Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 43 / Tuesday, March 6, 2007 / Proposed Rules 9913 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

RIN 1018–AT37 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Rule To Remove 

the Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel 

(Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) from the 

Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period; correction. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service or we), 

extended the public comment period on 

the proposed rule to remove the Virginia 

northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys 

sabrinus fuscus), more commonly 

known as the West Virginia northern 

flying squirrel (WVNFS), on February 

21, 2007 (72 FR 7852). However, we 

inadvertently left out the e-mail address 

to which the public could send 

comments. This document corrects that 

error. 

DATES: The public comment period for 

the proposed rule published on 

December 19, 2006 (71 FR 75924) ends 

on April 23, 2007. If you previously 

submitted a comment through the 

regulations.gov Web site and did not 

receive an automatic confirmation that 

we received your comment, please 

either resubmit those comments or 

contact us. If you previously submitted 

a comment to us via mail, courier, or 

fax, you do not need to resubmit those 

comments as they have been 

incorporated into the public record and 

will be fully considered in the final 

determination. Any comments received 

after the closing date may not be 

considered in the final decision on the 

proposal. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the proposed delisting by any one of 

several methods: 

1. You may submit written comments 

and information to the Assistant Chief, 

Division of Endangered and Threatened 

Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Northeast Regional Office, 300 Westgate 

Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035. 

2. You may hand-deliver written 

comments to our Northeast Regional 

Office, at the above address. 

3. You may fax your comments to 

413–253–8482. 

4. You may e-mail your comments to 

wvnfscomments@fws.gov. 

5. You may use the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Comments and materials received will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at our Northeast Regional Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Lynch at our Northeast Regional 

Office (telephone: 413–253–8628) or the 

Field Office Supervisor, West Virginia 

Field Office, 694 Beverly Pike, Elkins, 

WV 26241 (telephone: 304–636–6586). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 19, 2006, the Service 

published a proposed rule (71 FR 

75924), under the authority of the Act, 

to remove the WVNFS from the Federal 

List of Endangered and Threatened 

Wildlife, due to recovery. On February 

21, 2007, we published a 60-day 

comment period extension (72 FR 7852) 

to the proposed rule. However, we 

inadvertently left out the email address 

to which the public could send 

comments. We now correct that error. 

Please see the comment period 

extension document (72 FR 7852) for a 

list of subjects for which we are seeking 

comments. The public comment period 

for the proposed rule ends on April 23, 

2007. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

Dated: February 21, 2007. 

Sara Prigan, 

Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register 

Liaison. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; 90-Day and 12-Month 

Findings on a Petition To Revise 

Critical Habitat for the Indiana Bat 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of 90-day and 12-month 

petition finding. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce our 

90-day and 12-month findings on a 

petition to revise critical habitat for the 

federally endangered Indiana bat 

(Myotis sodalis). We find that the 

petition does not present substantial 

scientific information indicating that 

revising critical habitat for the Indiana 

bat may be warranted. However, we 

have also elected to make a 12-month 

finding at this time. 

DATES: The finding announced in this 

document was made on March 6, 2007. 

You may submit new information 

concerning this species or its habitat for 

our consideration at any time. 

ADDRESSES: The complete supporting 

file for this finding is available for 

public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours at the 

Bloomington Ecological Services Field 

Office, 620 South Walker Street, 

Bloomington, IN 47403–2121. New 

information, materials, comments, or 

questions concerning this species or its 

habitat may be submitted to us at any 

time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Pruitt, Field Supervisor of the 

Bloomington Ecological Services Field 

Office (see ADDRESSES), by telephone at 

(812) 334–4261, or by facsimile to (812) 

334–4273. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 4(b)(3)(D) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act) 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), requires that we 

make a finding on whether a petition to 

revise critical habitat for a listed species 

presents substantial scientific 

information indicating that the revision 

may be warranted. Our listing 

regulations at 50 CFR 424.14(c)(2)(i) 

further require that, in making a finding 

on a petition to revise critical habitat, 

we consider whether the petition 

contains information indicating that 

areas petitioned to be added to critical 

habitat contain physical and biological 

features essential to, and that may 

require special management to provide 

for, the conservation of the species 

involved. To the maximum extent 

practicable, we are to make this finding 

within 90 days of our receipt of the 

petition, and we must promptly publish 

our finding in the Federal Register. 

If we find that substantial information 

is presented, we are required to 

determine how we intend to proceed 

with the requested revision, and shall 

promptly publish notice of such 

intention in the Federal Register. The 

Act gives us discretion in determining 

whether to revise critical habitat, stating 

that the ‘‘Secretary may, from time-totime thereafter as appropriate, revise 

such designation.’’

In making this finding, we relied on 

information provided by the petitioners 

and evaluated that information in 

accordance with 50 CFR 424.14(c). Our 


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