Proposed Rules. Proposed rule; notice of availability and reopening of public comment period

Agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior
Action: Proposed rule; notice of availability and reopening of public comment period
Citation: FR Doc. 2011-28065 · RIN 1018-AX51 · Docket No. FWS-R8-FHC-2011-0046; 94310-1337-0000-D2 · 50 CFR 17

Summary

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), published a proposed rule and notice of availability of a revised draft supplemental environmental impact statement on the translocation of southern sea otters (revised draft SEIS) in the Federal Register on August 26, 2011. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concurrently published a notice of availability of the revised draft SEIS. The 60-day comment period for our notice ended on October 24, 2011. This notice announces a 15-day reopening of the comment period.

Dates

We will consider comments on the proposed rule, associated revised draft SEIS (which includes a revised draft translocation program evaluation as Appendix C), and initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA) that are received or postmarked on or before November 21, 2011.

Supplementary Information

We are responding to a request by the California Sea Urchin Commission, dated September 15, 2011, for a 45-day extension to the comment period on the proposed rule and revised draft SEIS. Court settlement deadlines prevent us from granting the full 45-day extension; however, we are reopening the comment period for 15 days. All comments must be received or postmarked on or before the date shown in DATES . Comments previously submitted on the proposed rule or revised draft SEIS need not be resubmitted and will be fully considered in preparation of the final rule. Your comments are part of the public record, and we will fully consider them in the preparation of our final determination. Comments and materials we receive are available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the address shown in the ADDRESSES section. 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. Dated: October 21, 2011. Rachel Jacobson, Acting Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks. [FR Doc. 2011-28065 Filed 11-3-11; 8:45 am]