Opportunity to Review and Comment on Revised Draft Recovery Plan for the Masked Bobwhite Quail is Reopened

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Opportunity to Review and Comment on Revised Draft Recovery Plan

for the Masked Bobwhite Quail is Reopened

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the

reopening of a public review and comment period on a revised draft

recovery plan for the masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus

ridgwayi) which the Service listed as an endangered species on March

11, 1967 (32 FR 4001). The Notice of Availability for review and

comment was published on May 5, 1994. The 60-day period closed on July

5, 1994. Via this notice, the comment period will reopen on the date of

this publication and remain open until September 1, 1994. All comments

received during the initial period available for comments and from date

of this publication to September 1, 1994, will be considered prior to

finalization of the revised recovery plan.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the draft recovery plan may obtain

a copy by contacting the Refuge Manager, Buenos Aires National Wildlife

Refuge, P.O. Box 109, Sasabe, Arizona 85633. Written comments and

materials regarding the plan should be addressed to the Field

Supervisor at the above address. Comments and materials received are

available on request for public inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. William (Bill) Kuvlesky, Jr., U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service Biologist, telephone (602) 823-4251, or at

the above address.

Authority

The Authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered

Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533 (f).

Dated: July 11, 1994.

John G. Rogers,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 94-17745 Filed 7-20-94; 8:45 am]

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