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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 105 / Wednesday, June 2, 2010 / Proposed Rules 30757 The Pacific Junction allotment was following words in the body of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR added to the FM Table of Allotment in message, ‘‘get form.’’ A sample form and 2000. See 65 FR 41377, published July directions will be sent in response. Fish and Wildlife Service 5, 2000. However, the allotment was For Paper Filers: Parties who choose later removed as a result of MB Docket 50 CFR Part 17 to file by paper must file an original and 05–210. See 71 FR 76208, published four copies of each filing. If more than [Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2008-0114] December 20, 2006. In this regard, [92220-1113-0000; ABC Code: C5] Channel 299A was included in Auction one docket or rulemaking number appears in the caption of this 37 and acquired by Connoisseur Media, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife LLC as the winning bidder. proceeding, filers must submit two and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a The complete text of this decision additional copies for each additional Petition to Delist Cirsium vinaceum may also be purchased from the docket or rule making number. (Sacramento Mountains thistle) Commission’s copy contractor, Best Filings can be sent by hand or Copy and Printing, Inc., 445 12th Street, messenger delivery, by commercial AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, SW, Room CY–B402, Washington, DC overnight courier, or by first–class or Interior. 20554, 800–378–3160 or via the overnight U.S. Postal Service mail ACTION: Notice of 12–month petition company’s website, http:// (although we continue to experience finding. www.bcpiweb.com. delays in receiving U.S. Postal Service This document does not contain SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and proposed information collection mail). All filings must be addressed to Wildlife Service, announce a 12–month requirements subject to the Paperwork the Commission’s Secretary, Office of finding on a petition to remove Cirsium Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– the Secretary, Federal Communications vinaceum (Sacramento Mountains 13. In addition, therefore, it does not Commission. thistle) from the Federal List of contain any proposed information • The Commission’s contractor will Threatened and Endangered Plants collection burden ‘‘for small business receive hand–delivered or messenger– under the Endangered Species Act. concerns with fewer than 25 delivered paper filings for the After reviewing the best scientific and employees,’’ pursuant to the Small Commission’s Secretary at 236 commercial information available, we Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Suite 110, find that delisting C. vinaceum is not Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. Washington, DC 20002. The filing hours warranted. However, we ask the public 3506(c)(4). at this location are 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. to submit to us any new information Provisions of the Regulatory All hand deliveries must be held that becomes available concerning the Flexibility Act of 1980 does not apply status of, or threats to, the species or its together with rubber bands or fasteners. to this proceeding. habitats at any time. This information Any envelope must be disposed of Pursuant to sections 1.415 and 1.419 will help us monitor and encourage the before entering the building. of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR §§ conservation of this species. • 1.415, 1.419, interested parties may file Commercial overnight mail (other DATES: The finding announced in this comments and reply comments on or than U.S. Postal Service Express Mail document was made on June 2, 2010. before the dates indicated on the first and Priority Mail) must be sent to 9300 ADDRESSES: page of this document. Comment may This finding is available on East Hampton Drive, Capitol Heights, the Internet at http:// be filed using: (1) the Commission’s MD 20743. Electronic Comment Filing System www.regulations.gov at Docket # FWS- • U.S. Postal Service first–class, (ECFS), (2) the Federal Government’s R2-ES-2008-0114 and http:// eRulemaking Portal, or (3) by filing Express, and Priority mail must be www.fws.gov/New Mexico. Supporting paper copies. See Electronic Filing of addressed to 445 12th Street, SW, documentation we used to prepare this Documents in Rulemaking Proceedings, Washington, DC 20554. finding is available for public 63 FR 24121 (1988). People with Disabilities: To request inspection, by appointment, during Electronic Filers: Comments may be materials in accessible formats for normal business hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico filed electronically using the Internet by people with disabilities (Braille, large Ecological Services Office, 2105 Osuna accessing the ECFS: http:// print, electronic files, audio format), www.fcc.gov/cgb/ecfs/ or the Federal NE, Albuquerque, NM 87113; telephone send an e–mail to [email protected] or call (505) 346-2525; facsimile (505) 346- eRulemaking Portal: http:// the Consumer & Government Affairs www.regulations.gov. For submitting 2542. Please submit any new Bureau at 202–418–0530 (voice) , 202– information, materials, comments, or comments, filers should follow the 418–0432 (tty). instructions provided on the website. questions concerning this finding to the For ECFS filer, if multiple docket or Federal Communications Commission. above address. rulemaking numbers appear in the John A. Karousos, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: ‘‘ ’’ caption of this proceeding, filer must Assistant Chief, Audio Division, Media Wally J Murphy, Field Supervisor, transmit one electronic copy of the Bureau. New Mexico Ecological Services Field comments for each docket or Office (see ADDRESSES). If you use a rulemaking number referenced in the [FR Doc. 2010–13135 Filed 6–1–10; 8:45 am] telecommunications device for the deaf caption. In completing the transmittal BILLING CODE 6712–01–S (TDD), call the Federal Information screen, filers should include their full Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339. name, U.S. Postal Service mailing SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: address, and the applicable docket or rulemaking number. Parties may also Background submit an electronic comment by Section 4(b)(3)(A) of the Endangered Internet e–mail. To get filing Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act; instructions, filers should send an e– 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) requires that we mail to [email protected], and include the make a finding on whether a petition to VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:31 Jun 01, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\02JNP1.SGM 02JNP1 jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with PROPOSALS 30758 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 105 / Wednesday, June 2, 2010 / Proposed Rules list, delist, or reclassify a species Commissioners of Otero County, New conspecific pollen is pollen from other presents substantial information to Mexico, to delist Cirsium vinaceum. On individuals of the same species, and indicate the petitioned action may be August 31, 2007, the Service when deposited on the stigma structures warranted. Section 4(b)(3)(B) of the Act acknowledged receipt of Otero County’s of flowers, can successfully fertilize that requires that within 12 months after complete petition. On November 6, flower. Burks found that there was more receiving a petition to revise the Lists of 2008, we published a 90–day finding conspecific pollen on the stigmas of Threatened and Endangered Wildlife with the conclusion that the petition flowers in larger sites than in smaller and Plants (Lists) that contains and information in our files presented sites simply as a function of there being substantial information indicating that substantial information indicating that more C. vinaceum individuals in the the petitioned action may be warranted, delisting C. vinaceum may be warranted area. This suggests that larger sites have the Secretary shall make one of the (73 FR 66003). That document also a better chance of receiving enough of following findings: (a) The petitioned initiated a review of the species’ status the appropriate type of pollen to ensure action is not warranted; (b) the within its range. successful fertilization and persistence petitioned action is warranted; or (c) the of that site. Species and Habitat Information petitioned action is warranted but Cirsium vinaceum is an obligate precluded by pending proposals to E.O. Wooton and P.C. Standley first wetland species that requires saturated determine whether any species is an described Cirsium vinaceum in 1913, soils with surface or subsurface water endangered or threatened species as and originally named it Carduus flow. Cirsium vinaceum habitats occur long as expeditious progress is being vinaceus, in accordance with generic in mixed conifer forests and open made to add qualified species to, and concepts at that time. In 1915, Wooten valleys. Waters at these sites are rich in remove species from, the Lists. Such and Standley combined the thistle with calcium carbonate, from limestone 12–month findings are to be published Cirsium, a common genus in the New sources, that often precipitates out to promptly in the Federal Register. Mexico flora. create large areas of travertine (calcium Cirsium vinaceum is a stout plant, 3.3 carbonate) deposits, which occasionally Previous Federal Actions to 5.9 feet (ft) (1 to 1.8 meters (m)) tall become large bluffs or hills. Travertine The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service when mature. Cirsium vinaceum stems deposits are the most common habitat of (Service) proposed to list Cirsium are brown-purple and highly branched. the species. vinaceum as a threatened species with The basal leaves are green, 12 to 20 critical habitat under the Act on May 16, inches (in) (30 to 50 centimeters (cm)) Distribution and Range 1984 (49 FR 20735), and listed the long, and up to 8 in (20 cm) wide, with Cirsium vinaceum occurs in Otero species on June 16, 1987 (52 FR 22933).
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