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46618 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 192 / Thursday, October 5, 2017 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and of the fisher, Florida Keys mole skink, Wildlife Service (Service), announce 12- Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle, Kirtland’s Fish and Wildlife Service month findings on petitions to list 25 snake, Pacific walrus, and San Felipe species as endangered or threatened gambusia is not warranted at this time. 50 CFR Part 17 species under the Endangered Species However, we ask the public to submit to Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a us at any time any new information that [4500090022] thorough review of the best available becomes available concerning the scientific and commercial information, stressors to any of the species listed Endangered and Threatened Wildlife we find that listing 14 Nevada above or their habitats. and Plants; 12-Month Findings on springsnail species, Barbour’s map DATES: Petitions To List 25 Species as turtle, Bicknell’s thrush, Big Blue The finding announced in this Endangered or Threatened Species Springs cave crayfish, the Oregon document was made on October 5, 2017. AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Cascades—California population and ADDRESSES: Detailed descriptions of the Interior. Black Hills population of the black- basis for each of these findings are backed woodpecker, the eastern available on the Internet at http:// ACTION: Notice of 12-month petition population of the boreal toad, the www.regulations.gov under the findings. Northern Rocky Mountains population following docket numbers: Species Docket No. 14 Nevada springsnails ............................................................................................................................................. FWS–R8–ES–2011–0001 Barbour’s map turtle .................................................................................................................................................. FWS–R4–ES–2017–0065 Bicknell’s thrush ......................................................................................................................................................... FWS–R5–ES–2012–0056 Big Blue Springs cave crayfish .................................................................................................................................. FWS–R4–ES–2017–0066 Black-backed woodpecker ......................................................................................................................................... FWS–R8–ES–2013–0034 Boreal toad ................................................................................................................................................................ FWS–R6–ES–2012–0003 Fisher ......................................................................................................................................................................... FWS–R6–ES–2015–0104 Florida Keys mole skink ............................................................................................................................................ FWS–R4–ES–2017–0067 Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle .................................................................................................................................. FWS–R6–ES–2017–0068 Kirtland’s snake ......................................................................................................................................................... FWS–R3–ES–2017–0039 Pacific walrus ............................................................................................................................................................. FWS–R7–ES–2017–0069 San Felipe gambusia ................................................................................................................................................. FWS–R2–ES–2017–0024 Supporting information used to specified under FOR FURTHER under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION prepare these findings is available for INFORMATION CONTACT. Please submit any CONTACT. public inspection, by appointment, new information, materials, comments, during normal business hours, by or questions concerning these findings FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: contacting the appropriate person, as to the appropriate person, as specified Species Contact information 14 Nevada springsnails .................. For bifid duct pyrg: Carolyn Swed, Field Supervisor, Northern Nevada (Reno) Fish and Wildlife Office, 775–861–6337 For all other species: Glen Knowles, Field Supervisor, Southern Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 702– 515–5230. Barbour’s map turtle ....................... Catherine Phillips, Field Supervisor, Panama City Ecological Services Field Office, 850–769–0552. Bicknell’s thrush .............................. Krishna Gifford, Listing Coordinator, Region 5 Regional Office, 413–253–8619. Big Blue Springs cave crayfish ....... Catherine Phillips, Field Supervisor, Panama City Ecological Services Field Office, 850–769–0552. Black-backed woodpeckers ............ Oregon Cascades—California population: Jenn Norris, Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Of- fice, 916–414–6600 Black Hills population: Scott Larson, Field Supervisor, South Dakota Ecological Services Office, 605–224– 8693. Boreal toad ...................................... Drue DeBerry, Field Supervisor, Colorado and Nebraska Field Office, 303–236–4774. Fisher .............................................. Jodi Bush, Field Supervisor, Montana Ecological Services Field Office, 406–449–5225, ext. 205. Florida Keys mole skink .................. Roxanna Hinzman, Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological Services Field Office, 772–469–4309. Great Sand Dunes tiger beetle ....... Drue DeBerry, Field Supervisor, Colorado and Nebraska Field Office, 303–236–4774. Kirtland’s snake ............................... Dan Everson, Field Supervisor, Ohio Ecological Services Field Office, 614–416–8993. Pacific walrus .................................. Patrick Lemons, Chief Marine Mammals Management, Region 7, 907–786–3668. San Felipe gambusia ...................... Adam Zerrenner, Field Supervisor, Austin Ecological Services Field Office, 512–490–0057, ext. 248. If you use a telecommunications and Plants, we are required to make a must make a finding that the petitioned device for the deaf (TDD), please call the finding whether or not the petitioned action is: (1) Not warranted; (2) Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339. action is warranted (‘‘12-month warranted; or (3) warranted but SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: finding’’), unless we determined that the precluded. ‘‘Warranted but precluded’’ petition did not contain substantial means that (a) the immediate proposal Background scientific or commercial information of a regulation implementing the Within 12 months after receiving any indicating that the petitioned action petitioned action is precluded by other petition to revise the Federal Lists of may be warranted (section 4(b)(3)(B) of pending proposals to determine whether Endangered and Threatened Wildlife the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)). We species are endangered or threatened VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:42 Oct 04, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\05OCP2.SGM 05OCP2 ethrower on DSK3G9T082PROD with PROPOSALS Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 192 / Thursday, October 5, 2017 / Proposed Rules 46619 species, and (b) expeditious progress is species-specific assessment forms found (Pyrgulopsis hubbsi), Pahranagat being made to add qualified species to on http://www.regulations.gov under the Pebblesnail (Pyrgulopsis merriami), the Federal Lists of Endangered and appropriate docket number (see White River Valley Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis Threatened Wildlife and Plants (Lists) ADDRESSES above). sathos), Butterfield Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis and to remove from the Lists species for In considering what stressors under lata), Hardy Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis marcida), which the protections of the Act are no the Act’s five factors might indicate that Flag Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis breviloba), Lake longer necessary. Section 4(b)(3)(C) of the species may meet the definition of Valley Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis sublata), Bifid the Act requires that we treat a petition a threatened or endangered species, we Duct Pyrg (Pyrgulopsis peculiaris). for which the requested action is found must look beyond the mere exposure of Previous Federal Actions to be warranted but precluded as though the species to the stressor to determine resubmitted on the date of such finding, whether the species responds to the On February 17, 2009, we received a that is, requiring that a subsequent stressor in a way that causes actual petition from the Center for Biological finding be made within 12 months of impacts to the species. If there is Diversity (the Center), the Freshwater that date. We must publish these 12- exposure to a stressor, but no response, Mollusk Conservation Society, Dr. James month findings in the Federal Register. or only a positive response, that stressor Deacon, and Don Duff requesting that 42 does not cause a species to meet the species of Great Basin springsnails from Summary of Information Pertaining to definition of a threatened or endangered Nevada, Utah, and California be listed the Five Factors species. If there is exposure and the as endangered or threatened species Section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1533) species responds negatively, the stressor under the Act. Three of those and the implementing regulations at may be significant. In that case, we springsnail species were addressed in part 424 of title 50 of the Code of