Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reopening the comment period on our October 18, 2022, proposed rule to list the Kern Canyon slender salamander (Batrachoseps simatus) and the relictual slender salamander (Batrachoseps relictus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), and to designate critical habitat. This action will allow all interested parties an additional opportunity to comment on the October 18, 2022, proposed rule, as well as the opportunity to comment on the new areas we are considering for relictual slender salamander critical habitat, small changes to Kern Canyon slender salamander critical habitat, and our updates to the physical or biological features for the Kern Canyon slender salamander, in response to previously submitted public comments. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they are already incorporated into the public record and will be fully considered in the final rule.
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-2022-0081; FF09E21000 FXES1111090FEDR 234] RIN 1018-BF83 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Proposed rule; revisions and reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are reopening the comment period on our October 18, 2022, proposed rule to list the Kern Canyon slender salamander ( Batrachoseps simatus ) and the relictual slender salamander ( Batrachoseps relictus ) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), and to designate critical habitat. This action will allow all interested parties an additional opportunity to comment on the October 18, 2022, proposed rule, as well as the opportunity to comment on the new areas we are considering for relictual slender salamander critical habitat, small changes to Kern Canyon slender salamander critical habitat, and our updates to the physical or biological features for the Kern Canyon slender salamander, in response to previously submitted public comments. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they are already incorporated into the public record and will be fully considered in the final rule. DATES: The comment period on the proposed rule that published October 18, 2022 ( 87 FR 63150 ), is reopened. We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before December 6, 2023. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods: (1) Electr…
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Citation: 88 FR 81028
