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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 104453-104454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30368]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

[Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2022-0062; FXES11130900000C6-256-FF09E42000]
RIN 1018-BG77

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Technical 
Corrections for 62 Wildlife and Plant Species on the Lists of 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Hawaiian Hoary Bat; 
Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are 
publishing this document to correct an error in the listing of the 
Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus).

DATES: This document is effective December 23, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Menke, Recovery Manager, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, Ecological 
Services, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232; telephone 503-231-
6131. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of- contact in 
the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 2, 2023, we published in the 
Federal Register (88 FR 7134) a direct final rule to make technical 
corrections to 62 wildlife and plant species on the Lists of Endangered 
and Threatened Wildlife and Plants in title 50 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) at Sec. Sec.  17.11 and 17.12, respectively. One of 
these species was the Hawaiian hoary bat. We planned to update its 
scientific name to Aeorestes semotus and add the common name 
`[omacr]pe`ape`a to its listing.
    On April 24, 2023, based on comments we received on the February 2, 
2023, direct final rule relating to scientific research relevant to the 
Hawaiian hoary bat's taxonomic classification, we published a document 
in the Federal Register (88 FR 24712) withdrawing the amendment in the 
direct final rule for the Hawaiian hoary bat only.
    In 2024, during an internal Service review, we erroneously 
identified the Hawaiian hoary bat listing in the February 2, 2023, 
direct final rule as an amendment that had not been properly codified 
in the Code of Federal Regulations. We requested that the Office of the 
Federal Register publish a correction to update the listing of the 
Hawaiian hoary bat as it appeared in the February 2, 2023, direct final 
rule. The Office of the Federal Register's correction published on 
September 17, 2024, at 89 FR 75976.
    Since that time, we discovered our error, and we are correcting it 
in this document by restoring the listing of the Hawaiian hoary bat to 
its original scientific name and omitting the common name we included 
in the February 2, 2023, direct final rule.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

    Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Plants, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation, Wildlife.

Signing Authority

    Martha Williams, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
approved this action on November 26, 2024. Acting Director Steve 
Guertin approved these packages December 15, 2024. On December 16, 
2024, the acting Director authorized the undersigned to sign the 
document electronically and submit it to the Office of the Federal 
Register for publication as an official document of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.

Regulation Promulgation

    For the reasons given in the preamble, we amend part 17, subchapter 
B of chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as set 
forth below:

PART 17--ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS

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1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 1531-1544; and 4201-4245, unless 
otherwise noted.

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2. In Sec.  17.11, in paragraph (h), amend the List of Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife, under MAMMALS, by revising the entry for ``Bat, 
Hawaiian hoary'' to read as follows:

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Sec.  17.11  Endangered and threatened wildlife.

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                                                                                              Listing citations
           Common name               Scientific name        Where listed         Status         and applicable
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                                                     MAMMALS
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Bat, Hawaiian hoary..............  Lasiurus cinereus    Wherever found.....  E               35 FR 16047, 10/13/
                                    semotus.                                                  1970.
 
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Madonna Baucum,
Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of Policy, Economics, Risk 
Management, and Analytics of the Joint Administrative Operations, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30368 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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