR

14093, March 25, 1997) is reopened as

of December 23, 1997. The Service is

soliciting any new information or

comments on the proposed listing of the

Preble’s meadow jumping mouse. The

Service notes that information and data

collected since the publication of the

proposed rule has been or will be

provided to the Service, and will

become part of the record for the

Service’s evaluation of the proposed

listing. This information includes

surveys that evaluate the status of the

mouse at various locations and a report

on habitat requirements.

DATES: The public comment period is

reopened for 30 days. All comments

should be received on or before January

22, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

materials should be sent to the Colorado

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal

Center, Denver, Colorado 80225.

Comments and materials received will

be available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours, at the Fish and Wildlife Service’s

Colorado Field Office, 755 Parfet Street,

Suite 361, Lakewood, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LeRoy W. Carlson, Colorado Field

Supervisor, telephone 303/275–2370

(see ADDRESSES section).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Preble’s meadow jumping mouse,

a small rodent in the family Zapodidae,

is known to occur only in eastern

Colorado and southeastern Wyoming. It

lives primarily in heavily vegetated

riparian habitats. Habitat loss and

degradation caused by agricultural,

residential, commercial, and industrial

development have resulted in concern

over its continued existence.

On March 25, 1997, the Service

published a proposed rule (62 FR

14093) to list the Preble’s meadow

jumping mouse as an endangered

species without critical habitat. On May

5, 1997, the Service extended the

comment period through July 28, 1997,

and announced three public hearings,

which were held on May 19, 21, and 22,

1997 (62 FR 24387). The Service

received additional written comments

during that comment period, which are

being reviewed by the Service in making

its final determination whether to list

the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse as

endangered. The Service’s conclusion

must include an evaluation of the best

scientific and commercial data

available, i.e., species abundance, new

data received during the comment

period, re-evaluation of existing data,

and efforts being taken to protect the

species.

To assist in its analysis of species

status, the Service requests any

comments that have not already been

submitted, which provide new

information or data, and/or reflect the

information and data that has become

available since the publication of the

proposed rule. The Service (see

ADDRESSES) can provide guidance on the

availability of additional information.

Written comments may be submitted

on or before January 22, 1998, to the

Service office identified in the

ADDRESSES section above. All comments

must be received before the close of the

comment period to be considered.

Legal notices announcing reopening

of the comment period are being

published in newspapers concurrently

with this Federal Register notice.

Author: The author of this notice is Peter

Plage, Colorado Field Office (see ADDRESSES

above), telephone 303/275–2370.

Authority: Authority for this action is the

ESA of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.).

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Terry T. Terrell,

Deputy Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife

Service, Region 6, Denver, Colorado.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 971208298–7298–01; I.D.

112097B]

Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea

and Aleutian Islands; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

SUMMARY: NMFS is correcting the date

by which comments must be received

about the proposed 1998 harvest

specifications for the Groundfish

Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian

Islands. The correct date is January 14,

1998.

DATES: Comments must be received by

January 14, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan Kinsolving 907–586–7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

A proposed rule was published in the

Federal Register on December 15, 1997

(62 FR 65638), that set forth the

proposed annual TACs, prohibited

species catch allowances, seasonal

allowances of the pollock TAC, and

amounts for the pollock and sablefish

Community Development Quota

reserve.

Need for Correction

As published, the proposed rule

invited comments and contained the

date by which comments must be

received. The date is in error and NMFS

is hereby correcting that error.

Correction of Publication

In the December 15, 1997, issue of the

Federal Register (62 FR 65638), in the

third column under the DATES heading,

the wording should be corrected to read

as follows:

DATES: Comments must be received by

January 14, 1998.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

David L. Evans,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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