Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service), are designating critical habitat for the endangered plant Catesbaea melanocarpa (no common name) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Approximately 10.5 acres (ac) (4.3 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation for C. melanocarpa in one unit located in Halfpenny Bay in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI).
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 RIN 1018-AU76 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service), are designating critical habitat for the endangered plant Catesbaea melanocarpa (no common name) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Approximately 10.5 acres (ac) (4.3 hectares (ha)) fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation for C. melanocarpa in one unit located in Halfpenny Bay in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). DATES: This rule becomes effective on September 27, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Field Supervisor, Caribbean Fish and Wildlife Office, Road 301 Km. 5.1, P.O. Box 491, Boquerón, PR 00622; telephone 787-851-7297; facsimile 787-851-7440. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ( printed page 49213) Background It is our intent to discuss only those topics directly relevant to the designation of critical habitat in this rule. For more information on Catesbaea melanocarpa, please refer to the final listing rule published in the Federal Register on March 17, 1999 ( 64 FR 13116 ), and the proposed rule to designate critical habitat published in the Federal Register on August 22, 2006 ( 71 FR 48883 ). Previous Federal Actions On September 17, 2004, the Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior and the Service [ Center for Biological Diversity v. Norton (C…
Citation: 72 FR 49212
