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As Endangered 57720 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 22, 2010 / Proposed Rules and since the numbers of contractors compounded daily, as required by 26 period the status of the candidate taxon found to have submitted defective cost U.S.C. 6622,’’ in its place. will be addressed through our annual or pricing data are a minute subset of The revised text reads as follows: Candidate Notice of Review (CNOR). contractors to whom TINA applies, the 52.215–10 Price Reduction for Defective DATES: rule is not expected to apply to a The finding announced in this Cost or Pricing Data. substantial number of small entities. document was made on September 22, Furthermore, the differential in interest * * * * * 2010. computing methods is not expected to Price Reduction for Defective Cost or ADDRESSES: This finding is available on amount to a significant economic Pricing Data (Date) the Internet at http:// impact. An Initial Regulatory Flexibility * * * * * www.regulations.gov at Docket Number Analysis has, therefore, not been [FWS-R4-ES-2010-0051]. Supporting performed. We invite comments from 4. Amend section 52.215–11 by— a. Revising the date of the clause; and documentation we used in preparing small businesses and other interested this finding is available for public parties. The Councils will consider b. Removing from paragraph (e)(1) ‘‘Simple interest’’ and adding ‘‘Interest inspection, by appointment, during comments from small entities normal business hours at the U.S. Fish concerning the affected FAR Part 52 in compounded daily, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6622,’’ in its place. and Wildlife Service, Caribbean accordance with 5 U.S.C. 610. Interested Ecological Services Field Office, Road parties must submit such comments The revised text reads as follows: 301, Km. 5.1, Boquero´n, Puerto Rico separately and should cite 5 U.S.C. 601, 52.215—11 Price Reduction for Defective 00622. Please submit any new et seq. (FAR case 2009–034), in Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications. information, materials, comments, or correspondence. * * * * * questions concerning this species or this C. Paperwork Reduction Act Price Reduction for Defective Cost or finding to the above internet address or The Paperwork Reduction Act does Pricing Data-Modifications (Date) the mailing address listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. not apply because the proposed changes * * * * * to the FAR do not impose information [FR Doc. 2010–23589 Filed 9–21–10; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. collection requirements that require the BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P Marelisa Rivera, Assistant Field approval of the Office of Management Supervisor, Caribbean Ecological and Budget under 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, Services Field Office, P.O. Box 491, et seq. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Boquero´n, Puerto Rico 00622; by List of Subjects in 48 CFR Part 52 telephone at (787) 851-7297; or by Fish and Wildlife Service facsimile at (787) 851-7440. Persons Government procurement. who use a telecommunications device Dated: September 15, 2010. 50 CFR Part 17 for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Edward Loeb, Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800- [Docket number FWS-R4-ES-2010-0051] Director, Acquisition Policy Division. 877-8339. [MO 92210-0-0008-B2] Therefore, DoD, GSA, and NASA Background propose amending 48 CFR part 52 as set Endangered and Threatened Wildlife forth below: and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Section 4(b)(3)(A) of the Act (16 Petition to List Agave eggersiana (no U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that, for PART 52—SOLICITATION PROVISIONS common name) as Endangered any petition to revise the Federal Lists AND CONTRACT CLAUSES of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, and Plants that contains substantial 1. The authority citation for 48 CFR Interior. part 52 continues to read as follows: scientific or commercial information ACTION: Notice of 12–month petition that listing a species may be warranted, Authority: 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. finding. we make a finding within 12 months of chapter 137; and 42 U.S.C. 2473(c). SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife the date of receipt of the petition. In this 2. Amend section 52.214–27 by— Service (Service), announce a 12–month finding, we determine whether the a. Revising the date of the clause; and finding on a petition to list the plant petitioned action is: (a) Not warranted, b. Removing from paragraph (e)(1) Agave eggersiana (no common name) as (b) warranted, or (c) warranted, but ‘‘Simple interest’’ and adding ‘‘Interest endangered under the Endangered immediate proposal of a regulation compounded daily, as required by 26 Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). implementing the petitioned action is U.S.C. 6622,’’ in its place. After review of all available scientific precluded by other pending proposals to The revised text reads as follows: and commercial information, we find determine whether species are 52.214–27 Price Reduction for Defective that listing A. eggersiana is warranted. threatened or endangered, and Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications— Currently, however, listing A. expeditious progress is being made to Sealed Bidding. eggersiana is precluded by higher add or remove qualified species from * * * * * priority actions to amend the Lists of the Federal Lists of Endangered and Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Threatened Wildlife and Plants. Section Price Reduction for Defective Cost or and Plants. Upon publication of this 12- 4(b)(3)(C) of the Act requires that we Pricing Data—Modifications—Sealed month petition finding, we will add A. treat a petition for which the requested Bidding (Date) eggersiana to our candidate species list. action is found to be warranted but * * * * * We will develop a proposed rule to list precluded as though resubmitted on the 3. Amend section 52.215–10 by— A. eggersiana as our priorities allow. We date of such finding, that is, requiring a a. Revising the date of the clause; and will make any determination on critical subsequent finding to be made within b. Removing from paragraph (d)(1) habitat during development of the 12 months. We must publish these 12– ‘‘Simple interest’’ and adding ‘‘Interest proposed listing rule. In any interim month findings in the Federal Register. VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:32 Sep 21, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\22SEP1.SGM 22SEP1 erowe on DSK5CLS3C1PROD with PROPOSALS-1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 183 / Wednesday, September 22, 2010 / Proposed Rules 57721 Previous Federal Actions Species Information populations in St. Croix (Dalmida-Smith 2010, pers. comm.). We identified Agave eggersiana as a Taxonomy and Species Description category 2 candidate species in the Agave eggersiana is a flowering plant Current Status Notice of Review published in the of the family Agavaceae (century plant Historically, Agave eggersiana was Federal Register on September 30, 1993 family) endemic to the island of St. reported from the north coast in (58 FR 51144) and subsequent Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A. Christiansted, St. Croix and along the publication. A category 2 species was eggersiana was originally described in south coast of the island. The current one for which the Service had 1913 by Trelease from material collected distribution and rarity of the species do information that proposing as on St. Croix, and is distinguished from not represent the historical range. endangered or threatened may be other members of the Agavaceae family Historically, sugar cane was the main appropriate but for which sufficient by its acaulescent (without an evident crop on the island and dominated the information was not currently available leafy stem), non-suckering growth habit economy for nearly 200 years (Shaw, to support a proposed rule. Designation (vegetative reproduction that does not 1933, p. 414). Apparently, the former of category 2 species was discontinued form offshoots around its base), and land use of the areas used for sugar cane in the February 28, 1996, Notice of fleshy, nearly straight leaves with small cultivation resulted in degradation of Review (61 FR 7596). This notice marginal prickles (1.00 millimeter (mm); the species’ habitat and nearly redefined candidates to include only 0.04 inches (in) long) that are nearly extirpated the species from the wild. species for which we have information straight (Britton and Wilson 1923, p. Sugarcane is no longer cultivated on the needed to propose them for listing, and 156; Proctor and Acevedo-Rodri´guez island and the majority of the areas as a result, Agave eggersiana was 2005, p. 118). Its flowers are deep formerly used for sugarcane plantations removed from the Candidate species yellow, 5 to 6 centimeters (cm) (1.95 to are currently grasslands and early list. 2.34 in) long. After flowering, the secondary forests dominated by the panicles (inflorescence) produce exotic tree Leucaena leucocephala On November 21, 1996, we received numerous small vegetative bulbs (tantan). a petition from the U.S. Virgin Islands (bulbils), from which the species can be In 2010, the Division of Fish and Department of Planning and Natural propagated (Proctor and Acevedo- Wildlife of the DPNR (Dalmida-Smith Resources (DPNR) requesting that we Rodri´guez 2005, p. 118). Avave 2010, pers. comm.) conducted a local list Agave eggersiana and Solanum eggersiana is not known to produce status review to determine the extent of conocarpum as endangered. On fruit. Furthermore, based on the populations of Agave eggersiana in November 16, 1998, we published in the observations of cultivated plants, Agave St. Croix. They reported five sites where Federal Register (63 FR 63659) our eggersiana requires at least 10 to 15 the species was found; however, it is finding that the petition to list A. years to develop as a mature individual uncertain if these populations are eggersiana and S.
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