Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule to List Nolina interrata (Dehesa beargrass) as Threatened

摘要

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) withdraws the proposal to list Nolina interrata (Dehesa beargrass) as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This plant species is one of four chaparral species that were proposed for listing on October 2, 1995 (60 FR 51433). The Service finds that the information now available, as discussed below, justifies withdrawal of the proposed listing of this species. The California Department of Fish and Game and The Nature Conservancy have management prescriptions that will significantly reduce the threats to the known occurrences of Nolina interrata. In addition, provisions of the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP), as implemented by the County of San Diego through the County's Subarea Plan to the MSCP, and the provisions of the County's Biological Mitigation Ordinance adopted on October 22, 1997, require avoidance of ``narrow endemic plants'' (in the Metro- Lakeside-Jamul segment of the San Diego County Subarea Plan), including N. interrata. When complete avoidance is not possible, encroachment is limited and requires mitigation. These measures, many of which have been adopted since the proposal to l