1996 Federal Register Index |
Final
Rules
Proposed Rules Notices |
Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act; Title VIII implementation (subsistence
priority):
Customary and traditional use determinations; correction, 5685
Effective date extended, 25785
Fish and wildlife taking determinations, 39698
Correction, 48625
Alaska National
Wildlife Refuges:
Alaska Peninsula/Becharof National Wildlife Refuge Complex; public use
regulations, 29495
Endangered and threatened
species:
`Akoko, etc. (twenty-five plants from Oahu, HI), 53089
Amaranthus brownii, etc. (three plants from Nihoa, HI), 43178
Australian saltwater crocodile, etc., 32356
Black-footed ferret --
Aubrey Valley, AZ; experimental population, 11320
California condors; reintroduction, 54044
California red-legged frog, 25813
Candidate categories review --
Category 2 candidates list; discontinued, 64481
Central California coast coho salmon, 59028
Cuneate biden, 4372
Cyanea dunbarii, etc. (three plants from Molokai, HI), 53130
Delissea undulata, 53124
Listing priority guidance, interim, 9651
Listing priorities, final, 24722
Listing priority guidance (FY 1997), 48962, 64475
Kuawawaenohu, etc. (nineteen plants from Kauai, HI), 53070
MacFarlane's four-o'clock, 10693
Maguire daisy, 31054
Marbled murrelet --
Critical habitat designation, 26256
`ohawai (thirteen plants from HI), 53137
Plant taxa, 53108
Southern maritime chaparral plant taxa from coastal Southern California
et al., 52370
Spring Creek bladderpod, 67493
Stebbins' morning-glory etc. (five plants from Central Sierran foothills,
CA), 54346
Umpqua River cutthroat trout, 48412
Wahane (Hawaiian plant), 41020
Endangered Species
Convention:
Appendixes and amendments --
Bigleaf mahogany, 6793
River otters taken in Tennessee; export, 2454
Hunting and fishing:
Open areas list additions, 31459, 31461, 45336
Refuge-specific regulations, 46390
Importation, exportation,
and transportation of wildlife:
Designated port status --
Atlanta, GA, 3849
Miscellaneous amendments, 31850
Correction, 40481, 49979
Migratory bird hunting:
Bismuth-tin shot as nontoxic for waterfowl and coot hunting during
1996-97 hunting season;
conditional approval, 42492
Duck hunting season alternatives (1996-97); special youth waterfowl hunting
day establishment, 49232
Early-season regulations (1996-1997); frameworks, 45836
Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands and ceded lands,
46352, 50940
Late-season regulations (1996-97); final frameworks, 50662
Migratory bird harvest information program; participating States, 46350
Seasons, limits, and shooting hours; establishment, etc. (FY 1996-97),
46357, 50738
Youth waterfowl hunting day --
Seasons, limits, and shooting hours; establishment, etc., 49638
Migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) contest, 25155
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center; CFR part removed, 53329
Wild Bird Conservation
Act of 1992:
Implementation, 2084
Alaska National Interest
Lands Conservation Act; Title VIII implementation (subsistence priority):,
41060
Alaska Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory Councils; meetings, 463, 67274
Federal Subsistence Program and Federal Subsistence Board's Authority;
expansion, 15014
Fish and wildlife taking determinations, 41060
Alaska National
Wildlife Refuges:
Special use permits administration, 56502
Endangered and threatened
species:
Alameda whipsnake, etc., 56501
Alexander Archipelago wolf; status review, 64496, 69065
Amargosa toad, 8018
Barton Springs salamander, 32413, 38702
Withdrawn, 46608
Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl, 53186
California condors; captive-reared, 35, 4394, 7770
Candidate categories review --
California candidate plant and animal species, etc. (category 1); reclassification,
7457
Coastal dunes milkvetch, etc. (five plants and lizard from Monterey County,
CA), 33082, 36346
Copperbelly water snake, 37034
Eggert's sunflower, 45931
Fat three-ridge, etc. (seven freshwater mussels), 36020
Findings on petitions, etc. --
Anadromous Atlantic salmon in seven Maine rivers, 44032
Maryland darter, 5971
Namibian cheetah, 11181
Northern goshawk in Western United States, 28834
Fisher; populations in the Western United States, 8016
Guajon, 51878
Lane Mountain milk-vetch, etc., 46430
Least chub; public hearing, 29047
Lloyd's hedgehog cactus; removal, 30209
Mexican gray wolf; reintroduction in Arizona and New Mexico, 19237, 25618
Northern copperbelly water snake, 48876
Northern spotted owl, 3369, 6964, 15452, 21426, 30588
Ohlone tiger beetle, 8014
Petitions on findings, etc. --
Santa Ana speckled dace, etc., 36021
Santa Ana sucker, 60073
Plant and animal taxa, 7596, 48875
Queen Charlotte goshawk; status review, 64496, 69065
Short-leaved dudleya, etc.; withdrawn, 52402
Sonoma alopecurus, etc. (nine plants from grasslands or mesic areas of
central coast of California), 47856
Suisun thistle, etc. (two San Francisco Bay California tidal marsh plants),
47105
Treatment of intercrosses and intercross progeny (hybridization); comment
request, 4710
Virgin spinedace, 4401
Whooping crane, 4394
Endangered Species
Convention:
Appendices and amendments, 67293
River otters taken in Missouri; export, 14543, 52403
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora International Trade Convention, 8019
Federal regulatory
review:
Wild plants and animals (wildlife); lists consolidation, 11180
Hunting and fishing:
Open areas list additions, 31888, 31891, 31893, 31895, 31897, 31899, 31901,
31904, 31906, 31908
Refuge-specific regulations, 32415
Importation, exportation,
and transportation of wildlife:
Box turtles; export, 3894
Injurious wildlife --
Brush-tailed possums, 1893
Regulatory review, 24267
Migratory bird hunting:
Annual hunting regulations; and migratory bird hunting by Indian Tribes,
11986
Public hearings, 30114
Annual hunting regulations; and special youth waterfowl hunting day establishment,
30490
Bismuth-tin shot as nontoxic for waterfowl and coot hunting; approval,
42495
Correction, 44119, 47786
Duck hunting (1996-97) season alternatives; special youth waterfowl hunting
day establishment, 42500
Early-season regulations (1996-1997); proposed frameworks, 37994
Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands and ceded lands
(1996-1997), 42730
Late-season regulations (1996-1997); proposed frameworks, 42506
Migratory bird harvest information program; participating States, 18936
Nontoxic shot approval procedures for shot and shot coatings; test protocol,
2470, 18924
Waterfowl baiting by artificial alteration or manipulation of natural vegetation
in moist soil areas; prohibition, 11805
Migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) contest, 10557
Migratory bird permits:
Canada geese, injurious; control permits; environmental assessment, 46431,
58084
National wildlife
refuge system:
Range and feral animal management --
Range animals; surplus disposition, 41115
Agency information
collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 25884, 25885, 25889, 26922, 31543,
39151, 55815
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 45454, 55648, 58587, 60721
Alaska; commercial
big game guide-outfitting services on national wildlife refuges;
proposals solicitation, 1399
Animal trap use
within the national wildlife refuge system, 66307
Endangered and threatened
species:
Argali sheep from Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan; import permits,
29423
Black-footed ferret survey guidelines for oil and gas activities in Wyoming;
availability, 3050, 8071
Bonneville and Colorado River cutthroat trout; conservation agreements;
availability, 48500
Conservation agreements --
Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle, 59889
Conserving species listed or proposed for listing while providing and enhancing
recreational
fisheries opportunities; policy, 27978
Emergency exemptions --
Specific Florida panther, 52053
Endangered Species Act activities; interagency cooperative policy statements
--
Distinct vertebrate population segments, 4722
Species list; controlled propagation; draft, 4716
Listing priority guidance extension (FY 1997), 48962
Petitions received under Endangered Species Act; management guidance availability,
36075
Recovery plans --
Alabama cave shrimp, 46818
Anthony's riversnail, 48159
Aurodendron pauciflorum, etc., 49337
Bluemask (=jewel) darter, 49478
Calyptranthes thomasiana, 49337
Carolina heelsplitter, 32454
Delhi Sands Flower-loving fly, 5025
Desert dace and Soldier Meadows cinquefoil, 7271, 9195
Fringed campion, 68283
Grizzly bear, 54674
Maui plant cluster, 24324
Mitchell's Satyr Butterfly, 13513
Multi-island plant cluster, 51122
Palezone shiner, 33762
Puerto Rican broad-winged and sharp-shinned hawks, 49336
Rock gnome lichen, 46660
Southern sea otter, 33134
Water howellia, 50044
Wetland and aquatic species of Owens Basin, CA, 43777
White sturgeon; Kootenai population in Idaho and Montana, 34441
Wood stork, 12084, 2914
Endangered and threatened
species permit applications,
1399, 2263, 3051, 3943, 4280, 4790, 5024, 6021, 6252, 6253, 6860, 7800,
8070,
8968, 9483, 9715, 10376, 10779, 10780, 11648, 12083, 13865, 14806,
15819, 15958,
16112, 16932, 18407, 18616, 18753, 19080, 19081, 19313, 20833, 24322,
24505,
25686, 27096, 28230, 28889, 30254, 1144, 33133, 33134, 34857,
36891, 37488,
37921, 38469, 39663, 40243, 41648, 43264, 44324, 46818, 47171, 48718,
49150,
49151, 49476, 49477, 50325, 50503, 51714, 52806, 52954, 54212, 55012,
55013,
56565, 56705, 56965, 57694, 58082, 58209, 58419, 59106, 60722, 64359,
65229,
66308, 67340, 68049
Monthly reports, 17317
Endangered Species
Convention:
Appendices and amendments, 44324
Trade prohibition in animal species from fourteen countries, 1780
Trade prohibition in animal species from Thailand and Greek tortoises from
Turkey; rescinded, etc., 36388
Trade prohibition in animal species from twelve countries, 1782
Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora International Trade Convention
Review of effectiveness; public meeting, 30255
Environmental statements;
availability, etc.:
Artificial salmon and steelhead production strategies in Columbia Basin,
68284
Churchill County, NV; Lahontan Valley Wetlands water rights acquisition,
58083
Commencement Bay, WA; natural resource damage assessment restoration plan
development, 41383
Fish Creek No. 2 diesel fuel spill, IN et al.; restoration plan, 57448
Headwaters Forest and Elk Head Forest, etc.; transfer, 68285
Incidental take permits --
Austin, TX; golden-cheeked warbler, etc., 14807
Baldwin County, AL; Alabama beach mouse, 1400, 7118, 8300
Butler County et al., AL; Red Hill's salamander, 58209
Calhoun County et al., TX; Peregrine Fund Aplomado Falcon reintroduction
program, 37488
Chaves County, NM; black-footed ferret, 18617
Chelan County, WA; northern spotted owl, 6381
Coconino and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, AZ; Mexican spotted owl,
36076
Colorado County et al., TX; Attwater's greater prairie chicken, 36077
Conecuh and Monroe Counties, AL; Red Hills salamander, 8301
Contra Costa County, CA; California red-legged frog, 39978
Department of Natural Resources, WA; public hearings, 15959
Forest County, MS; gopher tortoise, 26201
Fort Morgan Peninsula, AL; Alabama beach mouse, 49151, 49338, 51299,
55311, 60111
Hidalgo County, NM, et al.; lesser long-nosed bats, etc., 36076
Iron County, UT; Utah prairie dog, 18407, 30636, 39979, 49787
John F. Kennedy International Airport, NJ and NY; migratory birds, including
several gull species, 35804
King County et al., WA, 1193, 16257, 37922
Marion County, FL; red-cockaded woodpecker, 60112
Massachusetts; Atlantic Coast piping plover, 5568, 33534
McCurtain County, OK; American burying beetle, etc., 36075
New Mexico; Pecos gambusia, etc., 37760
Orangeburg County, SC; red-cockaded woodpecker, 6254
Orange County, CA; coastal California gnatcatcher, etc., 27363, 50503
Osceola County, FL; bald eagle, 36391
Otero County, NM, et al.; Sacramento Mountain thistle, etc., 36076
Palm Beach County, FL; Florida scrub jay, 10781
Pender County, NC; red-cockaded woodpecker, 36390
Pima County, AZ; Mexican spotted owl, 36078
Riverside County, CA; Stephens' kangaroo rat, etc., 59889
Riverside County, CA, et al.; Stephens' kangaroo rat, etc., 47525
Riverside County, TX; California gnatcatcher, 42439
San Diego County, CA; Subarea habitat, 18618
San Diego County, CA; western snowy plover, etc., 45983, 54675
San Joaquin County, CA; san joaquin kit fox, etc., 53750
San Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center, TX; fountain darter,
etc., 36077
San Mateo County, CA; mission blue butterfly, etc., 9717
Texas; Pecos gambusia, etc., 36077
Travis County et al., TX; golden-cheeked warbler, etc., 15506
Travis County, TX; golden-cheeked warbler, 14332, 14807, 15507, 22071,
37760,
37761, 41796, 41797, 48965, 51715, 55013
Travis County, TX; golden-cheeked warbler, etc., 11859, 38212
Volusia County, FL; loggerhead sea turtle, etc., 9716
Washington County, UT; desert tortoise, 1048, 26529
Washington Natural Resources Department; northern spotted owl, etc., 15297
Western Riverside County, CA; Stephens' kangaroo rat, etc., 33135
Williamson County, TX; golden-cheeked warbler, 15507
Lahontan Valley Wetlands, NV; water rights acquisition, 52053
Marshall County et al., KY; Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge; establishment,
58699
Mexican gray wolf; reintroduction in Southwestern United States, 67573
Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area, MN and IA, 3456
Polar bear conservation; United States/Russia bilateral agreement, 37761
Virgin River, UT; nonnative red shiner eradication, 42051
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, SC, 29127
Environmental statements;
notice of intent:
Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge, WA, 65591
Willapa Bay, WA; spartina alterniflora grass invasion control, 67843
Federal wildland fire management policy and program review, 5737
Grants and cooperative
agreements; availability, etc.:
North American Wetlands Conservation Council; document availability, 9196
Sport fish and wildlife restoration projects, 15820
Habitat conservation planning and incidental take permitting process; handbook availability, 63854
Marine mammals:
Authorization letters; incidental take --
Oil and gas industry activities; polar bears and Pacific walruses, 3943,
28890
Marine mammals permit
applications, 6860, 7801, 8921, 24507, 34858, 48888, 51082,
52955, 64070, 64504, 64505, 68050
Meetings:
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 15508, 35808, 42649, 57448, 60722
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act and Atlantic Striped
Bass Conservation Act;
coordination of activities, 2839
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora International Trade Convention,
44332
Garrison Diversion Unit Federal Advisory Council, 18156, 51715
Klamath Fishery Management Council, 46660
Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force, 13866, 21475, 51715
Migratory Bird Regulations Committee, 67844
North American Wetlands Conservation Council, 7272, 30093, 57889
Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Advisory Committee, 3729,
16113, 48501
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, 9196, 37077, 50861
Migratory bird hunting:
Federal Cartridge Co.; tungsten-iron shot approval as nontoxic for waterfowl
hunting; application, 50862
Migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp (Duck Stamp) contest, 6255, 11428
Natural resource
damage assessment plans; availability, etc.:
Coeur d'Alene River Basin, ID, 32455
Lower Fox River/Green Bay, WI, 43558, 50045
Nonindigenous aquatic
nuisance prevention and control:
Aquatic nuisance species task force; document availability, 9718
Pipeline right-of-way
applications:
Louisiana, 26529
Minnesota, 68771
Wild Bird Conservation
Act of 1992:
Approval applications --
Schriver, Mark, 40244
Van Oosten, Jan Roger, 16805