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available to the public to review to 

confirm the reliability of the reference. 

The EPA has examined this issue and 

has decided to provide the relevant 

documentation used to develop the 

content presented in the reference. This 

information includes well logs and 

lithology reports for the wells which 

were used to produce HRS Reference 

110—the 3DVA Technical 

Memorandum. This data will be 

included as one reference to the HRS 

documentation record and the EPA is 

providing this additional document for 

public review and comment. This 

document is available at the Regional 

office in San Francisco, CA. Anyone 

wishing to comment on the information 

in the reference or the impact this data 

may have on the HRS score for the 

proposed Orange County North Basin 

site should do so within the next 30 

calendar days (see DATES section at the 

beginning of this notice). Additional 

comments will not be accepted on other 

HRS scoring issues which could have 

appropriately been raised during the 

original comment period and are not 

based on information provided in these 

additional references. 

Comments should be submitted 

pursuant to instructions in the 

ADDRESSEES section of this notice; they 

may be submitted electronically, by 

mail or by express mail. The docket 

number for this site is EPA–HQ–OLEM– 

2017–0603 and should be identified in 

any correspondence/electronic 

submission. 

Dated: July 16, 2018. 

James E. Woolford, 

Director, Office of Superfund Remediation 

and Technology Innovation. 

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50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2018–0035; 

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RIN 1018–BB98 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Replacement of 

the Regulations for the Nonessential 

Experimental Population of Red 

Wolves in Northeastern North Carolina 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), are reopening 

the public comment period on our June 

28, 2018, proposed rule to replace the 

existing regulations governing the 

nonessential experimental population 

designation of the red wolf (Canis rufus) 

under section 10(j) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

We are reopening the comment period 

to allow the public an additional 

opportunity to review and comment on 

the proposed rule. Comments already 

submitted need not be resubmitted, as 

they will be fully considered in 

preparation of the final rule. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

proposed rule published on June 28, 

2018, at 83 FR 30382 is reopened. We 

will accept comments received or 

postmarked on or before August 28, 

2018. Comments submitted 

electronically using the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, 

below) must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the closing date. 

ADDRESSES: Availability of documents: 

The proposed rule is available on http:// 

www.regulations.gov at Docket No. 

FWS–R4–ES–2018–0035 and on our 

website at http://www.fws.gov/Raleigh. 

Comments and materials we receive, as 

well as supporting documentation we 

used in preparing the proposed rule, are 

also available for public inspection at 

http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments, materials, and 

documentation that we considered in 

the proposed rule are available for 

public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours, at the 

Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 551F 

Pylon Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606; 

telephone 919–856–4520; facsimile 

919–856–4556. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339. 

Comment submission: You may 

submit written comments on the 

proposed rule by one of the following 

methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter FWS–R4–ES–2018–0035, which is 

the docket number for the rulemaking. 

Then, click on the Search button. On the 

resulting page, in the Search panel on 

the left side of the screen, under the 

Document Type heading, check the 

Proposed Rule box to locate this 

document. You may submit a comment 

by clicking on ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail 

or hand-delivery to: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: FWS–R4–ES–2018– 

0035, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

MS: BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803. 

We request that you send comments 

only by the methods described above. 

See Information Requested, below, for 

more information on submitting 

comments on the proposed rule. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pete 

Benjamin, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Raleigh Ecological 

Services Field Office, 551F Pylon Drive, 

Raleigh, NC 27606; telephone 919–856– 

4520; facsimile 919–856–4556. Persons 

who use a TDD may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 28, 2018, we published in the 

Federal Register a proposed rule (83 FR 

30382) to replace the regulations 

governing the northeast North Carolina 

(NC) nonessential experimental 

population (NEP) of the red wolf, which 

were codified in 1995 in title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 

§ 17.84(c) (50 CFR 17.84(c)). That 

proposal had a 30-day comment period, 

ending July 30, 2018. The purpose of the 

proposed action is to incorporate the 

most recent science and lessons learned 

related to the management of red wolves 

to implement revised regulations that 

will better further the conservation of 

the red wolf. We propose to establish a 

more manageable wild propagation 

population that will allow for more 

resources to support the captive 

population component of the red wolf 

program (which is the genetic fail safe 

for the species); serve the future needs 

of new reintroduction efforts; retain the 

influences of natural selection on the 

species; eliminate the regulatory burden 

on private landowners; and provide a 

population for continued scientific 

research on wild red wolf behavior and 

population management. 

Information Requested 

We will accept written comments and 

information during this reopened 

comment period and will consider 

information and recommendations from 

all interested parties. If you previously 

submitted comments or information on 

the proposed rule, please do not 

resubmit them. We have incorporated 

them into the public record, and we will 

fully consider them in the preparation 

of our final determination. We intend 

that any final action resulting from the 

proposal will be based on the best 

scientific and commercial data available 

and be as accurate and as effective as 

possible. 

We request comments or information 

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agencies, Native American tribes, the 

scientific community, industry, or any 

other interested parties concerning the 

June 28, 2018, proposed rule. We 

particularly seek comments concerning: 

(1) Contribution of the NC NEP to 

recovery goals for the red wolf; 

(2) The relative effects that 

management of the NC NEP under the 

proposed rule would have on the 

conservation of the species; 

(3) The extent to which the NC NEP 

may be affected by existing or 

anticipated Federal or State actions or 

private activities within or adjacent to 

the proposed NC NEP management area; 

(4) Appropriate provisions for 

protections and ‘‘take’’ of red wolves; 

(5) Ideas and strategies for promoting 

tolerance of red wolves on private 

property outside the NC NEP 

management area; and 

(6) Appropriate means to evaluate the 

effectiveness of the proposed action, 

including relevant performance 

measures. 

Additionally, we seek comments on 

the identification of direct, indirect, 

beneficial, and adverse effects that may 

result from the June 28, 2018, proposed 

rule. You may wish to consider the 

extent to which the proposed rule will 

affect the following when providing 

comments: 

(1) Impacts on floodplains, wetlands, 

wild and scenic rivers, or ecologically 

sensitive areas; 

(2) Impacts on Federal, State, local, or 

Tribal park lands; refuges and natural 

areas; and cultural or historic resources; 

(3) Impacts on human health and 

safety; 

(4) Impacts on air, soil, and water; 

(5) Impacts on prime agricultural 

lands; 

(6) Impacts to other species of 

wildlife, including other endangered or 

threatened species; 

(7) Disproportionately high and 

adverse impacts on minority and low 

income populations; 

(8) Any socioeconomic or other 

potential effects; and 

(9) Any potential conflicts with other 

Federal, State, local, or Tribal 

environmental laws or requirements. 

Please include sufficient information 

with your submission (such as scientific 

journal articles or other publications) to 

allow us to verify any scientific or 

commercial information you include. 

We will post all comments on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. If you submit 

information via http://

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

submission—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the website. If your submission is 

made via a hardcopy that includes 

personal identifying information, you 

may request at the top of your document 

that we withhold this information from 

public review. However, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

We will post all hardcopy submissions 

on http://www.regulations.gov. 

Comments and materials we receive, 

as well as supporting documentation we 

used in preparing the proposed rule, are 

available for public inspection on http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Raleigh Ecological Services 

Field Office (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: July 30, 2018. 

James W. Kurth, 

Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Exercising the Authority of the 

Director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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