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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Vandenberg Monkeyflower; Proposed Rule Vol. 78 Tuesday, No. 209 October 29, 2013 Part VI Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Status for Vandenberg Monkeyflower; Proposed Rule VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:52 Oct 28, 2013 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\29OCP3.SGM 29OCP3 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS3 64840 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 29, 2013 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (see the Information Requested section within or adjacent to all known below for more information). occurrences of Vandenberg Fish and Wildlife Service FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: monkeyflower. Vandenberg Stephen P. Henry, Acting Field monkeyflower habitat includes sandy 50 CFR Part 17 Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife openings (canopy gaps) within the Service, Ventura Fish and Wildlife dominant vegetation. Ground-disturbing [Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2013–0078; activities (including wildfires) create 4500030113] Office, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA 93003; telephone 805–644– additional open areas that are invaded RIN 1018–AY27 1766; facsimile 805–644–3958. If you by nonnative plants, which precludes use a telecommunications device for the establishment of Vandenberg Endangered and Threatened Wildlife deaf (TDD), call the Federal Information monkeyflower. Furthermore, the and Plants; Endangered Status for Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339. availability of habitat for Vandenberg Vandenberg Monkeyflower SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: monkeyflower and its small overall population size may be affected by a AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Executive Summary suite of threats (including stochastic Interior. Why we need to publish a rule. Under events such as wildfire and a changing ACTION: Proposed rule. the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as climate) acting synergistically on the amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.) (Act), species. Based on the best available SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and scientific and commercial information, Wildlife Service, propose to list if a species is determined to be an endangered or threatened species we find that the species has a restricted Vandenberg monkeyflower as an range, faces ongoing and future threats endangered species under the throughout all or a significant portion of its range, we are required to promptly across its range, and is in danger of Endangered Species Act. If we finalize extinction throughout all of its range. this rule as proposed, it would extend publish a proposal in the Federal Register and make a determination on We will seek peer review. We are the Endangered Species Act’s seeking comments from knowledgeable protections to this plant. The effect of our proposal within 1 year. Critical habitat shall be designated, to the individuals with scientific expertise to this regulation will be to add review our analysis of the best available Vandenberg monkeyflower to the List of maximum extent prudent and determinable, for any species science and application of that science Endangered and Threatened Plants and to provide any additional scientific under the Endangered Species Act. determined to be an endangered or threatened species under the Act. information to improve this proposed DATES: We will accept all comments Listing a species as an endangered or rule. Because we will consider all received or postmarked on or before threatened species and designations and comments and information received December 30, 2013. Comments revisions of critical habitat can only be during the comment period, our final submitted electronically using the completed by issuing a rule. determination may differ from this Federal eRulemaking Portal (see This rule consists of a proposed rule proposal. ADDRESSES section below) must be to list Vandenberg monkeyflower Information Requested received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on (previously identified as a candidate for the closing date. We must receive listing by the name Mimulus fremontii We intend that any final action requests for public hearings, in writing, var. vandenbergensis, currently known resulting from this proposed rule will be FOR FURTHER at the address shown in as Diplacus vandenbergensis, and based on the best scientific and INFORMATION CONTACT by December 13, hereafter referred to as Vandenberg commercial data available and be as 2013. monkeyflower, with the exception of the accurate and as effective as possible. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Description and Taxonomy section Therefore, we request comments or by one of the following methods: below) as an endangered species. This information from the public, other (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal plant occurs in nine locations concerned governmental agencies, eRulemaking Portal: http:// exclusively on Burton Mesa, a distinct Native American tribes, the scientific www.regulations.gov and search for geographic region in Santa Barbara community, industry, or any other FWS–R8–ES–2013–0078, which is the County, California. interested parties concerning this docket number for this rulemaking. The basis for our action. Under the proposed rule. We particularly seek Then, in the Search panel on the left Act, we can determine that a species is comments concerning: side of the screen, under the Document an endangered or threatened species (1) The species’ biology, range, and Type heading, click on the Proposed based on any of five factors: (A) The population trends, including: Rules link to locate this document. You present or threatened destruction, (a) Habitat requirements for may submit a comment by clicking on modification, or curtailment of its establishment, growth, and ‘‘Comment Now!’’ habitat or range; (B) Overutilization for reproduction; (2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail commercial, recreational, scientific, or (b) Genetics and taxonomy; or hand-delivery to: Public Comments educational purposes; (C) Disease or (c) Historical and current range Processing, Attn: FWS–R8–ES–2013– predation; (D) The inadequacy of including distribution patterns; 0078; Division of Policy and Directives existing regulatory mechanisms; or (E) (d) Historical and current population Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Other natural or manmade factors levels, and current and projected trends; Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS affecting its continued existence. and 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. We have determined Vandenberg (e) Past and ongoing conservation We request that you send comments monkeyflower faces threats under measures for the species, its habitat, or only by the methods described above. Factors A, D, and E. The greatest threat both. We will post all information received on to Vandenberg monkeyflower is the (2) The factors that are the basis for http://www.regulations.gov. This presence and expansion of invasive, making a listing determination for a generally means that we will post any nonnative plants that are abundant on species under section 4(a) of the Act (16 personal information you provide us Burton Mesa, particularly occurring U.S.C. 1533(a)), which are: VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:52 Oct 28, 2013 Jkt 232001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\29OCP3.SGM 29OCP3 mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS3 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 29, 2013 / Proposed Rules 64841 (a) The present or threatened We will post all hardcopy submissions for Vandenberg monkeyflower under the destruction, modification, or on http://www.regulations.gov. Please Act. curtailment of its habitat or range; include sufficient information with your Status Assessment for Vandenberg (b) Overutilization for commercial, comments to allow us to verify any Monkeyflower recreational, scientific, or educational scientific or commercial information purposes; you include. Background (c) Disease or predation; Comments and materials we receive, It is our intent to discuss below only (d) The inadequacy of existing as well as supporting documentation we those topics directly relevant to the regulatory mechanisms; or used in preparing this proposed rule, listing of Vandenberg monkeyflower as (e) Other natural or manmade factors will be available for public inspection at affecting its continued existence. endangered in this section of the http://www.regulations.gov, or by proposed rule. (3) Biological, commercial trade, or appointment during normal business other relevant data concerning any hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Description and Taxonomy threats (or lack thereof) to Vandenberg Service, Ventura Field Office (see FOR Vandenberg monkeyflower is a small, monkeyflower and regulations that may FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). annual herbaceous plant that grows be addressing those threats. (4) Additional information concerning Previous Federal Actions from 0.5 to 10 inches (in) (1.2 to 25.4 centimeters (cm)) tall. The stems are the historical and current status, range, We first identified Vandenberg distribution, and population size of glandular and usually green with monkeyflower as a candidate species in purplish tinting. Leaves are obovate Vandenberg monkeyflower, including a notice of review published in the the locations of any additional (narrowly elliptic) and reach 1.2 in (3 Federal Register on November 10, 2010 cm) in length. Plants produce a single occurrences of this species. (75 FR 69222). Vandenberg (5) Current or planned activities in the flower or plants are branched producing monkeyflower was given a listing areas occupied by Vandenberg multiple flowers. The tubular yellow priority
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