Designation of Critical Habitat for Astragalus Brauntonii and Pentachaeta Lyonii; Final Rule
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Part II Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Astragalus brauntonii and Pentachaeta lyonii; Final Rule VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:04 Nov 13, 2006 Jkt 211001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\14NOR2.SGM 14NOR2 rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with RULES_2 66374 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 219 / Tuesday, November 14, 2006 / Rules and Regulations DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR protecting habitat of listed species, analysis has been conducted that is however, is often misunderstood. As informed by the Director’s guidance. Fish and Wildlife Service discussed in more detail below in the On the other hand, to the extent that discussion of exclusions under section designation of critical habitat provides 50 CFR Part 17 4(b)(2) of the Act, there are significant protection, that protection can come at RIN 1018–AU51 limitations on the regulatory effect of significant social and economic cost. In designation under section 7(a)(2) of the addition, the mere administrative Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Act. In brief, (1) designation provides process of designation of critical habitat and Plants; Designation of Critical additional protection to habitat only is expensive, time-consuming, and Habitat for Astragalus brauntonii and where there is a federal nexus; (2) the controversial. The current statutory Pentachaeta lyonii protection is relevant only when, in the framework of critical habitat, combined absence of designation, destruction or with past judicial interpretations of the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, adverse modification of the critical statute, make critical habitat the subject Interior.
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