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acres in Tulare County in the foothills 

of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. These 

three refuges in the Hopper Mountain 

NWR Complex (Complex) in southern 

California were created under the 

authority of the Federal Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), primarily to restore 

the endangered California condor 

population to its native range. Due to 

the sensitivity of the California condor 

recovery activities, the Refuges are 

currently closed to the public except for 

Service-led tours and volunteer 

activities. Through this CCP process, we 

will determine whether any areas of the 

refuges can be made available to the 

public for wildlife-dependent 

recreational opportunities. 

Alternatives 

The Draft CCP/EA identifies and 

evaluates three alternatives for 

managing Hopper Mountain, Bitter 

Creek, and Blue Ridge National Wildlife 

Refuges for the next 15 years. The 

alternative that appears to best meet the 

Refuges’ purposes is identified as the 

preferred alternative. The preferred 

alternative is identified based on the 

analysis presented in the Draft CCP/EA, 

which may be modified following the 

completion of the public comment 

period based on comments received 

from other agencies, Tribal 

governments, nongovernmental 

organizations, or individuals. 

Under Alternative A (no action 

alternative) for each of the three refuges, 

the Service would continue to manage 

the Refuges as we have in the recent 

past. There would be continued 

maintenance of facilities and support of 

the California Condor Recovery Program 

(Recovery Program) activities. The three 

Refuges would remain closed to the 

public. 

Alternatives for Hopper Mountain 

NWR 

Under Alternative B (preferred 

alternative), the Service would increase 

condor management and support 

actions; collect baseline data for Refuge 

resources with emphasis on special 

status species; improve management of 

all habitat types on the Refuge; and 

increase outreach, and Service-guided 

visitor and volunteer opportunities. The 

Refuge would remain closed to the 

public. 

Under Alternative C for Hopper 

Mountain NWR, the Service would 

increase some condor management and 

support actions, expand baseline data 

collection, manage invasive plants 

without using pesticides, increase 

habitat protection and enhancement of 

select black walnut and oak woodlands, 

increase some visitor services, and 

consider the feasibility of providing 

wildlife-dependent recreation on the 

Refuge. The Refuge would remain 

closed to the public. 

Alternatives for Bitter Creek NWR 

Under Alternative B (preferred 

alternative), the Service would increase 

condor management and support 

actions, install a 1,000-square-foot 

condor treatment facility, and collect 

baseline data on Refuge resources with 

emphasis on special status species. The 

Service would also use grazing and 

other methods to improve habitat 

quality to support special status San 

Joaquin Valley wildlife, and restore 

some springs and drainages. We would 

also expand visitor services by opening 

a new interpretive trail, and developing 

a new Refuge administrative office, 

visitor station, and condor observation 

point. 

Under Alternative C for Bitter Creek 

NWR the Service would improve and 

expand current management by 

increasing some condor management 

and support actions; restoring more 

habitat to support special status species; 

managing invasive plants without using 

pesticides; restoring more springs and 

drainages; and expanding outreach, 

interpretation, and visitor and volunteer 

opportunities. 

Alternatives for Blue Ridge NWR 

Under Alternative B (preferred 

alternative) the Service would improve 

current management by increasing 

condor management activities, 

collecting baseline data for special 

status species, and adding volunteer 

opportunities. Portions of the Refuge 

would be opened to the public. 

Under Alternative C for Blue Ridge 

NWR the Service would increase some 

condor management actions, but to a 

lesser extent than Alternative B, and 

work with partners to increase some 

guided visitor and volunteer 

opportunities. The Refuge would remain 

closed to the public. 

Public Meetings 

The locations, dates, and times of 

public meetings will be listed in a 

planning update distributed to the 

project mailing list and posted on the 

refuge planning Web site at http://www.

fws.gov/hoppermountain/. 

Review and Comment 

Copies of the Draft CCP/EA may be 

obtained by writing to Sandy Osborn 

(see ADDRESSES). Copies of the Draft 

CCP/EA may be viewed at the same 

address and local libraries. The Draft 

CCP/EA will also be available for 

viewing and downloading online at: 

http://www.fws.gov/hoppermountain/. 

Comments on the Draft CCP/EA 

should be addressed to Sandy Osborn 

(see ADDRESSES). 

At the end of the review and comment 

period for this Draft CCP/EA, comments 

will be analyzed by the Service and 

addressed in the Final CCP/EA. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email 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. 

Alexandra Pitts, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8659 Filed 4–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2011–0087; 96300–1671–0000 

FY12–R4] 

Conference of the Parties to the 

Convention on International Trade in 

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna 

and Flora (CITES); Sixteenth Regular 

Meeting: Taxa Being Considered for 

Amendments to the CITES Appendices 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States, as a Party 

to the Convention on International 

Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 

Fauna and Flora (CITES), may propose 

amendments to the CITES Appendices 

for consideration at meetings of the 

Conference of the Parties. The sixteenth 

regular meeting of the Conference of the 

Parties to CITES (CoP16) is tentatively 

scheduled to be held in Thailand, 

March 3–15, 2013. With this notice, we 

describe proposed amendments to the 

CITES Appendices (species proposals) 

that the United States might submit for 

consideration at CoP16 and invite your 

comments and information on these 

proposals. 

DATES: We will consider written 

information and comments we receive 

by June 11, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

pertaining to species proposals for 


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consideration at CoP16 by one of the 

following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–R9–IA–2011–0087. 

U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public 

Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–R9– 

IA–2011–0087; Division of Policy and 

Directives Management; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

MS 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. 

We will not consider comments sent 

by email or fax or to an address not 

listed in the ADDRESSES section. We will 

post all comments on http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This generally 

means that we will post any personal 

information you provide us. If you 

submit a comment via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the Web site. If you submit a 

hardcopy comment 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 comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Comments and materials we receive 

in response to this notice will be 

available for public inspection on 

http://www.regulations.gov, or by 

appointment between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Division of Scientific 

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 

Room 110, Arlington, VA 22203, phone 

703–358–1708. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rosemarie Gnam Ph.D., Chief, Division 

of Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Room 110, Arlington, VA 22203; 

phone 703–358–1708, fax 703–358– 

2276, email: 

scientificauthority@fws.gov. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Convention on International 

Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 

Fauna and Flora (CITES or the 

Convention) is an international treaty 

designed to control and regulate 

international trade in certain animal and 

plant species that are now or potentially 

may be threatened with extinction, and 

are affected by trade. These species are 

included in Appendices to CITES, 

which are available on the CITES 

Secretariat’s Web site at http:// 

www.cites.org/eng/app/2011/EDec22.pdf. Currently, 175 countries, 

including the United States, are Parties 

to CITES. The Convention calls for 

meetings of the Conference of the 

Parties, held every 2 to 3 years, at which 

the Parties review its implementation, 

make provisions enabling the CITES 

Secretariat in Switzerland to carry out 

its functions, consider amendments to 

the lists of species in Appendices I and 

II, consider reports presented by the 

Secretariat, and make recommendations 

for the improved effectiveness of CITES. 

Any country that is a Party to CITES 

may propose amendments to 

Appendices I and II, as well as 

resolutions, decisions, and agenda items 

for consideration by all the Parties. 

This is our third in a series of Federal 

Register notices that, together with an 

announced public meeting, provide you 

with an opportunity to participate in the 

development of the U.S. negotiating 

positions for the sixteenth regular 

meeting of the Conference of the Parties 

to CITES (CoP16), tentatively scheduled 

to be held in Thailand, March 3–15, 

2013. We published our first CoP16- 

related Federal Register notice on June 

14, 2011 (76 FR 34746), in which we 

requested information and 

recommendations on animal and plant 

species proposals for the United States 

to consider submitting for consideration 

at CoP16. You may obtain information 

on that Federal Register notice from the 

Division of Scientific Authority at the 

address provided in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. We 

published our second CoP16-related 

Federal Register notice on November 7, 

2011 (76 FR 68778), in which we 

requested information and 

recommendations on resolutions, 

decisions, and agenda items that the 

United States might consider submitting 

for discussion at CoP16, and provided 

preliminary information on how to 

request approved observer status for 

nongovernmental organizations that 

wish to attend the meeting. Comments 

received on that notice may be viewed 

at http://www.regulations.gov at Docket 

No. FWS–R9–IA–2011–0087. You may 

obtain information on that Federal 

Register notice by contacting Robert R. 

Gabel, Chief, Division of Management 

Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 

212, Arlington, VA 22203; phone 703– 

358–2095; fax 703–358–2298. Our 

regulations governing this public 

process are found in title 50 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) at § 23.87. 

Recommendations for Species 

Proposals for the United States To 

Consider Submitting for CoP16 

In our Federal Register notice of June 

14, 2011 (76 FR 34746), we requested 

information and recommendations on 

potential species proposals for the 

United States to consider submitting for 

consideration at CoP16. We received 

recommendations from the following 

organizations for possible proposals 

involving 92 taxa (3 families, 13 genera, 

and 76 individual species) and 2 general 

groups (Asian freshwater turtles and 

tortoises and native Hawaiian 

sandalwood species): the American 

Herbal Products Association; Animal 

Welfare Institute; Bush Warriors; Center 

for Biological Diversity; International 

Fund for Animal Welfare; International 

Union for Conservation of Nature 

(IUCN) Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle 

Specialist Group; Oceana; Pew 

Environment Group; Shark Advocates 

International; Species Survival Network; 

United Plant Savers; Wild Equity 

Institute; Wildlife Conservation Society; 

and World Wildlife Fund. In addition, 

we received comments from individuals 

as follows: 49 on the white rhinoceros; 

25,742 on North American turtles; and 

2,879 on bluefin tuna. 

We have undertaken initial 

assessments of the available trade and 

biological information on all of these 

taxa. Based on these assessments, we 

made provisional evaluations of 

whether to proceed with the 

development of proposals for species to 

be included in, removed from, or 

transferred between the CITES 

Appendices. We made these evaluations 

by considering the biological and trade 

information available on the species; the 

presence, absence, and effectiveness of 

other mechanisms that may preclude 

the need for species’ inclusion in the 

CITES Appendices (e.g., range country 

actions or other international 

agreements); and availability of 

resources. Furthermore, our assignment 

of a taxon to one of these categories, 

which reflects the likelihood of our 

submitting a proposal, included 

consideration of the following factors, 

which reflect the U.S. approach for 

CoP16 discussed in our June 14, 2011, 

Federal Register notice: 

(1) Does the proposed action address 

a serious wildlife or plant trade issue 

that the United States is experiencing as 

a range country for species in trade? 

(2) Does the proposed action address 

a serious wildlife or plant trade issue for 

species not native to the United States? 

(3) Does the proposed action provide 

additional conservation benefit for a 


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species already covered by another 

international agreement? 

In sections A, B, and C below, we 

have listed the current status of each 

species proposal recommended by the 

public, as well as species proposals we 

have been developing on our own. 

Please note that we have only provided 

here a list of taxa and the proposed 

action. We have posted an extended 

version of this notice on our Web site 

at http://www.fws.gov/international/ 

newspubs/fedregnot.html, with text 

describing in more detail each proposed 

action and explaining the rationale for 

the tentative U.S. position on each 

possible proposal. Copies of the 

extended version of the notice are also 

available from the Division of Scientific 

Authority at the above address. 

We welcome your comments, 

especially if you are able to provide any 

additional biological or trade 

information on these species. For each 

species, more detailed information is on 

file in the Division of Scientific 

Authority. 

A. What species proposals is the United 

States likely to submit for consideration 

at CoP16? 

The United States is likely to develop 

and submit proposal(s) for the following 

taxa. 

Plants 

1. Laguna Beach dudleya (Dudleya 

stolonifera) and Santa Barbara dudleya 

(D. traskiae)—Removal from Appendix 

II. 

2. American ginseng (Panax 

quinquefolius)—Amendment of the 

Appendix II annotation. 

B. On what species proposals is the 

United States still undecided, pending 

additional information and 

consultations? 

The United States is still undecided 

on whether to submit proposals for 

CoP16 for the following taxa. In some 

cases, we have not completed our 

consultations with relevant range 

countries. In other cases, we expect 

meetings to occur in the immediate 

future, at which participants will 

generate important recommendations, 

trade analyses, or biological information 

on the taxon in question. 

Plants 

1. Hawaiian sandalwoods (Santalum 

spp.)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

Corals 

2. Red and pink corals (Corallium 

spp. and Paracorallium spp.)—Inclusion 

in Appendix II. 

Fishes 

3. Longfin mako shark (Isurus 

paucus)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

4. Shortfin mako shark (Isurus 

oxyrinchus)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

5. Porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus)— 

Inclusion in Appendix II or Appendix I. 

6. Scalloped hammerhead shark 

(Sphyrna lewini), great hammerhead 

shark (S. mokarran), and smooth 

hammerhead shark (S. zygaena)— 

Inclusion in Appendix II. 

7. Oceanic whitetip shark 

(Carcharhinus longimanus)—Inclusion 

in Appendix II or Appendix I. 

8. Bigeye thresher shark (Alopias 

superciliosus), common thresher shark 

(A. vulpinus), and pelagic thresher shark 

(A. pelagicus)—Inclusion in Appendix 

II. 

9. Orange roughy (Hoplostethus 

atlanticus)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

10. American eel (Anguilla rostrata) 

and all other Anguilla species not 

previously included in the CITES 

Appendices—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

Reptiles 

11. Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)— 

Inclusion in Appendix II. 

12. Burmese starred tortoise 

(Geochelone platynota)—Transfer from 

Appendix II to Appendix I. 

13. Crowned river turtle (Hardella 

thurjii)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

14. Burmese peacock softshell turtle 

(Nilssonia formosa)—Inclusion in 

Appendix II. 

15. Roti Island snake-necked turtle 

(Chelodina mccordi)—Transfer from 

Appendix II to Appendix I. 

16. Yellow-margined box turtle 

(Cuora flavomarginata)—Transfer from 

Appendix II to Appendix I. 

17. McCord’s box turtle (Cuora 

mccordi)—Transfer from Appendix II to 

Appendix I. 

18. Chinese three-striped box turtle 

(Cuora trifasciata)—Transfer from 

Appendix II to Appendix I. 

19. Big-headed turtle (Platysternon 

megacephalum)—Transfer from 

Appendix II to Appendix I. 

20. Painted terrapin (Batagur 

borneoensis)—Transfer from Appendix 

II to Appendix I. 

21. Burmese roofed turtle (Batagur 

trivittata)—Transfer from Appendix II to 

Appendix I. 

22. Map turtles (Graptemys spp.)— 

Inclusion in Appendix II and three 

species in Appendix I. 

23. Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea 

blandingii)—Inclusion in Appendix I or 

Appendix II. 

24. Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata)— 

Inclusion in Appendix I or Appendix II. 

25. Alligator snapping turtle 

(Macrochelys temminckii)—Inclusion in 

Appendix II. 

26. Diamondback terrapin 

(Malaclemys terrapin)—Inclusion in 

Appendix II. 

Birds 

27. Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)— 

Transfer from Appendix I to Appendix 

II. 

Mammals 

28. Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)— 

Inclusion in Appendix II or Appendix I. 

29. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)— 

Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix 

I. 

C. What species proposals is the United 

States not likely to submit for 

consideration at CoP16, unless we 

receive significant additional 

information? 

The United States does not intend to 

submit proposals for the following taxa 

unless we receive significant additional 

information indicating that a proposal is 

warranted. Information currently 

available for each of the taxa listed 

below does not support a defensible 

proposal. 

Plants 

1. Goldenseal (Hydrastis 

canadensis)—Removal from Appendix 

II. 

Mollusks 

2. Nautilids (Allonautilus spp. and 

Nautilus spp.)—Inclusion in Appendix 

II. 

Spiders 

3. Burrowing (Chilobrachys fimbriatus 

and C. hardwicki), large burrowing 

(Haploclastus kayi, Thrigmopoeus 

insignis, and T. truculentus), and 

parachute (Poecilotheria formosa, P. 

hanumavilasumica, P. metallica, P. 

miranda, P. nallamalaiensis, P. regalis, 

P. rufilata, P. striata, and P. 

tigrinawesseli) spiders—Inclusion in 

Appendix II. 

Fishes 

4. Gulper sharks (Centrophoridae)— 

Inclusion in Appendix II. 

5. Devil and manta rays 

(Mobulidae)—Inclusion in Appendix II 

or in Appendix I. 

6. Hammerhead sharks (Sphyrnidae) 

(see section B.6. above for consideration 

of scalloped, great, and smooth 

hammerhead sharks)—Inclusion in 

Appendix I or, if not warranted, in 

Appendix II. 

7. Dusky shark (Carcharhinus 

obscurus)—Inclusion in Appendix II or 

Appendix I. 

8. Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus 

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9. Portuguese shark (Centroscymnus 

coelolepis)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

10. Spiny dogfish (Squalus 

acanthias)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

11. Roundnose grenadier 

(Coryphaenoides rupestris)—Inclusion 

in Appendix II. 

12. Roughhead grenadier (Macrourus 

berglax)—Inclusion in Appendix II. 

13. North Atlantic bluefin tuna 

(Thunnus thynnus)—Inclusion in 

Appendix I. 

Reptiles 

14. San Francisco garter snake 

(Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)— 

Inclusion in Appendix I. 

15. Bocourt’s water snake (Enhydris 

boucourti) and puff-faced water snake 

(Homalopsis buccata)—Inclusion in 

Appendix III. 

16. Other turtles not native to the 

United States (Inclusion in Appendix II 

or Appendix I or Transfer from 

Appendix II to Appendix I): 

• Malayan softshell turtle (Dogania 

subplana), 

• Indian star tortoise (Geochelone 

elegans), 

• Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle 

(Geoemyda japonica), 

• black-breasted hill turtle 

(Geoemyda spengleri), 

• Sulawesi forest turtle 

(Leucocephalon yuwonoi), 

• Burmese mountain tortoise 

(Manouria emys), 

• impressed tortoise (Manouria 

impressa), 

• Indian black turtle (Melanochelys 

trijuga), 

• Indian eyed turtle (Morenia petersi), 

• Leith’s softshell turtle (Nilssonia 

(Aspideretes) leithii), 

• Malaysian giant turtle (Orlitia 

borneensis), 

• wattle-necked softshell turtle (Palea 

steindachneri), 

• Cochin forest cane turtle 

(Vijayachelys silvatica), 

• Cann’s snake-necked turtle 

(Chelodina canni), 

• Gunalen’s snake-necked turtle 

(Chelodina gunaleni), 

• eastern or common snake-necked 

turtle (Chelodinal ongicollis), 

• New Guinea snake-necked turtle 

(Chelodina novaeguineae), 

• narrow-breasted snake-necked 

turtle (Chelodina oblonga), 

• Pritchard’s snake-necked turtle 

(Chelodina pritchardi), 

• Reimann’s snake-necked turtle 

(Chelodina reimanni), 

• Steindachner’s snake-necked turtle 

(Chelodina steindachneri), 

• yellow-headed box turtle (Cuora 

aurocapitata), 

• Bourret’s box turtle (Cuora 

bourreti), 

• Ryukyu yellow-margined box turtle 

(Cuora evelynae), 

• McCord’s box turtle (Cuora 

mccordi), 

• keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii), 

• Pan’s box turtle (Cuora pani), 

• Southern Vietnamese box turtle 

(Cuora picturata), 

• Yunnan box turtle (Cuora 

yunnanensis), 

• Zhou’s box turtle (Cuora zhoui), 

• western black-bridged leaf turtle 

(Cyclemys atripons), 

• Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys 

dentate), 

• enigmatic leaf turtle (Cyclemys 

enigmatica), 

• Myanmar brown leaf turtle 

(Cyclemys fusca), 

• Assam leaf turtle (Cyclemys gemeli), 

• Southeast Asian leaf turtle 

(Cyclemys oldhamii), 

• eastern black-bridged leaf turtle 

(Cyclemys pulchristriata), 

• white-throated or southern 

snapping turtle (Elseya albagula), 

• Southern New Guinea snapping 

turtle (Elseya branderhorsti), 

• northern snapping turtle (Elseya 

dentata), 

• Irwin’s snapping turtle (Elseya 

irwini), 

• Gulf or Riversleigh snapping turtle 

(Elseya lavarackorum), 

• Bell’s or western sawshelled turtle 

(Myuchelys bellii), 

• Bellinger River sawshelled turtle 

(Myuchelys georgesi), 

• common sawshelled turtle 

(Myuchelys latisternum), 

• New Guinea snapping turtle 

(Myuchelys novaeguineae), 

• Manning River sawshelled turtle 

(Myuchelys purvisi), 

• Beal’s eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei), 

• Chinese false eyed turtle (Sacalia 

psuedocellata), 

• four-eyed turtle (Sacalia 

quadriocellata), 

• striped New Guinea softshell turtle 

(Pelochelys bibroni), 

• Cantor’s or Asian giant softshell 

turtle (Pelochelys cantorii), 

• Northern New Guinea softshell 

turtle (Pelochelys signifera), 

• red-crowned roofed turtle (Batagur 

kachuga), 

• yellow-headed temple turtle 

(Heosemys annandalii), 

• Arakan forest turtle (Heosemys 

depressa), 

• Annam pond turtle (Mauremys 

annamensis), 

• yellow pond turtle (Mauremys 

mutica), 

• red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys 

nigricans), 

• Philippine forest turtle 

(Siebenrockiella leytensis), 

• Asian narrow-headed softshell 

turtle (Chitra chitra), 

• Burmese narrow-headed softshell 

turtle (Chitra vandijki), 

• Swinhoe’s giant softshell turtle 

(Rafetus swinhoei), 

• Central American River turtle 

(Dermatemys mawii), 

• giant musk turtles (Staurotypus 

spp.), 

• Dahl’s toad-headed turtle 

(Mesoclemmys dahli), 

• Hoge’s side-necked turtle 

(Mesoclemmys hogei), 

• Madagascar big-headed turtle 

(Erymnochelys madagascariensis), 

• giant South American river turtle 

(Podocnemis expansa), and 

• Magdalena river turtle (Podocnemis 

lewyana). 

17. Flattened musk turtle 

(Sternotherus depressus)—Inclusion in 

Appendix I. 

18. Softshell turtles (Apalone spp.)— 

Inclusion in Appendix II. 

19. Common snapping turtle 

(Chelydra serpentina)—Inclusion in 

Appendix III. 

Mammals 

20. White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium 

simum)—Inclusion of the entire species 

in Appendix I. 

21. Narwhal (Monodon monoceros)— 

Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix 

I. 

22. Indian or thick-tailed pangolin 

(Manis crassicaudata), Philippine 

pangolin (M. culionensis), Sunda or 

Malayan pangolin (M. javanica), and 

Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla)— 

Transfer from Appendix II to Appendix 

I. 

Future Actions 

As stated above, the next regular 

meeting of the Conference of the Parties 

(CoP16) is tentatively scheduled to be 

held in Thailand, March 3–15, 2013. 

The United States must submit any 

proposals to amend Appendix I or II, or 

any draft resolutions, decisions, or 

agenda items for discussion at CoP16 to 

the CITES Secretariat 150 days 

(tentatively early October 2012) prior to 

the start of the meeting. In order to meet 

this deadline and to prepare for CoP16, 

we have developed a tentative U.S. 

schedule. Approximately 9 months 

prior to CoP16, we plan to publish a 

Federal Register notice announcing 

draft resolutions, draft decisions, and 

agenda items to be submitted by the 

United States at CoP16, and to solicit 

further information and comments on 

them. We will consider all available 

information and comments, including 

those received in writing during that 

comment period, as we decide which 


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proposed resolutions, decisions, and 

agenda items warrant submission by the 

United States for consideration by the 

Parties. Approximately 4 months prior 

to CoP16, we will post on our Web site 

an announcement of the species 

proposals, draft resolutions, draft 

decisions, and agenda items submitted 

by the United States to the CITES 

Secretariat for consideration at CoP16. 

Through a series of additional notices 

and Web site postings in advance of 

CoP16, we will inform you about 

preliminary negotiating positions on 

resolutions, decisions, and amendments 

to the Appendices proposed by other 

Parties for consideration at CoP16. We 

will also publish an announcement of a 

public meeting to be held approximately 

3 months prior to CoP16; that meeting 

will enable us to receive public input on 

our positions regarding CoP16 issues. 

The procedures for developing U.S. 

documents and negotiating positions for 

a meeting of the Conference of the 

Parties to CITES are outlined in 50 CFR 

23.87. As noted in paragraph (c) of that 

section, we may modify or suspend the 

procedures outlined there if they would 

interfere with the timely or appropriate 

development of documents for 

submission to the CoP and of U.S. 

negotiating positions. 

Author 

The primary author of this notice is 

Mary Cogliano, Ph.D., Division of 

Scientific Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

Dated: March 30, 2012. 

Daniel M. Ashe, 

Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8665 Filed 4–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–14839–A, F–14839–A2; LLAK965000– 

L14100000–KC0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

will issue an appealable decision to 

Kongnikilnomuit Yuita Corporation. 

The decision approves the surface estate 

in the lands described below for 

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 

1601, et seq). The subsurface estate in 

these lands will be conveyed to Calista 

Corporation when the surface estate is 

conveyed to Kongnikilnomuit Yuita 

Corporation. The lands are in the 

vicinity of Bill Moore’s Slough, Alaska, 

and are located in: 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 33 N, R. 74 W., 

Sec. 3. 

Containing 530.14 acres. 

T. 33 N., R. 75 W., 

Sec. 5. 

Containing 40 acres. 

T. 32 N., R. 76 W., 

Sec. 10. 

Containing 40 acres. 

Aggregating 610.14 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Delta 

Discovery. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision within 

the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 

been expended to locate, parties who 

fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, 

and parties who receive a copy of the 

decision by regular mail which is not 

certified, return receipt requested, shall 

have until May 11, 2012 to file an 

appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

3. Notices of appeal transmitted by 

electronic means, such as facsimile or 

email, will not be accepted as timely 

filed. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

BLM by phone at 907–271–5960 or by 

email at ak.blm.conveyance@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a Telecommunications 

Device for the Deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

BLM during normal business hours. In 

addition, the FIRS is available 24 hours 

a day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the BLM. 

The BLM will reply during normal 

business hours. 

Jennifer Noe, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication II Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8609 Filed 4–10–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–9349; LLAK–965000–L14100000– 

HY0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

will issue an appealable decision to 

Calista Corporation. The decision will 

approve conveyance of the surface and 

subsurface estates in certain lands 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq). 

The lands are located north of Mountain 

Village, Alaska, and contain 3.11 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Anchorage 

Daily News. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision within 

the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 

been expended to locate, parties who 

fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, 

and parties who receive a copy of the 

decision by regular mail which is not 

certified, return receipt requested, shall 

have until May 11, 2012 to file an 

appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

3. Notices of appeal transmitted by 

electronic means, such as facsimile or 

email, will not be accepted as timely 

filed. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

BLM by phone at 907–271–5960 or by 


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