14252 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 51 / Thursday, March 16, 1995 / Proposed Rules

BILLING CODE 4910–59–C

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Issued on March 9, 1995.

Barry Felrice,

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.

[FR Doc. 95–6379 Filed 3–16–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 51 / Thursday, March 16, 1995 / Proposed Rules 14253

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Notice of Public Hearing

and Reopening of Comment Period on

Proposed Endangered Status for Four

Plants From Vernal Pools and Mesic

Areas in Northern California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed Rule; notice of public

hearing and reopening of comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service), pursuant to the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),

provides notice that a public hearing

will be held on the proposed

endangered status for Lasthenia

conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields),

Navarretia leucocephala ssp. pauciflora

(few-flowered navarretia), Navarretia

leucocephala ssp. plieantha (manyflowered navarretia), and Parvisedum

leiocarpum (Lake County stonecrop). In

addition, the Service has reopened the

comment period. All parties are invited

to submit comments on this proposal.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on

Thursday, April 6, 1995, in Napa,

California. The public comment period

now closes April 28, 1995. Any

comments received by the closing date

will be considered in the final decision

on this proposal.

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will

held at the Napa Valley Marriott Hotel,

3425 Solano Avenue, Napa, California.

Written comments and materials

concerning this proposal may be

submitted at the hearing or may be sent

directly to Field Supervisor, Sacramento

Field Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room

E–1803, Sacramento, California 95825–

1846. Comments and materials received

will be available for public inspection,

by appointment, during normal business

hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty Warne (see ADDRESSES section) or

at 916/979–2120.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa

goldfields), Navarretia leucocephala

ssp. pauciflora (few-flowered

navarretia), Navarretia leucocephala

ssp. plieantha (many-flowered

navarretia), and Parvisedum leiocarpum

(Lake County stonecrop) grow in vernal

pools and mesic grasslands and are

found variously in Lake, Napa, Solano,

and Sonoma Counties. The three

remaining populations of Lake County

stonecrop occur on private lands in

Lake County. The seven remaining

populations of Contra Costa goldfields

occur in Napa and Solano Counties. The

five remaining populations of fewflowered navarretia occur in Napa and

Lake Counties. The seven remaining

populations of many-flowered

navarretia occur in Lake and Sonoma

counties.

These four vernal pool plants

proposed for listing are imperiled by

one or more of the following;

commercial, residential, and

agricultural development, hydrological

changes in vernal pool and swale

habitats, trampling by livestock, road

widening, inadequate regulatory

protection mechanisms, random

stochastic events, off- highway vehicle

use, feral pigs, and horseback riding. As

a result of the immediate threats against

these plant populations, the Service is

proposing to list these four species as

endangered to afford them protection of

the Act.

On December 19, 1994, the Service

published a proposed rule on proposed

endangered status for Lasthenia

conjugens, Navarretia leucocephala ssp.

pauciflora, Navarretia leucocephala ssp.

plieantha, and Parvisedum leiocarpum

(59 FR 65311). Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the

Act requires that a public hearing be

held if one is requested within 45 days

of the publication of the proposed rule

in the Federal Register. Public hearing

requests were received within the

allotted time period from Michael

Delbar, Executive Director, Lake County

Farm Bureau, Lakeport, California and

from Daniel Macon, Director Industry

Affairs, California Cattlemen’s

Association, Sacramento, California. As

a result, the Service has scheduled a

public hearing on April 6, 1995, at Napa

Valley Marriott Hotel, 3425 Solano

Avenue, Napa, 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 to the length of written

comments or materials presented at the

hearing or mailed to the Service. Legal

notices announcing the date, time, and

location of the hearing are being

published in newspapers concurrently

with this Federal Register notice.

The comment period on the proposal

was to close on February 17, 1995. To

accommodate the hearing, the public

comment period is reopened upon

publication of this notice. Written

comments may now be submitted until

April 28, 1995, to the Service office in

the ADDRESSES section.

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Dated: March 9, 1995.

William F. Shake,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1 U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 95–6470 Filed 3–15–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 941084–4284; I.D. 080894C]

50 CFR Part 227

Endangered and Threatened Species;

Proposed Threatened Status for

Southern Oregon and Northern

California Steelhead

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS is issuing a proposed

rule to list natural steelhead

(Oncorhynchus mykiss) populations

(progeny of naturally-spawning fish)

occurring between Cape Blanco, OR,

and the Klamath River Basin, in Oregon

and California (inclusive; hereinafter

referred to as the Klamath Mountains

Province) as threatened under the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA).

NMFS has determined that Klamath

Mountains Province steelhead

populations constitute a ‘‘species’’ as

interpreted under the ESA. Should the

proposed listing be made final,

protective regulations under the ESA

would be put into effect and a recovery

program would be implemented.

DATES: Comments must be received by

May 15, 1995. Requests for a public

hearing must be received by May 1,

1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this proposed

rule, requests for public hearings, and

requests for supporting documents

should be sent to the Environmental and

Technical Services Division, NMFS,

Northwest Region, 911 NE. 11th

Avenue, Suite 620, Portland, OR 97232.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Garth Griffin, 503–230–5430; R. Craig

Wingert, 310–980–4021; or Marta

Nammack, 301/713–2322.