Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Extension of Comment Period for the Bull Trout (Salvelinus Confluentus) 5-Year Review

Résumé

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ("we") announces an extension of the comment period for the bull trout 5-year review under section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act). The initial request for information was to end on July 1, 2004. We are extending the request for information to January 3, 2005. We are announcing this extension to allow the public additional time to provide information for this review. We are again requesting submission of any new information (best scientific and commercial data) on the bull trout that has become available since its original listing as a threatened species coterminously in the lower 48 States in 1999 (64 FR 58932). If the present classification of the bull trout is not consistent with the best scientific and commercial information available, we may, at the conclusion of this review, initiate a separate action to propose changes to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (List) accordingly.