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6. Amend § 374.303 by revising 

paragraph (f) to read as follows: 

§ 374.303 Definitions. 

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(f) Service means passenger 

transportation by bus over regular 

routes. 

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7. Amend § 374.311 by revising 

paragraphs (a) and (b) to read as follows: 

§ 374.311 Service responsibility. 

(a) Schedules. Carriers shall establish 

schedules that can be reasonably met, 

including connections at junction 

points, to serve adequately all points. 

(b) Continuity of service. No carrier 

shall change an existing regular-route 

schedule without first displaying 

conspicuously a notice in each facility 

and on each bus affected. Such notice 

shall be displayed for a reasonable time 

before it becomes effective and shall 

contain the carrier’s name, a description 

of the proposed schedule change, the 

effective date thereof, the reasons for the 

change, the availability of alternate 

service, and the name and address of the 

carrier representative passengers may 

contact. 

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Issued on: July 31, 2008. 

John H. Hill, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[FWS–R3–ES–2008–0030; 1111 FY07 MO–

B2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a 

Petition To List the U.S. Population of 

Coaster Brook Trout (Salvelinus 

fontinalis) as Endangered 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Correction and reopening of 

comment period for 90-day petition 

finding. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), correct and 

reopen the comment period for the 

March 20, 2008, 90-day finding on a 

petition to list the U.S. population of 

coaster brook trout. 

DATES: We will consider information 

received or postmarked on or before 

September 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

information by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public 

Comments Processing, Attn: [FWS–R3–

ES–2008–0030]; Division of Policy and 

Directives Management; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

Suite 222; Arlington, VA 22203. 

We will not accept e-mail or faxes. We 

will post all information received at 

http://www.regulations.gov. This 

generally means that we will post any 

personal information you provide us 

(see the Information Solicited section 

below for more details). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jessica Hogrefe, East Lansing Field 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

2651 Coolidge Road—Suite 101, East 

Lansing, MI 48823–6316; telephone 

517–351–5467; facsimile 517–351–1443. 

If you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

20, 2008, the Service published in the 

Federal Register a notice of 90-day 

petition finding and initiation of status 

review concerning the petition to list as 

endangered a population of brook trout 

(Salvelinus fontinalis) known as coaster 

brook trout throughout its known 

historical range in the conterminous 

United States (73 FR 14950). In the 

DATES section of that document, we 

solicited requests for public hearings 

and established a date by which we 

would receive such requests. 

This part of the notice was printed in 

error and we will not hold public 

hearings for this 90-day finding. Section 

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

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.), states, ‘‘With respect to any 

regulation proposed by the Secretary to 

implement a determination, 

designation, or revision referred to in 

subsection (a)(1) or (3) [proposed or 

final rule to list a species as endangered 

or threatened, or proposed or final rule 

to designate any habitat of such species 

to be critical habitat], the Secretary shall 

* * * promptly hold one public hearing 

on the proposed regulation if any person 

files a request for such a hearing within 

45 days after the date of publication of 

general notice.’’ Notices of 90-day 

findings on petitions to list species are 

not proposed regulations. The Service 

does not generally hold public hearings 

for nonrulemaking findings, and will 

not hold any public hearings regarding 

the coaster brook trout 90-day finding. 

For a 90-day finding, we request 

information from the public that 

improves our understanding of the 

status of the species. This information 

typically includes agency reports and 

other collections of empirical data that 

is best gathered in the form of written 

comments. If, in the future, we publish 

a proposed rule for this species (e.g., a 

proposed listing), we will allow the 

public an opportunity to request a 

public hearing at that time. 

Information Solicited 

We are, however, providing a new 

comment period with respect to the 90- 

day finding to afford the public an 

additional opportunity to provide us 

information for our status review or 

submit any remarks that would 

otherwise have been presented at a 

public hearing. We have also contacted 

directly the persons who requested a 

hearing to advise them of this additional 

opportunity to submit information. 

Please note that submissions merely 

stating support for or opposition to the 

action under consideration without 

providing supporting information, 

although noted, will not be considered 

in making a determination, because 

section 4(b)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) directs that determinations 

as to whether any species is a 

threatened or endangered species shall 

be made ‘‘solely on the basis of the best 

scientific and commercial data 

available.’’ At the conclusion of the 

status review, we will determine 

whether listing is warranted, not 

warranted, or warranted but precluded. 

You may submit your information 

concerning this status review by one of 

the methods listed in the ADDRESSES

section. We will not consider 

submissions sent by e-mail or fax or to 

an address not listed in the ADDRESSES

section. 

If you submit information via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

submission—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the Web site. If your submission is 

made via a hardcopy that includes 

personal identifying information, you 

may request at the top of your document 

that we withhold this personal 

identifying information from public 

review. However, we cannot guarantee 

that we will be able to do so. We will 

post all hardcopy submissions on 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Information and materials we receive 

will be available for public inspection 

on http://www.regulations.gov, or by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, East Lansing Field Office (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 


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Authority: This action is authorized by the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 

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

Dated: July 31, 2008. 

H. Dale Hall, 

Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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