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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the North Park Phacelia From the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
The Fish and Wildlife Service published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on March 19, 2024. Comments closed on May 20, 2024.
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What the agency says
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to remove the North Park phacelia (Phacelia formosula) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants due to recovery. The best available scientific information indicates that threats to North Park phacelia identified at the time of listing in 1982 are not as significant as originally anticipated and are being adequately managed. Additionally, recent taxonomic studies have indicated that the species has four new populations and an expanded range in Colorado based on the inclusion of plants previously thought to be different species or subspecies. We find that delisting the species is warranted. Our review of the best available scientific and commercial data indicates that the threats to the North Park phacelia have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Accordingly, we propose to delist the North Park phacelia. We request information and comments from the public regarding this proposed rule and the draft post-delisting monitoring (PDM) plan for the North Park phacelia. If we finalize this rule as proposed, the prohibitions and conservation measures provided by the Act, particularly through sections 7 and 9, would no longer apply to the species.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-05674
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule; availability of draft post-delisting monitoring plan
- Agency
- Interior Department; Fish and Wildlife Service
- Published
- March 19, 2024
- Comments due
- May 20, 2024
- Dates
- We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before May 20, 2024. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on the closing date. We must receive requests for public hearings, in writing, at the address shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by May 3, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2023-0114; FF09E22000 FXES1113090FEDR 245
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1018-BH01
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 50 CFR 17
- Topics
- Endangered and threatened species; Exports; Imports; Plants; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Transportation; Wildlife
- Pages
- 21
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