83 FR 41100 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for Neosho Mucket
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 160 (August 17, 2018)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 160 (August 17, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 160 (Friday, August 17, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 41100-41101] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-17753] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R4-ES-2018-N054; FXES11130400000C2-156-FF04E00000] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for Neosho Mucket AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability and request for public comment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of the draft recovery plan for the endangered Neosho mucket. The draft recovery plan includes specific recovery objectives and criteria that must be met in order for us to delist this species under the Endangered Species Act. We request review and comment on this draft recovery plan from local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the public. DATES: In order to be considered, comments on the draft recovery plan must be received on or before October 16, 2018. ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: If you wish to review this draft recovery plan or a list of the references cited in this notice, you may obtain copies by contacting Melvin Tobin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arkansas Ecological Services Field Office, 110 S. Amity Road, Suite 300, Conway, AR 72032; tel. (501) 513-4473; or by visiting the Service's Arkansas Field Office website at http://www.fws.gov/arkansas-es. Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment on the draft recovery plan, you may submit your written comments by one of the following methods: U.S. Mail or Hand-Delivery: Arkansas Ecological Services Field Office (address above). Fax: 501-513-4480, attn. ``Neosho Mucket Draft Recovery Plan Comment.'' Email: chris_davidson@fws.gov. Please include ``Neosho Mucket Draft Recovery Plan Comment'' in the subject line. For additional information about submitting comments, see Request for Public Comments, below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melvin Tobin, by telephone at 501-513- 4473, or via email at melvin_tobin@fws.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the draft recovery plan for the endangered Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana). The draft recovery plan includes specific recovery objectives and criteria that must be met in order for us to delist this species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We request review and comment on this draft recovery plan from local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the public. Background The Neosho mucket is a freshwater mussel. The shell is up to 5 inches (18 cm) long. The species is sexually dimorphic, as is typical of Lampsilis. The mantle lure is well developed in young females 2-5 years of age, but may be less developed in older individuals (Oesch 1984; McMurray et al. 2012). Neosho mucket glochidia (larvae) are obligate parasites on smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), and spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus) (Barnhart and Roberts 1997; Service 2005). The Neosho mucket spawns in late April and May, and female brooding occurs May through August. Little is known about habitat requirements of Neosho mucket. It is associated with shallow riffles and runs comprising gravel substrate and moderate-to- swift currents. The species is most often found in areas with swift current, but in Shoal Creek and the Illinois River it prefers nearshore areas or areas out of the main current (Oesch 1984; Obermeyer 2000). The Neosho mucket does not occur in reservoirs lacking riverine characteristics (Obermeyer et al. 1997b). The ESA specifies five factors for listing species as endangered or threatened. The Neosho mucket is threatened primarily by the destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range (Listing Factor A of the ESA). Specific threats include impoundment, sedimentation, chemical contaminants, mining, the inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms, population fragmentation and isolation, invasive nonindigenous species, and water temperature. Climate change (Listing Factor E) is also likely to have adverse effects on the species due to alteration of hydrologic cycles of rivers that support Neosho mucket, but the extent or magnitude of this threat has not been quantified at this time. We determined that other existing [[Page 41101]] regulatory mechanisms were inadequate to reduce these threats (Listing Factor D). As a result of these threats, the Neosho mucket was listed as endangered on the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR 17.11) on September 17, 2013 (78 FR 57076). A total of 483 river miles (777 river kilometers) in seven rivers and one creek (Elk, Fall, Illinois, Neosho, Spring, North Fork Spring, and Verdigris Rivers and Shoal Creek) has been designated as critical habitat for the Neosho mucket (80 FR 24692, April 30, 2015). Critical habitat as set forth in 50 CFR 17.95(f) is located in Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas; Allen, Cherokee, Coffey, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Woodson Counties, Kansas; Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, and Newton Counties, Missouri; and Adair, Cherokee, and Delaware Counties, Oklahoma. Recovery Plan Section 4(f) of the ESA requires the development of recovery plans for listed species, unless such a plan would not promote the conservation of a particular species. Recovery plans describe actions considered necessary for conservation of the species, establish recovery criteria, and estimate time and cost for implementing recovery measures. Section 4(f) of the ESA also requires us to provide public notice and an opportunity for public review and comment during recovery plan development. We will consider all information presented during a public comment period prior to approval of each new or revised recovery plan. We and other Federal agencies will take these comments into account in the course of implementing approved recovery plans. The goal of this recovery plan is to ensure the long-term viability of the Neosho mucket in the wild to the point that it can be removed (``delisted'') from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. To achieve this goal, it will be necessary to establish naturally self-sustaining populations with healthy long-term demographic traits and trends. We are defining the following reasonable delisting criteria based on the best available information on this species. These criteria will be reevaluated as new information becomes available: Recovery Criteria The Neosho mucket will be considered for delisting when: (1) Two of four targeted river basins (Illinois, Verdigris, Neosho, and Spring River basins) contain viable populations with positive or stable basin-wide population trend, as evidenced by a population number measured with sufficient precision to detect change of25 percent (Factors A, D, and E); (2) Spatial distribution of natural or stocked aggregations distributed throughout the basin is sufficient to protect against local catastrophic or stochastic events (Factors A and E); (3) All life stages are supported by sufficient habitat quantity and quality (see Primary Constituent Elements in the Species Biological Report for Neosho Mucket) and appropriate presence and abundance of fish hosts necessary for recruitment (Factors A, D, and E); and (4) Threats and causes of decline have been reduced or eliminated (Factors A, D, and E). A viable population is defined as a wild, naturally reproducing population that is able to persist and maintain sufficient genetic variation to evolve and respond to natural changes and stochastic events without further human intervention. Viable populations are expected to be large and genetically diverse, include at least five age classes with at least one cohort <=7 years of age, and recruit at sufficient rates to maintain or increase population size. Request for Public Comments We request written comments on the draft recovery plan. We will consider all comments we receive by the date specified in DATES prior to final approval of the plan. 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. Authority The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533 (f). Dated: August 10, 2018. Mike Oetker, Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 2018-17753 Filed 8-16-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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Number of Frequency Annual Hourly cost Total
Responses Average burden hours
respond- of burden per annual
per year per response
ents response hours response cost
Copy of lease on land in Hawaiian Homelands area 1 200.00 1.00 200.00 .08 (5 minutes per loan) ...... 16.00 23.06 368.96
Notice of Delinquency 2 .............................................. 46.00 1.00 46.00 .42 (25 minutes per loan) .... 19.32 23.06 445.51
Totals ................................................................... 446.00 .................. 446.00 .............................................. 51.32 .................. 1183.43
Notes:
1. Respondents are lenders (The total number of approved lenders equal 15,871).
2. Lenders reporting delinquent loans to DHHL monthly.
3. The $23.06/hour cost is based on a lender’s clerical staff average annual salary of $47,960.
B. Solicitation of Public Comment availability of the draft recovery plan for amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
This notice is soliciting comments the endangered Neosho mucket. The We request review and comment on this
from members of the public and affected draft recovery plan includes specific draft recovery plan from local, State,
parties concerning the collection of recovery objectives and criteria that and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the
information described in Section A on must be met in order for us to delist this public.
the following: species under the Endangered Species
Background
(1) Whether the proposed collection Act. We request review and comment on
of information is necessary for the this draft recovery plan from local, The Neosho mucket is a freshwater
proper performance of the functions of State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and mussel. The shell is up to 5 inches (18
the agency, including whether the the public. cm) long. The species is sexually
information will have practical utility; DATES: In order to be considered, dimorphic, as is typical of Lampsilis.
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s comments on the draft recovery plan The mantle lure is well developed in
estimate of the burden of the proposed must be received on or before October young females 2–5 years of age, but may
collection of information; 16, 2018. be less developed in older individuals
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, (Oesch 1984; McMurray et al. 2012).
ADDRESSES:
utility, and clarity of the information to Neosho mucket glochidia (larvae) are
Obtaining Documents: If you wish to
be collected; and obligate parasites on smallmouth bass
review this draft recovery plan or a list
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of (Micropterus dolomieu), largemouth
of the references cited in this notice,
the collection of information on those bass (Micropterus salmoides), and
you may obtain copies by contacting
who are to respond: Including through spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus)
Melvin Tobin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
the use of appropriate automated (Barnhart and Roberts 1997; Service
Service, Arkansas Ecological Services
collection techniques or other forms of 2005). The Neosho mucket spawns in
Field Office, 110 S. Amity Road, Suite
information technology, e.g., permitting late April and May, and female brooding
300, Conway, AR 72032; tel. (501) 513–
electronic submission of responses. occurs May through August. Little is
4473; or by visiting the Service’s
HUD encourages interested parties to known about habitat requirements of
Arkansas Field Office website at http://
submit comment in response to these Neosho mucket. It is associated with
www.fws.gov/arkansas-es.
questions. shallow riffles and runs comprising
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
gravel substrate and moderate-to-swift
C. Authority comment on the draft recovery plan,
currents. The species is most often
you may submit your written comments
Section 3507 of the Paperwork found in areas with swift current, but in
by one of the following methods:
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Shoal Creek and the Illinois River it
U.S. Mail or Hand-Delivery: Arkansas
Chapter 35. prefers nearshore areas or areas out of
Ecological Services Field Office (address
Dated: August 3, 2018. the main current (Oesch 1984;
above).
Colette Pollard, Fax: 501–513–4480, attn. ‘‘Neosho Obermeyer 2000). The Neosho mucket
Mucket Draft Recovery Plan Comment.’’ does not occur in reservoirs lacking
Department Reports Management Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer. Email: chris_davidson@fws.gov. riverine characteristics (Obermeyer et
Please include ‘‘Neosho Mucket Draft al. 1997b).
[FR Doc. 2018–17789 Filed 8–16–18; 8:45 am]
The ESA specifies five factors for
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P Recovery Plan Comment’’ in the subject
listing species as endangered or
line.
For additional information about threatened. The Neosho mucket is
submitting comments, see Request for threatened primarily by the destruction,
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR modification, or curtailment of its
Public Comments, below.
habitat or range (Listing Factor A of the
Fish and Wildlife Service FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ESA). Specific threats include
[FWS–R4–ES–2018–N054; Melvin Tobin, by telephone at 501–513– impoundment, sedimentation, chemical
FXES11130400000C2–156–FF04E00000] 4473, or via email at melvin_tobin@ contaminants, mining, the inadequacy
fws.gov. of existing regulatory mechanisms,
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the population fragmentation and isolation,
and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invasive nonindigenous species, and
Neosho Mucket announce the availability of the draft water temperature. Climate change
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AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, recovery plan for the endangered (Listing Factor E) is also likely to have
Interior. Neosho mucket (Lampsilis adverse effects on the species due to
ACTION: Notice of availability and rafinesqueana). The draft recovery plan alteration of hydrologic cycles of rivers
request for public comment. includes specific recovery objectives that support Neosho mucket, but the
and criteria that must be met in order extent or magnitude of this threat has
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and for us to delist this species under the not been quantified at this time. We
Wildlife Service, announce the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as determined that other existing
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regulatory mechanisms were inadequate (1) Two of four targeted river basins DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
to reduce these threats (Listing Factor (Illinois, Verdigris, Neosho, and Spring
D). River basins) contain viable populations Bureau of Indian Affairs
As a result of these threats, the with positive or stable basin-wide
Neosho mucket was listed as population trend, as evidenced by a [189A2100DD/AAKC001030/
endangered on the Federal List of population number measured with A0A501010.999900253G]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in sufficient precision to detect change of
title 50 of the Code of Federal ±25 percent (Factors A, D, and E); Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-
Regulations (50 CFR 17.11) on State Class III Gaming Compact
September 17, 2013 (78 FR 57076). A (2) Spatial distribution of natural or
stocked aggregations distributed Amendments in the State of Oklahoma
total of 483 river miles (777 river
kilometers) in seven rivers and one throughout the basin is sufficient to
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
creek (Elk, Fall, Illinois, Neosho, Spring, protect against local catastrophic or Interior.
North Fork Spring, and Verdigris Rivers stochastic events (Factors A and E);
and Shoal Creek) has been designated as (3) All life stages are supported by ACTION: Notice.
critical habitat for the Neosho mucket sufficient habitat quantity and quality
(80 FR 24692, April 30, 2015). Critical (see Primary Constituent Elements in SUMMARY: The State of Oklahoma
habitat as set forth in 50 CFR 17.95(f) is the Species Biological Report for Neosho entered into compact amendments with
located in Benton and Washington Mucket) and appropriate presence and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Cherokee
Counties, Arkansas; Allen, Cherokee, abundance of fish hosts necessary for Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Citizen
Coffey, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, recruitment (Factors A, D, and E); and Potawatomi Nation, Eastern Shawnee
Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and Tribe of Oklahoma, Iowa Tribe of
Woodson Counties, Kansas; Jasper, (4) Threats and causes of decline have Oklahoma, Kaw Nation, Muscogee
Lawrence, McDonald, and Newton been reduced or eliminated (Factors A, (Creek) Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation,
Counties, Missouri; and Adair, D, and E). Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, and
Cherokee, and Delaware Counties, A viable population is defined as a Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma
Oklahoma. wild, naturally reproducing population governing certain forms of class III
that is able to persist and maintain gaming; this notice announces the
Recovery Plan
sufficient genetic variation to evolve approval of the State of Oklahoma
Section 4(f) of the ESA requires the and respond to natural changes and Gaming Compact Non-house-Banked
development of recovery plans for listed stochastic events without further human Table Games Supplement between the
species, unless such a plan would not intervention. Viable populations are State of Oklahoma and the Absentee
promote the conservation of a particular expected to be large and genetically Shawnee Tribe, Cherokee Nation,
species. Recovery plans describe actions diverse, include at least five age classes Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Eastern
considered necessary for conservation of with at least one cohort ≤7 years of age, Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Iowa Tribe
the species, establish recovery criteria, and recruit at sufficient rates to of Oklahoma, Kaw Nation, Muscogee
and estimate time and cost for maintain or increase population size. (Creek) Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation,
implementing recovery measures. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, and
Section 4(f) of the ESA also requires us Request for Public Comments Wyandotte Nation.
to provide public notice and an
opportunity for public review and We request written comments on the DATES: The compact amendments take
comment during recovery plan draft recovery plan. We will consider all effect on August 17, 2018.
development. We will consider all comments we receive by the date FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
information presented during a public specified in DATES prior to final Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
comment period prior to approval of approval of the plan. Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant
each new or revised recovery plan. We Before including your address, phone Secretary—Policy and Economic
and other Federal agencies will take number, email address, or other Development, Washington, DC 20240,
these comments into account in the personal identifying information in your (202) 219–4066.
course of implementing approved comment, you should be aware that
recovery plans. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
your entire comment—including your
The goal of this recovery plan is to section 11 of the Indian Gaming
personal identifying information—may
ensure the long-term viability of the Regulatory Act (IGRA) Public Law 100–
be made publicly available at any time.
Neosho mucket in the wild to the point 497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the
While you can ask us in your comment Secretary of the Interior shall publish in
that it can be removed (‘‘delisted’’) from to withhold your personal identifying
the Federal List of Endangered and the Federal Register notice of approved
information from public review, we Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of
Threatened Wildlife. To achieve this cannot guarantee that we will be able to
goal, it will be necessary to establish engaging in Class III gaming activities
do so. on Indian lands. As required by IGRA
naturally self-sustaining populations
with healthy long-term demographic Authority and 25 CFR 293.4, all compacts and
traits and trends. We are defining the amendments are subject to review and
following reasonable delisting criteria The authority for this action is section approval by the Secretary. The compact
based on the best available information 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 amendments authorize the Tribes to
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on this species. These criteria will be U.S.C. 1533 (f). engage in certain additional class III
reevaluated as new information Dated: August 10, 2018. gaming activities, provide for the
becomes available: application of existing revenue sharing
Mike Oetker,
agreements to the additional forms of
Recovery Criteria Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. class III gaming, and designate how the
The Neosho mucket will be [FR Doc. 2018–17753 Filed 8–16–18; 8:45 am] State will distribute revenue sharing
considered for delisting when: BILLING CODE 4333–15–P funds.
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| Contact | Melvin Tobin, by telephone at 501-513- 4473, or via email at [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 41100 |
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