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public meeting should be submitted to

the address below on or before April 3,

1995.

ADDRESSES:

Draft Materials: Intersted parties may

obtain drafts of the materials to be

discussed at the April 6 and 7 public

meetings from Ms. Angelena Moy,

PDUSD(A&T)DP/MPI, 1211 S. Fern

Street, Room C–109, Arlington, VA

22202–2808.

Public Meeting: The location of the

public meeting is 1211 S. Fern Street,

Room C–102, Arlington, VA 22202–

2808. Individuals wishing to attend the

meeting, including individuals wishing

to make presentations on the topics

scheduled for discussion, should

contact Ms. Angelena Moy,

PDUSD(A&T)DP/MPI, 1211 S. Fern

Street, Room C–109, Arlington, VA

22202–2808.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Angelena Moy, telephone (703) 604–

5385. FAX (703) 604–6709.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On September 16, 1994, (59 FR 47583)

the Director of Defense Procurement,

Department of Defense, announced an

initiative to rewrite the Federal

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 45,

Government Property, to make it easier

to understand and to minimize the

burdens imposed on contractors and

contracting officers. The Director of

Defense Procurement is providing a

forum for an exchange of ideas and

information with government and

industry personnel by holding public

meetings, soliciting public comments,

and publishing notices of the public

meetings in the Federal Register.

The public meetings scheduled for

March 9 and 10, 1995, have been

canceled and rescheduled for April 6

and 7, 1995.

As indicated in the February 9, 1995,

Federal Register notice (60 FR 7744),

interested parties are invited to present

statements on (1) draft legislation

permitting negotiated sales of low value

Government property to holding

contractors, (2) revisions to FAR

52.245–17, Special Tooling, (3) disposal

of Government property, and (4)

establishing the value of Government

property for the purpose of determining

appropriate rental charges.

Claudia L. Naugle,

Executive Editor, Defense Acquisition

Regulations Directorate.

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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Notice of Public Hearing

and Reopening of Public Comment

Period on Proposed Endangered or

Threatened Status for Four

Southwestern California Plants

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public

hearing and reopening of public

comment period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) provides notice that a public

hearing will be held and the comment

period reopened on proposed

endangered status for Atriplex coronata

var. notatior (San Jacinto Valley

crownscale) and Allium munzii (Munz’s

onion), and proposed threatened status

for Brodiaea filifolia (thread-leaved

brodiaea) and Navarretia fossalis

(spreading navarretia). The Service also

proposes critical habitat for Atriplex

coronata var. notatior. All parties are

invited to comment on this proposal.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and from 6:00 to

8:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 23, 1995,

in Riverside, California. The public

comment period now closes on May 20,

1995. Any comments received by the

closing date will be considered in the

final decision on this proposal.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held at

the Holiday Inn, Empire Ballroom, 3400

Market Street, Riverside, California.

Written comments and materials may be

submitted at the hearing or may be sent

directly to the Field Supervisor, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 2730 Loker

Avenue West, Carlsbad, California

92008. Comments and materials

received will be available for public

inspection during normal business

hours, by appointment, at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Field Supervisor (see ADDRESSES

section) at (619) 431–9440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Allium munzii (Munz’s onion), a

member of the lily family, is a whiteflowered, single-leaved, scapose

perennial originating from a bulb. A.

munzii is restricted to mesic clay soils

in western Riverside County, California.

It is frequently associated with southern

needlegrass grassland, mixed grassland,

and open coastal sage scrub, or

occasionally in cismontane juniper

woodlands. Twelve populations are

currently known.

Atriplex coronata var. notatior (San

Jacinto Valley crownscale or saltbush) is

a low, grey-green, erect annual member

of the goosefoot family. It is restricted to

the Traver-Domino-Willows alkaline

soils series of the San Jacinto, Perris,

and Menifee Valleys of western

Riverside County, California, in

association with alkali sink, alkali

playa, vernal pools, and alkali grassland

habitats. This taxon occurs at 10

population centers. The number of

individuals in any given year vary

widely, depending on available rainfall,

and the duration and extent of flooding.

Brodiaea filifolia (thread-leaved

brodiaea), a member of the lily family,

is a lavender-flowered scapose

perennial herb. It typically occurs on

gentle slopes, and in valleys and flood

plains associated with mesic, southern

needlegrass grassland and alkali

grassland plant communities growing

on clay, loamy sand, or alkaline siltyclay soils. The species is distributed in

widely disjunct populations from the

foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains

in Los Angeles County, California, east

to the foothills of the San Bernardino

Mountains in San Bernardino County,

south through western Riverside and

eastern Orange Counties to central

coastal San Diego County. About 18 out

of 27 historical populations are known

to exist throughout its range. The

majority of the populations are centered

on the Santa Rosa Plateau, Riverside

County, California, and in the vicinity of

Carlsbad, Vista, and San Marcos, San

Diego County, California.

Navarretia fossalis (spreading

navarretia) is a low, white-flowered

annual of the phlox family that is found

primarily in association with vernal

pools, alkali grassland, and vernal alkali

flood plains. N. fossalis is known from

a single occurrence in Los Angeles

County, California, the lowlands of

western Riverside County, California,

and coastal San Diego County south into

northwestern Baja California, Mexico.

Fewer than 30 populations of this

species are known in the United States.

These populations are concentrated in

three locations: Otay Mesa in southern

San Diego County, near Hemet and

along the San Jacinto River in Riverside

County.

These species are threatened by one

or more of the following factors: Habitat

destruction and fragmentation from

agricultural and urban development,

pipeline construction, alterations of

wetland hydrology by draining or

channelization, clay mining, off-road

vehicle activity, cattle and sheep
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grazing, weed abatement, fire

suppression practices, competition from

alien plant species, and the inadequacy

of existing regulatory mechanisms.

On December 15, 1994, the Service

published a proposed rule on

endangered status for Atriplex coronata

var. notatior and Allium munzii,

proposed threatened status for Brodiaea

filifolia and Navarretia fossalis, and

critical habitat for Atriplex coronata var.

notatior (59 FR 64812). Section

4(b)(5)(E) of the Endangered Species Act

requires that a public hearing be held if

it is requested within 45 days of the

publication of the proposed rule. Public

hearing requests were received from

several requestors. As a result, the

Service has scheduled a public hearing

on Thursday, March 23, 1995, at the

Holiday Inn, Empire Ballroom, 3400

Market Street, Riverside, California.

Anyone wishing to make statements

for the record should bring a written

copy of their statements to the hearing.

Oral statements may be limited in

length if the number of parties present

at the hearing necessitates such a

limitation. Oral and written comments

receive equal consideration. The Service

places no limits on the length of written

comments or materials presented at the

hearing or mailed to the Service.

The comment period on the proposal

was to close on February 13, 1995. To

accommodate the hearing, the public

comment period is reopened upon

publication of this notice. Written

comments may now be submitted until

May 20, 1995, to the Service in the

ADDRESSES section.

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

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

Dated: February 28, 1995.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and Wildlife

Service.

[FR Doc. 95–5484 Filed 3–6–95; 8:45 am]

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