[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 1, 2011)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28126]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[Docket No. FWS-R9-ES-2010-0086; MO 92210-0-0010 B6]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on
a Petition To List All Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) as Endangered
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of petition finding and initiation of status review;
correction, availability of supporting documents, and reopening of
public comment period.
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SUMMARY: On September 1, 2011, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
published in the Federal Register a 90-day finding on a petition to
list all chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) as endangered under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. We are now correcting an
incorrect Docket Number given under ADDRESSES in that document. We are
also making the petition and the large volume of supporting documents
submitted with the petition available to the public on http://www.regulations.gov. To allow the public adequate time to review the
petition and provide information, we are reopening the public comment
period for an additional 90 days. However, please note that information
already submitted does not need to be resubmitted.
DATES: We request that we receive information on or before January 30,
2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit information by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Search for Docket No. FWS-R9-ES-2010-0086 and then follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing,
Attn: FWS-R9-ES-2010-0086; Division of Policy and Directives
Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, MS
2042-PDM; Arlington, VA 22203.
We will post all information received on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post any
personal information you provide us. See the Information Solicited
section of our September 1, 2011, notice (76 FR 54423) for more
details.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janine Van Norman, Chief, Branch of
Foreign Species, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room 420, Arlington, VA 22203;
telephone (703) 358-2171; facsimile (703) 358-1735. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), please call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 1, 2011, we published in the
Federal Register (76 FR 54423) a 90-day finding on a petition to list
all chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) as endangered under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act). This
publication opened a public comment period, which ended on October 31,
2011. Upon publication, we initiated a review of the status of the
species to determine if listing the entire species as endangered is
warranted. To ensure that this status review is comprehensive, we
requested scientific and commercial data and other information
regarding this species from the public, concerned governmental
agencies, the scientific community, industry, or any other interested
parties. For details on what kinds of information we are requesting,
see our September 1, 2011, document, which can be found on our Web site
at http://www.fws.gov/policy/library/2011/2011-22372.pdf or at http://www.regulations.gov. Based on the status review, we will issue a 12-
month finding on the petition, which will address whether the
petitioned action is warranted, as provided in section 4(b)(3)(B) of
the Act.
During the course of the comment period for our September 1, 2011,
petition finding document, it came to our attention that the docket
number given under ADDRESSES for U.S. mail and hand-delivery was
incorrect. Therefore, we are correcting this error. Please be assured
that any hard-copy comments submitted on this petition finding to the
incorrect docket number that published (FWS-R9-IA-2008-0123) will be
routed to the correct docket and do not need to be resubmitted.
Moreover, the docket number that published for comments submitted via
http://www.regulations.gov was correct, so comments submitted
electronically have already been posted to the docket and do not need
to be resubmitted.
Additionally, we are now making the petition available to the
public on http://www.regulations.gov (Docket No. FWS-R9-ES-2010-0086).
This petition includes a large volume of supporting documents. To allow
the public adequate time to review these documents and provide
information, we are reopening the comment period for an additional 90
days to allow all interested parties to submit information. However,
please note that information already submitted to us does not need to
be resubmitted.
Dated: October 18, 2011.
Hannibal Bolton,
(Acting) Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-28126 Filed 10-31-11; 8:45 am]
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