Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list 21 plant and animal species from the Mariana Islands (the U.S. Territory of Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We also propose to list two plant species from the Mariana Islands in the U.S. Territory of Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as threatened species under the Act. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to these 23 species. The effect of this regulation will be to add these 23 species to the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants.
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-R1-ES-2014-0038: 4500030113] RIN 1018-BA13 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list 21 plant and animal species from the Mariana Islands (the U.S. Territory of Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands) as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We also propose to list two plant species from the Mariana Islands in the U.S. Territory of Guam and the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as threatened species under the Act. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to these 23 species. The effect of this regulation will be to add these 23 species to the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. DATES: We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before December 1, 2014. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date. We must receive requests for public hearings, in writing, at the address shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by November 17, 2014. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods: (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov . In the Search box, enter FWS-R1-ES-2014-0038, which is the docket nu…
Citation: 79 FR 59364
