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2003 Federal Register, 68 FR 44234; Centralized Library: U.S. Fish And Tuesday, June 3, 2003 Part II Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Five Endangered Mussels in the Tennessee and Cumberland River Basins; Proposed Rule VerDate Jan<31>2003 22:42 Jun 02, 2003 Jkt 200001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\03JNP2.SGM 03JNP2 33234 Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 106 / Tuesday, June 3, 2003 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the continued existence of an of the Act and 50 CFR 424.12(a)(1), endangered or threatened species or including whether the benefits of Fish and Wildlife Service result in the destruction or adverse designation will outweigh any threats to modification of critical habitat. State or the species resulting from designation. 50 CFR Part 17 private actions, with no Federal (2) Specific information on the RIN 1018–AI76 involvement, are not affected. amount and distribution of habitat for Section 4 of the Act requires us to these five mussel and what habitat is Endangered and Threatened Wildlife consider the economic and other essential to the conservation and why. and Plants; Proposed Designation of relevant impacts of specifying any area (3) Whether areas within proposed Critical Habitat for Five Endangered as critical habitat. We will conduct an critical habitat are currently being Mussels in the Tennessee and analysis of the economic impacts of managed to address conservation needs Cumberland River Basins designating these areas, in a manner that of these five mussel. is consistent with the ruling of the 10th (4) Current or planned activities in the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Circuit Court of Appeals in N.M. Cattle subject areas and their possible impacts Interior. Growers Ass’n v. USFWS. We hereby on proposed critical habitat. ACTION: Proposed rule. solicit data and comments from the (5) Any foreseeable economic or other public on all aspects of this proposal, impacts resulting from the proposed SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and designation, in particular, any impacts Wildlife Service (Service), propose including data on the economic and other impacts of the designation. on small entities. designation of critical habitat for five (6) Economic and other values DATES: mussels in the Tennessee and We will consider comments associated with designating critical Cumberland River Basins: the received by September 2, 2003. We must habitat for the mussels, such as those Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta receive requests for public hearings, in derived from nonconsumptive uses (e.g., atropurpurea), oyster mussel writing, at the address shown in the hiking, camping, enhanced watershed (Epioblasma capsaeformis), ADDRESSES section by July 18, 2003. protection, increased soil retention, Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma ADDRESSES: If you wish to submit ‘‘existence values,’’ and reductions in brevidens), purple bean (Villosa comments and information: administrative costs). perpurpurea), and rough rabbitsfoot 1. You may submit written comments If you wish to comment on this (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), all of and information to the Field Supervisor, proposed rule, you may submit your which are species listed as endangered U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 446 Neal comments and materials concerning this under the Endangered Species Act of Street, Cookeville, TN 38501. proposal by any one of several methods 1973, as amended (Act or ESA). We 2. You may hand-deliver written (see ADDRESSES section). Electronic propose to designate 13 geographic comments and information to our comments (e-mail) should avoid the use areas (units) that include rivers and Tennessee Field Office, at the above of special characters and encryption. streams in the Tennessee and/or address, or fax your comments to (931) Please also include ‘‘Attn: RIN 1018– Cumberland River Basins as critical 528–7075. AI76’’ and your name and return habitat for these five mussel species. 3. You may send comments by address in your e-mail message. Our These 13 units encompass electronic mail (e-mail) to _ practice is to make comments, including approximately 892 river kilometers robert [email protected]. For directions on names and home addresses of (rkm) (544 river miles (rmi)). Proposed how to submit electronic filing of respondents, available for public review critical habitat includes portions of Bear comments, see the ‘‘Public Comments during regular business hours. Creek (Mississippi, Alabama), the Duck Solicited’’ section. Respondents may request that we All comments and materials received, River (Tennessee), Obed River withhold their home addresses, which as well as supporting documentation (Tennessee), Powell River (Tennessee, we will honor to the extent allowable by used in preparation of this proposed Virginia), Clinch River and its law. There also may be circumstances in rule, will be available for public tributaries (Copper Creek and Indian which we would withhold a inspection, by appointment, during Creek) (Tennessee, Virginia), respondent’s identity, as allowable by normal business hours at the above Nolichucky River (Tennessee), and law. If you wish for us to withhold your address. Beech Creek (Tennessee) in the name and/or address, you must state Tennessee River System and portions of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob this request prominently at the Rock Creek (Kentucky), the Big South Tawes, at the above address (telephone beginning of your comment. However, Fork and its tributaries (Bone Camp (931) 528–6481, extension 213; we will not consider anonymous Creek, White Oak Creek, North White facsimile (931) 528–7075). comments. To the extent consistent with Oak Creek, New River, Crooked Creek, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: applicable law, we will make all Clear Fork, and North Prong Clear Fork) submissions from organizations or Public Comments Solicited (Kentucky, Tennessee), Buck Creek businesses, and from individuals (Kentucky), Marsh Creek (Kentucky), We intend for any final action identifying themselves as Sinking Creek (Kentucky), and Laurel resulting from this proposal to be as representatives or officials of Fork (Kentucky) in the Cumberland accurate and as effective as possible. organizations or businesses, available River System. Therefore, we solicit comments or for public inspection in their entirety. Critical habitat identifies specific suggestions from the public, other areas that are essential to the concerned governmental agencies, the Disclaimer conservation of a listed species, and that scientific community, industry, or any Designation of critical habitat may require special management other interested party concerning this provides little additional protection to considerations or protection. If this proposed rule. We are particularly species. In 30 years of implementing the proposal is made final, section 7(a)(2) of interested in comments concerning: Act, the Service has found that the the Act requires that Federal agencies (1) The reasons why any area should designation of statutory critical habitat ensure that actions they fund, authorize, or should not be determined to be provides little additional protection to or carry out are not likely to jeopardize critical habitat as provided by section 4 most listed species, while consuming VerDate Jan<31>2003 22:42 Jun 02, 2003 Jkt 200001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\03JNP2.SGM 03JNP2 Federal Register / Vol. 68, No. 106 / Tuesday, June 3, 2003 / Proposed Rules 33235 significant amounts of scarce lawsuits challenging critical habitat The Cumberland elktoe, conservation resources. The present determinations once they are made. Cumberlandian combshell, oyster system for designating critical habitat These lawsuits have subjected the mussel, purple bean, and rough has evolved since its original statutory Service to an ever-increasing series of rabbitsfoot are all bivalve mussels prescription into a process that provides court orders and court-approved (possessing a soft body enclosed by two little real conservation benefit, is driven settlement agreements, compliance with shells) in the family Unionidae. Unionid by litigation rather than biology, forces which now consumes nearly the entire mussels, in general, live embedded in decisions to be made before complete listing program budget. This leaves the the bottom (mud, sand, gravel, cobble/ scientific information is available, Service with little ability to prioritize its boulder substrates) of rivers, streams, consumes enormous agency resources activities to direct scarce listing and other bodies of water. These that would otherwise be applied to resources to the listing program actions mussels siphon water into their shells actions of much greater conservation with the most biologically urgent and across four gills that are specialized benefit, and imposes huge social and species conservation needs. for respiration. Mussels are known to economic costs. The Service believes The consequence of the critical consume detritus (organic decomposed that rational public policy demands habitat litigation activity is that limited debris), diatoms, phytoplankton, serious attention to this issue in order listing funds are used to defend active zooplankton, and other microorganisms to allow our limited resources to be lawsuits, to respond to Notices of Intent (i.e. bacteria and algae) (Coker et al. applied to those actions that provide the (NOIs) to sue relative to critical habitat, 1921; Churchill and Lewis 1924; Fuller greatest benefit to the species most
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