81_FR_9836 81 FR 9798 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Solidago albopilosa (White-Haired Goldenrod) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants

81 FR 9798 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Solidago albopilosa (White-Haired Goldenrod) From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 38 (February 26, 2016)

Page Range9798-9799
FR Document2016-04095

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the comment period on our September 1, 2015, proposed rule to remove the plant Solidago albopilosa (white-haired goldenrod) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. We are reopening the comment period for 30 days in order to conduct peer review and provide interested parties an additional opportunity to comment on the proposed rule and draft post delisting monitoring plan. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted, as they will be fully considered in preparation of the final listing determination.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 38 (Friday, February 26, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 9798-9799]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04095]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

[Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2014-0054; FXES11130900000C2-167-FF09E32000]
RIN 1018-BA46


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of 
Solidago albopilosa (White-Haired Goldenrod) From the Federal List of 
Endangered and Threatened Plants

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 
reopening of the comment period on our September 1, 2015, proposed rule 
to remove the plant Solidago albopilosa (white-haired goldenrod) from 
the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. We are reopening 
the comment period for 30 days in order to conduct peer review and 
provide interested parties an additional opportunity to comment on the 
proposed rule and draft post delisting monitoring plan. Comments 
previously submitted need not be resubmitted, as they will be fully 
considered in preparation of the final listing determination.

DATES: To allow us adequate time to consider your comments on the 
proposed rule, we must receive your comments on or before March 28, 
2016.

ADDRESSES: Written comments: You may submit comments on the proposed 
rule and draft post-delisting monitoring plan by one of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to the Federal eRulemaking 
Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter the docket 
number for the proposed rule, which is FWS-R4-ES-2014-0054. Then click 
on the Search button. On the resulting page, you may submit a comment 
by clicking on ``Comment Now!'' Please ensure that you have found the 
correct rulemaking before submitting your comment.
     By U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, 
Attn: Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2014-0054, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
MS BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.
    We request that you send comments only by the methods described 
above. We will post all comments on http://www.regulations.gov. This 
generally means that we will post any personal information you provide 
us (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more information).
    Document availability: Comments and materials we receive, as well 
as supporting documentation we used in preparing the proposed rule, 
will be available for public inspection on http://www.regulations.gov 
under Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2014-0054. A copy of the draft post-
delisting monitoring plan can be viewed at http://www.regulations.gov 
under Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2014-0054, or at the Kentucky Ecological 
Services Field Office's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/frankfort/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Virgil Lee Andrews, Jr., Field 
Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kentucky Ecological 
Services Field Office, 330 West Broadway, Suite 265, Frankfort, KY 
40601; telephone (502) 695-0468. Individuals who are hearing-impaired 
or speech-impaired may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 
(800) 877-8339 for TTY assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 1, 2015, we published a 
proposed rule (80 FR 52717) to remove the plant Solidago albopilosa 
(white-haired goldenrod) from the Federal List of Endangered and 
Threatened Plants based on a thorough review of the best available 
scientific and commercial data, which indicate that this species has 
recovered and no longer meets the definition of an endangered or a 
threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We sought information, data, and comments 
from the public regarding the proposal and the associated draft post-
delisting monitoring plan for 60 days, ending November 2, 2015. We are 
reopening the comment period on that proposed rule and the associated 
draft post-delisting monitoring plan for an additional 30 days (see 
DATES). We will accept written

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comments and information during this reopened comment period. We are 
specifically soliciting comments from peer reviewers (see Peer Review, 
below), but we are providing all interested parties with this 
additional time to submit information. Please refer to the proposed 
rule for more information on our proposed action and the specific 
information we seek.
    You may submit your comments and materials concerning the proposed 
rule or the associated draft post-delisting monitoring plan by one of 
the methods listed in ADDRESSES. 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. All comments and recommendations, including names and 
addresses, will become part of the administrative record.
    If you submit information via http://www.regulations.gov, your 
entire comment--including any personal identifying information--will be 
posted on the Web site. 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.
    If you mail or hand-deliver a hardcopy comment that includes 
personal identifying information, you may request at the top of your 
document that we withhold this information from public review, but we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. To ensure that the 
electronic docket for this rulemaking is complete and all comments we 
receive are publicly available, we will post all hardcopy submissions 
on http://www.regulations.gov.

Peer Review

    In accordance with our policy published in the Federal Register on 
July 1, 1994 (59 FR 34270), and the OMB's Final Information Quality 
Bulletin for Peer Review, dated December 16, 2004, we are soliciting 
the expert opinions of at least three appropriate and independent 
specialists regarding the science in our proposed rule published on 
September 1, 2015 (80 FR 52717), and the associated draft post-
delisting monitoring plan. The purpose of such review is to ensure that 
we base our decisions on scientifically sound data, assumptions, and 
analyses. We are sending peer reviewers copies of the proposed rule and 
the draft post-delisting monitoring plan. We are inviting peer 
reviewers to comment, during this reopened public comment period, on 
the specific assumptions and conclusions regarding the proposed 
delisting and draft post-delisting monitoring plan. We will summarize 
the opinions of these reviewers in the final decision documents, and we 
will consider their input and any additional information we receive as 
part of our process of making a final decision on the proposal and the 
draft post-delisting monitoring plan. Such communication may lead to a 
final decision that differs from the proposal.

    Dated: February 17, 2016.
Stephen Guertin,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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9798 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 38 / Friday, February 26, 2016 / Proposed Rules etc.) must be accompanied by a written the general public additional time for button. On the resulting page, you may comment. The written comment is participation and comments. submit a comment by clicking on considered the official comment and ‘‘Comment Now!’’ Please ensure that List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 98 should include discussion of all points you have found the correct rulemaking you wish to make. The EPA will Environmental protection, before submitting your comment. generally not consider comments or Administrative practice and procedure, • By U.S. mail or hand-delivery: comment contents located outside of the Greenhouse gases, Reporting and Public Comments Processing, Attn: primary submission (i.e. on the web, recordkeeping requirements. Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2014–0054, cloud, or other file sharing system). For Dated: February 22, 2016. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS additional submission methods, the full Sarah Dunham, BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls EPA public comment policy, Church, VA 22041–3803. Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. information about CBI or multimedia We request that you send comments [FR Doc. 2016–04197 Filed 2–25–16; 8:45 am] only by the methods described above. submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit BILLING CODE 6560–50–P We will post all comments on http:// http://www2.epa.gov/dockets/ www.regulations.gov. This generally commenting-epa-dockets. means that we will post any personal DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR information you provide us (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more Carole Cook, Climate Change Division, Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Atmospheric Programs (MC– information). Document availability: Comments and 6207J), Environmental Protection 50 CFR Part 17 materials we receive, as well as Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., [Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2014–0054; supporting documentation we used in Washington, DC 20460; telephone FXES11130900000C2–167–FF09E32000] preparing the proposed rule, will be number: (202) 343–9263; fax number: available for public inspection on (202) 343–2342; email address: RIN 1018–BA46 http://www.regulations.gov under GHGReporting@epa.gov. For technical Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2014–0054. A information, please go to the and Plants; Removal of Solidago copy of the draft post-delisting Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Web albopilosa (White-Haired Goldenrod) monitoring plan can be viewed at http:// site, http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting/ From the Federal List of Endangered www.regulations.gov under Docket No. index.html. To submit a question, select and Threatened Plants FWS–R4–ES–2014–0054, or at the Help Center, followed by ‘‘Contact Us.’’ Kentucky Ecological Services Field SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Office’s Web site at Worldwide Web (WWW) Interior. http://www.fws.gov/frankfort/. ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In addition to being available in the comment period. Virgil Lee Andrews, Jr., Field docket, an electronic copy of today’s Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal will also be available through SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Service, Kentucky Ecological Services the WWW. Following the Wildlife Service (Service), announce the Field Office, 330 West Broadway, Suite Administrator’s signature, a copy of this reopening of the comment period on our 265, Frankfort, KY 40601; telephone action will be posted on the EPA’s September 1, 2015, proposed rule to (502) 695–0468. Individuals who are Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule Web remove the plant Solidago albopilosa hearing-impaired or speech-impaired site at http://www.epa.gov/ghgreporting. (white-haired goldenrod) from the may call the Federal Information Relay Additional Information on Submitting Federal List of Endangered and Service at (800) 877–8339 for TTY Comments Threatened Plants. We are reopening the assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a comment period for 30 days in order to week. To expedite review of your comments conduct peer review and provide by Agency staff, you are encouraged to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On interested parties an additional send a separate copy of your comments, opportunity to comment on the September 1, 2015, we published a in adition to the copy you submit to the proposed rule and draft post delisting proposed rule (80 FR 52717) to remove official docket, to Carole Cook, U.S. monitoring plan. Comments previously the plant Solidago albopilosa (white- EPA, Office of Atmospheric Program, submitted need not be resubmitted, as haired goldenrod) from the Federal List Climate Change Division, Mail Code they will be fully considered in of Endangered and Threatened Plants 6207A, Washington, DC 20460, preparation of the final listing based on a thorough review of the best telephone (202) 343–9263, email determination. available scientific and commercial address: GHGReporting@epa.gov. data, which indicate that this species DATES: To allow us adequate time to has recovered and no longer meets the Background consider your comments on the definition of an endangered or a In this action, the EPA is providing proposed rule, we must receive your threatened species under the notice that it is extending the comment comments on or before March 28, 2016. Endangered Species Act of 1973, as period on the proposed rule titled ‘‘2015 ADDRESSES: Written comments: You may amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We Revisions and Confidentiality submit comments on the proposed rule sought information, data, and comments Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Determinations for Data Elements under and draft post-delisting monitoring plan from the public regarding the proposal the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule’’, by one of the following methods: and the associated draft post-delisting which was published on January 15, • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to monitoring plan for 60 days, ending 2016 (81 FR 2536). The previous the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// November 2, 2015. We are reopening the deadline for submitting public comment www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, comment period on that proposed rule on that rule was February 29, 2016. The enter the docket number for the and the associated draft post-delisting EPA is extending that deadline to March proposed rule, which is FWS–R4–ES– monitoring plan for an additional 30 30, 2016. This extension will provide 2014–0054. Then click on the Search days (see DATES). We will accept written VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:20 Feb 25, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\26FEP1.SGM 26FEP1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 38 / Friday, February 26, 2016 / Proposed Rules 9799 comments and information during this during this reopened public comment hearing will be held from 5:30 p.m. to reopened comment period. We are period, on the specific assumptions and 7:30 p.m. specifically soliciting comments from conclusions regarding the proposed ADDRESSES: peer reviewers (see Peer Review, below), delisting and draft post-delisting Document availability: You may but we are providing all interested monitoring plan. We will summarize the obtain copies of the proposed rule and parties with this additional time to opinions of these reviewers in the final associated draft environmental submit information. Please refer to the decision documents, and we will assessment at http:// proposed rule for more information on consider their input and any additional www.regulations.gov at Docket No. our proposed action and the specific information we receive as part of our FWS–R7–NWRS–2014–0005. information we seek. process of making a final decision on Comment submission: You may You may submit your comments and the proposal and the draft post-delisting submit comments on the proposed rule materials concerning the proposed rule monitoring plan. Such communication by any one of the following methods: or the associated draft post-delisting may lead to a final decision that differs (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal monitoring plan by one of the methods from the proposal. eRulemaking Portal: http:// listed in ADDRESSES. Before including www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, Dated: February 17, 2016. your address, phone number, email enter FWS–R7–NWRS–2014–0005, address, or other personal identifying Stephen Guertin, which is the docket number for this information in your comment, you Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. rulemaking. Then click on the Search should be aware that your entire button. On the resulting page, you may comment—including your personal [FR Doc. 2016–04095 Filed 2–25–16; 8:45 am] submit a comment by clicking on identifying information—may be made BILLING CODE 4333–15–P ‘‘Comment Now!’’ publicly available at any time. All (2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail comments and recommendations, or hand-delivery to: Public Comments including names and addresses, will DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Processing, Attn: FWS–R7–NWRS– become part of the administrative 2014–0005; Division of Policy, Fish and Wildlife Service record. Performance, and Management If you submit information via http:// Programs; U.S. Fish and Wildlife www.regulations.gov, your entire 50 CFR Parts 32 and 36 Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, comment—including any personal [Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2014–0005; Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. identifying information—will be posted FF07R06000 167 FXRS12610700000] (3) At open houses or public hearings: on the Web site. While you can ask us Written comments will be accepted by in your comment to withhold your RIN 1018–BA31 Service personnel at any of the nine personal identifying information from scheduled open houses or public public review, we cannot guarantee that Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and hearings. Public testimony will be we will be able to do so. Public Participation and Closure recorded and submitted for the record at If you mail or hand-deliver a Procedures, on National Wildlife only the public hearings via a court hardcopy comment that includes Refuges in Alaska reporter. personal identifying information, you AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, We request that you send comments may request at the top of your document Interior. only by the methods described above. that we withhold this information from ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of We will post all comments on http:// public review, but we cannot guarantee comment period and rescheduled public www.regulations.gov. This generally that we will be able to do so. To ensure open house and hearing. means that we will post any personal that the electronic docket for this information you provide us. rulemaking is complete and all SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Public meetings: The rescheduled comments we receive are publicly Wildlife Service (Service), are extending open house and public hearing will be available, we will post all hardcopy the comment period for our January 8, held at the Kodiak National Wildlife submissions on http:// 2016, proposed rule to amend our Refuge Visitor Center, 402 Center Ave., www.regulations.gov. regulations for National Wildlife Kodiak, Alaska; 907–487–2600. For the Peer Review Refuges (refuges) in Alaska. This action dates and times of the other open In accordance with our policy ensures that the public has an houses and public hearings, see our published in the Federal Register on additional opportunity to comment on Federal Register document announcing July 1, 1994 (59 FR 34270), and the the proposed rule. We are also these open houses and public hearings OMB’s Final Information Quality rescheduling the Kodiak open house (81 FR 886; January 8, 2016). Bulletin for Peer Review, dated and public hearing to March 2, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: December 16, 2004, we are soliciting the DATES: Stephanie Brady, Chief of Conservation expert opinions of at least three Comment submission: Submit your Planning and Policy, National Wildlife appropriate and independent specialists comments on the proposed rule on or Refuge System, Alaska Regional Office, regarding the science in our proposed before April 7, 2016. Comments 1011 E. Tudor Rd., Mail Stop 211, rule published on September 1, 2015 (80 submitted electronically using the Anchorage, AK 99503; telephone (907) FR 52717), and the associated draft post- Federal eRulemaking Portal (see 306–7448. Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS delisting monitoring plan. The purpose ADDRESSES, below) must be received by SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On of such review is to ensure that we base 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing January 8, 2016, we published a our decisions on scientifically sound date. proposed rule (81 FR 887) to clarify how data, assumptions, and analyses. We are Public meetings: The rescheduled our existing mandates for the sending peer reviewers copies of the open house and public hearing in conservation of natural and biological proposed rule and the draft post- Kodiak will be held on March 2, 2016; diversity, biological integrity, and delisting monitoring plan. We are the open house will be held from 4:00 environmental health on refuges in inviting peer reviewers to comment, p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and the public Alaska relate to predator control; to VerDate Sep<11>2014 13:20 Feb 25, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\26FEP1.SGM 26FEP1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionProposed rule; reopening of comment period.
DatesTo allow us adequate time to consider your comments on the proposed rule, we must receive your comments on or before March 28, 2016.
ContactVirgil Lee Andrews, Jr., Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kentucky Ecological Services Field Office, 330 West Broadway, Suite 265, Frankfort, KY 40601; telephone (502) 695-0468. Individuals who are hearing-impaired or speech-impaired may call the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339 for TTY assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
FR Citation81 FR 9798 
RIN Number1018-BA46
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