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RIN: 1018-AW24

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: ●Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Taxonomic Change To Recognize Three Distinct Species: Sclerocactus Brevispinus S. Glaucus and S. Wetlandicus
Abstract: We announced in a 12-month finding on a petition to list Sclerocactus brevispinus (Pariette cactus) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 that reclassifying S. brevispinus as endangered is warranted but precluded. S. brevispinus is currently listed as threatened as part of the S. glaucus (Uinta Basin hookless cactus) complex. We propose to revise the taxonomy of S. glaucus (previously considered a complex), which is currently listed as a threatened species, to recognize the three distinct species: S. brevispinus, S. glaucus, and S. wetlandicus. Because these species make up what was formerly the complex, each will maintain its status of being listed as threatened. In addition, we propose common names for S. glaucus (Colorado hookless cactus) and S. wetlandicus (Uinta Basin hookless cactus).
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Statutory		09/12/2008

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/18/2007	72 FR 53211
NPRM Comment Period End	11/19/2007	72 FR 53211
Final Action	03/00/2009

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Sarah Quamme Chief, Branch of Domestic Listing, Ecological Services Program Department of the Interior United States Fish and Wildlife Service 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 Phone:703 358-1796 Fax:703 358-1800 Email: sarah_quamme@fws.gov