We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the [[Page 65065]]
opening of a public comment period regarding the status of Colorado River cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki pleuriticus) in the United States. This status review has been initiated pursuant to a recent court order requiring us to prepare a 12month finding on a petition

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the public comment period for the reinstated proposed rule to list the flattailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) as a threatened species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). On November 17, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District of

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate areas of occupied, springrelated aquatic habitat in Texas as critical habitat for the Peck's cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki), Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis), and Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis) under the Endangered Species Act of

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Western Area Power Administration

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for the threatened guaj[oacute]n (Eleutherodactylus cooki), a frog endemic to Puerto Rico, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 217.2 acres (ac) (88 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the proposed

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our intention to conduct rulemaking to establish a distinct population segment (DPS) of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States (NRM). The NRM DPS of gray wolf encompasses the eastern onethird of Washington and Oregon, a small part of northcentral Utah,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for 11 species of Hawaiian picturewing flies Drosophila aglaia, D. differens, D. hemipeza, D. heteroneura, D. montgomeryi, D. musaphilia, D. neoclavisetae, D. obatai, D. ochrobasis, D. substenoptera, and D.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), under the Endangered Species Act (Act), as amended, create a special rule for the southwest Alaska distinct population segment (DPS) of the northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni). This DPS of the northern sea otter is listed as threatened under the Act. This special rule allows for the limited,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for Arenaria ursina (Bear Valley sandwort), Castilleja cinerea (ashgray Indian paintbrush), and Eriogonum kennedyi var. austromontanum (southern mountain wildbuckwheat) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total approximately 1,511

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the public comment period for the reinstated proposed rule to list the flattailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii) as a threatened species pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). On November 17, 2005, the U.S. District Court for the District of

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are extending the public comment period on the proposed special rule for the threatened Pacific Coast distinct population segment of the western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus). Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they have been incorporated into the public

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the reopening of the public comment period on the proposal to designate critical habitat for Astragalus ampullarioides (Shivwits milkvetch) and Astragalus holmgreniorum (Holmgren milkvetch) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We also announce the availability of the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on January 19, 2006 (71 FR 3158), to list Penstemon grahamii (Graham's beardtongue) as a threatened species with critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended. We have determined that listing is not

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the northern Mexican gartersnake, Thamnophis eques megalops, as threatened or endangered with critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The petitioners provided three listing scenarios for consideration by the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are proposing special regulations under the authority of section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, as amended, that would promote the conservation of the Pacific Coast distinct population segment (DPS) of western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus). We seek comment on our

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reclassifying the federally endangered Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) to threatened status under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We are also finalizing a special rule under section 4(d) of the Act that would apply to Gila trout found in New Mexico and

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have determined that the proposed listing of the Cow Head tui chub (Gila bicolor vaccaceps) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), is not warranted, and we therefore withdraw our March 30, 1998, proposed rule (63 FR 1515215158). We have made this

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We find that the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned action of listing the polar

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the Andrews' dune scarab beetle (Pseudocotalpa andrewsi) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We find the petition does not provide substantial information indicating that listing the Andrews' dune scarab

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to designate critical habitat for 11 species of Hawaiian picturewing flies (Drosophila aglaia, D. differens, D. hemipeza, D. heteroneura, D. montgomeryi, D. mulli, D. musaphilia, D. obatai, D. substenoptera, and D. tarphytrichia) pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise currently designated critical habitat for the tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). We originally designated critical habitat for the tidewater goby on November 20, 2000 (65 FR 69693). We are proposing to revise the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 90day finding on a petition to list the Black Hills mountainsnail (Oreohelix cooperi) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). We find the petition does not provide substantial scientific information indicating that listing the Black Hills

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), have determined that it is appropriate to remove Agave arizonica (Arizona agave) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. This determination is based on a thorough review of all available data, which indicate

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have reconsidered whether designating critical habitat for Trichostema austromontanum ssp. compactum, a plant, is prudent. This taxon was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), on September 14, 1998; at that time we determined that designation of critical

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are designating critical habitat for two endangered plants, Astragalus ampullarioides (Shivwits milkvetch) and Astragalus holmgreniorum (Holmgren milkvetch) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 6,289 acres (ac) (2,545 hectares (ha)) fall within the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to determine threatened status for Penstemon grahamii (Graham's beardtongue), a plant species from Colorado and Utah, under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). P. grahamii exists in a series of small populations that extend in a narrow band from Raven

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department