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warranted throughout all or a significant 

portion of its range at this time. 

We request that you submit any new 

information concerning the status of, or 

threats to, Cirsium vinaceum to our New 

Mexico Ecological Services Field Office 

(see ADDRESSES section) whenever it 

becomes available. New information 

will help us monitor C. vinaceum and 

encourage its conservation. If an 

emergency situation develops for C. 

vinaceum or any other species, we will 

act to provide immediate protection. 

References Cited 

A complete list of all references cited 

in this finding is available upon request 

from the New Mexico Ecological 

Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Author 

The primary authors of this rule are 

the New Mexico Ecological Services 

Field Office staff members (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

Dated: May 17, 2010 

Gregory E. Siekaniec, 

Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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RIN 0648–AY49 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Proposed Listing of Nine Distinct 

Population Segments of Loggerhead 

Sea Turtles as Endangered or 

Threatened; Extension of Comment 

Period 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce; United States Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), Interior. 

ACTION: Extension of public comment 

period; Notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: NMFS and USFWS hereby 

extend the comment period on the 

proposed listing of nine distinct 

population segments of loggerhead sea 

turtles as endangered or threatened, 

which was published on March 16, 

2010, until September 13, 2010. In 

addition, NMFS and USFWS will hold 

a public hearing in Berlin, MD, on June 

16, 2010 to answer questions and 

receive public comments. 

DATES: Comments and information 

regarding this proposed rule must be 

received by September 13, 2010. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the 

specific date, time and location of the 

public hearing. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by RIN 0648–AY49, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Electronic Submissions: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

• Mail: NMFS National Sea Turtle 

Coordinator, Attn: Loggerhead Proposed 

Listing Rule, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries 

Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13657, Silver Spring, MD 20910 or 

USFWS National Sea Turtle 

Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite 

200, Jacksonville, FL 32256. 

• Fax: To the attention of NMFS 

National Sea Turtle Coordinator at 301– 

713–0376 or USFWS National Sea 

Turtle Coordinator at 904–731–3045. 

Instructions: All comments received 

are a part of the public record and will 

generally be posted to http:// 

www.regulations.gov without change. 

All Personal Identifying Information (for 

example, name, address, etc.) 

voluntarily submitted by the commenter 

may be publicly accessible. Do not 

submit Confidential Business 

Information or otherwise sensitive or 

protected information. 

NMFS and USFWS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter N/A in the 

required fields, if you wish to remain 

anonymous). Attachments to electronic 

comments will be accepted in Microsoft 

Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe 

PDF file formats only. The proposed 

rule is available electronically at http:// 

www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Schroeder, NMFS (ph. 301– 

713–1401, fax 301–713–0376, e-mail 

barbara.schroeder@noaa.gov), Sandy 

MacPherson, USFWS (ph. 904–731– 

3336, e-mail 

sandy_macpherson@fws.gov), Marta 

Nammack, NMFS (ph. 301–713–1401, 

fax 301–713–0376, e-mail 

marta_nammack@noaa.gov), or Emily 

Bizwell, USFWS (ph. 404–679–7149, fax 

404–679–7081, e-mail 

emily_bizwell@fws.gov). Persons who 

use a Telecommunications device for 

the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days 

a week. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

16, 2010, NMFS and USFWS issued a 

proposed rule to list nine distinct 

population segments (DPSs) for the 

loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) 

that qualify as ‘‘species’’ for listing as 

endangered or threatened under the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the 

Services proposed to list two as 

threatened and seven as endangered. 

NMFS and USFWS subsequently 

received several requests to extend the 

public comment period for an 

additional 60–120 days. NMFS and 

USFWS have determined that an 

extension of 90 days, until September 

13, 2010, making the full comment 

period 180 days, will allow adequate 

time for the public to thoroughly review 

and thoughtfully comment on the 

proposed rule. 

NMFS and USFWS received a request 

for a public hearing to be held in 

Maryland. In response to that request, 

the date, time and location of the public 

hearing is as follows: 

Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 6 p.m. to 

9 p.m., Berlin, MD: Worcester County 

Library Ocean Pines Branch, 11107 

Cathell Road, Berlin, MD 21811; 

Meeting Room. 

This hearing will be physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Sara McNulty, 

NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, 

301–713–2322, at least five business 

days prior to the hearing date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: May 27, 2010. 

James H. Lecky, 

Director, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

Gary Frazer, 

Assistant Director for Endangered Species, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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