PETITION TO LIST TWO TALUS SNAIL SPECIES FROM THE SKY ISLANDS OF ARIZONA AS THREATENED OR ENDANGERED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT Mating Sonorella © Alan Cressler CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY June 24, 2010 June 24, 2010 TO: Mr. Ken Salazar CC: Dr. Benjamin Tuggle Secretary of the Interior Southwest Regional Director 18th and "C" Street, N.W. P.O. Box 1306 Washington, D.C. 20240 Albuquerque, NM 87103-1306
[email protected] Dear Secretary Salazar: Pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §1533(b), Section 553(3) of the Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553(e), and 50 C.F.R. §424.14(a), the Center for Biological Diversity, Tierra Curry, and Noah Greenwald hereby formally petition the Secretary of Interior to list the Rosemont talussnail (Sonorella rosemontensis), and the Sonoran talussnail (Sonorella magdalenensis), two species from the Madrean Sky Islands of Arizona, as Threatened or Endangered species and to designate critical habitat concurrent with listing. Petitioners file this petition under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. sections 1531-1543 (1982). This petition is filed under 5 U.S.C. section 553(e), and 50 C.F.R. part 424.14 (1990), which grants interested parties the right to petition for issuance of a rule from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior. The petitioners request that Critical Habitat be designated as required by 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(C) and 50 CFR 424.12, and pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. 553).