80 FR 65793 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Gila Chub Draft Recovery Plan
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 207 (October 27, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 207 (Tuesday, October 27, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 65793-65795] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-27259] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R2-ES-2015-N200; FXES11130200000C2-112-FF02ENEH00] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Gila Chub Draft Recovery Plan AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of our draft recovery plan for the Gila chub, which is listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This fish species is currently found in Arizona and New Mexico in the United States, and in northern Mexico. The draft recovery plan includes specific recovery objectives and criteria to be met in order to enable us to remove this species from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plants. We request review and comment on this plan from local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the public. We will also accept any new information on the status of the Gila chub throughout its range to assist in finalizing the recovery plan. DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive written comments on or before December 28, 2015. However, we will accept information about any species at any time. ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the draft recovery plan, you may obtain a copy by any one of the following methods: Internet: Access the file at www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Documents/R2ES/GilaChub_DraftRecoveryPlan_Final_October2014.pdf; U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2321 West Royal Palm Road, Suite 103, Phoenix, AZ 85021-4951; or Telephone: (602) 242-0210. If you wish to comment on the draft recovery plan, you may submit your comments in writing by any one of the following methods:U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, at the above address; [[Page 65794]] Hand-delivery: Arizona Ecological Services Field Office, at the above address; Fax: (602) 242-2513; or Email: [email protected]. For additional information about submitting comments, see the ``Request for Public Comments'' section below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Spangle, Field Supervisor, Arizona Ecological Services Field Office, at the above address and phone number, or by email at [email protected]. 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 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 set out 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. Species History Gila chub was listed as endangered throughout its range with critical habitat on November 2, 2005 (effective date December 2, 2005). The species has a recovery priority number of 2C, which is based on a high degree of threat, high potential for recovery, taxonomic classification as a species, and potential for conflict over resources (primarily water) and economic development. Gila chub is included on the Arizona Game and Fish Departments' draft species of concern (1996), and possession of Gila chub in Arizona is prohibited except where such collection is authorized by special permit. The species was listed by the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish as endangered in 1988. Gila chub is listed as endangered by The Republic of Mexico; a recovery plan, or Program de Acci[oacute]n para la Conservaci[oacute]n de las Especies (PACE), has not been developed for this species in Mexico. Gila chub is a member of the roundtail chub (Gila robusta) complex in the Gila River basin, which also includes headwater chub (G. nigra). Gila chub is a thick-bodied species, chunky in aspect, with females reaching 250 millimeters (mm) (10 inches [in]) in total length, and males rarely exceeding 150 mm (6 in). Body coloration is typically dark overall, with a lighter belly speckled with gray; fins are small. Breeding males, and to a lesser extent females, develop red or orange on lower parts of the head and body and on bases of the pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins. Gila chub is considered a habitat generalist (Schultz and Bonar 2006), and commonly inhabits pools in smaller (higher order) streams and cienegas throughout its range in the Gila River basin, at elevations between 609 and 1,676 meters (m) (2,000-5,500 feet [ft]) (Miller 1946, Minckley 1973, Rinne 1976, Weedman et al. 1996). Gila chub is a highly secretive species, remaining near cover, including undercut banks, terrestrial vegetation, boulders, root wads, fallen logs, and thick overhanging or aquatic vegetation in deeper waters, especially pools (Minckley and Rinne 1991, Nelson 1993, Weedman et al. 1996). Historically, Gila chub was recorded from nearly 50 higher order streams throughout the Gila River basin in southwestern New Mexico, central and southeastern Arizona, and northern Sonora, Mexico (Miller and Lowe 1967, Rinne and Minckley 1970, Minckley 1973, Rinne 1976, DeMarais 1986, Sublette et al. 1990, Weedman et al. 1996). Recent literature indicates that approximately 25 of these localities are considered occupied, and most are small and isolated, and face one or more threats (Weedman et al. 1996, USFWS 2005, Clarkson et al. 2012). It was also estimated that 90 percent of the currently occupied habitat is degraded, due to the presence of nonnative fishes and land management actions. The few remaining small, isolated populations are vulnerable to environmental conditions such as drought, flood events, and wildfire. Primary threats to Gila chub, such as nonnative fish predation and competition, and secondary threats identified as habitat alteration, destruction, and fragmentation, are all factors identified in the final rule that contribute to the consideration that Gila chub is likely to become extinct throughout all or a significant portion of its range (USFWS 2005). The recovery strategy for Gila chub is to ensure that existing habitat integrity and genetic diversity of the species are adequately protected, represented, and replicated within each of the major subbasins in the greater Gila River watershed, in which the species still resides. This involves protection of remnant populations, through management and regulatory agreements with agencies and partners; captive rearing with appropriate genetic, demographic, and health management for population establishment and supplementation; control of threats of nonnative fish predation and competition, as well as potential hybridization with other chub species; establishment of replicated populations in refuges and selected streams; monitoring of populations under a scientifically based, standardized protocol; and cooperation and education with agencies, partners, Tribes, and Mexico to ensure habitat quantity and quality are maintained and adaptively managed into the future. The draft recovery plan proposes the delineation of five recovery units (RUs) that represent the major subbasins of the Gila River basin. These RUs cover much of the historical and current habitat for the species in Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico, and provide a diversity of habitats and represent groupings of Gila chub populations, within which gene flow may have been common historically. Designation of RUs is intended to ensure that the species remains distributed across its historical range in representative ecological settings, and will sustain the remaining genetic, demographic, morphological, behavioral, and other life history elements of the species necessary for the long- term conservation of the entire listed taxon. The strategy to recover Gila chub further relies upon identifying, preserving, and replicating 17 genetic Management Units (MUs) that are distributed among the RUs. Recovery Plan Goals The objective of an agency recovery plan is to provide a framework for the recovery of a species so that protection under the Act is no longer necessary. A recovery plan includes scientific information about the species and provides criteria and actions necessary for us to be able to reclassify the species to threatened status or remove it from the List. Recovery plans help guide our recovery efforts by describing actions we consider necessary for the species' conservation, and by estimating time and costs for implementing needed recovery measures. To achieve its goals, this draft recovery plan identifies the following objectives: 1. Maintain and protect all remnant populations in the wild. 2. Ensure representation, resiliency, and redundancy by maintaining genetic diversity and expanding the size and number of populations within Gila chub historical range via replication of remnant populations within each RU. 3. Manage or eliminate nonnative fish predation and competition and associated habitat-related modifications or loss. 4. Improve or develop new State regulations or firm agreements that [[Page 65795]] conserve or improve quality Gila chub habitat. 5. Work with stakeholders to improve and conserve existing and newly established Gila chub populations and their habitats and ensure that appropriate management plans and agreements are in place post- delisting. 6. Promote conservation of Gila chub in Mexico and on Tribal lands by forming partnerships and supporting research, outreach, and conservation management. 7. Monitor remnant, repatriated, and refuge populations to inform adaptive management strategies. The draft recovery plan contains recovery criteria based on protecting all available remnant populations and replicating each MU in at least two streams. To achieve recovery criteria, threats of nonnative fish predation and competition, habitat alteration and fragmentation, and decreasing water availability should be controlled to manageable levels in streams occupied by Gila chub such that these threats do not pose imminent or chronic downward pressures on population sizes. When the status of Gila chub meets these criteria, the species will no longer meet the conditions of being endangered throughout a significant portion of its range and will no longer warrant listing. Request for Public Comments Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to provide public notice and an opportunity for public review and comment during recovery plan development. It is also our policy to request peer review of recovery plans (July 1, 1994; 59 FR 34270). We will summarize and respond to the issues raised by the public and peer reviewers and post our responses on our Web site. Substantive comments may or may not result in changes to the recovery plan; comments regarding recovery plan implementation will be forwarded as appropriate to Federal or other entities so that they can be taken into account during the course of implementing recovery actions. Responses to individual commenters will not be provided, but we will provide a summary of how we addressed substantive comments in an appendix to the approved recovery plan. We invite written comments on the draft recovery plan. In particular, we are interested in additional information regarding the current threats to the species and the costs associated with implementing the recommended recovery actions. Suggestions of how to craft recovery criteria addressing threats that are objective and measureable are welcome. Before we approve our final recovery plan, we will consider all comments we receive by the date specified in DATES. Methods of submitting comments are in the ADDRESSES section. Public Availability of Comments Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Comments and materials we receive will be available, by appointment, for public inspection during normal business hours at our office (see ADDRESSES). References Cited A complete list of all references cited herein is available upon request from the Arizona Ecological Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). Authority We developed our draft recovery plan under the authority of section 4(f) of the Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). We publish this notice under section 4(f) Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Dated: October 15, 2015. Benjamin N. Tuggle, Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2015-27259 Filed 10-26-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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A. Overview of Information Collection the Promise Zones initiative, the federal www.hud.gov/promisezones, and
Title of Information Collection: government will invest and partner with questions can be addressed to
Promise Zones. high-poverty urban, rural, and tribal promisezones@hud.gov. This notice
OMB Approval Number: 2506–0209. communities to create jobs, increase estimates burden for applying for the
Type of Request: Revision of a economic activity, improve educational designation.
currently approved collection. opportunities, leverage private Respondents (i.e. affected public):
Form Number: None. investment, and reduce violent crime.
Local or Tribal Governments.
Description of the need for the Additional information about the
information and proposed use: Under Promise Zones initiative can be found at
Burden Annual Hourly
Number of Frequency Responses Annual
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respondents of response per annum cost
response hours response
Section I—Executive Summary ................................................................ 300 1 1 3 900 $40 $36,000
Section II—Abstract .................................................................................. 300 1 1 3 900 40 36,000
Section II—Community Eligibility Criteria and Local Leadership Support
Documentation ....................................................................................... 300 1 1 4 1200 40 48,000
Section III—Need ...................................................................................... 300 1 1 1 300 40 12,000
Section IV—Strategy Part A (Needs and Assets Assessment) ............... 300 1 1 3 900 40 36,000
Section IV—Strategy Part B (Plan) ........................................................... 300 1 1 6 1800 40 72,000
Section IV—Strategy Part C (Sustainability and Financial Feasibility) .... 300 1 1 3 900 40 36,000
Section IV—Strategy Part D (Resident Engagement Strategy) ............... 300 1 1 3 900 40 36,000
Section V—Capacity and Local Commitment Part A (Partnership Struc-
ture and Commitment) ........................................................................... 300 1 1 6 1800 40 72,000
Section V—Capacity and Local Commitment Part B (Capacity of Lead
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Section V—Capacity and Local Commitment Part C (Capacity of Imple-
mentation Partner Organizations) ......................................................... 300 1 1 6 1800 40 72,000
Section V—Capacity and Local Commitment Part D (Data and Evalua-
tion Capacity) ......................................................................................... 300 1 1 3 900 40 36,000
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of Gov. Commitment) ............................................................................ 300 1 1 3 900 40 36,000
Goals and Activities Template .................................................................. 300 1 1 9 2700 40 96,000
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment Dated: October 21, 2015. met in order to enable us to remove this
Colette Pollard, species from the list of endangered and
This notice is soliciting comments Department Reports Management Officer, threatened wildlife and plants. We
from members of the public and affected Office of the Chief Information Officer. request review and comment on this
parties concerning the collection of [FR Doc. 2015–27341 Filed 10–26–15; 8:45 am] plan from local, State, and Federal
information described in Section A on BILLING CODE 4210–67–P agencies; Tribes; and the public. We
the following: will also accept any new information on
(1) Whether the proposed collection the status of the Gila chub throughout
of information is necessary for the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR its range to assist in finalizing the
proper performance of the functions of recovery plan.
the agency, including whether the Fish and Wildlife Service DATES: To ensure consideration, we
information will have practical utility; must receive written comments on or
[FWS–R2–ES–2015–N200;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s FXES11130200000C2–112–FF02ENEH00] before December 28, 2015. However, we
estimate of the burden of the proposed will accept information about any
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife species at any time.
collection of information;
and Plants; Gila Chub Draft Recovery ADDRESSES: If you wish to review the
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, Plan draft recovery plan, you may obtain a
utility, and clarity of the information to
copy by any one of the following
be collected; and AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
methods:
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of Interior.
Internet: Access the file at
the collection of information on those ACTION: Notice of availability; request
www.fws.gov/southwest/es/Documents/
who are to respond; including through for comment. R2ES/GilaChub_DraftRecoveryPlan_
the use of appropriate automated SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Final_October2014.pdf;
collection techniques or other forms of Service (Service), announce the U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
information technology, e.g., permitting availability of our draft recovery plan Service, 2321 West Royal Palm Road,
electronic submission of responses. for the Gila chub, which is listed as Suite 103, Phoenix, AZ 85021–4951; or
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HUD encourages interested parties to endangered under the Endangered Telephone: (602) 242–0210.
submit comment in response to these Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). If you wish to comment on the draft
questions. This fish species is currently found in recovery plan, you may submit your
Arizona and New Mexico in the United comments in writing by any one of the
Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 Research and
States, and in northern Mexico. The following methods:
Demonstrations.
draft recovery plan includes specific • U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, at the
recovery objectives and criteria to be above address;
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• Hand-delivery: Arizona Ecological Breeding males, and to a lesser extent nonnative fish predation and
Services Field Office, at the above females, develop red or orange on lower competition, as well as potential
address; parts of the head and body and on bases hybridization with other chub species;
• Fax: (602) 242–2513; or of the pectoral, pelvic, and anal fins. establishment of replicated populations
• Email: Steve_Spangle@fws.gov. Gila chub is considered a habitat in refuges and selected streams;
For additional information about generalist (Schultz and Bonar 2006), and monitoring of populations under a
submitting comments, see the ‘‘Request commonly inhabits pools in smaller scientifically based, standardized
for Public Comments’’ section below. (higher order) streams and cienegas protocol; and cooperation and education
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: throughout its range in the Gila River with agencies, partners, Tribes, and
Steve Spangle, Field Supervisor, basin, at elevations between 609 and Mexico to ensure habitat quantity and
Arizona Ecological Services Field 1,676 meters (m) (2,000–5,500 feet [ft]) quality are maintained and adaptively
Office, at the above address and phone (Miller 1946, Minckley 1973, Rinne managed into the future.
number, or by email at Steve_Spangle@ 1976, Weedman et al. 1996). Gila chub The draft recovery plan proposes the
fws.gov. is a highly secretive species, remaining delineation of five recovery units (RUs)
near cover, including undercut banks, that represent the major subbasins of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
terrestrial vegetation, boulders, root Gila River basin. These RUs cover much
Background wads, fallen logs, and thick overhanging of the historical and current habitat for
or aquatic vegetation in deeper waters, the species in Arizona, New Mexico,
Recovery of endangered or threatened especially pools (Minckley and Rinne and Mexico, and provide a diversity of
animals and plants to the point where 1991, Nelson 1993, Weedman et al. habitats and represent groupings of Gila
they are again secure, self-sustaining 1996). chub populations, within which gene
members of their ecosystems is a Historically, Gila chub was recorded flow may have been common
primary goal of our endangered species from nearly 50 higher order streams historically. Designation of RUs is
program and the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et throughout the Gila River basin in intended to ensure that the species
seq.). Recovery means improvement of southwestern New Mexico, central and remains distributed across its historical
the status of listed species to the point southeastern Arizona, and northern range in representative ecological
at which listing is no longer appropriate Sonora, Mexico (Miller and Lowe 1967, settings, and will sustain the remaining
under the criteria set out in section Rinne and Minckley 1970, Minckley genetic, demographic, morphological,
4(a)(1) of the Act. The Act requires the 1973, Rinne 1976, DeMarais 1986, behavioral, and other life history
development of recovery plans for listed Sublette et al. 1990, Weedman et al. elements of the species necessary for the
species, unless such a plan would not 1996). Recent literature indicates that long-term conservation of the entire
promote the conservation of a particular approximately 25 of these localities are listed taxon. The strategy to recover Gila
species. considered occupied, and most are chub further relies upon identifying,
Species History small and isolated, and face one or more preserving, and replicating 17 genetic
threats (Weedman et al. 1996, USFWS Management Units (MUs) that are
Gila chub was listed as endangered 2005, Clarkson et al. 2012). distributed among the RUs.
throughout its range with critical habitat It was also estimated that 90 percent
on November 2, 2005 (effective date of the currently occupied habitat is Recovery Plan Goals
December 2, 2005). The species has a degraded, due to the presence of The objective of an agency recovery
recovery priority number of 2C, which nonnative fishes and land management plan is to provide a framework for the
is based on a high degree of threat, high actions. The few remaining small, recovery of a species so that protection
potential for recovery, taxonomic isolated populations are vulnerable to under the Act is no longer necessary. A
classification as a species, and potential environmental conditions such as recovery plan includes scientific
for conflict over resources (primarily drought, flood events, and wildfire. information about the species and
water) and economic development. Gila Primary threats to Gila chub, such as provides criteria and actions necessary
chub is included on the Arizona Game nonnative fish predation and for us to be able to reclassify the species
and Fish Departments’ draft species of competition, and secondary threats to threatened status or remove it from
concern (1996), and possession of Gila identified as habitat alteration, the List. Recovery plans help guide our
chub in Arizona is prohibited except destruction, and fragmentation, are all recovery efforts by describing actions
where such collection is authorized by factors identified in the final rule that we consider necessary for the species’
special permit. The species was listed contribute to the consideration that Gila conservation, and by estimating time
by the New Mexico Department of Game chub is likely to become extinct and costs for implementing needed
and Fish as endangered in 1988. Gila throughout all or a significant portion of recovery measures. To achieve its goals,
chub is listed as endangered by The its range (USFWS 2005). this draft recovery plan identifies the
Republic of Mexico; a recovery plan, or The recovery strategy for Gila chub is following objectives:
Program de Acción para la Conservación to ensure that existing habitat integrity 1. Maintain and protect all remnant
de las Especies (PACE), has not been and genetic diversity of the species are populations in the wild.
developed for this species in Mexico. adequately protected, represented, and 2. Ensure representation, resiliency,
Gila chub is a member of the replicated within each of the major and redundancy by maintaining genetic
roundtail chub (Gila robusta) complex subbasins in the greater Gila River diversity and expanding the size and
in the Gila River basin, which also watershed, in which the species still number of populations within Gila chub
includes headwater chub (G. nigra). Gila resides. This involves protection of historical range via replication of
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chub is a thick-bodied species, chunky remnant populations, through remnant populations within each RU.
in aspect, with females reaching 250 management and regulatory agreements 3. Manage or eliminate nonnative fish
millimeters (mm) (10 inches [in]) in with agencies and partners; captive predation and competition and
total length, and males rarely exceeding rearing with appropriate genetic, associated habitat-related modifications
150 mm (6 in). Body coloration is demographic, and health management or loss.
typically dark overall, with a lighter for population establishment and 4. Improve or develop new State
belly speckled with gray; fins are small. supplementation; control of threats of regulations or firm agreements that
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conserve or improve quality Gila chub that are objective and measureable are coordination with the California State
habitat. welcome. Coastal Conservancy, announce the
5. Work with stakeholders to improve Before we approve our final recovery reopening of the public comment period
and conserve existing and newly plan, we will consider all comments we for the Draft Environmental Impact
established Gila chub populations and receive by the date specified in DATES. Statement/Environmental Impact Report
their habitats and ensure that Methods of submitting comments are in (DEIS/EIR) for Phase 2 of the South Bay
appropriate management plans and the ADDRESSES section. Salt Pond (SBSP) Restoration Project at
agreements are in place post-delisting. the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay
Public Availability of Comments
6. Promote conservation of Gila chub National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) in
in Mexico and on Tribal lands by Before including your address, phone Alameda, Santa Clara, and San Mateo
forming partnerships and supporting number, email address, or other Counties, California. The DEIS/EIR,
research, outreach, and conservation personal identifying information in your which we prepared in accordance with
management. comment, you should be aware that the National Environmental Policy Act
7. Monitor remnant, repatriated, and your entire comment—including your of 1969 (NEPA), describes and analyzes
refuge populations to inform adaptive personal identifying information—may the alternatives identified for Phase 2 of
management strategies. be made publicly available at any time. the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration
The draft recovery plan contains While you can ask us in your comment Project.
recovery criteria based on protecting all to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we DATES: We will accept comments
available remnant populations and received or postmarked on or before
replicating each MU in at least two cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. October 30, 2015.
streams. To achieve recovery criteria, ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You
threats of nonnative fish predation and Comments and materials we receive
will be available, by appointment, for may obtain copies of the document in
competition, habitat alteration and the following places:
fragmentation, and decreasing water public inspection during normal
business hours at our office (see • Internet: http://
availability should be controlled to www.southbayrestoration.org/planning/
ADDRESSES).
manageable levels in streams occupied phase2/.
by Gila chub such that these threats do References Cited • In-Person:
not pose imminent or chronic A complete list of all references cited Æ San Francisco Bay National
downward pressures on population herein is available upon request from Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters,
sizes. When the status of Gila chub the Arizona Ecological Services Field 1 Marshlands Road, Fremont, CA 94555.
meets these criteria, the species will no Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Æ The following libraries:
longer meet the conditions of being CONTACT section). D Alviso Branch Library, 5050 N. First
endangered throughout a significant St., San Jose, CA 95002.
portion of its range and will no longer Authority D Biblioteca Latino America, 921
warrant listing. We developed our draft recovery plan South First St., San Jose, CA 95110.
Request for Public Comments under the authority of section 4(f) of the D California State University Library,
Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). We publish this 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd., Hayward, CA
Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to notice under section 4(f) Endangered 94542.
provide public notice and an Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 D Fremont Main Library, 2400
opportunity for public review and U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Stevenson Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538.
comment during recovery plan D Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St.,
development. It is also our policy to Dated: October 15, 2015.
Menlo Park, CA 94025.
request peer review of recovery plans Benjamin N. Tuggle,
D Mountain View Library, 585
(July 1, 1994; 59 FR 34270). We will Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S.
Franklin St., Mountain View, CA 94041.
summarize and respond to the issues Fish and Wildlife Service.
D Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell
raised by the public and peer reviewers [FR Doc. 2015–27259 Filed 10–26–15; 8:45 am]
Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303.
and post our responses on our Web site. BILLING CODE 4310–55–P D King Library, 150 E San Fernando
Substantive comments may or may not St., San Jose, CA 95112.
result in changes to the recovery plan; D Redwood City Main Library, 1044
comments regarding recovery plan DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA
implementation will be forwarded as 94063.
Fish and Wildlife Service
appropriate to Federal or other entities D San Mateo County East Palo Alto
so that they can be taken into account [FWS–R8–R–2015–N189; Library, 2415 University Ave., East Palo
during the course of implementing FXRS282108E8PD0–167–F2013227943] Alto, CA 94303.
recovery actions. Responses to D Santa Clara County Milpitas
individual commenters will not be South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Library, 160 N Main St., Milpitas, CA
provided, but we will provide a Project, Phase 2; Don Edwards San 95035.
summary of how we addressed Francisco Bay National Wildlife D Santa Clara Public Library, 2635
substantive comments in an appendix to Refuge; Draft Environmental Impact Homestead Rd., Santa Clara, CA 95051.
the approved recovery plan. Statement/Environmental Impact D Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W
We invite written comments on the Report Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086.
D Natural Resources Library, U.S.
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draft recovery plan. In particular, we are AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
interested in additional information Interior. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
regarding the current threats to the ACTION: Reopening of the public NW., Washington, DC 20240–0001.
species and the costs associated with comment period. For how to view comments on the
implementing the recommended draft EIS from the Environmental
recovery actions. Suggestions of how to SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Protection Agency (EPA), or for
craft recovery criteria addressing threats Wildlife Service (USFWS), in information on EPA’s role in the EIS
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