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teleconference 

IV. Open Discussion 

V. Adjourn: 4:00 p.m. 

Dated: January 8, 2015. 

Pamela Beck Danner, 

Administrator, Office of Manufactured 

Housing Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00364 Filed 1–12–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

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Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Meeting Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior, Office of the Secretary is 

announcing a public meeting of the 

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 

Committee. 

DATES: February 4, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Endeavor Room of the 

Captain Cook Hotel, 939 W. 5th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Philip Johnson, Department of the 

Interior, Office of Environmental Policy 

and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite 

119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271– 

5011. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Exxon 

Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 

Committee was created by Paragraph 

V.A.4 of the Memorandum of 

Agreement and Consent Decree entered 

into by the United States of America 

and the State of Alaska on August 27, 

1991, and approved by the United States 

District Court for the District of Alaska 

in settlement of United States of 

America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action 

No. A91–081 CV. 

The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public 

Advisory Committee Meeting agenda 

will include orientation for committee 

members, election of the committee 

chair, and discussion of the Exxon 

Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council’s LongTerm Herring and Monitoring Programs 

and habitat-related matters. An 

opportunity for public comments will 

be provided. The final agenda and 

materials for the meeting will be posted 

on the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee 

Council Web site at 

www.evostc.state.ak.us. All Exxon 

Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory 

Committee meetings are open to the 

public. 

Mary Josie Blanchard, 

Deputy Director, Office of Environmental 

Policy and Compliance. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

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0000–C2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for 

Baker’s Larkspur (Delphinium 

bakeri) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document 

availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the Draft Recovery Plan 

for Baker’s Larkspur (Delphinium 

bakeri) for public review and comment. 

The recovery plan includes downlisting 

objectives and criteria, and specific 

actions necessary to reclassify the 

species from endangered to threatened 

on the Federal Lists of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife and Plants. 

DATES: We must receive any comments 

on the draft recovery plan on or before 

March 16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the recovery plan from our Web site at 

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

species/recovery-plans.html. 

Alternatively, you may contact the 

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 

Cottage Way, Suite W–2605, 

Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone 916– 

414–6700). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Norris, Field Supervisor, at the 

above street address or telephone 

number (see ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Recovery of endangered or threatened 

animals and plants to the point where 

they are again secure, self-sustaining 

members of their ecosystems is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program and the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). Recovery means 

improvement of the status of listed 

species to the point at which listing is 

no longer appropriate under the criteria 

specified in section 4(a)(1) of the Act. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for listed species, unless 

such a plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

We listed Baker’s larkspur throughout 

its entire range on January 26, 2000 (65 

FR 4156). The species is endemic to 

Marin and Sonoma Counties, California, 

and is currently known from one small 

historical occurrence along MarshallPetaluma Road in west Marin County. 

The remaining historical occurrence of 

Baker’s larkspur occurs on decomposed 

shale in the mixed woodland plant 

community at an elevation range of 295 

feet (ft) (90 meter (m)) to 672 ft (205 m) 

in moderately moist, shaded conditions 

on a shallow veneer of soil along an 

extensive north-facing slope. These 

habitat requirements limit the 

availability of suitable reintroduction 

sites with appropriate habitat conditions 

and compatible land use. Although 

habitat conversion and road 

maintenance were historically 

responsible for decreasing numbers, 

those threats have been curtailed. 

Because of the extreme range restriction 

of this already-narrow endemic, and its 

small population size, the plant is 

highly vulnerable to extinction from 

random events, including wildfire, 

herbivory, disease and pest outbreaks, 

and human disturbance. 

Recovery Plan Goals 

The purpose of a recovery plan is to 

provide a framework for the recovery of 

species so that protection under the Act 

is no longer necessary. A recovery plan 

includes scientific information about 

the species and provides criteria that 

enable us to gauge whether downlisting 

or delisting the species is warranted. 

Furthermore, recovery plans help guide 

our recovery efforts by describing 

actions we consider necessary for each 

species’ conservation and by estimating 

time and costs for implementing needed 

recovery measures. 

The goal of this recovery plan is to 

improve the status of Baker’s larkspur so 

that it can be downlisted. Due to the 

current lack of information about the 

species’ biology and habitat 

requirements, the magnitude of current 

threats, and the precarious environment 

where the single historical population of 

the species persists, we are unable to 

determine appropriate delisting criteria; 

therefore, we focus on meeting the goal 

of downlisting. To meet the recovery 

goal of downlisting, the following 

objectives have been identified: 

1. Expand the existing populations of 

Baker’s larkspur and establish additional selfsustaining populations of Baker’s larkspur 

throughout its known ecological and 


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