Monday, December 18, 2000 Part III Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determinations of Prudency and Proposed Designations of Critical Habitat for Plant Species From the Islands of Maui and Kahoolawe, Hawaii; Proposed Rule VerDate 11<MAY>2000 19:00 Dec 15, 2000 Jkt 194001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4717 Sfmt 4717 E:\FR\FM\18DEP2.SGM pfrm01 PsN: 18DEP2 79192 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 243 / Monday, December 18, 2000 / Proposed Rules DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR other species from Maui and Kahoolawe Kahoolawe, reported to occur on these that were listed in 1999. We are also islands, or were historically present (not Fish and Wildlife Service proposing critical habitat on Maui and seen for more than 30 years). Seventeen Kahoolawe for 11 species which also of these species (Argyroxiphium 50 CFR Part 17 occur on Kauai. sandwicense ssp. macrocephalum, RIN 1018±AH70 We solicit data and comments from Clermontia samuelii, Cyanea copelandii the public on all aspects of this ssp. haleakalaensis, Cyanea glabra, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife proposal, including data on the Cyanea hamatiflora ssp. hamatiflora, and Plants; Determinations of economic and other impacts of the Cyanea mceldowneyi, Dubautia Prudency and Designations of Critical proposed designations. We may revise plantaginea ssp. humilis, Geranium Habitat for Plant Species From the this proposal to incorporate or address arboreum, Geranium multiflorum, Islands of Maui and Kahoolawe, Hawaii new information received during the Kanaloa kahoolawensis, Lipochaeta comment period. AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, kamolensis, Melicope adscendens, DATES: We must receive comments from Interior. Melicope balloui, Melicope ovalis, all interested parties by February 16, ACTION: Proposed rule and Notice of Remya mauiensis, Schiedea 2001. Public hearing requests must be haleakalensis, and Tetramolopium determinations of whether designation received by February 1, 2001. of critical habitat is prudent. capillare) are endemic to the islands of ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, Maui and/or Kahoolawe, while 33 SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and you may submit your comments and species (Alectryon macrococcus, Wildlife Service, have reconsidered our materials concerning this proposal by Bonamia menziesii, Cenchrus findings concerning whether any one of several methods: agrimonioides, Centaurium sebaeoides, designating critical habitat for 38 You may submit written comments Clermontia lindseyana, Clermontia federally protected plants from the and information to the Field Supervisor, oblongifolia ssp. mauiensis, Colubrina islands of Maui and Kahoolawe, some of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific oppositifolia, Ctenitis squamigera, which may also occur on other Islands Office, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Cyanea grimesiana ssp. grimesiana, Hawaiian Islands, listed between 1991 P.O. Box 50088, Honolulu, HI 96850± Cyrtandra munroi, Diellia erecta, and 1996, would be prudent. At the 0001. Flueggea neowawraea, Hedyotis time each plant was listed, we You may send comments by coriacea, Hedyotis mannii, determined that designation of critical electronic mail (e-mail) to Hesperomannia arborescens, [email protected]. See the habitat was not prudent because Hesperomannia arbuscula, Hibiscus Public Comments Solicited section in designation would increase the degree brackenridgei, Ischaemum byrone, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below for of threat to the species and/or would not Mariscus pennatiformis, Melicope file format and other information about benefit the plant. We have determined knudsenii, Melicope mucronulata, electronic filing. that critical habitat is prudent for 37 of Neraudia sericea, Peucedanum these species since the potential benefits You may hand-deliver written comments to our Pacific Islands Office sandwicense, Phyllostegia mannii, of designating critical habitat essential Phyllostegia mollis, Plantago princeps, for the conservation of these species at 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 3±122, Platanthera holochila, Pteris lidgatei, outweigh the risks of designation that Honolulu, HI. Sanicula purpurea, Sesbania tomentosa, may result from human activity. We Comments and materials received, as Spermolepis hawaiiensis, Vigna o- propose that designation of critical well as supporting documentation used wahuensis, and Zanthoxylum habitat is not prudent for one species, in the preparation of this proposed rule, hawaiiense) are known from Maui and/ which is no longer extant in the wild will be available for public inspection, and for which no genetic material is by appointment, during normal business or Kahoolawe, as well as one or more currently extant, because such hours at the Pacific Islands Office. other islands (Table 1). Two species, designation would not be beneficial to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Bidens micrantha ssp. kalealaha and this species. Henson, Field Supervisor, Pacific Cyanea lobata, were known from Maui We propose critical habitat Islands Office (see ADDRESSES section) and Lanai, but are currently only extant designations for a total of 50 species in (telephone: 808/541±3441; facsimile: on Maui. Lysimachia lydgatei was 52 units on Maui and 4 units on 808/541±3470). known from Maui and Oahu, while Kahoolawe at this time. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Diplazium molokaiense was known approximate land area within these from several islands, but currently both units totals 13,574 hectares (33,614 Background species are extant only on Maui. We acres) on Maui and 207 hectares (512 We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife believe that one species, Acaena exigua, acres) on Kahoolawe. This proposed Service (Service), have reconsidered our may be extinct. The fourteen remaining rule includes proposed designations for previous findings concerning whether species are known only from historical 33 of the 37 species mentioned above. designating critical habitat for some of records (pre-1970) on Maui and/or Critical habitat is not proposed for four the 69 Federally protected plants Kahoolawe or from undocumented species that are currently only found in currently or historically found on the observations. While these species do areas on Maui that are permanently islands of Maui and Kahoolawe is occur on other islands, we do not protected and managed. In addition, prudent. Table 1 lists the species that believe they still occur on Maui or critical habitat is being proposed for six are currently found on Maui and/or Kahoolawe. VerDate 11<MAY>2000 19:00 Dec 15, 2000 Jkt 194001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\18DEP2.SGM pfrm01 PsN: 18DEP2 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 243 / Monday, December 18, 2000 / Proposed Rules 79193 TABLE 1.ÐSUMMARY OF ISLAND DISTRIBUTION OF 69 SPECIES FROM MAUI AND KAHOOLAWE Island Distribution Species (common name) N.W. Isles, Kahoolawe Kauai Oahu Molokai Lanai Maui Hawaii Niihau Acaena exigua (liliwai) ......................................... H H Alectryon macrococcus (mahoe) ......................... C C C C Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. C macrocephalum (ahinahina). Asplenium fragile var. insulare (NCN*) ................ H C Bidens micrantha ssp. kalealaha (ko oko olau) ... H C Bonamia menziesii (NCN) .................................... CCHCCC Brighamia rockii (pua ala) .................................... C H H Cenchrus agrimonioides (kamanomano) ............. C H C R NW Isles (H) Centaurium sebaeoides (awiwi) ........................... CCCCC Clermontia lindseyana (oha wai) ......................... C C Clermontia oblongifolia ssp. mauiensis (oha wai) CC Clermontia peleana (oha wai) .............................. H C Clermontia samuelii (oha wai) ............................. C Colubrina oppositifolia (kauila) ............................. C C C Ctenitis squamigera (pauoa) ................................ HCHCCH Cyanea copelandii ssp. haleakalaensis (haha) ... C Cyanea glabra (haha) .......................................... C Cyanea grimesiana ssp. grimesiana (haha) ........ CCCC Cyanea hamatiflora ssp. hamatiflora (haha) ........ C Cyanea lobata (haha) .......................................... H C Cyanea mceldowneyi (haha) ............................... C Cyrtandra munroi (ha iwale) ................................ C C Delissea undulata (NCN) ..................................... C H C Ni (H) Diellia erecta (Asplenium-leaved diellia) .............. HHCHCC Diplazium molokaiense (NCN) ............................. HHHHC Dubautia plantaginea ssp. humilis (na ena e) ..... C Flueggea neowawraea (mehamehame) .............. C C H C C Geranium arboreum (nohoanu) ........................... C Geranium multiflorum (nohoanu) ......................... C Gouania vitifolia (NCN) ........................................ C H C Hedyotis coriacea (kioele) .................................... H C C Hedyotis mannii (pilo) .......................................... C C C Hesperomannia arborescens (NCN) .................... CCHC Hesperomannia arbuscula (NCN) ........................ C C Hibiscus brackenridgei (mao hau hele) ............... HCHCCCKa (R) Ischaemum byrone (Hilo ischaemum) ................. RHCDCC Isodendrion pyrifolium (wahine noho kula) .......... HHHHCNi (H) Kanaloa kahoolawensis (kohe malama malama Ka (C) o kanaloa). Lipochaeta kamolensis (nehe) ............................. C Lysimachia lydgatei (NCN) .................................. H C Mariscus pennatiformis (NCN) ............................. H H C H NW Isles (C) Melicopoe adcendens (alani) ..............................