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If a response to a demand or request 

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adverse ruling. 

If the court or other competent 

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Patricia Briscoe, 

Deputy Director, Business Operations (Pricing 

and Information Management). 

[FR Doc. 2017–23388 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2015–0009; 

4500090023] 

RIN 1018–BA80 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Removing Textual 

Descriptions of Critical Habitat 

Boundaries for Plants on the Hawaiian 

Islands 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), are removing 

the textual descriptions of critical 

habitat boundaries from those 

designations for plants on the Hawaiian 

Islands of Kauai, Niihau, and Hawaii for 

which the maps have been determined 

to be sufficient to stand as the official 

delineation of critical habitat. For these 

entries, the boundaries of critical habitat 

as mapped or otherwise described will 

be the official delineation of the 

designation. The coordinates and/or 

plot points that we are removing from 

the Code of Federal Regulations will be 

available to the public at the lead field 

office of the Service responsible for the 

designation and online at the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. This action does 

not increase, decrease, or otherwise 

change the boundaries of any critical 

habitat designation. We are taking this 

action in accordance with our May 1, 

2012, revision of the regulations related 

to publishing textual descriptions of 

critical habitat boundaries in the Code 

of Federal Regulations and as part of our 

response to Executive Order 13563 

(January 18, 2011) directing Federal 

agencies to review their existing 

regulations and then to modify or 

streamline them in accordance with 

what they learned. 

DATES: This rule is effective November 

27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: This final rule is available 

online at the Federal eRulemaking 

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

Supporting documentation used in the 

preparation of this rule will be available 

for public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours at: U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of 

Listing Policy and Support, MS: ES, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803; telephone 703–358–2171; 

facsimile 703–358–1735. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carey Galst, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 


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Service, MS: ES, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; 

telephone 703–358–1954; facsimile 

703–358–1735. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 1, 2012, we published a final 

rule (77 FR 25611) revising our 

regulations related to publishing textual 

descriptions of proposed and final 

critical habitat boundaries in the 

Federal Register for codification in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). In 

the interest of making the process of 

designating critical habitat more userfriendly for affected parties and the 

public as a whole, as well as more 

efficient and cost effective, we 

maintained the publication of maps of 

proposed and final critical habitat 

designations, but made optional the 

inclusion of any textual description of 

the boundaries of the designation in the 

Federal Register for codification in the 

CFR. The boundaries of critical habitat 

as mapped or otherwise described in the 

Regulation Promulgation section of a 

rulemaking that is published in the 

Federal Register is the official 

delineation of the critical habitat 

designation. This approach began with 

rules published after the effective date 

of the final rule (May 31, 2012). 

Specifically, for critical habitat rules 

published after May 31, 2012, the 

map(s), as clarified or refined by any 

textual language within the rule, 

constitutes the definition of the 

boundaries of a critical habitat. Each 

critical habitat area is shown on a map, 

with more-detailed information 

discussed in the preamble of the 

rulemaking documents published in the 

Federal Register. The map published in 

the CFR is generated from the 

coordinates and/or plot points 

corresponding to the location of the 

boundaries. These coordinates and/or 

plot points are included in the 

administrative record for the 

designation, and are available to the 

public either online or at the Service 

field office responsible for the 

designation or both. In addition, if the 

Service concludes that additional tools 

or supporting information are 

appropriate and would help the public 

understand the official boundary map, 

we make the additional tools and 

supporting information available on our 

Internet site and at the Service field 

office responsible for the critical habitat 

designation. 

This Rule 

The preamble to the May 1, 2012, 

final rule (77 FR 25611) also explained 

how the Service would handle 

boundaries for critical habitat that had 

already been designated before May 31, 

2012; the rule states that ‘‘for existing 

critical habitat designations, we also 

intend to remove the textual 

descriptions of final critical habitat 

boundaries set forth in the CFR in order 

to save the annual reprinting cost, but 

we must do so in separate rulemakings 

to ensure that removing the textual 

descriptions does not change the 

existing boundaries of those 

designations’’ (77 FR 25618). We have 

now begun applying this approach to 

critical habitat designations 

promulgated prior to May 31, 2012. This 

rule is the first in a series of rules based 

on our evaluation of the map(s) in each 

critical habitat designation at 50 CFR 

17.95, 17.96, and 17.99 to determine 

whether or not the map(s) will be 

sufficient to inform the public of the 

boundaries of the designations and can 

therefore stand as the official 

delineation of the designation. 

In this rule, we are removing the 

textual descriptions of critical habitat 

boundaries from those entries at 50 CFR 

17.99 (plants on the Hawaiian Islands) 

where we have determined that the 

maps are sufficient to stand as the 

official delineation of the designation. 

Unlike 50 CFR 17.95, which is 

organized by wildlife group (e.g., 

mammals) and then by species, and 50 

CFR 17.96, which is organized by plant 

family (e.g., Asteraceae) and then by 

species, 50 CFR 17.99 is organized 

geographically: By Hawaiian island and 

then, for the most part, by ecosystem on 

that island (e.g., montane wet 

ecosystem). As such, the criteria we use 

for evaluating the sufficiency of the 

maps set forth at 50 CFR 17.99 differ 

slightly from the criteria we use for 

evaluating the maps set forth at 50 CFR 

17.95 and 17.96. 

For the maps at 50 CFR 17.99, we look 

for a combination of certain map 

elements, including, but not limited to, 

the unit name, a clear map key, and an 

appropriate map scale, to determine 

whether or not a map is sufficient to 

serve as the official delineation of the 

designation. We do not require that 

there be a State or County name on the 

map because each Hawaiian island has 

its own paragraph within 50 CFR 17.99: 

Critical habitat designations for Kauai 

are set forth at § 17.99(a)(1); for Niihau, 

at § 17.99(a)(2); for Molokai, at 

§ 17.99(c); for Maui, at § 17.99(e)(1); for 

Kahoolawe, at § 17.99(e)(2); for the 

northwestern Hawaiian islands (Nihoa, 

Necker, and Laysan), at § 17.99(g); for 

Oahu, at § 17.99(i); and for Hawaii (the 

big island), at § 17.99(k). In addition, 

given that the designations at 50 CFR 

17.99 are ecosystem-based, we do not 

require that there be a full listing of the 

species names on each map, because an 

ecosystem may have many species 

designated within it. In most entries, the 

text preceding the map gives a full 

listing of species within the designated 

critical habitat unit, and each island (or 

island group) also has a Table of 

Protected Species that lists the species 

occupied and unoccupied in each unit. 

Other entries, such as those for the 

islands of Kauai and Niihau, include the 

species name as part of the unit name. 

Our evaluation of the maps at 50 CFR 

17.99 found that nearly every map 

meets our sufficiency criteria; the only 

maps that do not meet our criteria are 

those that we need to correct. 

Specifically, at 50 CFR 17.99(k), Maps 

97, 100, 101, and 102 are either a 

duplicate of another unit map or labeled 

with the incorrect species name. We 

plan to make these map corrections in 

a future rulemaking, and in this rule we 

retain the textual descriptions of those 

units with maps that need correction. 

The only textual descriptions we are 

removing in this rule are those set forth 

for the islands of Kauai, Niihau, and 

Hawaii at 50 CFR 17.99(a)(1), (a)(2), and 

(k), respectively. All of the critical 

habitat designations for plants on the 

other Hawaiian Islands have been 

recently updated and/or do not include 

detailed textual descriptions. 

This rule does not increase, decrease, 

or in any other way change the critical 

habitat designations from which we are 

removing the textual descriptions of 

boundaries. This administrative action 

will save taxpayer resources. The 

Service spent $75,225 to reprint the 

critical habitat designations at 50 CFR 

17.99 for the most-recent print edition 

of the CFR. Based on a review of the 

print edition of the CFR, we estimate 

that this rule will remove approximately 

132 pages of the relevant CFR volumes, 

amounting to a savings of approximately 

$11,220 per year in printing costs for the 

Service. Over many years, eliminating 

the need to reprint Universal Transverse 

Mercator (UTM) coordinate pairs at 50 

CFR 17.99 will result in a considerable 

cumulative cost savings for the Service 

and the public as a whole. 

We will publish a series of rules, of 

which this is the first, to remove the 

textual descriptions from all of the 

critical habitat designations at 50 CFR 

17.95, 17.96, and 17.99 that have map(s) 

sufficient to stand as the official 

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The detailed UTM coordinates or 

other textual descriptions we are 

removing in this rule will continue to be 

available online at the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES) and 

at the lead field office responsible for 

the designation to assist the public in 

understanding the official boundary. 

We note that the Service never 

maintained that requiring detailed 

textual descriptions was legally 

necessary. Instead, the first critical 

habitat regulations required only that 

critical habitat designations be 

‘‘accompanied by maps and/or 

geographical descriptions’’ (43 FR 870, 

876; January 4, 1978). Although the 

Service subsequently added the 

requirement that critical habitat 

designations include textual 

descriptions describing the specific 

boundary limits of the critical habitat, 

there is nothing in the preamble to that 

rule indicating that the Service did so 

because the Act required it. Rather, it 

was in response to several commenters, 

who had opined that the proposed rule 

was not sufficiently clear in setting out 

the method by which critical habitat 

boundaries would be described (45 FR 

13009, 13015; February 27, 1980). 

Removing these unnecessary textual 

descriptions will significantly reduce 

the length of some critical habitat 

designations, making each designation 

easier to locate in the CFR; will not 

weaken the effectiveness of the Act; and 

will not undermine the public’s ability 

to identify the boundaries of critical 

habitat designations. 

The information printed in the CFR is 

the legally binding delineation of 

critical habitat. If there is ambiguity due 

to the scale of the map such that 

additional regulatory text is needed to 

ensure that the public has adequate 

notice of the boundaries, we provide 

additional regulation text. The only 

change to the CFR that we are making 

with this action is removing the detailed 

coordinate data of the boundaries of the 

specific areas designated as critical 

habitat (i.e., latitude-longitude and UTM 

coordinates). We still generate those 

data, and make them available at http:// 

www.regulations.gov and at the lead 

field office of the Service responsible for 

the critical habitat designation. Neither 

the critical habitat designation nor the 

underlying data on which it is based can 

be changed without undergoing a 

further rulemaking. 

As stated earlier, the actions we are 

taking in this rule do not increase, 

decrease, or otherwise change the 

critical habitat boundaries or areas. For 

50 CFR 17.99(a)(1), (a)(2), and (k), we 

are merely removing the reference 

points (i.e., UTM coordinates) of the 

textual descriptions from existing final 

critical habitat designations, and we are 

doing so only where we have 

determined that the existing maps are 

sufficient to inform the public of the 

boundaries of the designations and can 

therefore stand as the official 

delineation of critical habitat. However, 

we will continue to provide the 

reference points of the textual 

descriptions at http://

www.regulations.gov and at the lead 

field office of the Service responsible for 

the critical habitat designation. 

The actions we are taking in this rule 

require that we also revise 50 CFR 

17.94(b) to make clear which critical 

habitat designations have maps that 

stand as the official delineation of 

critical habitat and which do not. Our 

revisions to 50 CFR 17.94 also correct 

the inadvertent omission of a reference 

to critical habitat areas designated at 

‘‘§ 17.99 (plants on the Hawaiian 

Islands)’’ from paragraph (a) and remove 

paragraphs (c) and (d). We are removing 

paragraph (c) because not all of our 

critical habitat designations include 

information in the CFR on the biological 

or physical constituent elements that are 

known to require special management 

considerations or protection in a 

designated area. Such information can 

still be found in the Federal Register 

publications proposing and finalizing 

individual critical habitat designations, 

as well as in the record for each critical 

habitat designation. This is also 

consistent with our regulations, which 

we recently updated to clarify the 

procedures for designating and revising 

critical habitat (81 FR 7414, February 

11, 2016). We are removing paragraph 

(d) because not all of our critical habitat 

designations follow the sequence of 

species in the List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife at 50 CFR 17.11 or 

the List of Endangered and Threatened 

Plants at 50 CFR 17.12 (e.g., one 

designation for several species, such as 

the designation for five Tennessee and 

Cumberland River Basin mussel species 

at 50 CFR 17.95(f), and the designations 

at 50 CFR 17.99 that are organized by 

Hawaiian island and ecosystem). 

We are publishing this final rule 

without a prior proposal because we 

find that there is good cause for doing 

so pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(B). The 

‘‘good cause’’ exception applies when 

an agency finds ‘‘that notice and public 

procedure thereon are impracticable, 

unnecessary, or contrary to the public 

interest.’’ Publication of a proposed rule 

for this action is unnecessary because 

this is an administrative action that does 

not increase, decrease, or otherwise 

change critical habitat boundaries or 

areas. Therefore, this action will not 

affect any legal rights. Rather, it will 

merely reduce the publication length of 

some rules designating critical habitat, 

which will save taxpayer resources and 

make each designation easier to locate 

in the CFR. We find that it is in the best 

interest of the public to promulgate 

these administrative and technical 

changes to 50 CFR 17.99 and without 

undergoing procedures that are 

unnecessary. 

Required Determinations 

Regulatory Planning and Review— 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 

Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 provides 

that the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) will review 

all significant rules. OIRA has 

determined that this rule is not 

significant. 

Executive Order 13563 reaffirms the 

principles of E.O. 12866 while calling 

for improvements in the nation’s 

regulatory system to promote 

predictability, to reduce uncertainty, 

and to use the best, most innovative, 

and least burdensome tools for 

achieving regulatory ends. The 

executive order directs agencies to 

consider regulatory approaches that 

reduce burdens and maintain flexibility 

and freedom of choice for the public 

where these approaches are relevant, 

feasible, and consistent with regulatory 

objectives. E.O. 13563 emphasizes 

further that regulations must be based 

on the best available science and that 

the rulemaking process must allow for 

public participation and an open 

exchange of ideas. We have developed 

this rule in a manner consistent with 

these requirements. 

Executive Order 13771 

This rule is not an E.O. 13771 

(‘‘Reducing Regulation and Controlling 

Regulatory Costs’’) (82 FR 9339, 

February 3, 2017) regulatory action 

because this rule is not significant under 

E.O. 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 

et seq.) 

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(RFA), as amended by the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 

601 et seq., whenever an agency is 

required to publish a notice of 

rulemaking for any proposed or final 

rule, it must prepare and make available 

for public comment a regulatory 

flexibility analysis that describes the 

effects of the rule on small entities (i.e., 

small businesses, small organizations, 

and small government jurisdictions). 

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analysis is required if the head of the 

agency certifies the rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The SBREFA amended the RFA to 

require Federal agencies to provide a 

statement of the factual basis for 

certifying that the rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

According to the Small Business 

Administration, small entities include 

small organizations such as 

independent nonprofit organizations; 

small governmental jurisdictions, 

including school boards and city and 

town governments that serve fewer than 

50,000 residents; and small businesses 

(13 CFR 121.201). Small businesses 

include such businesses as 

manufacturing and mining concerns 

with fewer than 500 employees, 

wholesale trade entities with fewer than 

100 employees, and retail and service 

businesses with less than $5 million in 

annual sales. In general, the term 

‘‘significant economic impact’’ is meant 

to apply to a typical small business 

firm’s business operations. 

This rule will not have a significant 

economic effect on a substantial number 

of small entities as defined under the 

RFA. This rule is an administrative 

action to remove the textual 

descriptions from critical habitat 

designations that have a map(s) 

sufficient to stand as the official 

delineation of critical habitat at 50 CFR 

17.99(a)(1), (a)(2), and (k). This action 

does not increase, decrease, or in any 

other way alter the areas or boundaries 

of the critical habitat designations from 

which we are removing the textual 

descriptions of boundaries. 

This administrative action will save 

taxpayer resources. The Service spent 

$75,225 to reprint the critical habitat 

designations at 50 CFR 17.99 for the 

most-recent print edition of the CFR. 

Based on a review of the print edition 

of the CFR, we estimate that this rule 

will remove approximately 132 pages of 

the relevant CFR volumes, amounting to 

a savings of approximately $11,220 per 

year in printing costs paid by the 

Service. While over many years, 

eliminating the need to reprint 

Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) 

coordinate pairs at 50 CFR 17.99 will 

result in a considerable cumulative cost 

savings to the Service and the public as 

a whole, this rule will result in only a 

small annual savings to the Service and 

the public. 

Therefore, for the reasons above, we 

certify that this rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 

U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 

In accordance with the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 et 

seq.), the Services make the following 

findings: 

a. This rule will not produce a Federal 

mandate. In general, a Federal mandate 

is a provision in legislation, statute, or 

regulation that would impose an 

enforceable duty upon State, local, or 

tribal governments, or the private sector, 

and includes both ‘‘Federal 

intergovernmental mandates’’ and 

‘‘Federal private sector mandates.’’ 

These terms are defined in 2 U.S.C. 

658(5)–(7). ‘‘Federal intergovernmental 

mandate’’ includes a regulation that 

‘‘would impose an enforceable duty 

upon State, local, or tribal governments’’ 

with two exceptions: (1) ‘‘a condition of 

Federal assistance’’ or (2) ‘‘a duty 

arising from participation in a voluntary 

Federal program,’’ unless the regulation 

‘‘relates to a then-existing Federal 

program under which $500,000,000 or 

more is provided annually to State, 

local, and tribal governments under 

entitlement authority’’; the provision 

would either ‘‘increase the stringency of 

conditions of assistance’’ or ‘‘place caps 

upon, or otherwise decrease, the Federal 

Government’s responsibility to provide 

funding’’; and the State, local, or tribal 

governments ‘‘lack authority . . . to 

amend their financial or programmatic 

responsibilities to continue providing 

required services.’’ At the time of 

enactment, these entitlement programs 

were: Medicaid; AFDC work programs; 

Child Nutrition; Food Stamps; Social 

Services Block Grants; Vocational 

Rehabilitation State Grants; Foster Care, 

Adoption Assistance, and Independent 

Living; Family Support Welfare 

Services; and Child Support 

Enforcement. ‘‘Federal private sector 

mandate’’ includes a regulation that 

‘‘would impose an enforceable duty 

upon the private sector, except (i) a 

condition of Federal assistance or (ii) a 

duty arising from participation in a 

voluntary Federal program.’’ This rule 

does not produce a Federal mandate 

under either of these definitions. 

b. This rule will not significantly or 

uniquely affect small governments 

because the revisions to the regulations 

in this rule should make our critical 

habitat designations more readerfriendly and will make the process more 

cost-effective for the Service and the 

public as a whole. As such, we do not 

believe that a Small Government 

Agency Plan is required. 

Takings—Executive Order 12630 

In accordance with Executive Order 

12630 (‘‘Government Actions and 

Interference with Constitutionally 

Protected Private Property Rights’’), we 

have evaluated this rule, and we have 

determined that this rule does not pose 

significant takings implications. The 

revisions to the regulations set forth in 

this rule do not involve individual 

property rights. 

Federalism—Executive Order 13132 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13132 (Federalism), the rule does not 

have significant Federalism effects. A 

federalism summary impact statement is 

not required. The revisions to the 

regulations addressed in this rule are 

intended to promote the usability of the 

regulations and make the process of 

designating critical habitat more costeffective, and thus should not 

significantly affect or burden the 

authority of the States to govern 

themselves. 

Civil Justice Reform—Executive Order 

12988 

In accordance with Executive Order 

12988 (Civil Justice Reform), this rule 

follows the Civil Justice Reform 

principles for regulations that do not 

unduly burden the Federal judicial 

system, by meeting the requirements of 

sections 3(a) and 3(b) of the Executive 

Order. The revisions to the regulations 

addressed in this rule should not 

significantly affect or burden the 

judicial system. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This rule does not contain any new 

collections of information that require 

approval by OMB under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

This rule will not impose recordkeeping 

or reporting requirements on State or 

local governments, individuals, 

businesses, or organizations. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

We analyzed this rule in accordance 

with the criteria of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), 43 CFR 

part 46, and 516 Departmental Manual 

(DM) 2 and 8. 

A categorical exclusion from NEPA 

documentation applies to policies, 

directives, regulations, and guidelines 

that are ‘‘of an administrative, financial, 

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(43 CFR 46.210(i)). However, even if an 

individual Federal action falls within a 

categorical exclusion, the Service must 

still prepare environmental documents 

pursuant to NEPA if one of the 12 

exceptions listed in 43 CFR 46.215 

applies. 

We have reviewed each of the 12 

exceptions and have found that because 

this rule is administrative in nature, 

none of the exceptions apply. Therefore, 

this action meets the requirements for a 

categorical exclusion from the NEPA 

process. 

Government-to-Government 

Relationship With Tribes 

In accordance with the President’s 

memorandum of April 29, 1994, 

‘‘Government-to-Government Relations 

with Native American Tribal 

Governments’’ (59 FR 22951), Executive 

Order 13175 ‘‘Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments,’’ and the Department of 

the Interior Manual at 512 DM 2, we 

readily acknowledge our responsibility 

to communicate meaningfully with 

recognized Native American Tribes on a 

government-to-government basis. We 

have evaluated the potential effects on 

federally recognized Tribes from these 

revisions to our regulations. We have 

determined that there are no potential 

effects to federally recognized Tribes, 

because the revisions to the regulations 

are intended to promote the usability of 

critical habitat designations and save 

taxpayer monies. However, we will 

continue to coordinate with Tribes as 

we promulgate critical habitat 

designations. 

Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use 

Executive Order 13211 (Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use) requires agencies 

to prepare Statements of Energy Effects 

when undertaking certain actions. 

‘‘Significant energy action’’ means any 

action by an agency (normally 

published in the Federal Register) that 

promulgates or is expected to lead to the 

promulgation of a final rule or 

regulation, including notices of inquiry, 

advance notices of proposed 

rulemaking, and notices of proposed 

rulemaking that is a significant 

regulatory action under Executive Order 

12866 or any successor order, and is 

likely to have a significant adverse effect 

on the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy; or that is designated by the 

Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs as a 

significant energy action. This rule does 

not qualify as a significant regulatory 

action under Executive Order 12866; 

will not have a significant adverse effect 

on the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy; and has not been designated by 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs as a 

significant energy action. Therefore, this 

action is not a significant energy action 

and no Statement of Energy Effects is 

required. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17 

Endangered and threatened species, 

Exports, Imports, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, 

Transportation. 

Regulation Promulgation 

Accordingly, we amend part 17, 

subchapter B of chapter I, title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, as follows: 

PART 17—ENDANGERED AND 

THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 17 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407; 1531– 

1544; 4201–4245, unless otherwise noted. 

■ 2. Revise § 17.94 to read as follows: 

§ 17.94 Critical habitats. 

(a) The areas listed in § 17.95 (fish 

and wildlife), § 17.96 (plants), and 

§ 17.99 (plants on the Hawaiian Islands) 

and referred to in the lists at §§ 17.11 

and 17.12 have been determined by the 

Director to be critical habitat. All 

Federal agencies must insure that any 

action authorized, funded, or carried out 

by them is not likely to result in the 

destruction or adverse modification of 

the constituent elements essential to the 

conservation of the listed species within 

these defined critical habitats. (See part 

402 for rules concerning this 

prohibition; see also part 424 for rules 

concerning the determination of critical 

habitat). 

(b) Maps. 

If the critical habitat map 

appears in . . . Then . . . 

(1) A critical habitat designation in § 17.99, or 

(2) A critical habitat designation published and effective after May 31, 2012, 

The map provided by the Secretary of the Interior, as clarified or refined by any textual language within the rule, 

constitutes the definition of the boundaries of a critical habitat. Each critical habitat area will be shown on a 

map, with more-detailed information discussed in the preamble of the rulemaking documents published in the 

Federal Register and made available from the lead field office of the Service responsible for such designation. 

Each area will be referenced to the State(s), county(ies), or other local government units within which all or part 

of the critical habitat is located. General descriptions of the location and boundaries of each area may be provided to clarify or refine what is included within the boundaries depicted on the map, or to explain the exclusion 

of sites (e.g., paved roads, buildings) within the mapped area. Unless otherwise indicated within the critical 

habitat descriptions, the names of the State(s) and county(ies) are provided for informational purposes only and 

do not constitute the boundaries of the area. 

(3) A critical habitat designation that specifically states 

that the map(s) is for informational purposes only, or 

(4) A critical habitat designation published and effective on or prior to May 31, 

2012, that is set forth at 

§ 17.95 or § 17.96, 

The map provided by the Secretary of the Interior is for reference purposes to guide Federal agencies and other 

interested parties in locating the general boundaries of the critical habitat. The map does not, unless otherwise 

indicated, constitute the definition of the boundaries of a critical habitat. Critical habitats are described by reference to surveyable landmarks found on standard topographic maps of the area and to the States and county(ies) within which all or part of the critical habitat is located. Unless otherwise indicated within the critical habitat description, the State and county(ies) names are provided for informational purposes only. 

§ 17.99 [Amended] 

■ 3. Amend § 17.99 in paragraphs (a) 

and (k) as demonstrated in the following 

tables: 


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(a)(1)(ii) ............................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(iii) ........................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(iv) ........................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(v) ............................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(vi) ........................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(vii) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(viii) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ix) ........................... (A) 

(a)(1)(x) ............................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xi) ........................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xii) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xiii) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xiv) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xv) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xvi) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xvii) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xviii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(xix) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xx) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxi) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxii) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxiii) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxiv) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxv) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(xxvi) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(xxvii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xxviii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxix) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(xxx) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxxi) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxxii) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxxiii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxxiv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxxv) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xxxvi) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xxxvii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xxxviii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xxxix) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xl) ........................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xli) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xlii) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xliii) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xliv) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xlv) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xlvi) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xlvii) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xlviii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xlix) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(l) ............................. (A) 

(a)(1)(li) ............................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lii) ........................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(liii) ........................... (A) 

(a)(1)(liv) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lv) ........................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lvi) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lvii) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lviii) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lix) .......................... (A)(1) and (2) (B) 

(a)(1)(lx) ........................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxi) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxii) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxiii) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxiv) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxv) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxvi) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxvii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(lxviii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxix) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxx) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxxi) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxxii) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxxiii) ....................... (A) 

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(a)(1)(lxxv) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxvi) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxvii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxviii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxix) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxxx) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxxi) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxxii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxxxiii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxxiv) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxxxv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(lxxxvi) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxxvii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxxviii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(lxxxix) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xc) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xci) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xcii) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xciii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(xciv) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(xcv) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(xcvi) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(xcvii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xcviii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(xcix) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(c) ............................ (A) 

(a)(1)(ci) ........................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cii) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ciii) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(civ) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cv) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cvi) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cvii) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cviii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cix) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cx) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cxi) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cxii) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxiii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cxiv) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cxv) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cxvi) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cxvii) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxviii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxix) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxx) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxi) ........................ (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cxxii) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxiii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxiv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxv) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxvi) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxvii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxviii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxix) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxx) ....................... (A)(1) through (5) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxi) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxiii) .................... (A)(1) through (4) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxiv) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxv) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cxxxvi) .................... (A)(1) and (2) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxvii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxviii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxxxix) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxl) ......................... (A)(1) through (4) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxli) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxlii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cxliii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cxliv) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cxlv) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cxlvi) ....................... (A)(1) and (2) (B) 

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(a)(1)(cxlviii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cxlix) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cl) ........................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cli) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clii) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cliii) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cliv) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clv) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clvi) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clvii) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clviii) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clix) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clx) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxi) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxii) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxiii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxiv) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxv) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(clxvi) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxvii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxviii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxix) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxx) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxi) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxiii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxiv) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxvi) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxvii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxviii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxix) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxx) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxxi) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxxii) .................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(clxxxiii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxxiv) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxxv) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(clxxxvi) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxxvii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(clxxxviii) .................. (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(clxxxix) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxc) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxci) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxcii) ....................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cxciii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxciv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxcv) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxcvi) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxcvii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxcviii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cxcix) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cc) .......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cci) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccii) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cciii) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cciv) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccv) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccvi) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccvii) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccviii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccix) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccx) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxi) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxii) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxiii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxiv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxv) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxvi) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxvii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxviii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxix) ...................... (A) (B) 

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(a)(1)(ccxxi) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxiii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxiv) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxv) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxvi) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxvii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxviii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxix) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxx) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxi) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxiii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxiv) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxv) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxvi) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxvii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxviii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxxxix) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxl) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxli) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxlii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxliii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxliv) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxlv) ...................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(ccxlvi) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxlvii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxlviii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxlix) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccl) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccli) ......................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclii) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccliii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccliv) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclv) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclvi) ....................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cclvii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclviii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclix) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclx) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxi) ....................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cclxii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxiii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxiv) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxvi) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxvii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxviii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxix) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxx) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxi) ..................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cclxxii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxxiii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxiv) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxv) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxvi) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxvii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxxviii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxxix) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxxx) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxi) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxiii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxiv) ................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxv) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxvi) ................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxvii) ................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxviii) ................ (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cclxxxix) ................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxc) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxci) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxcii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccxciii) .................... (A) (B) 


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(a)(1)(ccxciv) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxcv) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxcvi) .................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(ccxcvii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxcviii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccxcix) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccc) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccci) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccii) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccciii) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccciv) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccv) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccvi) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccvii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccviii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccix) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccx) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxi) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxii) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxiii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxiv) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxv) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxvi) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxvii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxviii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxix) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxx) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxi) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxii) ................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cccxxiii) .................. (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cccxxiv) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxv) ................... (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cccxxvi) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxvii) ................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxviii) ................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxix) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxx) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxi) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxiii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxiv) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxv) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxvi) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxvii) ................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxviii) ............... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxxxix) ................ (A) (C) 

(a)(1)(cccxl) ...................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxli) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxlii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxliii) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxliv) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxlv) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxlvi) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxlvii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxlviii) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxlix) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccl) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccli) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccclii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccliii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccliv) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclv) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclvi) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclvii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclviii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclix) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclx) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxi) ..................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccclxii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxiii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxiv) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxv) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxvi) ................... (A) 


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paragraph(s): By removing paragraph(s): By removing the second sentence of paragraph: 

By removing the word 

‘‘NOTE:’’ from paragraph: 

(a)(1)(ccclxvii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxviii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxix) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxx) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxi) ................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxiii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxiv) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxv) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxvi) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxvii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxviii) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxix) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxx) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxi) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxiii) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxiv) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxv) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxvi) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxvii) ............... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxviii) .............. (A) 

(a)(1)(ccclxxxix) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxc) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxci) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxcii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxciii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxciv) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxcv) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxcvi) .................. (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cccxcvii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxcviii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cccxcix) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cd) .......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdi) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cdiii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cdiv) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdv) ........................ (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cdvi) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdvii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdviii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdix) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdx) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxi) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxiii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxiv) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxv) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxvi) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxvii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxviii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxix) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxx) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxi) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxiii) .................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cdxxiv) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxv) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxvi) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxvii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxviii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxix) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxx) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxi) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxiii) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxiv) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxv) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxvi) .................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxvii) ................. (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxviii) ................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxxxix) .................. (A) 


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49762 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 207 / Friday, October 27, 2017 / Rules and Regulations 

Amend By removing and reserving 

paragraph(s): By removing paragraph(s): By removing the second sentence of paragraph: 

By removing the word 

‘‘NOTE:’’ from paragraph: 

(a)(1)(cdxl) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxli) ....................... (A) (B) 

(a)(1)(cdxlii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxliii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxliv) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxlv) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxlvi) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxlvii) .................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxlviii) ................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdxlix) ..................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdl) ......................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdli) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cdlii) ........................ (A) 

(a)(1)(cdliii) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdliv) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdlv) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdlvi) ....................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdlvii) ...................... (A) 

(a)(1)(cdlviii) ..................... (A) 

(a)(2)(i) ............................. (A) (B) 

Amend By removing and reserving 

paragraph(s): 

By removing the word 

‘‘NOTE:’’ from paragraph: 

(k)(2) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(3) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(4) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(5) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(6) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(7) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(8) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(9) ................................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

(k)(10) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(11) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(12) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(13) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(14) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(15) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(16) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(17) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(18) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(19) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(20) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(21) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(22) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(23) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(24) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(25) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(26) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(27) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(28) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(29) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (iii) 

(k)(30) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (iii) 

(k)(31) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(32) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(33) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (iii) 

(k)(34) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(35) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(36) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(37) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(38) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(39) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(40) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(41) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(42) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(43) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(44) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (iii) 

(k)(45) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(46) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(47) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(48) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(49) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(50) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 


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By removing the word 

‘‘NOTE:’’ from paragraph: 

(k)(51) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(52) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(57) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(58) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(59) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(60) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(61) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(62) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(63) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(64) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(65) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(66) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(67) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(68) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(69) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(70) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(71) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(72) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(73) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(74) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(75) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(76) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(77) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(78) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(79) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(80) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(81) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(82) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(83) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(84) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(85) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(86) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(87) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(88) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(89) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(90) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(91) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(92) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(93) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(94) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(95) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(96) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(98) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(99) .............................................................................................................................. (i) (ii) 

(k)(103) ............................................................................................................................ (i) (ii) 

Dated: August 30, 2017. 

James W. Kurth, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23399 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 


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