[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44227-44228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22087]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018-AD45
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Rule To
Designate the Whooping Cranes of the Rocky Mountains as Experimental
Nonessential and To Remove Whooping Crane Critical Habitat Designations
From Four Locations; Correction
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On July 21, 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
published a final rule designating the Rocky Mountain population of
whooping cranes (Grus americana) as experimental nonessential and
removing whooping crane critical habitat designations from four
National Wildlife Refuges; Bosque del Apache in New Mexico, Monte Vista
and Alamosa in Colorado, and Grays Lake in Idaho. The rule
inadvertently omitted language amending 50 CFR 17.95 to remove the
designated critical habitat from the four National Wildlife Refuges.
This proposed removal of critical habitat was included in the Service's
proposed rule (61 FR 4394), which provided opportunity for public
comment. Comments received on the proposed removal of designated
critical habitat were summarized and discussed in the Service's final
rule designating the Rocky Mountain population of whooping cranes as
nonessential experimental. The Service herein amends 50 CFR 17.95
Typographical errors which occurred in the final rule in the entry
under part 17.11(h) are also corrected here.
DATES: Effective August 20, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The complete file for this rule will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the
southwest Regional Office, 500 Gold Avenue SW., Room 4012, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, 87103-1306.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan MacMullin, Southwest Regional
Office, Albuquerque, New Mexico (see ADDRESSES section) (telephone 505/
248-6663; facsimile 505/248-6922).
Regulation Promulgation
Accordingly, the Service hereby amends part 17, subchapter B of
chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth
below:
PART 17--[AMENDED]
1. Section 17.11(h) is amended by revising the entries for ``Crane,
whooping'' under BIRDS, to read as follows:
Sec. 17.11 Endangered and threatened wildlife.
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(h) * *
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Species Vertebrate
--------------------------------------------------- population where Critical
Historic range endangered or Status When listed habitat Special rules
Common name Scientific name threatened
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Birds
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Crane, whopping......... Grus americana.......... Canada, U.S.A. Entire, except E 1, 3, 487, 621.... 17.95(b) NA
(Rocky Mountains where listed as
East to an experimental
Carolinas), population.
Mexico.
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Do.................. ......do................ ......do.......... U.S.A. (CO, FL, XN 487, 621.......... NA 17.84(h)
ID, NM, UT, WY).
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2. Section 17.95(b) is amended by deleting the map showing whooping
crane critical habitat throughout the United States and Canada, and by
deleting the maps and descriptions of critical habitat for the whooping
crane in the States of Colorado, Idaho, and New Mexico.
Dated: August 14, 1997.
Donald J. Barry,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 97-22087 Filed 8-15-97; 3:33 p.m.]
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