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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AW50 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: ●Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Roswell Springsnail, Koster’s Springsnail, Noel’s Amphipod, and Pecos Assiminea  
Abstract: On August 9, 2005, we published a final rule designating critical habitat for four southwestern invertebrates: Roswell springsnail, Koster's springsnail, Noel's amphipod, and Pecos assiminea (70 FR 46304). The four are found at one site in Chaves County, New Mexico; Pecos assiminea is also found at a site in Pecos County, Texas, and a site in Reeves County, Texas. On December 19, 2007, Wild Earth Guardians filed a complaint challenging the merits of our critical habitat designation. Since our February 12, 2002, proposed designation (67 FR 6459), we have received no new information indicating that the species' ranges, habitat requirements, or threats have changed. Thus, we believe our February 12, 2002, proposal is the appropriate starting point for the designation of critical habitat for these species. Therefore, rather than publish a new proposed designation, we will prepare a Federal Register document reopening the 2002 proposal's comment period. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed 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
Final  Judicial  Settlement agreement.  07/30/2010 
NPRM  Judicial  Settlement agreement.  03/11/2009 

Overall Description of Deadline: Under a settlement agreement, we plan to: (1) withdraw the 2005 final rule and reopen the comment period on the original proposed critical habitat rule by March 11, 2009; and (2) submit a new final rule to the Federal Register by July 30, 2010.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  02/12/2002  67 FR 6459   
NPRM Comment Period End  04/15/2002  67 FR 6459   
Final Action  08/09/2005  70 FR 46304   
Final Action Effective  09/08/2005  70 FR 46304   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  03/12/2009  74 FR 10701   
Second NPRM Comment Period End  05/11/2009    
Final Action  07/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Related RINs: Previously reported as 1018-AI15, Previously reported as 1018-AT52 
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