1997 Federal Register Index
Proposed Rules
Notices
|
1997 Federal Register Index |
Final
Rules
Proposed Rules Notices |
Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act; Title VIII implementation (subsistence
priority):
Fish and wildlife; subsistence taking, 29016
Correction, 45723
Alaska National
Wildlife Refuges:
Special use permits; administration, 45336
Visitor service authorizations, 1838
Clean Vessel Act
grant programs:
Pumpout symbol, slogan, and program crediting, 45344
Endangered and threatened
species:
Barton Springs salamander, 23377
Bog turtle (northern and southern populations), 59605
Braunton's milk-vetch, etc., 4172
Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl, 10730
Callippe silverspot butterfly, etc., 64306
Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses, etc. (three wetland species in southern
Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico), 665
Catalina Island mountain-mahogany, etc. (three plants from Channel
Islands, CA), 42692
Coho salmon; Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast evolutionarily
significant unit, 33038
Contra Costa goldfields, etc. (four plants from vernal pools and
mesic areas, CA), 33029
Copperbelly water snake, 4183
Cordia bellonis, 1644
Cumberland elktoe, etc., 1647
Eggert's sunflower, 27973
Golden paintbrush, 31740
Guajon, 31757
Hairy Orcutt grass, etc., 14338
Hartweg's golden sunburst, etc. (two grassland plants from Central
Valley, CA), 5542
Hoffmann's rock-cress, etc. (13 plant taxa from Northern Channel
Islands, CA), 40954
Jaguar, 39147
Juglans jamaicensis, 1691
Laguna Mountains skipper and quino checkerspot butterfly, 2313
Marbled murrelet --
Critical habitat designation, 3241
Mount Hermon June beetle, etc., 3616
Peck's cave amphipod (three aquatic invertebrate species in Comal
and Hays Counties, TX), 66295
San Diego fairy shrimp, 4925
San Francisco lessingia, 33368
Sonoma alopecurus, etc. (nine plants from grasslands or mesic areas
of California Central Coast), 54791
Southwestern willow flycatcher, 39129
Correction, 44228
Steller sea lion; status listing change, 30772
Steller's eider (Alaska breeding population), 31748
Suisun thistle, etc., 61916
West Indian manatee, 63036
Whooping crane; Rocky Mountains population, 38932
Correction, 44227
Hunting and fishing:
Refuge-specific regulations, 47372
Importation, exportation,
and transportation of wildlife:
Designated port status --
Laredo, TX, et al., 30773
Marine mammals:
Polar bear trophies; importation from Canada, 7302
Migratory bird hunting:
Bismuth-tin shot as nontoxic for waterfowl and coot hunting; approval,
4874
Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded
lands, 46420, 50986
Harvest information program; participating States, 45706
Nontoxic shot approval procedures for shot and shot coatings; test
protocol, 63608
Seasons, limits, and shooting hours; establishment, etc., 6729, 44229,
46152, 50660, 51298
Tungsten-iron shot approval as nontoxic for 1997-1998 season, 43444
Migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) contest, 24844
National wildlife
refuge system:
Range and feral animal management --
Range animals; surplus disposition, 19936
Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act; Title VIII implementation (subsistence
priority):
Fish and wildlife taking, 39987
Waters subject to subsistence priority; redefinition, 66216
Alaska National
Wildlife Refuges:
Administrative and visitor facility sites, 34681
Endangered and threatened
species:
Alexander Archipelago wolf; status review, 6930, 14662, 32070
Arkansas River shiner, 64337
Baker's larkspur and yellow larkspur, 33383
Blackburn's sphinx moth (Hawaiian Islands), 15640
Black-footed ferrets; reintroduction into northwestern Colorado and
northeastern Utah, 23202
Bog turtle (northern population), 4229, 15873
Bruneau hot springsnail, 3493, 14101
Bull trout (Klamath and Columbia Rivers), 32268, 42092
California freshwater shrimp, 38958
Catesbaea melanocarpa, 65783
Chinese Camp brodiaea, etc. (ten plants from foothills of Sierra
Nevada Mountains, CA), 5199, 35116
Coastal dunes milkvetch, etc. (five plants and lizard from Monterey
County, CA), 15646
Desert bighorn sheep; Peninsular Ranges population, 16518, 32733,
55563
Findings on petitions, etc. --
Alexander Archipelago wolf, 46709
Anadromous Atlantic salmon in seven Maine rivers; withdrawn, 66325
Atlantic sturgeon, 54018
Canada lynx, 28653
Harlequin duck, 42473
Lesser prairie-chicken, 36482, 59334
Mountain yellow-legged frog, 36481
Namibian cheetah, 64800
Northern goshawk, 50892
Queen Charlotte goshawk, 46710
Red wolf, 64799
Santa Ana sucker, 15872
Stone Mountain fairy shrimp, 39210
Flat-tailed horned lizard, 10016, 24632, 37852
Flatwoods salamander, 65787
Gray wolf, 65237
Habitat conservation plans, safe harbor agreements, and candidate
conservation agreements, 32189
Hawaiian ferns (four species), 39209
Hoffmann's rock-cress, etc. (16 plant taxa from Northern Channel
Islands, CA), 3263
Illinois Cave amphipod, 40319, 52679
Ione buckwheat, etc., 34190
Jaguar (panthera onca), 4718
Kauai cave wolf spider and Kauai cave amphipod, 64340
Keck's checker-mallow, 40325, 49954
Mobile River Basin, AL; cylindrical lioplax, etc. (six aquatic snails),
54020, 66583
Newcomb's snail, 38953, 60676
`oha wai, etc. (ten plant taxa from Maui Nui, HI), 26757
Ortegon (plant endemic to Puerto Rico); withdrawn, 9724
Pahranagat Valley, NV; aquatic and riparian species, 42473
Pallid Manzanita, 8417, 24388
Parish's meadowfoam, etc., 5560
Plant and animal taxa, 49398
Candidate taxa reclassification, 49191
Preble's meadow jumping mouse, 14093, 67041, 243878
Queen Charlotte goshawk; status review, 6930
Recovery plans --
Grizzly bear, 35762, 48206, 55774
Lee County cave isopod, 33390
Marsh sandwort, etc., 33798
Riparian brush rabbit, etc., 62276
Rough Popcornflower, 61953
San Bruno Mountain manzanita; withdrawn, 33388
Santa Cruz rain beetle, 3654
Santa Rosa Island dudleya, etc. (3 plant taxa from Northern Channel
Islands, CA), 41016
St. Andrew Beach mouse, 54028
Stephens' kangaroo rat, 33799
Topeka shiner, 55381, 67324
Virginia sneezeweed, 50896
Wenatchee Mountains checker-mallow, 41328
West Indian manatee, 63062
Endangered Species Convention:
Appendices and amendments, 18559, 18731, 31054, 44627
Sturgeon and paddlefish species, etc.; meetings, 64347
Revisions; suggestions and recommendations request, 42093
Habitat conservation
planning and incidental take permitting process; handbook availability;
no surprises
policy, 29091
Hunting and fishing:
Refuge-specific regulations, 38959, 53773
Importation, exportation,
and transportation of wildlife:
Designated port status --
Laredo, TX, et al., 2354
Humane and healthful transport of wild mammals, birds, reptiles,
and amphibians to U.S., 31044, 42091, 64335
Marine mammals:
Endangered fish or wildlife --
Anadromous Atlantic salmon in seven Maine rivers, 28413
Migratory bird hunting:
Annual hunting regulations and Indian tribal proposal requests, 12054
Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded
lands, 43042
Migratory bird harvest information program; participating States,
12524
Seasons, limits, and shooting hours; establishment, etc., 31298,
39712, 45078
Correction, 46801
Tungsten-iron shot as nontoxic for 1997-98 season; temporary approval,
4877
Migratory bird hunting
and conservation stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) contest, 4516
Migratory bird permits:
Double-crested cormorant; depredation order implementation, 33960
National wildlife
refuge system:
Midway Islands and Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge; administration,
45381
Agency information
collection activities:
Proposed collection; comment request, 11910, 11913, 18644, 30333,
65280
Submission for OMB review; comment request, 10576, 19124, 30874,
33669, 36560, 36561,
41968, 52758, 52763, 58739, 63722
Alaska Land Bank Program agreements, 4074
Coastal Barrier
Resources System:
Boundary modifications, 19125
Florida; boundary modifications, 28891, 58741
Maps, 8258
Endangered and threatened
species:
Candidate conservation agreements; policy announcement and comment
request, 32183
Conservation agreements --
Coral Pink Sand Dunes tiger beetle, 23785
Least chub, 50394
Spotted frog in Utah, 63375, 67398
Topeka shiner in Mill Creek Watershed District, KS, 30610
Wonderland Alice-flower, 44713
Emergency exemptions --
Gorilla, 47040
Kemp's ridley sea turtles, 45674
Neonate margay, 4548
Listing priority guidance extension (1997 FY), 55268
Recovery plans --
Amaranthus brownii, etc. (three plant species on Nihoa Island), 46507
Applegate's milk-vetch, 50396
Big Island (Hawaii) plant cluster, 51129
Braun's rockcress, 13703
California freshwater shrimp, 50958
California jewelflower, etc. (upland species of San Joaquin Valley,
CA), 51128
Chittenango ovate amber snail, 51481
Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens, etc. (seven plants and Myrtle's
silverspot butterfly from
California coastal habitats), 51126
Clover and Independence Valleys speckled dace, 51124
Cushenbury buckweat, etc. (five plants from California), 51125
El Segundo blue butterfly, 51124
Florida panther, 67886
Florida salt marsh vole, 7793
Gesneria pauciflora, 49989
Grizzly bear, 19777, 36568, 47677, 59877
Hawaiian hoary bat, 50399
Inyo California towhee, 43003
Kauai plant cluster, 44483
Kokia cookei, 43544
Micronesian megapode, 50398
Mitracarpus maxwelliae, etc., 49990
Molokai plant cluster, 46369
Morro shoulderband snail, etc., 51126
Mount Hermon June beetle, etc. (two insects and four plants from
Santa Cruz Mountains, CA), 51122
Nelson's checker-mallow, 50397
Nightingale reed-warbler, 51123
Oahu plants (66 plant taxa), 51120
Okaloosa darter, 31618, 43342
Owens tui chub, etc., 1777
Pacific pocket mouse, 50398
Pedate checkermallow, etc., 44484
Pleodendron macranthum, etc., 50959
Point Arena mountain beaver, 44133
Razorback sucker, 47040
San Diego button celery, etc. (in Vernal Pools of Southern California),
50620
Santa Cruz cypress, 31125
Shasta crayfish, 51127
Warner sucker, etc., 50395
Western lily, 47041, 48345
Safe harbor policy; comment request, 32178
Southern Rocky Mountain boreal toad; conservation strategy availability,
24503
Endangered and threatened
species permit applications,
104, 1468, 2382, 3515, 4548, 5030, 5642, 6002, 6003, 6264, 6794,
7251, 8034,
8260, 8455, 8768, 8980, 9204, 10871, 11218, 11915, 12661, 13895,
15192, 15726,
17199, 17200, 18141, 18356, 20018, 23478, 25201, 25965, 26813, 28493,
28726,
29366, 30875, 31445, 32362, 34074, 34302, 34481, 35829, 36070, 37072,
37275,
37926, 38320, 39248, 39854, 41072, 42588, 42816, 43544, 45673, 45864,
46506,
47040, 47825, 47826, 48667, 48880, 50394, 51120, 51675, 51676, 52349,
53016,
54647, 58742, 59876, 61139, 61521, 62068, 62335, 63374, 63956, 65281,
66660, 67089
Endangered Species
Convention:
Giant panda import permit policy, 35518, 53017
Trade prohibition in Eunectes notaeus specimens from Argentina lifted,
43742
Environmental statements;
availability, etc.:
Alameda County, CA; Alameda National Wildlife Refuge, 41968
Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, MO, 56198
Bitterroot Ecosystem, MT and ID; grizzly bear recovery, 35519
Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge, LA; establishment, 13162
Clark County, NV; multiple species conservation plan, 9443
Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge, KY, 4075
Coakley Landfill Superfund Site, NH, 23479
Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge, IL, 26813
Incidental take permits --
Alachua and Citrus Counties, FL; red-cockaded woodpecker, 31125
Atkinson County, GA; Eastern indigo snake, 47827
Baldwin County, AL; Alabama beach mouse, 51130, 61522
Bexar Metropolitan Water District, TX; San Marcos gambusia, etc.,
1778
Brevard County, FL; Florida scrub jay, etc., 38112
California Forestry and Fire Protection Department; northern spotted
owl, etc., 52147
Charlotte County, FL; Florida scrub-jay, 41969, 65816
Contra Costa County, CA; California red-legged frog, 45674
Curry County, OR; marbled murrelet, 32363
Daphne, AL; Alabama beach mouse, 3517
Florence County, SC; red-cockaded woodpecker, 6794
Garfield County, UT; Utah prairie dog, 55652
Georgetown County, SC; red-cockaded woodpeckers, 26322
Humboldt County, CA; northern spotted owl, 29146
Iron County, UT; Utah prairie dog, 9204, 16603
Jim Wells County, TX; aplomado falcon, 64395
Kern County, CA; Kern Water Bank natural community/habitat conservation
plan, 27062
Kern County, CA; San Joaquin kit fox, etc., 37073
Lane, Linn, Benton, and Douglas Counties, OR; northern spotted owl,
etc., 3516, 14161
Mendocino County, CA; northern spotted owl, etc., 60526
Monroe County, AL; Red Hills salamander, 5032
Natomas Basin Area, Sacramento and Sutter Counties, CA; giant garter
snake, etc., 33099
Pineywoods region, TX; red-cockaded woodpecker, 27617
Riverside County, CA; Stephens' kangaroo rat, etc., 13163
Sacramento and Sutter Counties, CA; giant garter snake, etc., 2174
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands; nightingale reed-warbler, 7794
San Bernadino County, CA; desert tortoise, etc., 61523
San Bernardino County, CA; Delhi Sands flower-loving fly, 43003
San Diego County, CA; 85 sensitive plant and animal species, 61140,
65436
San Diego County, CA; California gnatcatcher, 58976, 67887
San Diego County, CA; multiple species conservation program, 14938
San Joaquin County, CA; multiple species conservation plan, 12247
Santa Cruz County, CA; Mount Hermon June beetle, etc., 29732
South Carolina Natural Resources Department; statewide safe harbor
program;
red-cockaded woodpecker, 51678
Southeast Region; summary, 54121
Travis County, TX; golden-cheeked warbler, 47829
Yolo County, CA; valley elderberry longhorn beetle, 31445
MAXXAM, Inc., et al,; joint Federal and State actions, 1339, 4787
Mexican gray wolf; reintroduction in Southwestern United States,
15915
Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, WA, 52764
Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area, MN and IA,
47215
Oregon Forestry Department; habitat conservation plan; meetings,
55824
Salmon and steelhead artificial production strategies in Columbia
Basin, 8034, 20020
Shared polar bear population conservation in Chukchi/Bering seas;
United States/Russia bilateral agreement, 13703
Waccamaw National Wildlife Refuge, SC, 28061
Environmental statements;
notice of intent:
Habitat protection in selected areas of western portions of Washington,
Oregon, and northern California, 25201
Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Ohio; comprehensive
management plans
and environmental assessments, 51482
Incidental take permits --
Del Norte County, CA; northern spotted owl, etc., 62336
Idaho, Montana, and Washington; bull trout, etc., 65437
Kern County, CA; Valley Floor habitat conservation plan; public scoping
meeting, 55269
Mendocino, Sonoma, and Humboldt Counties, CA; northern spotted owl,
etc., 45676
National Bison Range Complex, MT; comprehensive conservation plan,
64595
Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge, ME, and Great Bay National
Wildlife Refuge, NH, 64232
Fisherman's Protective
Act; Pelly Amendment:
South Korea; certification petition; conservation of bears, 24502
Taiwan; certification termination, 23479
Grants and cooperative
agreements; availability, etc.:
North American Wetlands Conservation Councily --
Application instructions package availability, 4320
Small grants proposals request, 4548
Sport fish and wildlife restoration administrative projects, 10871
Importation, exportation,
and transportation of wildlife:
American alligators; conservation implications of exportation; comment
request, 34074
Management framework
plans, etc.:
Oregon, 41970
Marine mammals:
Annual report availability (1994 CY), 5243, 14438
Incidental taking; authorization letters, etc. --
Oil and gas industry activities; polar bears and Pacific walruses,
2678, 31618
Stock assessment reports; completion and availability, etc. --
Southern sea otter, CA, et al., 20201
Marine mammals permit
applications,
1468, 6949, 10874, 14437, 14438, 23229, 30876, 32364, 34483, 36071, 37074,
38320, 38575, 39854, 41072, 42103, 42589, 43545, 45676, 47829, 48880,
51680,
53018, 54648, 54851, 59877, 63376, 65282
Meetings:
Adaptive harvest management, 18357
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 30876, 33435, 52765, 58977,
63555
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act and Atlantic
Striped Bass Conservation Act;
coordination of activities, 12662
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora International Trade Convention,
14689, 18777, 41408
Negotiating positions, 31127
Garrison Diversion Unit Federal Advisory Council, 25967
Klamath Fishery Management Council, 3909, 6796, 13163, 47678
Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force, 15193, 31151, 51131
Migratory Bird Regulations Committee et al., 65710
North American Wetlands Conservation Council, 8455, 32651, 62617
San Francisco Bay/Inland Delta biological case study public workshop,
63556
Silvio Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge Advisory Committee,
4075
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, 26814, 56199
Migratory bird hunting:
Federal Cartridge Co.; tungsten-polymer shot approval as nontoxic
for waterfowl hunting;
application approval, 55417
Migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp (Duck Stamp) contest, 67649
Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge, MA; management plan, 66660
Natural resource
damage assessment plans; availability, etc.:
Commencement Bay, WA, 12601
Grand Calumet River et al., IN, 53335, 61341
Lower Fox River/Green Bay, WI, 67888
Pipeline right-of-way
applications:
Texas, 10875
Plant species that occur in wetlands, national list; revision, 2680
Sharon Steel restoration plan, UT; availability, meeting, and comment request, 60914
Wetland functions, hydrogeomorphic approach to assessing; National action plan, 33607
Wild Bird Conservation
Act of 1992:
Approval applications --
Boyer, Susan, 20202, 60914
Bright, Heather, 10875
Hancock, David, 27268
Van Oosten, Jan roer, 60914