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Analysis 

Agency: Office of the Citizenship and 

Immigration Services Ombudsman, 

DHS. 

Title: Case Assistance Form 

(Ombudsman Form DHS–7001and 

Instructions). 

OMB Number: 1601–0004. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Number of Respondents: 8,800. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 1 

hour. 

Total Burden Hours: 8,800. 

Dated: January 5, 2015. 

Carlene C. Ileto, 

Executive Director, Enterpirse Business 

Management Office. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00404 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

[Docket No. DHS–2014–0077] 

The Critical Infrastructure Partnership 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: National Protection and 

Programs Directorate, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the Critical 

Infrastructure Partnership Advisory 

Council Charter. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland 

Security (DHS) announced the 

establishment of the Critical 

Infrastructure Partnership Advisory 

Council (CIPAC) in a Federal Register 

Notice (71 FR 14930–14933) dated 

March 24, 2006, which identified the 

purpose of CIPAC, as well as its 

membership. This notice provides the 

revised charter signed by Secretary Jeh 

Johnson on December 7, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Renee Murphy, Designated Federal 

Officer, Critical Infrastructure 

Partnership Advisory Council, Sector 

Outreach and Programs Division, Office 

of Infrastructure Protection, National 

Protection and Programs Directorate, 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 

245 Murray Lane, Mail Stop 0607, 

Arlington, VA 20598–0607; telephone: 

(703) 603–5083; email: CIPAC@dhs.gov. 

Responsible DHS Official: Renee 

Murphy, Designated Federal Officer for 

the CIPAC. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

CIPAC Charter Revisions: The Secretary 

of Homeland Security extended the 

CIPAC Charter on March 18, 2014 for a 

period of two years. This charter has 

now been revised to further clarify the 

participation by federally registered 

lobbyists per the guidance released by 

the Office of Management and Budget in 

Federal Register Notice 79 FR 47482 

released on August 13, 2014. The 

revised charter was signed by the 

Secretary of Homeland Security on 

December 7, 2014. The current CIPAC 

charter is available on the CIPAC Web 

site (http://www.dhs.gov/cipac). 

Purpose and Activity: The CIPAC 

facilitates interaction between 

government officials and representatives 

of the community of owners and/or 

operators for each of the critical 

infrastructure sectors defined by 

Presidential Policy Directive 21 and 

identified in National Infrastructure 

Protection Plan 2013: Partnering for 

Critical Infrastructure Security and 

Resilience (NIPP 2013). The scope of 

activities covered by the CIPAC 

includes: Planning; coordinating among 

government and critical infrastructure 

owner and operator security partners; 

implementing security program 

initiatives; conducting operational 

activities related to critical 

infrastructure protection security 

measures, incident response, recovery, 

and infrastructure resilience; 

reconstituting critical infrastructure 

assets and systems for both manmade 

and naturally occurring events; and 

sharing threat, vulnerability, risk 

mitigation, and infrastructure continuity 

information. 

Organizational Structure: The NIPP 

2013 organizes the critical infrastructure 

community into 16 critical 

infrastructure sectors. Each of these 

sectors has a Government Coordinating 

Council (GCC) whose membership 

includes: (i) A lead Federal agency that 

is defined as the Sector-Specific 

Agency; (ii) all relevant Federal, State, 

local, tribal, and/or territorial 

government agencies (or their 

representative bodies) whose mission 

interests also involve the scope of the 

CIPAC activities for that particular 

sector; and (iii) a Sector Coordinating 

Council (SCC) whose membership 

includes critical infrastructure owners 

and/or operators or their representative 

trade associations. 

CIPAC Membership: CIPAC 

Membership may include: 

(i) Critical Infrastructure (CI) owner 

and operator members of a DHSrecognized Sector SCC, including their 

representative trade associations or 

equivalent organization members of an 

SCC as determined by the SCC. 

(ii) Federal, State, local, and tribal 

governmental entities comprising the 

members of the GCC for each sector, 

including their representative 

organizations; members of the State, 

Local, Tribal, and Territorial 

Government Coordinating Council; and 

representatives of other Federal agencies 

with responsibility for CI activities. 

CIPAC membership is organizational. 

Multiple individuals may participate in 

CIPAC activities on behalf of a member 

organization. 

Dated: January 7, 2015. 

Renee Murphy, 

Designated Federal Officer for the CIPAC. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–9P–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 

Services 

[CIS No. 2550–14; DHS Docket No. USCIS– 

2007–0028] 

RIN 1615–ZB36 

Extension of the Designation of El 

Salvador for Temporary Protected 

Status 

Correction 

In notice document 2015–00031 

beginning on page 893 in the issue of 

Wednesday, January 7, make the 

following correction: 

On page 893, in the third column, in 

the 7th line, ‘‘March 9, 2015March 9, 

2015’’ should read ‘‘March 9, 2015’’. 

[FR Doc. C1–2015–00031 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5654–N–02] 

Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Programs Proposed Management and 

Occupancy Review Schedule 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Through this notice, FHA 

solicits comment from interested 

members of the public on HUD’s 

proposed Management and Occupancy 

Review (MOR) schedule for the seven 

project-based Section 8 programs 

administered by the Office of 

Multifamily Housing. This proposed 

schedule will reduce the frequency of 

unnecessary MORs, thereby minimizing 

interruptions in property operations 

created by onsite reviews, preserving 

staff time, and reducing costs. The 

proposed schedule ties the project’s 

annual MOR rating with HUD’s new 

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risk-based asset management model 

rating to determine the frequency of a 

project’s MOR. This proposed schedule 

is being published for comment 

concurrently with a proposed rule, 

found elsewhere in today’s Federal 

Register, proposing to amend the 

program regulations to follow this MOR 

schedule or any subsequent MOR 

schedule published by HUD in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Comment Due Date. March 16, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this rule to the Regulations Division, 

Office of General Counsel, 451 7th 

Street SW., Room 10276, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

Communications must refer to the above 

docket number and title. There are two 

methods for submitting public 

comments. All submissions must refer 

to the above docket number and title. 

1. Submission of Comments by Mail. 

Comments may be submitted by mail to 

the Regulations Division, Office of 

General Counsel, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., Room 10276, 

Washington, DC 20410–0500. 

2. Electronic Submission of 

Comments. Interested persons may 

submit comments electronically through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

www.regulations.gov. HUD strongly 

encourages commenters to submit 

comments electronically. Electronic 

submission of comments allows the 

commenter maximum time to prepare 

and submit comments, ensures timely 

receipt by HUD, and enables HUD to 

make them immediately available to the 

public. Comments submitted 

electronically through the 

www.regulations.gov Web site can be 

viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Note: To receive consideration as public 

comments, comments must be submitted 

through one of the two methods specified 

above. Again, all submissions must refer to 

the docket number and title of the rule. 

No Facsimile Comments. Facsimile 

(FAX) comments are not acceptable. 

Public Inspection of Public 

Comments. All properly submitted 

comments and communications 

submitted to HUD will be available for 

public inspection and copying between 

8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

weekdays at the above address. Due to 

security measures at the HUD 

Headquarters building, an advance 

appointment to review the public 

comments must be scheduled by calling 

the Regulations Division at 202–708– 

3055 (this is not a toll-free number). 

Individuals with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. Copies 

of all comments submitted are available 

for inspection and downloading at 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about management and 

occupancy reviews contact Lauryn 

Alleva, Program Administration Office, 

Office of Housing, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

7th Street SW., Washington, DC 20410– 

7000; telephone number 202–708–3730 

(this is not a toll-free number). Hearingand speech-impaired persons may 

access these numbers through TTY by 

calling the Federal Relay Service at 800– 

877–8339 (this is a toll-free number). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 8 of the United States 

Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f) 

authorizes one of HUD’s primary 

programs for providing rental housing 

assistance (Section 8). The purpose of 

Section 8 is to provide low-income 

families with decent, safe, and sanitary 

rental housing. There are seven projectbased Section 8 Housing Assistance 

Payments (HAP) programs administered 

by the Office of Multifamily Housing: 

the HAP program for New Construction 

(24 CFR part 880) and the HAP program 

for Substantial Rehabilitation (24 CFR 

part 881), which provide rental 

assistance in connection with the 

development of newly constructed or 

substantially rehabilitated privately 

owned rental housing; the HAP Program 

for State Housing Agencies (24 CFR part 

883); the HAP program for New 

Construction financed under Section 

515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (24 CFR 

part 884), which applies to U.S. 

Department of Agriculture rural rental 

housing projects; the Loan Management 

Set Aside Program (24 CFR part 886, 

subpart A), which provides rental 

subsidies to HUD-insured or HUD-held 

multifamily properties experiencing 

immediate or potential financial 

difficulties; the Housing Assistance 

Program for the Disposition of HUDOwned Projects (24 CFR part 886, 

subpart C), which provides Section 8 

assistance in connection with the sale of 

HUD-owned multifamily rental housing 

projects and the foreclosure of HUDheld mortgages on rental housing 

projects; and the Section 202/8 Program 

(24 CFR part 891, subpart E), which 

provides assistance for housing projects 

serving elderly or families and 

individuals with disabilities. 

Under the Section 8 project-based 

program, HUD may enter into an annual 

contributions contract (ACC) with a 

public housing agency (PHA) through 

which HUD commits to provide the 

agency with funds to make housing 

assistance payments to a project owner. 

The PHA, acting as a contract 

administrator, then enters into a HAP 

contract with the owner. In certain 

circumstances HUD may act as the 

contract administrator, whereby HUD 

will directly enter into a HAP contract 

with an owner. 

Contract administrators in the abovelisted Section 8 programs are 

responsible for assessing the 

management and oversight of housing 

projects and for ensuring that owners 

comply with the requirements of the 

HAP contract. To assess an owner’s 

compliance with the terms and 

conditions of its HAP contract, contract 

administrators are required under the 

terms of their ACCs to conduct MORs. 

Completion of MORs can require 

Contract administrators to visit the site 

and can cause interruption in project 

operations. The Contract administrator 

spends approximately 8 hours of staff 

time and additional resources to review 

every project. HUD has found that over 

the last three years projects have been 

rated ‘‘Above Average’’ or ‘‘Superior’’ 35 

percent of the time, ‘‘Satisfactory’’ 57 

percent of the time, and ‘‘Below 

Average’’ or ‘‘Unsatisfactory’’ eight 

percent of the time. A full or limited 

review of all projects, including those 

that consistently receive high ratings, 

puts a strain on HUD and project 

resources. 

A proposed rule found elsewhere in 

today’s Federal Register proposes to 

revise the regulations that govern MORs 

for Section 8 HAP projects to provide 

consistency across programs and allow 

HUD the flexibility to set a schedule 

that is more in-line with the needs of 

the programs. Reducing the frequency of 

MORs for these properties would result 

in fewer interruptions in project 

operations and would allow HUD to 

focus its staff and resources on areas 

that require greater attention. 

II. This Notice 

This notice proposes to require MORs 

of projects on a schedule that is based 

on both the project’s annual MOR rating 

and HUD’s risk-based asset management 

model. The purpose of the MOR is to 

establish the quality of management at 

HUD subsidized projects, and to verify 

the project’s compliance with the terms 

of the HAP Contract, any HUD 

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Regulatory Agreement, and the 

Management Agreement and 

Management Plan, as applicable. The 

project’s annual MOR rating, provided 

by the Contract administrator, assists 

HUD in its assessment of the project’s 

risk of failure. Over the past two years, 

HUD has implemented a risk-based 

asset management model that 

incorporates the evaluation of both 

qualitative and quantitative elements 

into a comprehensive property level 

rating. The risk rating model helps HUD 

prioritize resources by identifying the 

risk of a project and the allocation of 

human capital to riskier assets. This 

rating translates to a classification of 

Troubled, Potentially Troubled, or Not 

Troubled (hereafter referred to as the 

risk classification). 

The proposed Section 8 Housing 

Assistance Payments Program MOR 

schedule will use this new risk-based 

classification in combination with the 

previous MOR score to determine the 

future schedule of MORs for all Section 

8 projects in the Office of Multifamily 

Housing’s portfolio. HUD has found that 

when a project is performing well, risk 

of failure is lower. Additionally, the 

Office of Multifamily Housing has found 

that many of the properties receiving 

assistance under its Section 8 Housing 

Assistance Payments program receive 

high marks on the MOR annually 

indicating that conducting MORs 

annually is not necessary to mitigate 

risk at these properties. Using this new 

MORs schedule, HUD may focus staff 

and resources on projects that warrant 

greater attention. 

The schedule will be as follows: (1) 

Projects with a Below Average or 

Unsatisfactory score on the last MOR 

and a risk classification of Troubled, 

Potentially Troubled, or Not Troubled, 

must have a MOR within 12 months of 

the last MOR conducted at the project. 

(2) Projects with a Satisfactory score on 

the last MOR and a risk classification of 

Troubled or Potentially Troubled, must 

have a MOR within 24 months of the 

last MOR conducted at the project. 

Additionally, projects with an Above 

Average or Superior score on the last 

MOR and a risk classification of 

Troubled, must have a MOR within 24 

months of the last MOR conducted at 

the project. (3) Projects with a 

Satisfactory score on the last MOR and 

a risk classification of Not Troubled, 

must have a MOR within 36 months of 

the last MOR conducted at the project. 

Additionally, projects with an Above 

Average or Superior score on the last 

MOR and a risk classification of 

Potentially Troubled or Not Troubled, 

must have a MOR within 36 months of 

the last MOR conducted at the project. 

Last MOR: 

Unsatisfactory 

Last MOR: 

Below average 

Last MOR: 

Satisfactory 

Last MOR: 

Above average 

Last MOR: 

Superior 

Risk Classification: Troubled ...................... Within 12 months Within 12 months Within 24 months Within 24 months Within 24 months. 

Risk Classification: Potentially Troubled .... Within 12 months Within 12 months Within 24 months Within 36 months Within 36 months. 

Risk Classification: Not Troubled ............... Within 12 months Within 12 months Within 36 months Within 36 months Within 36 months. 

This notice does not restrict HUD or 

the Contract Administrator from 

conducting additional MORs outside of 

this schedule pursuant to existing and 

future administrative guidelines. 

III. Findings and Certifications 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The information collection 

requirements for this notice has been 

approved by the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3520) and assigned OMB control 

number 2502–0178. The collection 

requirement will be amended to reflect 

this notice’s reduced burden. In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information, unless the collection 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

This notice would amend the 

frequency of the Management and 

Occupancy Review (MOR) schedule for 

the seven project-based Section 8 

programs listed-above. The collection 

title is, ‘‘Management Reviews of 

Multifamily Housing Programs’’ and the 

current burden is 8 hours for each of the 

24,366 annual reviews, 194,928 total 

burden hours. This notice is estimated 

to reduce the burden in the existing 

information collection requirement as 

follows: 

REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING BURDEN

Information collection Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

annual 

responses 

Estimated 

average 

time for 

requirement 

(hours) 

Estimated 

total burden 

(hours) 

Current: 2102–0178 ......................................................................... 24,366 24,366 8.00 194,928 

Proposed: 2102–0178 ..................................................................... 21,680 6,598 8.00 52,781 

Percentage of Burden Change ........................................................................................ Estimated net reduction of burden 73% 

In accordance with 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)(1), HUD is soliciting 

comments from members of the public 

and affected agencies concerning this 

collection of information to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility. 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information. 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond; including through the 

use of appropriate automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology (e.g., by permitting 

electronic submission of responses). 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments regarding the 

information collection requirements in 

this rule. Comments must refer to the 

proposed rule by name and docket 

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number (FR–5654–P–01) and must be 

sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, Fax number: 

202–395–6947 

and 

Reports Liaison Officer, Office of 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 9128, Washington, DC 

20410. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments regarding the information 

collection requirements electronically 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov. HUD 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically. 

Electronic submission of comments 

allows the commenter maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment, ensures 

timely receipt by HUD, and enables 

HUD to make them immediately 

available to the public. Comments 

submitted electronically through the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Environmental Review 

This notice provides operating 

instructions and procedures in 

connection with activities under 

provisions of Section 8 project-based 

assistance program regulations that have 

been the subject of a required 

environmental review. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(4), this notice is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Dated: December 11, 2014. 

Biniam Gebre, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing Commissioner. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[ONRR–2012–0003; DS63600000 

DR2PS0000.PX8000 156D0102R2] 

U.S. Extractive Industries 

Transparency Initiative MultiStakeholder Group (USEITI MSG) 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Natural Resource 

Revenue, Interior. 

ACTION: Meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

next four meetings of the United States 

Extractive Industries Transparency 

Initiative (USEITI) Multi-Stakeholder 

Group (MSG) Advisory Committee. 

Dates and Times: The four meetings 

in 2015 will occur on February 24–25, 

2015; May 20–21, 2015; September 16– 

17, 2015; and December 15–16, 2015; in 

Washington, DC, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time, unless we indicate 

otherwise at www.doi.gov/eiti/faca, 

where we will post agendas, meeting 

logistics, and meeting materials prior to 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

in the North and South Penthouse of the 

Stewart Lee Udall Department of the 

Interior Building located at 1849 C 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. 

Members of the public may attend in 

person or view documents and 

presentations under discussion via 

WebEx at http://bit.ly/1cR9W6t and 

listen to the proceedings at telephone 

number 1–888–455–2910 and 

International Toll number 210–839– 

8953 (passcode: 7741096). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rosita Compton Christian, USEITI 

Secretariat; 1849 C Street NW., MS 

4211; Washington, DC 20240. You may 

also contact the USEITI Secretariat via 

email at useiti@ios.doi.gov, by phone at 

202–208–0272, or by fax at 202–513– 

0682. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of the Interior established 

the USEITI Advisory Committee 

(Committee) on July 26, 2012, to serve 

as the USEITI multi-stakeholder group. 

More information about the Committee, 

including its charter, is available at 

www.doi.gov/eiti/faca. 

Meeting Agenda: Agenda items for the 

February 24–25, 2015, meeting will 

include review, discussion, and 

agreement on the Independent 

Administrator’s (IA) proposed revenue 

reporting template, the Data Collection 

and Reconciliation, and the Contextual 

Data Report Plans for the 2015 USEITI 

Report. The agenda for the May 20–21, 

2015, meeting will include the review 

and discussion of the IA draft 

Reconciliation Report and discussion of 

the contextual information for the 2015 

USEITI Report. The agenda for the 

September 16–17, 2015, meeting will 

include a review and discussion of the 

initial draft USEITI Report and 

determination of consistency with EITI 

requirements. The agenda for the 

December 15–16, 2015, meeting will 

include discussion and agreement on 

the final USEITI Report, drafting of the 

annual work-plan to meet all EITI 

requirements, and planning for 2016. 

We will post the final agendas and 

materials for all meetings on the USEITI 

MSG Web site at www.doi.gov/eiti/faca. 

All Committee meetings are open to the 

public. 

Whenever possible, we encourage 

those participating by telephone to 

gather in conference rooms in order to 

share teleconference lines. Please plan 

to dial into the meeting and/or log into 

WebEx at least 10–15 minutes prior to 

the scheduled start time in order to 

avoid possible technical difficulties. We 

will accommodate individuals with 

special needs whenever possible. If you 

require special assistance (such as an 

interpreter for the hearing impaired), 

please notify Interior staff in advance of 

the meeting at 202–208–0272 or via 

email at useiti@ios.doi.gov. 

We will post the minutes from these 

proceedings on the USEITI MSG Web 

site at www.doi.gov/eiti/faca and they 

will also be available for public 

inspection and copying at our office at 

the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the 

Interior Building in Washington, DC, by 

contacting Interior staff at useiti@

ios.doi.gov or by telephone at 202–208– 

0272. For more information on USEITI, 

visit www.doi.gov/eiti. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Paul A. Mussenden, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Natural 

Resource Revenue Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00508 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N103; 

FXES11130400000C2–145–FF04E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Notice of Availability of a 

Technical/Agency Draft Recovery Plan 

for the Laurel Dace 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce the availability of the 

technical/agency draft recovery plan for 

the endangered laurel dace, a small fish 

native to the Tennessee River Basin in 

Tennessee. The draft recovery plan 

includes specific recovery objectives 

and criteria to be met in order for us to 

downlist the species to threatened status 

or delist it under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

We request review and comment on this 

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