[PCA] FR Notice: Designation of critical habitat for San Bernardino bluegrass and California taraxacum

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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Poa atropurpurea (San Bernardino bluegrass) and Taraxacum californicum (California taraxacum) 

[Federal Register: August 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 158)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47705-47767]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical
Habitat for Poa atropurpurea (San Bernardino bluegrass) and Taraxacum
californicum (California taraxacum); Final Rule


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
[FWS-R8-ES-2007-0010; 92210-1117-0000-B4]
RIN 1018-AV04

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of
Critical Habitat for Poa atropurpurea (San Bernardino bluegrass) and
Taraxacum californicum (California taraxacum)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are
designating critical habitat for Poa atropurpurea and Taraxacum
californicum under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(Act). Approximately 2,489 acres (ac) (1,009 hectares (ha)) of land in
San Bernardino and San Diego Counties, California, fall within the
boundaries of the critical habitat designation for P. atropurpurea, and
approximately 1,914 ac (775 ha) of land in San Bernardino County,
California, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat
designation for T. californicum.

DATES: This rule becomes effective on September 15, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The final rule, final economic analysis, and map of critical
habitat will be available on the Internet at http://
www.regulations.gov . Supporting documentation we used in preparing this
final rule, will be available for public inspection, by appointment,
during normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Carlsbad,
CA 92011; telephone 760-431-9440; facsimile 760-431-5901.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Bartel, Field Supervisor, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office (see
ADDRESSES section). If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-
8339.