Interior Department Docket FWS-R4-ES-2021-0097 Final Rule

2024-17458: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Pearl River Map Turtle With Section 4(d) Rule; and Threatened Species Status for Alabama Map Turtle, Barbour's Map Turtle, Escambia Map Turtle, and Pascagoula Map Turtle Due to Similarity of Appearance With Section 4(d) Rule; Correction

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Summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 12, 2024. The rule added five species of freshwater turtles to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. The preamble included literature citation errors, and the regulatory text included paragraph designation errors. This document corrects those errors.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

448 words as published, August 09, 2024. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024) [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 154 (Friday, August 9, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 65225] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-17458] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 [Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2021-0097; FXES1111090FEDR-245-FF09E21000] RIN 1018-BF42 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Pearl River Map Turtle With Section 4(d) Rule; and Threatened Species Status for Alabama Map Turtle, Barbour's Map Turtle, Escambia Map Turtle, and Pascagoula Map Turtle Due to Similarity of Appearance With Section 4(d) Rule; Correction

Agency

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

Action

Final rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 12, 2024. The rule added five species of freshwater turtles to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. The preamble included literature citation errors, and the regulatory text included paragraph designation errors. This document corrects those errors.

Dates

Effective August 12, 2024.

For Further Information Contact

James Austin, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office, 6578 Dogwood View Parkway, Suite A, Jackson, MS 39213; telephone 601-321-1129. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point of contact in the United States.

Supplementary Information

In FR Doc. 2024-15176 appearing on page 57206 in the Federal Register of July 12, 2024, the following corrections are made: Preamble Corrections

1. On page 57211, near the top of the first column, in the response

to Comment 16, ``Pearson et al. 2020'' is corrected to read, ``Pearson et al. 2020b''.

2. On page 57217, at the bottom of the second column and again at

the top of the third column, ``Buhlman 2014'' is corrected to read, ``Buhlmann 2014''.

3. On page 57221, in the third column, below the table, ``Pearson

et al. 2020'' is corrected to read, ``Pearson et al. 2020a''.

4. On page 57223, at the bottom of the third column, ``Pearson et

al. 2020'' is corrected to read, ``Pearson et al. 2020a''. Regulatory Correction Sec. 17.42 [Corrected] 0

5. On page 57236, in the second column, in Sec. 17.42, the second

instance of paragraph (m)(2)(ii) and paragraph (m)(2)(iii) are redesignated as paragraphs (m)(2)(iii) and (iv), respectively. Madonna Baucum, Chief, Policy and Regulations Branch, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2024-17458 Filed 8-8-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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