Federal Register 1 Vol. 44. No. 144 / Wednesday, July 25. 1979 f Proposed Rules 43705

DEPARTMENT OF THE lNTEi?lOR seven species, they were placed on the list as endangered “foreign species” Fish and Wildlife Service under the 1969 Act and none of the Governors of the States in which they [50 CFR 171 are resident was contacted at the time. Thus the native populations of these Endangered and Threatened Wildlife species were never formally proposed and Plants; U.S. Populations of Seven for listing pursuant to the criteria and Endangered Species procedures of the 1969 Act. Because the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service. “foreign” and “native” species lists were Interior. combined under the 1973 Act, the oversight involving the native ACTION: Notification that the populations of seven endangered populations of the listed foreign species species are not currently protected by was not discovered until recently. the Endangered Species Act. Therefore. the native populations of these species are not listed as SUMMARY: With this notice, the Service endangered, although foreign recognizes that, through an oversight in populations are listed and receive all the the listing of seven endangered species protection of the Act. It has always been the U.S. populations of these species are the intent of the Service that all not currently covered by the endangered populations of the above seven species classification which is given to the deserve to be listed as endangered, species as a whole. These species are: whether they occur in the short-tailed albatross, thick-billed or in foreign countries. Therefore, the parrot. wood bison. northern swift , Service intends to take action as quickly , and . Since the as possible to propose the U.S. Service had assumed that the U.S. populations of these species for listing, populations of these species were and will correct the oversight that provided the protection of the excludes them from the current list. Endangered Species Act of 1973. action Until final action is taken on that will be taken as quickly as possible to proposal. U.S. populations of the above propose them for listing and to correct species have no official standing under the oversight which currently excludes the Act. However, it is emphasized that them from classification under the Act. the status of these native populations is DATES: Comments on this notice should truly endangered and that it is only as a be received by September 28.1979. result of an oversight that they are currently excluded from the protection ADDRESSES Send all communications to Director (OES), U.S. Fish and Wildlife of the Act. All Federal and State Service, Department of the Interior. agencies, therefore, are requested and Washington, DC. 20240. urged to provide them with the same considerations. wherever possible, that FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACt: they would receive as endangered John L. Spinks, Jr., Chief. Office of species until such time as they can be Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and listed. Wildlife Service, Washington, DC. This notice was prepared by John L. 20240. Phone 763/236-1976. Paradiso. Office of Endangered Species, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATIUK 703/235-1975). Background Dated: July 17.1979. The purpose of this notice is to inform Robert S. Cook, the public and concerned State and Acting Director. Fish and Ni’ldiife Service. Federal agencies that, through an (FS 0s~. -9-22955 Fried 7-2&7I(. 8 45 a,,,, oversight. United States populations of SILLING CODE 4310-55-N the following species are not currently listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973: short-tailed albatross (Diomedo o/burros]. thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsim poch;~hyxho). wood bison (Bison bison athaboscoe). northern (Vulpes velox hebes). jaguar (Punthero once). margay ( wi&i/) and ocelot (Feiis pordalis). The Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969 required that in listing a native species as endangered, the Governor of any State in which such species was resident was to be consulted. In the case of the above