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83 FR 88 pgs. 20088-20092 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 156 Species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Palau, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands

Type: NOTICEVolume: 83Number: 88Pages: 20088 - 20092
Docket number: [FWS-R1-ES-2018-N031; FXES11130100000C4-189-FF01E00000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2018-09603 Filed 5-4-18; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 20088, 20089, 20090

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2018-N031; FXES11130100000C4-189-FF01E00000]

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews for 156 Species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Palau, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands

AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of initiation of reviews; request for information.

SUMMARY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are initiating 5-year status reviews for 156 species in Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Palau, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). A 5-year review is based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review; therefore, we are requesting submission of any new information on these species that has become available since the last review.

DATES:

To ensure consideration in our reviews, we are requesting submission of new information no later than July 6, 2018. However, we will continue to accept new information about any species at any time.

ADDRESSES:

Submit information on the Hutton tui chub and Nelson's checker-mallow (of Oregon and Washington) via U.S. mail to Field Supervisor, Attention: 5-Year Review, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th Ave., Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266.

Submit information on any of the 154 species in Hawaii, Palau, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands via U.S. mail to Field Supervisor; Attention: 5-Year Review; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., Room 3- 122 Honolulu, HI 96850; or by email to pifwo_admin@fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For Hutton tui chub and Nelson's checker-mallow (of Oregon and Washington), contact Michele Zwartjes, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, at 503-231-6179.

For the 154 species in Hawaii, Palau, Guam, or the Northern Mariana Islands, contact Gregory Koob, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office, at 808-792-9400.

Individuals who are hearing impaired or speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 for TTY assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Why do we conduct 5-year reviews?

Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ), we maintain lists of endangered and threatened wildlife and plant species (referred to as the List) in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.11 (for wildlife) and 17.12 (for plants). Section 4(c)(2) of the Act requires us to review each listed species' status at least once every 5 years. For additional information about 5-year reviews, refer to our factsheet at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/what-we-do/recovery-overview.html.

What information do we consider in our review?

A 5-year review considers all new information available at the time of the review. In conducting these reviews, we consider the best scientific and commercial data that have become available since the listing determination or most recent status review, such as:

(A) Species biology, including but not limited to population trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics;

(B) Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount, distribution, and suitability;

(C) Conservation measures that have been implemented that benefit the species;

(D) Threat status and trends in relation to the five listing factors (as defined in section 4(a)(1) of the Act); and

(E) Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical methods.

Any new information will be considered during the 5-year review and will also be useful in evaluating the ongoing recovery programs for these species.

Which species are under review?


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Common name Scientific name Status Known range of species occurrence Final listing rule and publication date
Animals
Mammals
Pacific sheath-tailed bat (Mariana subspecies) (Payeyi, Paischeey) Emballonura semicaudata rotensis Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Mariana fruit bat Pteropus mariannus mariannus Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984; 70 FR 1190, 1/6/2005.
Little Mariana fruit bat Pteropus tokudae Endangered Guam 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Birds
Nightingale reed warbler Acrocephalus luscinia Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 35 FR 8491, 6/2/1970; 35 FR 18319, 12/2/1970.
Mariana gray swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis bartschi Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Hawaii 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Hawaiian crow (Alala) Corvus hawaiiensis Endangered Hawaii 32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967.
Mariana crow (Aga) Corvus kubaryi Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Mariana common moorhen Gallinula chloropus guami Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Akiapolaau Hemignathus wilsoni Endangered Hawaii 32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967.
Palila Loxioides bailleui Endangered Hawaii 32 FR 4001, 3/11/1967.
Hawaii akepa Loxops coccineus Endangered Hawaii 35 FR 16047, 10/13/1970.
Micronesian megapode Megapodius laperouse Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau 35 FR 8491, 6/2/1970.
Hawaii creeper Oreomystis mana Endangered Hawaii 40 FR 44149, 9/25/1975.
Guam rail Rallus owstoni Endangered Guam 49 FR 14354, 4/11/1984; 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984; 54 FR 43966, 10/30/1989.
Guam kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus Endangered Guam 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984; 69 FR 62943, 10/28/2004.
Bridled white-eye Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus Endangered Guam 49 FR 33881, 8/27/1984.
Rota bridled white-eye Zosterops rotensis Endangered Northern Mariana Islands 69 FR 3022, 1/22/2004.
Reptiles
Slevin's skink Emoia slevini Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Fishes
Hutton tui chub Gila bicolor ssp. Threatened Oregon 50 FR 12302, 3/28/1985.
Snails
Newcomb's tree snail Newcombia cumingi Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Humped tree snail (Akaleha, Denden) Partula gibba Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Langford's tree snail (Akaleha, Denden) Partula langfordi Endangered Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Guam tree snail (Akaleha, Denden) Partula radiolata Endangered Guam 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Lanai tree snail Partulina semicarinata Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Lanai tree snail Partulina variabilis Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Fragile tree snail (Akaleha dogas, Denden) Samoana fragilis Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Crustaceans
Anchialine pool shrimp Procaris hawaiana Endangered Hawaii 81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
Anchialine pool shrimp Vetericaris chaceorum Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Insects
Hawaiian picture-wing fly Drosophila digressa Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Hawaiian picture-wing fly Drosophila heteroneura Endangered Hawaii 71 FR 26835, 5/9/2006.
Hawaiian picture-wing fly Drosophila mulli Threatened Hawaii 71 FR 26835, 5/9/2006.
Hawaiian picture-wing fly Drosophila ochrobasis Endangered Hawaii 71 FR 26835, 5/9/2006.
Rota blue damselfly (Dulalas Luta, Dulalas Luuta) Ischnura luta Endangered Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Mariana wandering butterfly (Ababbang, Libweibwogh) Vagrans egistina Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Plants
Flowering Plants
Liliwai Acaena exigua Endangered Hawaii 57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.
No common name Achyranthes mutica Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
Round-leaved chaff-flower Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Endangered Hawaii 51 FR 10518, 3/26/1986.
Mauna Loa silversword (Kau) Argyroxiphium kauense Endangered Hawaii 58 FR 18029, 4/7/1993.
Ahinahina Argyroxiphium sandwicense ssp. sandwicense Endangered Hawaii 51 FR 9814, 3/1/1986.
Kookoolau Bidens campylotheca pentamera Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Kookoolau Bidens campylotheca waihoiensis Endangered Hawaii 8 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Kookoolau Bidens conjuncta Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Bidens hillebrandiana ssp. hillebrandiana Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Kookoolau Bidens micrantha ctenophylla Endangered Hawaii 8 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Siboyas halumtanu, Siboyan halom tano Bulbophyllum guamense Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Oha wai Clermontia drepanomorpha Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Oha wai Clermontia lindseyana Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Oha wai Clermontia peleana Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Oha wai Clermontia pyrularia Endangered Hawaii 9 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Haha Cyanea asplenifolia Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea copelandii ssp. copelandii Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Haha Cyanea duvalliorum Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea hamatiflora ssp. carlsonii Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Nui, Haha Cyanea horrida Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea kunthiana Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea maritae Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea marksii Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Haha Cyanea mauiensis Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea munroi Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea obtusa Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Akuaku Cyanea platyphylla Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name Cyanea profuga Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea shipmanii Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Popolo Cyanea solanacea Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haha Cyanea stictophylla Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Haha Cyanea tritomantha Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Fadang Cycas micronesica Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Cyperus fauriei Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Puukaa Cyperus trachysanthos Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
Haiwale Cyrtandra ferripilosa Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haiwale Cyrtandra filipes Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haiwale Cyrtandra giffardii Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name Cyrtandra nanawaleensis Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Haiwale Cyrtandra oxybapha Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Haiwale Cyrtandra tintinnabula Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name Cyrtandra wagneri Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name Delissea undulata Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53124, 10/10/1996.
No common name Dendrobium guamense Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Eugenia bryanii Endangered Guam 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Festuca molokaiensis Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Nohoanu Geranium hanaense Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Nohoanu Geranium hillebrandii Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Gouania vitifolia Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 32932, 6/27/1994.
Honohono Haplostachys haplostachya Endangered Hawaii 44 FR 62468, 10/30/1979.
Paudedo Hedyotis megalantha Endangered Guam 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Ufa-halomtano Heritiera longipetiolata Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Hesperomannia arbuscula Endangered Hawaii 56 FR 55770, 10/29/1991.
Hau kuahiwi Hibiscadelphus giffardianus Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Hau kuahiwi Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Aupaka Isodendrion hosakae Endangered Hawaii 56 FR 1454, 1/14/1991.
Kioele Kadua coriacea Endangered Hawaii 57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.
Kohe malama malama o kanaloa Kanaloa kahoolawensis Endangered Hawaii 64 FR 48307, 9/3/1999.
Koki`o Kokia drynarioides Endangered Hawaii 49 FR 47397, 12/4/1984.
No common name Lepidium orbiculare Endangered Hawaii 81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name Lipochaeta venosa Endangered Hawaii 44 FR 62468, 10/30/1979.
No common name Maesa walkeri Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Alani Melicope zahlbruckneri Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Sea bean Mucuna sloanei var. persericea Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Kolea Myrsine vaccinioides Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Neraudia ovata Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name Nervilia jacksoniae Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Nesogenes rotensis Endangered Northern Mariana Islands 69 FR 18499; 04/08/2004.
Aiea Nothocestrum breviflorum Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Kului Nototrichium humile Endangered Hawaii 56 FR 55770, 10/29/1991.
No common name Osmoxylon mariannense Endangered Northern Mariana Islands 69 FR 18499; 04/08/2004.
Ala ala wai nui Peperomia subpetiolata Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Phyllanthus saffordii Endangered Guam 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Phyllostegia bracteata Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Phyllostegia floribunda Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name Phyllostegia haliakalae Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Phyllostegia helleri Endangered Hawaii 81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name Phyllostegia pilosa Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Kiponapona Phyllostegia racemosa Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name Phyllostegia stachyoides Endangered Hawaii 81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name Phyllostegia velutina Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name Phyllostegia warshaueri Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
No common name Pittosporum halophilum Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Pittosporum hawaiiense Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Kuahiwi laukahi Plantago hawaiensis Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name Platydesma remyi Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Hala pepe Pleomele fernaldii Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Hala pepe Pleomele hawaiiensis Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Poe Portulaca sclerocarpa Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Loulu Pritchardia lanigera Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Loulu Pritchardia maideniana Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Loulu Pritchardia schattaueri Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Aplokating-palaoan Psychotria malaspinae Endangered Guam 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Schiedea diffusa ssp. macraei Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
Maolioli Schiedea hawaiiensis Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name Schiedea jacobii Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Schiedea laui Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Schiedea nuttallii Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53108, 10/10/1996.
No common name Schiedea salicaria Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Hayun lagu, Tronkon guafi Serianthes nelsonii Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 52 FR 4907; 02/18/1997.
Anunu Sicyos albus Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Nelson's checker-mallow Sidalcea nelsoniana Threatened Oregon, Washington 58 FR 8235, 2/12/1993.
No common name Silene hawaiiensis Threatened Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
Halomtano, Berenghenas Solanum guamense Endangered Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Popolo ku mai Solanum incompletum Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 56333, 10/10/1994.
No common name Stenogyne angustifolia var. angustifolia Endangered Hawaii 44 FR 62468, 10/30/1979.
No common name Stenogyne cranwelliae Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 64637, 10/29/2013.
No common name Stenogyne kaalae ssp. sherffii Endangered Hawaii 81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name Stenogyne kauaulaensis Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
No common name Tabernaemontana rotensis Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Tetramolopium arenarium Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 10305, 3/4/1994.
No common name Tetramolopium lepidotum ssp. lepidotum Endangered Hawaii 56 FR 55770, 10/29/1991.
No common name Tinospora homosepala Endangered Guam 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
No common name Tuberolabium guamense Threatened Guam, Northern Mariana Islands 80 FR 59423, 10/1/2015.
Hawaiian vetch Vicia menziesii Endangered Hawaii 43 FR 17910, 4/26/1978.
No common name Vigna o-wahuensis Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 56333, 11/10/1994.
No common name Wikstroemia skottsbergiana Endangered Hawaii 81 FR 67786, 9/30/2016.
No common name Wikstroemia villosa Endangered Hawaii 78 FR 32013, 5/28/2013.
Ae Zanthoxylum dipetalum var. tomentosum Endangered Hawaii 61 FR 53137, 10/10/1996.
Ferns and Allies
No common name Asplenium peruvianum var. insulare Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.
No common name Diplazium molokaiense Endangered Hawaii 59 FR 49025, 9/26/1994.
Wawaeiole Huperzia mannii Endangered Hawaii 57 FR 20772, 5/15/1992.


Request for New Information

To ensure that a 5-year review is complete and based on the best available scientific and commercial information, we request new information from all sources. See What Information Do We Consider in Our Review? for specific criteria. If you submit information, please support it with documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources.

If you wish to provide information for any species listed in the table, please submit your comments and materials to the appropriate contact in ADDRESSES .

Public Availability of Comments

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment-including your personal identifying information-may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Comments and materials received will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the offices to which the comments are submitted.

Completed and Active Reviews

A list of all completed and currently active 5-year reviews addressing species for which the Pacific Region of the Service has lead responsibility is available at http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/endangered/recovery/5year.html.

Authority

This document is published under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ).

Theresa E. Rabot,

Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 2018-09603 Filed 5-4-18; 8:45 am]

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