Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 59 Southeastern Species
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews under the Endangered Species Act for 59 animal and plant species. A 5-year review is an assessment o...
Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.
SUMMARY:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews under the Endangered Species Act for 59 animal and plant species. A 5-year review is an assessment of the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review to ensure the accuracy of the species' classification as endangered or threatened. We are requesting submission of any such information that has become available since the previous status review for each species.
DATES:
To ensure consideration of your information in our reviews, we must receive your comments or information on or before August 5, 2024. However, we will continue to accept new information about any of the species at any time.
ADDRESSES:
For instructions on how to submit information for a species, see the table in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
To request information on specific species, contact the appropriate person in the table in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section or, for general information, contact Aaron Valenta, via phone at (404) 679-4144, via email at
aaron_valenta@fws.gov,
or via U.S. mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are initiating 5-year status reviews under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531et seq.), for 36 animal species and 23 plant species. A 5-year status review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any such information that has become available since the last review for the species, particularly information on the status, threats, and recovery of the species.
Why do we conduct a 5-year review?
Under the ESA, we maintain Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (which we collectively refer to as the List) in title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife) and 50 CFR 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA requires us to review each listed species' status at least once every 5 years. Our regulation at 50 CFR 424.21 requires that we publish a notice in the
Federal Register
announcing that a species is under active review; however, we may review the status of the species at any time based upon a petition or other information available to us. For additional information about 5-year reviews, refer to our fact sheet at:
https://www.fws.gov/project/five-year-status-reviews.
What information do we consider in our review?
A 5-year review considers the best scientific and commercial data that have become available since the current listing determination or most recent status review of each species, such as:
(A) Species biology, including but not limited to population trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, habitat requirements, tolerance thresholds, and genetics;
(B) Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount, distribution, and suitability;
(C) Conservation measures that have been or are planned to be implemented to benefit the species;
(D) Current threats and trends in relation to the five listing factors (as defined in section 4(a)(1) of the ESA); and
(E) Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes,
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identification of erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical methods.
New information will be considered in the 5-year review and ongoing recovery programs for the species.
Which species are under review?
This notice announces 5-year status reviews for the species listed in the table below.
Common name
Scientific name
Listing
status
Locations
where the
species is
known
to occur
Final listing rule
(
Federal Register
citation and
publication date)
To ensure that a species' 5-year review is based on the best available scientific and commercial information, we request new information from all sources. Please use the contact information listed in the table above that is associated with the species for which you are submitting information. If you submit information, please support it with documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.
How do I ask questions or provide information?
If you wish to provide information for any species listed above, please submit your comments and materials to the appropriate contact in the table above. You may also direct questions to those contacts (also see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
).
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your submission, you should be aware that your entire submission—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. Although you can request that personal information be withheld from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
89 FR 48437
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 59 Southeastern Species,” thefederalregister.org (June 6, 2024), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2024-12370/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-initiation-of-5-year-status-reviews-for-59-southeastern-species.