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Designation of Critical Habitat for Agave Eggersiana Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 174 / Tuesday, September 9, 2014 / Rules and Regulations 53315 with listing a species as an endangered our responsibilities to work directly recordkeeping requirements, or threatened species under the with tribes in developing programs for Transportation. Endangered Species Act. We published healthy ecosystems, to acknowledge that a notice outlining our reasons for this tribal lands are not subject to the same Regulation Promulgation determination in the Federal Register controls as Federal public lands, to Accordingly, we amend part 17, on October 25, 1983 (48 FR 49244). remain sensitive to Indian culture, and subchapter B of chapter I, title 50 of the to make information available to tribes. Code of Federal Regulations, as follows: Government-to-Government No tribal lands occur in Puerto Rico or Relationship With Tribes the United States Virgin Islands. PART 17—[AMENDED] In accordance with the President’s References Cited memorandum of April 29, 1994 ■ A complete list of references cited in 1. The authority citation for part 17 (Government-to-Government Relations this rulemaking is available on the continues to read as follows: with Native American Tribal Internet at http://www.regulations.gov Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361–1407; 1531– Governments; 59 FR 22951), Executive under Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2013– Order 13175 (Consultation and 1544; and 4201–4245, unless otherwise 0103 and upon request from the noted. Coordination With Indian Tribal Caribbean Ecological Services Field Governments), and the Department of Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ■ 2. Amend § 17.12(h) by adding entries the Interior’s manual at 512 DM 2, we CONTACT). for ‘‘Agave eggersiana’’, ‘‘Gonocalyx readily acknowledge our responsibility concolor’’, and ‘‘Varronia rupicola’’ in to communicate meaningfully with Authors recognized Federal Tribes on a alphabetical order under FLOWERING The primary authors of this final rule PLANTS to the List of Endangered and government-to-government basis. In are the staff members of the Caribbean Threatened Plants, to read as follows: accordance with Secretarial Order 3206 Ecological Services Field Office. of June 5, 1997 (American Indian Tribal § 17.12 Endangered and threatened plants. Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17 Responsibilities, and the Endangered Endangered and threatened species, * * * * * Species Act), we readily acknowledge Exports, Imports, Reporting and (h) * * * Species Historic Family Status When Critical Special Scientific name Common name range listed habitat rules FLOWERING PLANTS ******* Agave eggersiana .... No common name .. St. Croix, USVI ....... Agavaceae .............. E 848 17.96(a) NA ******* Gonocalyx concolor No common name .. Puerto Rico ............. Ericaceae ................ E 848 17.96(a) NA ******* Varronia rupicola ..... No common name .. Puerto Rico ............. Boraginaceae ......... T 848 17.96(a) NA ******* * * * * * DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR name), Gonocalyx concolor (no common Dated: August 26, 2014. name), and Varronia rupicola (no Fish and Wildlife Service common name), under the Endangered Rowan W. Gould, Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 50 CFR Part 17 In total, we are designating Service. [Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2013– approximately 50.6 acres (20.5 hectares) [FR Doc. 2014–21231 Filed 9–8–14; 8:45 am] 0040;4500030114] of critical habitat for A. eggersiana in St. BILLING CODE 4310–55–P Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), 198 ac RIN 1018–AZ79 (80.1 ha) for G. concolor in Puerto Rico, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and 6,547 ac (2,648 ha) for V. rupicola and Plants; Designation of Critical in southern Puerto Rico and Vieques Habitat for Agave eggersiana, Island. The effect of this regulation is to Gonocalyx concolor, and Varronia conserve habitat for these plants under rupicola the Act. DATES: This rule is effective October 9, AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 2014. Interior. ADDRESSES: ACTION: Final rule. This final rule is available on the Internet at http:// SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and www.regulations.gov and at the Wildlife Service (Service), designate Caribbean Ecological Services Field critical habitat for three Caribbean Office. Comments and materials we plants, Agave eggersiana (no common received, as well as some supporting VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:16 Sep 08, 2014 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\09SER1.SGM 09SER1 tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with RULES 53316 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 174 / Tuesday, September 9, 2014 / Rules and Regulations documentation we used in preparing rupicola as a threatened species, is comment letters addressing the this rule, are available for public published elsewhere in today’s Federal proposed critical habitat designation or inspection at http:// Register. the draft economic analysis. We did not www.regulations.gov. All of the We have prepared an economic receive any requests for a public hearing comments, materials, and analysis of the designation of critical during either comment period. All documentation that we considered in habitat. We have prepared an analysis substantive information provided this rulemaking are available by of the economic impacts of the critical during comment periods has either been appointment, during normal business habitat designations and related factors. incorporated directly into this final hours at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, We announced the availability of the determination or is addressed below. draft economic analysis (DEA) in the Caribbean Ecological Services Field Peer Review Office, P.O. Box 491, Road 301 Km. 5.1, Federal Register on May 21, 2014 (79 Boquero´n, PR 00622; telephone (787) FR 29150), allowing the public to In accordance with our peer review 851–7297; facsimile (787) 851–7440. provide comments on our analysis. We policy published on July 1, 1994 (59 FR The coordinates or plot points or both have analyzed the comments. We have 34270), we solicited expert opinions from which the maps are generated are completed a final economic analysis from nine knowledgeable individuals included in the administrative record (FEA) concurrently with this final with scientific expertise that included for this critical habitat designation and determination. familiarity with the species, the are available at http:// Peer review and public comment. We geographic region in which the species www.regulations.gov at Docket No. sought comments from nine occurs, and conservation biology FWS–R4–ES–2013–0040, and at the independent specialists to review our principles. We received a response from Caribbean Ecological Services Field technical assumptions and analysis, and one of the peer reviewers. Although the Office or at http://www.fws.gov/ whether or not we used the best peer reviewer was supportive of the caribbean (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION information, to ensure that this proposed critical habitat designation, he CONTACT). Any additional tools or designation of critical habitat is based did not provide any additional supporting information that we on scientifically sound data and information, clarifications, or developed for this critical habitat analyses. We obtained opinions from suggestions to improve this final critical designation will also be available at the one of those individuals. This peer habitat rule. Fish and Wildlife Service Web site and reviewer generally concurred with our Public Comments Field Office set out above, and may also methods and conclusions. We also considered all comments and During the public comment periods, be included in the preamble and at we received one comment letter http://www.regulations.gov. information we received from the public during the comment period. addressing the proposed critical habitat. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The information in the letter was Marelisa Rivera, Deputy Field Previous Federal Actions positive and in support of the proposed Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Please refer to the proposed listing designation. Service, Caribbean Ecological Services rule for Agave eggersiana, Gonocalyx The commenter did state that critical Field Office, (see ADDRESSES). Persons concolor, and Varronia rupicola habitat must buffer the species from who use a telecommunications device published on October 22, 2013 (78 FR climate change; the designation should for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 62560) for a detailed description of not protect only occupied areas. We did Information Relay Service (FIRS) at previous Federal actions concerning not have specific information on 800–877–8339. these species. potential climate-change-related, on-the- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ground effects in these areas or on these Summary of Comments and plants, nor did we receive any Executive Summary Recommendations information as a result of our request for Why we need to publish a rule. Under We requested written comments from such information in the proposed rule. the Act, when we determine that a the public on the proposed designation However, based on the best available species is endangered or threatened, we of critical habitat for Agave eggersiana, scientific and commercial information, must designate critical habitat to the Gonocalyx concolor, and Varronia we believe that the designation is maximum extent prudent and rupicola during two comment periods. sufficient to provide for the recovery of determinable. Designations of critical The first comment period opened with the species. In addition, according to habitat can
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