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We will develop a listing determination for two murrelet species, the Scripps’s murrelet and the Guadalupe murrelet, which inhabit the warm offshore waters of the Pacific. The two species breed on islands and offshore rocks at the Channel Islands, California, and to the south along the Baja California, Mexico, coastline. Foraging occurs along the coast from Baja California, Mexico, north to British Columbia, Canada. We will, if determined prudent and determinable, designate critical habitat for the two species, under the Endangered Species Act, as a separate rulemaking action (RIN 1018-BA23). We are required to designate critical habitat, to the maximum extent prudent and determinable, concurrent with a listing determination for the species.