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Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Tuesday, May 28, 2002 Part III Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designations of Critical Habitat for Plant Species From the Island of Oahu, HI; Proposed Rule VerDate May<14>2002 20:19 May 24, 2002 Jkt 197001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\28MYP3.SGM pfrm15 PsN: 28MYP3 37108 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 102 / Tuesday, May 28, 2002 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and no viable genetic material of this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific species is known to exist. Islands Office, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Fish and Wildlife Service We propose critical habitat Room 3–122, P.O. Box 50088, Honolulu, designations for 99 species within 25 HI 96850–0001. 50 CFR Part 17 critical habitat units totaling 2. You may hand-deliver written approximately 45,067 hectares (111,364 comments to our Pacific Islands Office RIN 1018–AI24 acres) on the island of Oahu. at the address given above. If this proposal is made final, section Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 7 of the Act requires Federal agencies to 3. You may send comments by ensure that actions they carry out, fund, electronic mail (e-mail) to: and Plants; Designations of Critical _ _ Habitat for Plant Species From the or authorize do not destroy or adversely FW1PIE Oahu [email protected]. See Island of Oahu, HI modify critical habitat to the extent that the Public Comments Solicited section the action appreciably diminishes the in Supplementary Information below for AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, value of the critical habitat for the file format and other information about Interior. survival and recovery of the species. electronic filing. ACTION: Proposed rule concerning Section 4 of the Act requires us to You may view comments and designation of critical habitat. consider economic and other relevant materials received, as well as supporting impacts of specifying any particular area documentation used in the preparation SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and as critical habitat. of this proposed rule, by appointment, Wildlife Service (Service), propose We solicit data and comments from during normal business hours at the critical habitat for 99 of the 101 plant the public on all aspects of this above address. species known historically from the proposal, including data on the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul island of Oahu that are listed under the economic and other impacts of the Henson, Field Supervisor, Pacific Endangered Species Act of 1973, as designations. We may revise or further Islands Office (see ADDRESSES section) amended. refine critical habitat boundaries prior (telephone: 808/541–3441; facsimile: Critical habitat is not proposed for to final designation based on habitat and 808/541–3470). two species, Pritchardia kaalae and plant surveys, public comment on the Cyrtandra crenata. We propose that proposed critical habitat rule, and new SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: scientific and commercial information. critical habitat designation is not Background prudent for Pritchardia kaalae because DATES: We will accept comments until it would likely increase the threat from July 29, 2002. Public hearing requests In the Lists of Endangered and vandalism or collection of this species must be received by July 12, 2002. Threatened Plants (50 CFR 17.12), there on Oahu. Critical habitat is not ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, are 101 plant species that, at the time of proposed for Cyrtandra crenata, a you may submit your comments and listing, were reported from the island of species known only from Oahu, and for materials concerning this proposal by Oahu. Fifty-six of these species are which we propose that critical habitat any one of several methods: endemic to Oahu, while 45 species are designation is not prudent because it 1. You may submit written comments reported from one or more other islands, has not been seen recently in the wild and information to the Field Supervisor, as well as Oahu (Table 1). TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF ISLAND DISTRIBUTION OF 101 SPECIES FROM OAHU Island distribution Species NW Islands, Kauai Oahu Molokai Lanai Maui Hawaii Kahoolawe, Niihau Abutilon sandwicense (No common name) ................................................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Adenophorus periens (pendant kihi fern) CHCHHC.................... Alectryon macrococcus (mahoe) ............. C C C .................... C .................... .................... Alsinidendron obovatum (No common name) ................................................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Alsinidendron trinerve (No common name) ................................................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Bonamia menziesii (No common name) CCHCCC.................... Cenchrus agrimonioides (kamanomano) .................... C .................... H C .................... NW (H) Centaurium sebaeoides (awiwi) ............... CCHCC.................... .................... Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana (akoko) .................................................. .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Chamaesyce deppeana (akoko) .............. .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Chamaesyce herbstii ............................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Chamaesyce kuwaleana (akoko) ............. .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Chamaesyce rockii (akoko) ..................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Colubrina oppositifolia (kauila) ................. .................... C .................... .................... C C .................... Colubrina squamigera (pauoa) ................ .................... C .................... .................... C C .................... Ctenitis squamigera (pauoa) .................... HCCCCH.................... Cyanea acuminata (haha) ....................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea crispa (haha) .............................. .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea grimesiana ssp. grimesiana (haha) ................................................... .................... CCCC.................... .................... Cyanea grimesiana ssp. obatae (haha) .. .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... VerDate May<14>2002 20:19 May 24, 2002 Jkt 197001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\28MYP3.SGM pfrm15 PsN: 28MYP3 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 102 / Tuesday, May 28, 2002 / Proposed Rules 37109 TABLE 1.—SUMMARY OF ISLAND DISTRIBUTION OF 101 SPECIES FROM OAHU—Continued Island distribution Species NW Islands, Kauai Oahu Molokai Lanai Maui Hawaii Kahoolawe, Niihau Cyanea humboltiana (haha) .................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea kolauensis (haha) ....................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea longiflora (haha) ......................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea pinnatifida (haha) ........................ .................... H .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea st.-johnii (haha) ........................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea superba (haha) ........................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyanea truncata (haha) ........................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyperus trachysanthos (puukaa) ............. CCHH.................... .................... Ni (H) Cyrtandra crenata (haiwale) .................... .................... H .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyrtandra dentata (haiwale) .................... .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyrtandra polyantha (haiwale) ................. .................... C .................... .................... .................... .................... .................... Cyrtandra subumbellata (haiwale) ........... .................... C .................... ...................
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