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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. 

Authority 

We publish this document under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

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

Dated: February 25, 2009. 

Michael L. Piccirilli, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–8078 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2009–N0059; 20124– 

11130000–C2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Recovery Plan for the Rio 

Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus 

amarus) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability: 

draft amendment and supplement to the 

2007 Draft revised recovery plan for Rio 

Grande Silvery Minnow. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of an amendment and 

supplement to our draft revised 

Recovery Plan (Recovery Plan) for the 

Rio Grande silvery minnow 

(Hybognathus amarus) under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The species currently 

inhabits the Rio Grande in New Mexico 

and has been introduced to the Big Bend 

area of Texas. This amendment and 

supplement consist of revised draft 

recovery criteria and a population 

viability assessment (PVA, or draft 

Appendix H), respectively. We invite 

public review and comment on these 

documents. After review we will 

incorporate the documents into the 

Final Recovery Plan (the PVA as 

Appendix H). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive any comments no later 

than May 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the 

revised draft recovery criteria and PVA/ 

draft Appendix H, you may obtain a 

copy from Jennifer Norris, Rio Grande 

Endangered Species Act Coordinator, by 

U.S. mail at New Mexico Ecological 

Services Field Office, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 2105 Osuna Road, 

Albuquerque, NM 87113; by telephone 

at 505–761–4710; by facsimile at 505– 

346–2542; or by e-mail at: 

Jennifer_Norris@fws.gov. You may also 

download the documents from http:// 

www.fws.gov/endangered. For more on 

obtaining and commenting on 

documents, see ‘‘Document 

Availability.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Norris, by telephone at 505– 

761–4710, by any means under 

ADDRESSES. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Rio Grande silvery minnow was 

extirpated from about 93 percent of its 

original range, persisting in only one 

280-kilometer (km) ((174-mile (mi))) 

reach of the Rio Grande in New Mexico, 

from just downstream of Cochiti Dam to 

the headwaters of the Elephant Butte 

Reservoir. As part of our efforts to 

recover the species, on December 17, 

2008, we reintroduced Rio Grande 

silvery minnows to the Big Bend area of 

the Rio Grande under Section 10(j) of 

the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (73 FR 

74357, December 8, 2008). We listed the 

species as federally endangered in 1994 

(July 20, 1994, 59 FR 36988) and 

designated critical habitat in 2003 

(February 19, 2003, 68 FR 8088). 

Throughout much of its historic range, 

the decline of the Rio Grande silvery 

minnow may be attributed in part to 

destruction and modification of its 

habitat due to dewatering and diversion 

of water, water impoundment, and 

modification of the river 

(channelization). Competition and 

predation by introduced non-native 

species, water quality degradation, and 

other factors may also have contributed 

to its decline. 

Restoring an endangered or 

threatened animal or plant to the point 

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program. To help guide the recovery 

effort, we are working to prepare 

recovery plans for most of the listed 

species native to the United States. 

Recovery plans describe actions 

considered necessary for conservation of 

species, establish criteria for 

downlisting or delisting them, and 

estimate time and cost for implementing 

the recovery measures. The recovery 

criteria form the basis from which to 

gauge the species’ recovery and 

subsequent risk of extinction. 

Our draft revised recovery plan, 

which we announced and took 

comments on in early 2007 (January 18, 

2007, 72 FR 2301), includes scientific 

information about the species and 

provides criteria and actions needed to 

reclassify or delist (recover) the species. 

We may consider reclassifying the Rio 

Grande silvery minnow from 

endangered to threatened when three 

populations (including at least two that 

are self-sustaining) have been 

established within the historical range 

of the species and have been maintained 

for at least 5 years each. We may 

consider delisting when three selfsustaining populations have been 

established within the historical range 

of the species and have been maintained 

for at least 10 years each. The revised 

recovery criteria provide objective 

measures by which we may determine 

that populations of silvery minnow are 

self-sustaining. 

We finalized our original Rio Grande 

Silvery Minnow Recovery Plan in 1999. 

On January 18, 2007, we issued a notice 

of availability and request for comments 

on our draft revised plan (72 FR 2301). 

After receiving and considering public 

and peer review comments on the 

original draft revised criteria, we 

developed the revised criteria and PVA 

document which we announce and 

make available with this notice. We will 

not re-release the draft revised plan and 

take further comments. After 

consideration of comments we received 

during this public comment period, we 

will finalize the recovery plan and make 

it available to the public through a 

Federal Register notice. 

Document Availability 

To download review copies of the 

documents from the internet, go to 

http://www.fws.gov/endangered and 

find ‘‘Search For a Species:’’ in the leftside menu. Type ‘‘silvery minnow’’ in 

the text box and click on ‘‘Search.’’ 

Although we are no longer accepting 

comments on the January 2007 draft 

revised recovery plan, a copy of the plan 

may be useful for your review of the 

revised draft criteria and PVA/draft 

Appendix H. The draft revised recovery 

plan may be also obtained through the 

methods outlined above. 

Comments and materials we receive 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment, during normal business 

hours at the New Mexico Ecological 

Services Field Office in Albuquerque 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Request for Public Comments 

We are accepting written comments 

and information during this comment 

period on the revised draft recovery 


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1The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

criteria and draft Appendix H. You may 

submit written comments by any one of 

the means under ADDRESSES. If you 

submitted comments previously on the 

original draft revision to the Recovery 

Plan (January 2007), you need not 

resubmit them, as we will incorporate 

them into the public record and fully 

consider them as we prepare our final 

revised plan. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 

16 U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: March 5, 2009. 

Brian A Millsap, 

Regional Director, Region 2. 

[FR Doc. E9–8083 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado River Basin 

Salinity Control Advisory Council 

(Council) was established by the 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–320) (Act) to 

receive reports and advise Federal 

agencies on implementing the Act. In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Bureau of 

Reclamation announces that the Council 

will meet as detailed below. 

DATES: Dates and Location: The Council 

will conduct a meeting at the following 

time and location: 

Thursday, May 7, 2009—Moab Utah— 

The meeting will be held at the Pancake 

Haus Restaurant, 182 South Main Street, 

Moab, Utah. The meeting will begin at 

8 a.m., recess at approximately 12 p.m., 

and may reconvene later in the day. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the Council 

is open to the public. Any member of 

the public may file written statements 

with the Council before, during, or up 

to 30 days after the meeting either in 

person or by mail. To the extent that 

time permits, the Council chairman will 

allow public presentation of oral 

comments at the meeting. To allow full 

consideration of information by Council 

members, written notice must be 

provided to Mr. Kib Jacobson, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 

Office, 125 South State Street, Room 

6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–1147; 

telephone (801) 524–3753; facsimile 

(801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@uc.usbr.gov at least five (5) 

days prior to the meeting. Any written 

comments received prior to the meeting 

will be provided to Council members at 

the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kib 

Jacobson, telephone (801) 524–3753; 

facsimile (801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@uc.usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting will be to 

discuss and take appropriate actions 

regarding the following: (1) The Basin 

States Program created by Public Law 

110–246, amending the Act; (2) 

responses to the Advisory Council 

Report; and (3) other items within the 

jurisdiction of the Council. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

telephone number, e-mail 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. 

Dated: March 16, 2009. 

Larry Walkoviak, 

Regional Director—UC Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–8077 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–1021 (Review)] 

Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings From 

China 

Determination 

On the basis of the record1 developed 

in the subject five-year review, the 

United States International Trade 

Commission (Commission) determines, 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the 

Act), that revocation of the antidumping 

duty order on malleable iron pipe 

fittings from China would be likely to 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time. 

Background 

The Commission instituted this 

review on November 3, 2008 (73 FR 

65401) and determined on February 6, 

2009 that it would conduct an expedited 

review (74 FR 7703). Notice of the 

scheduling of the Commission’s review 

was given by posting copies of the 

notice in the Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

Washington, DC, and by publishing the 

notice in the Federal Register on 

February 19, 2009 (74 FR 7703). 

The Commission is scheduled to 

transmit its determination in this review 

to the Secretary of Commerce on April 

1, 2009. The views of the Commission 

are contained in USITC Publication 

4069 (April 2009), entitled Malleable 

Iron Pipe Fittings from China (Inv. No. 

731–TA–1021 (Review)). 

Issued: April 1, 2009. 

By order of the Commission. 

Marilyn R. Abbott, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. E9–8014 Filed 4–8–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response 

Compensation and Liability Act 

(‘‘CERCLA’’) 

Notice is hereby given that on March 

27, 2009, a proposed Consent Decree in 

United States v. Laquidara 

Construction, Inc. and Peter V. 

Laquidara, CIV No. 09–cv–0358 

(N.D.N.Y.) was lodged with the United 

States District Court for the Northern 

District of New York. 

The proposed Consent Decree is 

between the United States on behalf of 

the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’); the United 

States Department of Defense (‘‘DOD’’) 

and United States Federal Aviation 

Administration (‘‘FAA’’) (the ‘‘Settling 

Federal Agencies’’); and Laquidara 

Construction, Inc. and Peter V. 

Laquidara (the ‘‘Laquidara Entities’’). 

The proposed Consent Decree resolves 

claims against the Settling Federal 

Agencies and Laquidara Entities under 

Sections 106, 107, and 113 of the 


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