1690 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 8 / Monday, January 13, 1997 / Rules and Regulations

State/Location Community

No. Effective date of eligibility Current effective map date

Date certain

federal assistance no longer

available in

special flood

hazard areas

Region VII

Missouri: Greene County, unincorporated

areas.

290782 Apr. 15, 1975, Emerg; June 15, 1983, Reg;

Jan. 17, 1997, Susp.

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Code for reading third column: Emerg.—Emergency; Reg.—Regular; Rein.—Reinstatement; Susp.—Suspension.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.100, ‘‘Flood Insurance’’)

Issued: January 6, 1997.

Craig S. Wingo,

Deputy Associate Director Mitigation

Directorate.

[FR Doc. 97–742 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

49 CFR Part 541

[Docket No. 96–17; Notice 02]

RIN 2127–AG34

Final Listing of High-Theft Lines for

1997 Model Year; Motor Vehicle Theft

Prevention Standard

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects errors

in the final listing of high-theft lines for

the 1997 Model Year (MY), that was

published on April 8, 1996 (61 FR

15390) by incorporating information

that manufacturers brought to the

agency’s attention subsequent to the

final listing. In the amended list in this

document, three footnote errors are

corrected, errors in the names of three

Honda lines, the Acura CLX, the Acura

Legend, and the Acura Vigor are

corrected; and two Chrysler lines, the

Dodge Ramcharger (MPV) and the

Dodge Ram Wagon/Van B–150, three

General Motors’ lines, the Buick

Century, the GMC Sierra 1500 Pickup

and the C–1500 Pickup are removed; a

Chrysler line, the Jeep Grand Cherokee

(MPV), a Ford line, the Lincoln Town

Car, a General Motors’ line, the Geo

Prizm, and a Mercedes-Benz model, the

560 SL are added to Appendix A; a

Honda line, the Acura TL is removed

from Appendix A and added to

Appendix A–I, the Acura SLX is added

to Appendix A–I; a General Motors’

line, the Buick Regal is removed from

Appendix A–I and the Buick Regal/

Century line is added; and, the Buick

Park Avenue is removed from Appendix

A–II and added to Appendix A–I.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The amendment made

by this final rule is effective January 13,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Rosalind Proctor, Motor Vehicle Theft

Group, Office of Planning and

Consumer Programs, NHTSA, 400

Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590. Ms. Proctor’s telephone number

is (202) 366–1740. Her fax number is

(202) 493–2739.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NHTSA is

correcting errors in the final list of hightheft vehicle lines for Model Year (MY)

1997, that appeared in the Federal

Register on April 8, 1996 (61 FR 15390).

This correction document incorporates

updated information brought to

NHTSA’s attention subsequent to the

publication of the final list for MY 1997.

The following are corrections to

Appendix A of 49 CFR Part 541, the

Theft Prevention Standard:

The second footnote ‘‘1’’ erroneously

listed in Appendix A is correctly

redesignated as footnote ‘‘2’’.

Additionally, the Suzuki ‘‘X–90’’

erroneously listed in Appendix A with

a footnote reference of ‘‘1’’ is corrected

to indicate a footnote reference of ‘‘2’’,

and the Toyota ‘‘MR2’’ erroneously

listed with a footnote reference of ‘‘2’’

is correctly redesignated by removing

the footnote reference.

The Honda lines, erroneously listed as

‘‘Acura CLX’’, Acura Legend’’, and

‘‘Acura Vigor’’ have been identified

respectively, ‘‘Acura CL’’, ‘‘Acura RL’’

and ‘‘Acura TL’’. The General Motors’

line, erroneously listed as ‘‘Buick Regal’’

has been identified respectively, ‘‘Buick

Regal/Century’’.

Comments were received from

American Honda Motor Co., Inc.,

requesting that the ‘‘Acura TL’’ line

which was erroneously listed in

Appendix A, be deleted from the listing

because it has received a full exemption

from the parts-marking requirements

based on the installation of a qualified

antitheft device as standard equipment

on the entire line. The Honda ‘‘Acura

TL’’ which replaced the ‘‘Acura Vigor’’

will be deleted from Appendix A.

Comments were received from the

Chrysler Corporation, Automobiles

Peugeot, and Jaguar Cars, each

requesting that one vehicle line be

deleted from the list because it is no

longer being produced. Those lines are

the Chrysler ‘‘Dodge Ramcharger

(MPV)’’, the ‘‘Peugeot 405’’, and the

‘‘Jaguar XJ40’’. The Chrysler ‘‘Dodge

Ramcharger (MPV)’’ will be deleted

from Appendix A, since it was not

covered prior to MY 1997 and has not

been manufactured for sale in the

United States since MY 1995.

Additionally, the General Motors’

‘‘Buick Century’’ is removed from

Appendix A because it was not covered

by the Theft Prevention Standard prior

to MY 1997 and will not be produced

after the 1996 model year.

The agency understands Peugeot’s

and Jaguar’s reasons for requesting

deletion of the ‘‘405’’ and ‘‘XJ40’’ from

the list of vehicles subject to the partsmarking requirements of the Theft

Prevention Standard. However, NHTSA

cannot delete the ‘‘Peugeot 405’’ from

the list because it has been covered by

the Theft Prevention Standard since MY

1989, and the ‘‘Jaguar XJ40’’ has been

covered since the 1987 model year.

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 33104(d), a

vehicle line on the list of lines subject

to parts marking cannot be removed

from that list unless the manufacturer

has obtained an exemption from the

parts-marking requirement based on the

installation of a qualified antitheft

device as standard equipment on the

entire line.

The Chrysler ‘‘Dodge Ram Wagon/Van

B–150’’, the General Motors’ ‘‘GMC

Sierra 1500 Pickup’’ and the ‘‘Chevrolet

C–1500 Pickup’’ are removed from

Appendix A, as they are rated at more

than 6,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.

The ‘‘Jeep Grand Cherokee (MPV)’’ is

added to the Chrysler listing in

Appendix A; and Ford’s line, the

‘‘Lincoln Town Car’’, the General

Motors’ line, the ‘‘Geo Prizm’’, and the

Mercedes-Benz model, ‘‘560 SL’’ were

inadvertently left out in the final list for
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MY 1997, and are added in this

document.

In addition, the Honda line, the

‘‘Acura SLX’’, which is certified by

Isuzu, is added to the Appendix A–I

listing, the General Motors’’ line, the

‘‘Buick Park Avenue’’ is removed from

the Appendix A–II listing and added to

the listing in Appendix A–I because

each of these lines have been granted

full exemptions from the parts-marking

requirements beginning with the 1997

model year. Additionally, the ‘‘Buick

Regal’’ is removed from the Appendix

A-I listing and the ‘‘Buick Regal/

Century’’ line is added because the

parts-marking exemption granted for the

‘‘Buick Regal’’ has been extended by the

agency to include the new ‘‘Buick

Century’’ model added to the ‘‘Buick

Regal’’ line beginning with the 1997

model year. Since the corrections made by this

document only inform the public of

previous agency actions, and do not

impose any additional obligations on

any party, NHTSA finds for good cause

that the revisions made by this notice

should be effective as soon as it is

published in the Federal Register.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 541

Administrative practice and

procedure, Labeling, Motor vehicles,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

In consideration of the foregoing, 49

CFR Part 541 is amended as follows:

PART 541—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 541

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2021–2024, and 2026;

delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Appendix A—[Amended]

2. Appendix A is amended as follows:

a. In the entry for ‘‘Chrysler’’, ‘‘Dodge

Ramcharger (MPV) 2’’ and ‘‘Dodge Ram

Wagon/Van B–150 2’’ are removed;

‘‘Jeep Grand Cherokee (MPV) 2’’ is

added after ‘‘Jeep Cherokee (MPV) 2’’.

b. In the entry for ‘‘Ford’’, ‘‘Lincoln

Town Car’’ is added after ‘‘Lincoln

Mark’’.

c. In the entry for ‘‘General Motors’’,

‘‘Buick Century 2’’, ‘‘GMC Sierra 1500

Pickup 2’’, and ‘‘Chevrolet C–1500

Pickup 2’’ is removed; ‘‘Geo Prizm’’ is

added after ‘‘Geo Tracker (MPV) 2’’.

d. In the entry for ‘‘Honda’’, ‘‘TL’’ is

removed.

e. In the entry for ‘‘Mercedes-Benz’’

‘‘560 SL’’ is added after ‘‘560 SEC’’.

f. In the entry for ‘‘Suzuki’’, ‘‘X–90 1’’

is revised to read ‘‘Suzuki’’ ‘‘X–90 2’’.

g. In the entry for ‘‘Toyota’’, ‘‘MR2’’

is revised to read ‘‘Toyota’’ ‘‘MR2’’. h. In the table in Appendix A, the

second footnote ‘‘1’’ at the end of the

table is correctly redesignated as

footnote ‘‘2’’.

Appendix A–I—[Amended]

3. Appendix A–I is amended as

follows:

a. In the entry for ‘‘General Motors’’,

‘‘Buick Park Avenue 2’’ is added before

‘‘Buick Regal’’. b. In the entry for ‘‘General Motors’’,

‘‘Buick Regal’’ is removed. c. In the entry for ‘‘General Motors’’,

‘‘Buick Regal/Century 2’’ is added before

‘‘Buick Riviera’’.

d. In the entry for ‘‘Honda’’, ‘‘Acura

CLX 2’’ is revised to read ‘‘Acura CL 2’’.

e. In the entry for ‘‘Honda’’, ‘‘Acura

RL’’ is added after ‘‘Acura NS–X’’.

f. In the entry for ‘‘Honda’’, ‘‘Acura

TL’’ is added before ‘‘Acura Vigor’’. g. In the entry for ‘‘Honda’’, ‘‘Acura

SLX’’ is added after newly added

‘‘Acura RL’’.

Appendix A–II—[Amended]

4. Appendix A–II is amended as

follows:

In the entry for ‘‘General Motors’’,

‘‘Buick Park Avenue’’ is removed.

Issued on: December 18, 1996.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–757 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018–AD47

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Determination of

Endangered Status for Juglans

jamaicensis

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) determines Juglans

jamaicensis (nogal or West Indian

walnut) to be an endangered species

pursuant to the Endangered Species Act

of 1973, as amended (Act). Nogal is

known from the islands of Hispaniola,

Cuba, and Puerto Rico.

In Puerto Rico, this large tree is

known from only 14 individuals at one

locality in Adjuntas. The area is located

near the Monte Guilarte Commonwealth

Forest but is in private ownership and

threatened by land-clearing for

agriculture and rural development. This

final rule provides Juglans jamaicensis

with the Federal protection and

recovery provisions afforded by the Act

for listed species.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The complete file for this

rule is available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours, at the Boquero ́n Field Office, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 491,

Boquero ́n, Puerto Rico 00622.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Susan Silander, Botanist, at the

Caribbean Field Office address (809/

851–7297).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Juglans jamaicensis (nogal or West

Indian walnut) was first described as J.

jamaicensis by DeCandolle from a

description and illustration of leaves,

staminate catkin and fruit by

Descourtilz which had been published

under the name of Juglans fraxinifolia.

DeCandolle mistakenly believed that the

tree Descourtilz had illustrated

originated in Jamaica, when in reality

no walnut tree has ever been located in

Jamaica. Synonyms which have been

applied to the species include Juglans

fraxinifolia Descourtilz, J. cinerea of

Bello, J. insularis Griseb., J.

portoricensis Dode, and J. domingensis

(Proctor 1992).

Juglans jamaicensis is known from

Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico but

little information is currently available

on its status in the first two countries

(Liogier and Martorell 1982). It has been

described by the Center for Plant

Conservation (1992) as ‘‘not common’’

and by Proctor (1992) as becoming

increasingly rare on these two islands.

Nogal was first collected from Puerto

Rico by Augustin Stahl around 1865.

This collection was from an area

between Pen ̃uelas and Adjuntas at an

elevation of approximately 700 meters

(2,297 feet). The species was

subsequently collected by the German

botanist Paul Sintenis in 1886 from

somewhere near Adjuntas (Saltillo) and

again in 1887 near Utuado (Santa Rosa).

An additional collection was made by

Bartolome ́ Barcela in 1915 from an area

near Adjuntas (Little et al. 1974, Proctor

1992). Little et al. (1974) stated that the

species might possibly be extinct.

It was not reported again until 1974

when it was rediscovered by Roy O.

Woodbury from the upper north slopes

(an elevation of 1070 meters (3,510 feet))

of Cerro La Silla de Caldero ́n, an area

located near the southwest corner of the

municipality of Adjuntas. A survey of

these trees was made in 1992 by

Salvador Aleman ̃ y of the U.S. Forest

Service. A total of 14 individuals were

documented, the largest of which was

more than 20 meters (66 feet) in height.

The species has been reported from

montane forests at elevations between