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[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 30588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15123]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AD20

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Special 
Rule for the Conservation of the Northern Spotted Owl on Non-Federal 
Lands

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Service issued a Draft Environmental Alternatives Analysis 
(EAA) (February 23, 1996, 61 FR 6964) for the proposed special rule for 
the conservation of the northern spotted owl on non-Federal lands in 
California and Washington, which is currently out for public comment. 
The proposed special rule was published in the Federal Register on 
February 17, 1995 (60 FR 9484). The comment period for both documents 
was scheduled to end on June 3, 1996. The intent of this document is to 
extend the comment period to June 27, 1996.
    The Service is briefly extending the comment period in order to 
accept the comments of The Resources Agency of California, and invites 
other interested parties who have not yet submitted comments to do so.

DATES: The comment period for written comments is extended until June 
27, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials concerning this Draft Environmental 
Alternatives Analysis and the proposed rule should be sent to Mr. 
Michael J. Spear, Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4181. The complete 
file for this proposed rule will be available for public inspection, by 
appointment during normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Office of Technical Support for Forest Resources, 333 SW. 1st 
Avenue, 4th Floor, Portland, Oregon 97204, (503/326-6218).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Curt Smitch, Assistant Regional 
Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 3704 Griffin Lane 
SE., Suite 102, Olympia, Washington 98501, (206/534-9330); or Ron 
Crete, Office of Technical Support for Forest Resources, 333 SW. 1st 
Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232-4181, (503/326-6218).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Service has prepared a draft document 
called an Environmental Alternatives Analysis (EAA) that describes and 
analyzes the potential environmental effects of the proposed special 
rule and six alternatives for the conservation of the northern spotted 
owl on non-Federal lands in Washington and California. Each alternative 
would revise to varying degrees the Federal prohibitions and exceptions 
regarding the incidental take of spotted owls on non-Federal lands in 
California and Washington. The proposed rule, analyzed in the Draft EAA 
as Alternative 3, was published in the Federal Register on February 17, 
1995 (60 FR, No. 33, Page 9484).
    The Service's Draft EAA, including all maps, tables, charts, and 
graphs, remains available on the Internet's World Wide Web at http://www.r1.fws.gov/4deaa/welcome.html.

    Dated: June 10, 1996.
H. Dale Hall,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, 
Portland, Oregon.
[FR Doc. 96-15123 Filed 6-14-96; 8:45 am]
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