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Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 42692 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 2. Section 721.3764 is revised to read § 721.7046 Formaldehyde, polymer with ACTION: Final rule. as follows: substituted phenols, glycidyl ether. (a) Chemical substance and SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service § 721.3764 Fluorene substituted aromatic significant new uses subject to reporting. (Service) determines Cercocarpus amine. (1) The chemical substance identified as traskiae (Catalina Island mountain- (a) Chemical substance and formaldehyde, polymer with substituted mahogany), Lithophragma maximum significant new uses subject to reporting. phenols, glycidyl ether (PMN P±93±955) (San Clemente Island woodland-star), (1) The chemical substance identified is subject to reporting under this section and Sibara filifolia (Santa Cruz Island generically as a fluorene substituted for the significant new uses described in rockcress) to be endangered throughout aromatic amine (PMN P±91±43) is paragraph (a)(2) of this section. The their respective historical ranges on the subject to reporting under this section requirements of this section do not Channel Islands of southwestern for the significant new uses described in apply once the substance is a California, pursuant to the Endangered paragraph (a)(2) of this section. component of a highly densified tablet Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). (2) The significant new uses are: formulation of an epoxy molding Cercocarpus traskiae is found primarily (i) Protection in the workplace. compound. in coastal scrub habitats on Santa Requirements as specified in § 721.63 * * * * * Catalina Island. Lithophragma (a)(1), (a)(2)(iii), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5)(iii), 5. Section 721.7210 is amended by maximum is found in rock crevices (a)(5)(iv), (a)(5)(v), (a)(5)(vi), (a)(6)(i), (b) revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as within coastal bluff scrub on San (concentration set at 1.0 percent), and follows: Clemente Island. Sibara filifolia is found (c). However, these requirements do not on talus slopes in coastal scrub on San § 721.7210 Epoxidized copolymer of Clemente Island and may still occur on apply after the PMN substance is phenol and substituted phenol. adhered onto film or incorporated into Santa Catalina Island, although the last prepreg form (resin impregnated (a) Chemical substance and sighting of the species on that island substrate). significant new uses subject to reporting. was in 1973. These plants are (1) The chemical substance identified as threatened by a variety of factors (ii) Hazard communication program. epoxidized copolymer of phenol and including grazing, fire, competition Requirements as specified in § 721.72 substituted phenol (PMN P±91±598) is from non-native plant species, erosion, (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) (concentration set at subject to reporting under this section and hybridization. This rule implements 1.0 percent), (f), (g)(1)(iv), (g)(2)(i), for the significant new uses described in the Federal protection provisions (g)(2)(ii), (g)(2)(iii), (g)(2)(iv), (g)(2)(v), paragraph (a)(2) of this section. The afforded by the Act for these three plant (g)(3)(i), (g)(3)(ii), (g)(4)(iii), and (g)(5) requirements of this section do not species. during manufacture. apply once the substance is a DATES: Effective September 8, 1997. (iii) Industrial, commercial, and component of a highly densified tablet ADDRESSES: The file for this rule is consumer activities. Requirements as formulation of an epoxy molding specified in § 721.80(l). available for inspection, by compound. appointment, during normal business (iv) Release to water. Requirements as * * * * * hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife specified in § 721.90 (a)(1), (b)(1), and 6. Section 721.8350 is amended by Service, Carlsbad Field Office, 2730 (c)(1). adding paragraph (a)(2)(iv) to read as Loker Avenue West, Carlsbad, California (b) Specific requirements. The follows: 92008. provisions of subpart A of this part FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail apply to this section except as modified § 721.8350 2-Propenoic acid, 7- Kobetich, Field Supervisor, at the above by this paragraph. oxabicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-ylmethyl ester. (a) Chemical substance and address (telephone 760/431±9440; (1) Recordkeeping. Recordkeeping facsimile 760/431±9624). requirements as specified in § 721.125 significant new uses subject to reporting. (a) through (i) and (k) are applicable to *** SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: manufacturers, importers, and (2) * * * (iv) Release to water. Requirements as Background processors of this substance. specified in § 721.90 (a)(1), (b)(1), and Cercocarpus traskiae (Catalina Island (2) Limitations or revocation of (c)(1). mountain-mahogany), Lithophragma certain notification requirements. The maximum (San Clemente Island provisions of § 721.185 apply to this * * * * * woodland-star), and Sibara filifolia section. [FR Doc. 97±20980 Filed 8±7±97; 8:45 am] (Santa Cruz Island rockcress) are 3. Section 721.5225 is amended by BILLING CODE 6560±50±F endemic to the Channel Islands of revising paragraph (a)(2)(v) to read as southern California. These three species follows: are restricted primarily to San Clemente DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR § 721.5225 Naphthalene, 1,2,3,4- and Santa Catalina Islands. Cercocarpus tetrahycro(1-phenylethyl) (specific name). Fish and Wildlife Service traskiae is currently known only from (a) Chemical substance and Santa Catalina Island, although a single significant new uses subject to reporting. 50 CFR Part 17 plant was discovered in the Santa *** Monica Mountains in 1993. RIN 1018±AD37 Lithophragma maximum occurs on San (2) * * * Clemente Island. Sibara filifolia occurs (v) Release to water. Requirements as Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of on San Clemente and Santa Catalina specified in § 721.90 (a)(4), (b)(4), and Islands. Sibara filifolia was also (c)(4) (where n = 1). Endangered Status for Three Plants From the Channel Islands of Southern historically found on Santa Cruz Island. * * * * * California The Channel Islands are composed of 4. Section 721.7046 is amended by igneous and sedimentary rocks that revising paragraph (a)(1) to read as AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, have been uplifted and folded by follows: Interior. tectonic activity (Raven 1963, Thorne Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 153 / Friday, August 8, 1997 / Rules and Regulations 42693 1967, Schaffer 1993). The maritime In addition, the California Department March to May. The flowers lack petals climate of the islands is characterized of Fish and Game (CDFG) introduced and occur in clusters of 4 to 10. The by hot, dry summers and mild, wet pigs (Sus scrofa) to the island in 1951 hypanthium (floral structure derived winters with periodic severe droughts and mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) from the fused lower portions of sepals, and frequent fog (Minnich 1980, in 1962 (Kellogg and Kellogg 1994). petals, and stamens) is densely white- Johnson 1980). The archipelago is made Populations of feral goats ranged from woolly, and is approximately 7 to 14 up of two chains of islands. The 15,000 to 20,000 about 1930 (Kellogg millimeters (mm) (0.5 inch (in.)) long northern Channel Islands include the and Kellogg 1994). The Navy removed (Lis 1993). The fruit is an achene with islands of San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa all feral goats and pigs by 1992, in an a persistent plumose style, which dries Cruz and Anacapa. The southern effort to preserve endemic flora and in a spiral, typical of the genus. The Channel Islands are San Nicholas, Santa fauna (Kellogg and Kellogg 1994). leathery, clustered leaves are simple, Barbara, Santa Catalina and San Santa Catalina Island is the largest of serrate (toothed), and range from 2.5 to Clemente (Raven 1967). the southern Channel Islands, 6 centimeters (cm) (1 to 2.5 in.) long. The Channel Islands are rich in measuring 194 sq km (75 sq mi). The The upper surface of the leaf is glabrous endemic species as a result of their age terrain is rugged and mountainous, with (smooth); the lower surface is densely and geographic isolation. A number of a maximum elevation of 648 m (2,125 ft) white-woolly. Cercocarpus betuloides species have persisted on the islands, (Power 1980). Due to its proximity to var. blancheae is relatively common on although their mainland counterparts the mainland, the flora of Santa Catalina Santa Catalina Island, and is distinct have been extirpated by climatic change Island is very similar to the flora of the from C. traskiae (Eastwood 1898, Cole and other factors over geologic time mainland (Thorne 1967). Habitats on the and Lu 1979). It is differentiated from C. (Raven 1963). island include oak woodlands, traskiae by the strigose (with stiff, sharp, The decline of insular endemic chaparral, coastal sage scrub, and appressed hairs) undersides of its leaves species, including the three plants grasslands (Minnich 1980). Santa and by the pubescence of the floral tube. discussed herein, began before thorough Catalina supports the only known extant In addition, the leaves of C. betuloides botanical studies on the islands were population of Cercocarpus traskiae and var. blancheae are not leathery completed. The original range and is part of the historical range of Sibara (Eastwood 1898, Lis 1993). distribution of these endemics are filifolia (Thorne 1967, Thorne 1969, Cercocarpus traskiae is one of speculative because their original Wallace 1985). The most recent find, the California's rarest trees. It is endemic to habitats are now dominated by non- first in 70 years, of Sibara filifolia on a particular soil type, derived from native plants. Although the Channel Santa Catalina was in 1973. The sausserite gabbro parent material Islands have been occupied by humans voucher specimen is at the Rancho (Martin 1984). On Santa Catalina Island, for at least 10,000 years, non-native Santa Ana Botanic Garden Herbarium, C. traskiae is currently only found in plants have only become naturalized on but its existence remained unknown Wild Boar Gully, a steep-sided, narrow the islands since their introduction by until 1996.
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