53808 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 175 / Monday, September 12, 2005 / Notices 

Definitions Related to This Notice 

The following definitions are 

provided to assist those persons who 

contemplate submitting information 

regarding the species being reviewed: 

A. Species includes any species or 

subspecies of fish, wildlife, or plant, 

and any distinct population segment of 

any species of vertebrate which 

interbreeds when mature. 

B. Endangered means any species that 

is in danger of extinction throughout all 

or a significant portion of its range. 

C. Threatened means any species that 

is likely to become an endangered 

species within the foreseeable future 

throughout all or a significant portion of 

its range. 

How Do We Determine Whether a 

Species Is Endangered or Threatened? 

Section 4(a)(1) of the Act establishes 

that we determine whether a species is 

endangered or threatened based on one 

or more of the following five factors: 

A. The present or threatened 

destruction, modification, or 

curtailment of its habitat or range; 

B. Overutilization for commercial, 

recreational, scientific, or educational 

purposes; 

C. Disease or predation; 

D. The inadequacy of existing 

regulatory mechanisms; or 

E. Other natural or manmade factors 

affecting its continued existence. 

Section 4(a)(1) of the Act requires that 

our determination be made on the basis 

of the best scientific and commercial 

data available. 

What Could Happen as a Result of This 

Review? 

If we find that there is new 

information concerning any of these 

eight species indicating that a change in 

classification may be warranted, we may 

propose a new rule that could do one of 

the following: (a) Reclassify the species 

from endangered to threatened 

(downlist); (b) reclassify the species 

from threatened to endangered (uplist); 

or (c) delist the species. If we determine 

that a change in classification is not 

warranted, then these species will 

remain on the List under their current 

status. 

Public Solicitation of New Information 

We request any new information 

concerning the status of these eight 

species. See ‘‘What information is 

considered in the review?’’ heading for 

specific criteria. Information submitted 

should be supported by documentation 

such as maps, bibliographic references, 

methods used to gather and analyze the 

data, and/or copies of any pertinent 

publications, reports, or letters by 

knowledgeable sources. Our practice is 

to make comments, including names 

and home addresses of respondents, 

available for public review. Individual 

respondents may request that we 

withhold their home addresses from the 

supporting record, which we will honor 

to the extent allowable by law. There 

also may be circumstances in which we 

may withhold from the supporting 

record a respondent’s identity, as 

allowable by law. If you wish us to 

withhold your name and/or address, 

you must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comment. We will not 

consider anonymous comments, 

however. We will make all submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Authority 

This document is published under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

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

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 05–17978 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Availability of a Technical 

Agency Draft Recovery Plan for the 

Endangered Spring Creek Bladderpod 

(Lesquerella perforata) for Review and 

Comment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

and opening of public comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce the availability of the 

technical agency draft recovery plan for 

the Spring Creek bladderpod 

(Lesquerella perforata). This species is 

endemic to the Central Basin in 

Tennessee. It is currently known from 

only three watersheds (Spring Creek, 

Bartons Creek, and Cedar Creek) in 

Wilson County, Tennessee. The 

technical agency draft recovery plan 

includes specific recovery objectives 

and criteria to be met in order to 

downlist this species to threatened 

status and delist it under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1533 et seq.). 

We solicit review and comment on this 

technical agency draft recovery plan 

from local, State, and Federal agencies, 

and the public. 

DATES: In order to be considered, we 

must receive comments on the draft 

recovery plan on or before November 

14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to review this 

technical agency draft recovery plan, 

you may obtain a copy by contacting the 

Tennessee Field Office, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 446 Neal Street, 

Cookeville, Tennessee 38501 (telephone 

(931) 528–6481), or by visiting our 

recovery plan Web site at http:// 

endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ 

index.html#plans. If you wish to 

comment, you may submit your 

comments by any one of several 

methods: 

1. You may submit written comments 

and materials to the Project Leader, at 

the above address. 

2. You may hand-deliver written 

comments to our Tennessee Field 

Office, at the above address, or fax your 

comments to (931) 528–7075. 

3. You may send comments by e-mail 

to timothy_merritt@fws.gov. For 

directions on how to submit electronic 

filing of comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Comments Solicited’’ section. 

Comments and materials received are 

available for public inspection on 

request, by appointment, during normal 

business hours at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy Merritt at the above address 

(telephone (931) 528–6481, ext. 211). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

We listed the Spring Creek 

bladderpod under the Act, on January 

22, 1997 (61 FR 67493). This rare plant, 

a winter annual, is restricted to the 

floodplains of three creeks (Bartons, 

Spring and Cedar) in Wilson County, 

Tennessee. It can be found in 

agricultural fields, flooded pastures and 

glades, and disturbed areas. It requires 

some degree of disturbance, such as 

scouring from natural flooding or 

plowing of the soil, to complete its life 

cycle. 

Factors contributing to its endangered 

status are an extremely limited range 

and loss of habitat. The primary threat 

is the loss of habitat due to conversion 

of land to uses other than cultivation of 

annual crops, such as the rapid 

commercial, residential, and industrial 

development that is occurring 

throughout Wilson County. 

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 the endangered species 

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program. To help guide the recovery 

effort, we are preparing recovery plans 

for most listed species. Recovery plans 

describe actions considered necessary 

for conservation of the species; establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting, and 

estimate time and cost for implementing 

recovery measures. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for listed species unless 

such a plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to 

provide a public notice and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment be provided during recovery 

plan development. We will consider all 

information presented during a public 

comment period prior to approval of 

each new or revised recovery plan. We 

and other Federal agencies will take 

these comments into account in the 

course of implementing approved 

recovery plans. 

The objective of this technical agency 

draft plan is to provide a framework for 

the recovery of this species so that 

protection under the Act is no longer 

necessary. Spring Creek bladderpod will 

be considered for reclassification to 

threatened status when there are 15 

occurrences: Five occurrences located 

within the floodplain of each of the 

three creeks (Spring Creek, Bartons 

Creek, and Cedar Creek). These 

occurrences either located on public or 

private land must be protected by a 

permanent conservation easement with 

a management agreement. Each 

occurrence must consist of an average of 

500 plants over a five-year period with 

no less than 100 plants in any given 

year. 

Spring Creek bladderpod will be 

considered for delisting when there are 

25 occurrences, with at minimum five 

occurrences located within the 

floodplain of each of the three creeks 

(Spring Creek, Bartons Creek, and Cedar 

Creek). Each occurrence either located 

on public or private land must be 

protected by a permanent conservation 

easement with a management 

agreement. Each occurrence must 

consist of an average of 500 plants over 

a ten-year period with no less than 100 

plants in any given year. As 

reclassification and recovery criteria are 

met, the status of the species will be 

reviewed and it will be considered for 

reclassification or removal from the 

Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife and Plants. 

Public Comments Solicited 

We solicit written comments on the 

recovery plan described. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

date specified above prior to final 

approval of the draft recovery plan. 

Please submit electronic comments as 

an ASCII file format and avoid the use 

of special characters and encryption. 

Please also include your name and 

return address in your e-mail message. 

If you do not receive a confirmation 

from the system that we have received 

your e-mail message, contact us directly 

by calling our Tennessee Field Office 

(see ADDRESSES section). 

Our practice is to make all comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home address from 

the record, which we will honor to the 

extent allowable by law. In some 

circumstances, we would withhold also 

from the record a respondent’s identity, 

as allowable by law. If you wish for us 

to withhold your name and/or address, 

you must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. However, 

we will not consider anonymous 

comments. We will make all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

[FR Doc. 05–17977 Filed 9–9–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection: Indian Reservation Roads 

Program; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) is seeking comments on 

information collected for the Indian 

Reservation Roads (IRR) Program 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. When the rule was 

approved and published 3 years ago, the 

information collection was also 

approved for 3 years. We now must 

renew that approval so that we can 

continue to operate the IRR Program. 

This renewal is necessary for tribal 

participation in the IRR Program and for 

the allocation of funding for the IRR 

Program to federally-recognized tribal 

governments for transportation 

assistance. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 14, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to 

LeRoy Gishi, Chief, Division of 

Transportation, 1951 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Mail Stop Room 20–SIB, 

Washington, DC 20240; or faxed to (202) 

208–4696. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may request further information or 

obtain copies of the proposed 

information collection request from 

LeRoy Gishi, (202) 513–7711. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection is necessary to 

allow federally-recognized tribal 

governments to participate in the Indian 

Reservation Roads (IRR) Program as 

defined in 23 U.S.C. 204(a)(1). Some of 

the information collected determines 

the allocation of IRR program funds to 

Indian tribes as described in 23 U.S.C. 

202(d)(2)(A). 

Request for Comments 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs requests 

your comments on this collection 

concerning: 

(a) The necessity of this information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden (hours and cost) 

of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Ways we could enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) Ways we could minimize the 

burden of the collection of the 

information on the respondents, such as 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or request, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section, 

room 20–SIB, during the hours of 8 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through 

Friday, except for legal holidays. If you 

wish to have your name and/or address 

withheld, you must state this