Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Buena Vista Lake Shrew

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 [Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2009-0062; 4500030114] RIN 1018-AW85 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Buena Vista Lake shrew ( Sorex ornatus relictus ) under the Endangered Species Act (Act). In total, approximately 2,485 acres (1,006 hectares) in Kings and Kern Counties, California, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. The effect of this regulation is to conserve the Buena Vista Lake shrew's habitat under the Act. DATES: This rule becomes effective on August 1, 2013. ADDRESSES: This final rule is available on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov . at Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2009-0062. Comments and materials received, as well as supporting documentation used in preparing this final rule, are available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA, 95825; telephone 916-414-6600; facsimile 916-414-6713. The coordinates or plot points, or both, from which the maps were generated are included in the administrative record for this critical habitat designation and are available at http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov/​crithab/​ , and at http://www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWS-RS-ES-2009-0062, and at the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife…