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without incurring additional expense or

delay.

(2) A public hearing will be held at

9:30 a.m. on June 6, 1995 and at 9:30

a.m. on June 7, 1995. Any person who

wishes to speak at the hearing should

notify the FRA Docket Clerk at least five

working days before to the hearing, by

telephone or by mail.

ADDRESSES: (1) Written comments

should be submitted to the Docket

Clerk, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400

Seventh Street N.W., Washington, D.C.

20590. Persons desiring to be notified

that their written comments have been

received by FRA should submit a

stamped, self-addressed postcard with

their comments. The Docket Clerk will

indicate on the postcard the date on

which the comments were received and

will return the card to the addressee.

Written comments will be available for

examination, both before and after the

closing date for comments, during

regular business hours in Room 8201 of

the Nassif Building at the above address.

(2) A public hearing will be held in

room 2230 of the Nassif Building, 400

Seventh Street S.W. Washington, D.C.

Persons desiring to speak at the hearing

should notify the Docket Clerk by

telephone (202–366–0628) or by writing

to the Docket Clerk at the address above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce F. George, Chief, Highway-Rail

Crossing and Trespasser Programs

Division, Office of Safety, FRA, 400

Seventh Street S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590 (telephone 202–366–0533), or

Mark Tessler, Trail Attorney, Office of

Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 Seventh Street

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590

(telephone 202–366–0628).

Issues in Washington, D.C. on April 11,

1995.

Donald M. Itzkoff,

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 95–9359 Filed 4–13–95; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Reopening of Comment

Period and Notice of Public Hearings

on Proposed Endangered Status With

Critical Habitat in Arizona, and

Threatened Status in Texas, for the

Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule: notice of public

hearing and reopening of comment

period.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) gives notice that

public hearings will be held and the

comment period reopened on the

proposed rule to list the cactus

ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium

brasilianum cactorum) as an

endangered species with critical habitat

in Arizona, and as threatened in Texas.

The hearings and the reopening of the

comment period will allow all

interested parties to submit oral or

written comments on the proposal.

DATES: The public hearings will be held

from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on May 8, 1995,

in Tucson, Arizona, and from 7 p.m. to

10 p.m. on May 10, 1995, in Weslaco,

Texas. The comment period for this

proposal will be reopened on May 1,

1995, and will close on May 30, 1995.

Comments must be received by the

closing date. Any comments that are

received after the closing date may not

be considered in the final decision on

the proposal.

ADDRESSES: The public hearings will be

held at the Senior Ballroom, Student

Union Memorial Building, University of

Arizona, Tucson, Arizona and at

Hoblitzelle Auditorium, Texas A&M

Experimental Station, 2145 E. Highway

83, Weslaco, Texas. Written comments

should be sent to the State Supervisor,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2321 W.

Royal Palm Road, Phoenix, Arizona

85021–4951. Comments and materials

received will be available for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the above

Service address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey A. Humphrey, State Supervisor,

Arizona Ecological Services State Office

(See ADDRESSES section) (telephone 602/

640–2720; facsimile 602/640–2730)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The breeding range of the cactus

ferruginous pygmy-owl extends from

south-central Arizona south through

western Mexico, and from southern

Texas south through northeastern

Mexico. Within these regions, the

species occurs in riverbottom

woodlands, coastal plain oak

associations, thornscrub, and Sonoran

desert scrub. The cactus ferruginous

pygmy-owl is threatened to varying

degrees across its range by loss and

modification of habitat, lack of adequate

protective regulations, and other factors.

A proposed rule to list this species as

endangered with critical habitat in

Arizona, and as threatened in Texas,

was published in the Federal Register

(59 FR 63975) on December 12, 1994.

Pursuant to 50 CFR 424.16(c)(2), the

Service may extend or reopen a

comment period upon finding that there

is good cause to do so. Full participation

of the affected public in the species

listing process, allowing the Service to

consider the best scientific and

commercial data available in making a

final determination on the proposed

action, is deemed as sufficient cause.

Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the Act, as

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

requires that a public hearing be held if

it is requested within 45 days of the

publication of a proposed rule. In

response to numerous requests, the

Service is holding two hearings. The

two public hearings will be held on the

dates and at the addresses described

above.

Anyone wishing to make an oral

statement for the record is encouraged

to provide a written copy of their

statement and present it to the Service

at the start of the hearing. In the event

there is a large attendance, the time

allotted for oral statements may have to

be limited. Oral and written statements

receive equal consideration. There are

no limits to the length of written

comments presented at the hearings or

mailed to the Service. Legal notices

announcing the dates, times, and

locations of the hearings will be

published in local newspapers.

The comment period on the proposal

originally closed on April 11, 1995. In

order to accommodate the hearings, the

Service also reopens the public

comment period. Written comments

may now be submitted until May 30,

1995, to the Service office in the

ADDRESSES section.

Author

The primary author of this notice is

Jeffrey A. Humphrey (see ADDRESSES).

Authority

The authority for this action is 16

U.S.C. 1531–1544.

Dated: April 10, 1995.

Lynn B. Starnes,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2, Fish and

Wildlife Service.

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