46218 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 148 / Tuesday, August 2, 2011 / Proposed Rules Information on Service for Individuals panel at the top of the screen, under the (c) Disease or predation; With Disabilities Document Type heading, check the box (d) The inadequacy of existing For information on facilities or next to Proposed Rules to locate this regulatory mechanisms; or services for individuals with disabilities document. You may submit a comment (e) Other natural or manmade factors or to request special assistance at the by clicking on ‘‘Submit a Comment.’’ affecting its continued existence and (2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail public meetings, contact Mr. Rogers threats to the species or its habitat. or hand-delivery to: Public Comments Henderson at the telephone number or (3) Information about any ongoing Processing, Attn: FWS–R2–ES–2011– e-mail address indicated under the FOR conservation measures for, or threats to, 0042; Division of Policy and Directives FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of the Chupadera springsnail and its Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife this notice. habitat. We are particularly interested in Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS receiving any information related to the Dated: July 27, 2011. 2042–PDM; Arlington, VA 22203. potential effects of climate change on J.G. Lantz, We will post all information received the Chupadera springsnail or its habitat. Director of Commercial Regulations and on http://www.regulations.gov. This The following information regarding Standards. generally means that we will post any the potential economic and other [FR Doc. 2011–19459 Filed 8–1–11; 8:45 am] personal information you provide us impacts of the proposed critical habitat BILLING CODE 9110–04–P (see the Information Requested section designation is requested solely so that below for more details). we may consider the potential effects of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: critical habitat designation in the final DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Wally ‘‘J’’ Murphy, Field Supervisor, rule. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New (1) The reasons why we should or Fish and Wildlife Service Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, should not designate habitat as ‘‘critical 2105 Osuna NE, Albuquerque, NM habitat’’ under the Act including 50 CFR Part 17 87113; telephone 505–346–2525; whether there are threats to the species facsimile 505–346–2542. If you use a [Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2011–0042; MO from human activity, the degree of 92210–0–0009] telecommunications device for the deaf which can be expected to increase due (TDD), call the Federal Information to the designation, and whether the RIN 1018–AV86 Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339. benefit of designation would outweigh SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This threats to the species caused by the Endangered and Threatened Wildlife document consists of both a proposed and Plants; Proposed Endangered designation, such that the designation of rule to list the Chupadera springsnail as critical habitat is prudent. Status for the Chupadera Springsnail endangered and proposed critical (Pyrgulopsis chupaderae) and (2) Specific information on: habitat designation for the Chupadera (a) The amount and distribution of Proposed Designation of Critical springsnail. Habitat Chupadera springsnail habitat; Public Comments (b) What occupied areas containing AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, features essential to the conservation of Interior. We intend that any final action resulting from this proposed rule will be the species should be included in the ACTION: Proposed rule. based on the best scientific and designation and why; and commercial data available and be as (c) What areas not occupied are SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and essential for the conservation of the Wildlife Service (Service), propose to accurate and as effective as possible. Therefore, we request comments or species and why. list the Chupadera springsnail (3) Land use designations and current (Pyrgulopsis chupaderae) as endangered information from the public, other concerned governmental and Tribal or planned activities in the subject areas under the Endangered Species Act of and their possible impacts on proposed 1973, as amended (Act). If we finalize agencies, the scientific community, industry, or any other interested party critical habitat. this rule as proposed, it would extend (4) Any foreseeable economic, the Act’s protections to this species. We concerning this proposed rule. We particularly seek comments concerning: national security, or other relevant also propose to designate critical habitat impacts of designating any area that for the Chupadera springsnail under the (1) The historical and current status and distribution of the Chupadera may be included in the final Act. In total, approximately 0.7 hectares designation. We are particularly (1.9 acres) are being proposed for springsnail, its biology and ecology, the range and population size of this interested in any impacts on small designation as critical habitat, located in entities or families, and the benefits of Socorro County, New Mexico. species, including the locations of any additional populations of this species, including or excluding areas that exhibit DATES: We will accept comments and any information on the biological or these impacts. received or postmarked on or before ecological requirements of the species. (5) Whether we could improve or October 3, 2011. We must receive (2) Information relevant to the factors modify our approach to designating requests for public hearings, in writing, that are the basis for making a listing critical habitat in any way to provide for at the address shown in the FOR FURTHER determination for a species under greater public participation and INFORMATION CONTACT section, by section 4(a) of the Endangered Species understanding, or to better September 16, 2011. Act of 1973, as amended (Act) (16 accommodate public concerns and ADDRESSES: You may submit comments U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), which are: comments. by one of the following methods: (a) The present or threatened You may submit your comments and (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal destruction, modification, or materials concerning this proposed rule eRulemaking Portal: http:// curtailment of the species’ habitat or by one of the methods listed in the www.regulations.gov. In the Enter range; ADDRESSES section. We will not accept Keyword or ID box, enter FWS–R2–ES– (b) Overutilization for commercial, comments sent by e-mail or fax or to an 2011–0042, which is the docket number recreational, scientific, or educational address not listed in the ADDRESSES for this rulemaking. Then, in the Search purposes; section. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:12 Aug 01, 2011 Jkt 223000 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\02AUP1.SGM 02AUP1 jlentini on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with PROPOSALS Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 148 / Tuesday, August 2, 2011 / Proposed Rules 46219 We will post your entire comment— to 3.0 millimeters (mm) (0.06 to 0.12 Although hydrobiid snails as a group including your personal identifying inches (in) tall) freshwater snail (Taylor are found in a wide variety of aquatic information—on http:// 1987, p. 25; Hershler 1994, p. 30) in the habitats, they are sensitive to water www.regulations.gov. If you provide family Hydrobiidae. The pigmentation quality and each species is usually personal identifying information, such of the body and operculum (covering found within relatively narrow habitat as your street address, phone number, or over the shell opening) of this species is parameters (Sada 2008, p. 59). Proximity e-mail address, you may request at the much more intense than in any other to spring vents, where water emerges top of your document that we withhold species in the genus Pyrgulopsis (Taylor from the ground, plays a key role in the this information from public review. 1987, p. 26). The Chupadera springsnail life history of springsnails. Many However, we cannot guarantee that we was first described by Taylor (1987, pp. springsnail species exhibit decreased will be able to do so. 24–27) as Fontelicella chupaderae. abundance farther away from spring Comments and materials we receive, Hershler (1994, pp. 11, 13), in his vents, presumably due to their need for as well as supporting documentation we review of the genus Pyrgulopsis, found stable water chemistry (Hershler 1994, used in preparing this proposed rule, that the species previously assigned to p. 68; Hershler 1998, p. 11; Hershler and will be available for public inspection the genus Fontelicella had the Sada 2002, p. 256; Martinez and Thome on http://www.regulations.gov, or by appropriate morphological 2006, p. 14). Several habitat parameters appointment, during normal business characteristics for inclusion in the genus of springs, such as substrate, dissolved hours, at the New Mexico Ecological Pyrgulopsis and formally placed them carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen, Services Field Office (see FOR FURTHER within that genus. Although the genetic temperature, conductivity, and water INFORMATION CONTACT). characteristics of P. chupaderae have depth, have been shown to influence the not been analyzed, based on its unique distribution and abundance of Background morphology and geographic isolation, it Pyrgulopsis (O’Brien and Blinn 1999, Previous Federal Actions is a valid species. pp. 231–232; Mladenka and Minshall Springsnails are strictly aquatic, and 2001, pp. 209–211; Malcom et al. 2005, We identified the Chupadera respiration occurs through an internal p. 75; Martinez and Thome 2006, pp. springsnail as a candidate for listing in gill. Springsnails in the genus 12–15; Lysne et al. 2007, p. 650). the May 22, 1984, Notice of Review of Pyrgulopsis are egg-layers with a single Dissolved salts such as calcium Invertebrate Wildlife for Listing as small egg capsule deposited on a hard carbonate may also be important factors Endangered or Threatened Species (49 surface (Hershler 1998, p. 14). The because they are essential for shell FR 21664). Candidates are those fish, larval stage is completed in the egg formation (Pennak 1989, p.
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