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Federal Register/Vol. 65, No. 25/Monday, February 7, 2000 5848 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 25 / Monday, February 7, 2000 / Proposed Rules Issued on: February 2, 2000. Mississippi 39213. You may also Comment Procedures Stephen R. Kratzke, comment via the Internet to paulÐ Acting Associate Administrator for Safety [email protected]. See the Please submit Internet comments as Performance Standards. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for an ASCII file, avoiding the use of special [FR Doc. 00±2717 Filed 2±2±00; 4:34 pm] comment procedures. characters and any form of encryption. Please also include ``Attention: BILLING CODE 4910±59±P FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul [Alabama sturgeon]'' and your name and Hartfield (see``ADDRESSES'' section), return address in your Internet message. telephone 601/321±1125; facsimile 601/ If you do not receive a confirmation DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 965±4340. from the system that we have received Fish and Wildlife Service SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: your Internet message, contact us directly at the address given in the Background 50 CFR Part 17 ADDRESSES section or by telephone at On March 26, 1999, we published a 601/965±4900. Finally, you may also RIN 1018±AF56 rule proposing endangered status for the hand-deliver comments to the address given in the ADDRESSES Section. Our Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Alabama sturgeon in the Federal Register (64 FR 14676). On January 11, practice is to make comments, including and Plants; Notice of Withdrawal of names and home addresses of Released Study, Submission of New 2000, we published a notice in the Federal Register (65 FR 1583), to reopen respondents, available for public review Report, and Opening of Comment during regular business hours. Period on the New Report as it Relates the comment period through February 10, 2000, to make available for comment Individual respondents may request that to the Proposed Rule to List the we withhold their home address from Alabama Sturgeon as Endangered Dr. Steven Fain's 1999 study, ``The Development of a DNA Procedure for the rulemaking record, which we will AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forensic Identification of Caviar.'' honor to the extent allowable by law. Interior. With this notice, we are withdrawing There also may be circumstances in ACTION: Proposed rule; opening of from consideration Dr. Steven Fain's which we would withhold from the comment period. 1999 study, ``The Development of a rulemaking record a respondent's DNA Procedure for the Forensic identity, as allowable by law. If you SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Identification of Caviar.'' This study wish us to withhold your name and/or Service, give notice that we are describes a method for identifying the address, you must state this withdrawing consideration of Dr. Steven species source of sturgeon/paddlefish prominently at the beginning of your Fain's 1999 study, ``The Development of caviar in international trade and comment. However, we will not a DNA Procedure for the Forensic includes information that is not relevant consider anonymous comments. We Identification of Caviar,'' from the to the decision to list the Alabama will make all submissions from decision-making process associated sturgeon as endangered. Nonetheless, organizations or businesses, and from with the proposal to list the Alabama The information contained in that study individuals identifying themselves as sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi) as that is relevant to the decision to list the representatives or officials or endangered. We are replacing it with a Alabama sturgeon is summarized in this organizations or businesses, available report relevant to the Alabama sturgeon new report, ``Genetic Variation in the for public inspection in their entirety. listing process. The report, ``Genetic River Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus Comments and materials received will Variation in the River Sturgeon (Acipenseridae) as Inferred from Partial be available for public inspection, by Scaphirhynchus (Acipenseridae) as mtDNA Sequences of Cytochrome b.'' appointment, during normal business Inferred from Partial mtDNA Sequences For clarity and ease of understanding, hours at the above address. To obtain of Cytochrome b,'' summarizes we have added this new report, which copies of either of the aforementioned information from the retracted study describes the amount of genetic reports, you can download or print one which is specific only to the Alabama variation observed within and between from http://endangered.fws.gov/listing/ sturgeon and its relevancy to the species of the genus Scaphirhynchus, index.html (under Announcements) or proposed listing. We are accepting for consideration in the decision-making contact Kelly Bibb at 404/679±7132 comments related specifically to the process, and retracted the more general (phone) or 404/679±7081 (facsimile) to relationship of this report, as it pertains report that covers identification of the receive a faxed or mailed copy. All to the proposed listing of the Alabama species source of sturgeon/paddlefish questions related to this notice should sturgeon as endangered. You may also caviar in international trade. be directed to Paul Hartfield at the provide comments concerning our address or phone number listed in the decision to withdraw Dr. Steven Fain's Public Comments Solicited ADDRESSES section of this notice. 1999 study, ``The Development of a We request comments or suggestions References Cited DNA Procedure for the Forensic from the public, other concerned Identification of Caviar'' from the governmental agencies, the scientific Fain, S.R., J.P. Lemay, J. Shafer, R.M. decision-making process for listing the community, industry, or any other Hoesch, and B.H. Hamlin. 1999. Alabama sturgeon as endangered. interested party concerning this report Unpublished study. National Fish and DATES: We will accept comments until and its relation to the proposed rule. Wildlife Forensics Laboratory, March 8, 2000. You may also provide comments Ashland, OR. 23 pp. with figures. ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, concerning our decision to withdraw Dr. Fain, S.R., B. Hamlin, and D. Straughan. you may submit your comments by any Steven Fain's 1999 study, ``The 1999. Unpublished report. Genetic one of several methods. You may mail Development of a DNA Procedure for Variation in the River Sturgeon or hand-deliver comments to the Field the Forensic Identification of Caviar'' Scaphirhynchus (Acipenseridae) as Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife from consideration in the decision- Inferred from Partial mtDNA Service, Mississippi Field Office, 6578 making process for the listing of the Sequences of Cytochrome b. National Dogwood View Parkway, Jackson, Alabama sturgeon as endangered. Fish and Wildlife Forensics VerDate 27<JAN>2000 22:12 Feb 04, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\07FEP1.SGM pfrm12 PsN: 07FEP1 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 25 / Monday, February 7, 2000 / Proposed Rules 5849 Laboratory, Ashland, OR. 14 pp. with Authority Dated: February 1, 2000. figures. Sam D. Hamilton, The authority for this notice is the Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. Author Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 [FR Doc. 00±2638 Filed 2±4±00; 8:45 am] The primary author of this notice is U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). BILLING CODE 4310±55±P Paul Hartfield (see ADDRESSES section). VerDate 27<JAN>2000 22:12 Feb 04, 2000 Jkt 190000 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\07FEP1.SGM pfrm12 PsN: 07FEP1.
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