[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 250 (Thursday, December 30, 2010)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 82370-82371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32967]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Parts 223 and 224
RIN 0648-XJ00 and RIN 0648-XN50
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Listing
Determinations for Five Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic
Sturgeon; Extension of Public Comment Period
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: NMFS hereby extends the comment period on the proposed listing
of five distinct population segments (DPSs) of Atlantic sturgeon as
endangered or threatened until February 3, 2011. The five DPSs were
proposed for listing in two separate proposed listing determinations,
published on October 6, 2010.
DATES: Comments and information regarding the proposed rules published
October 6, 2010 (75 FR 61872; 75 FR 61904) must be received by February
3, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by RIN 0648-XJ00 or RIN
0648-XN50, by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http//www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: To the attention of Lynn Lankshear at (978) 281-9394
for RIN 0648-XJ00, or to Kelly Shotts at (727) 824-5309 for RIN 0648-
XN50.
Mail or hand-delivery: For RIN 0648-XJ00, submit written
comments to the Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected
Resources, NMFS, Northeast Regional Office, 55 Great Republic Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930. For RIN 0648-XN50, submit written comments to the
Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources, NMFS,
Southeast Regional Office, 263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL
33701.
Instructions: All comments received are a part of the public record
and will generally be posted to http://www.regulations.gov without
change. All Personal Identifying Information (for example, name,
address, etc.) voluntarily submitted by the commenter may be publicly
accessible. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or
otherwise sensitive or protected information.
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We will accept anonymous comments (enter ``n/a'' in the required
fields if you wish to remain anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or
Adobe PDF file formats only.
The proposed rule, status review report, and other reference
materials regarding this determination are available electronically at
the NMFS Web sites http://www.nero.noaa.gov/prot_res/CandidateSpeciesProgram/cs.htm, and http://www.sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/sturgeon.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lynn Lankshear, NMFS, Northeast
Regional Office (978) 282-8473; Kimberly Damon-Randall, NMFS, Northeast
Regional Office (978) 282-8485; Kelly Shotts, NMFS, Southeast Regional
Office (727) 824-5312; or Lisa Manning, NMFS, Office of Protected
Resources (301) 713-1401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On October 6, 2010, we, NMFS, published two proposed rules (75 FR
61872; 75 FR 61904) to list the Gulf of Maine DPS of Atlantic sturgeon
as threatened and the New York Bight, Chesapeake Bay, Carolina, and
South Atlantic DPSs as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of
1973 (ESA), as amended.
NMFS subsequently received requests to extend the public comment
period for an additional 90 days. NMFS has determined that an extension
of 30 days, until February 3, 2011, making the full comment period 120
days, will allow adequate time for the public to thoroughly review and
comment on the proposed rules while still providing the agency with
sufficient time to meet our statutory deadlines.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: December 23, 2010.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-32967 Filed 12-29-10; 8:45 am]
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