Churchill County legal - 23341

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Dixie Valley Toad Emergency

Listing and Proposed Rule and

Announcement of a Virtual Public

Informational Meeting and Public

Hearing on Proposal to List Dixie Valley

Toad Under the Endangered Species Act

On April 7, 2022, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service published in the Federal Register

an emergency rule that immediately listed

the Dixie Valley toad (Anaxyrus williamsi) as

endangered for a 240-day period under the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended.

Concurrently, the Service published a proposed

rule to list the Dixie Valley toad as an

endangered species and is now taking public

comment to help the Service determine if current

protections as an endangered species

should become permanent. After the public

comment period, the Service will decide if the

proposed rule should be finalized, revised, or

withdrawn.

The Dixie Valley toad is the smallest of

the western toads and is endemic to

Nevada. Its range is restricted to a 760-

acre wetland complex which is fed by hot

springs in the remote Dixie Valley northeast

of Fallon, Nevada. The species is located on

lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management

and the Department of Defense. We

are seeking input from the public, Tribes,

other government agencies, the scientific

community, industry and other interested

parties on the proposed rule to list the Dixie

Valley toad under the regular rulemaking process.

The proposal and information on how

to submit comments can be found on https://

www.regulations.gov by searching under

docket number FWS-R8-ES-2022-0024.

Comments and materials from all interested

persons or organizations must be received by

June 6, 2022. Comments can be submitted

either to the Federal eRulemaking portal

at https://www.regulations.gov by following

instructions for submitting comments, or by

U.S. mail to: Public Comments Processing,

Attn: FWS-R8-ES-2022-0024, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.

We will post all comments on https://www.

regulations.gov.

On May 9, 2022, at 5 p.m. PST the Service

will hold a virtual public informational meeting

about the proposed listing rule. The informational

meeting will be followed by a virtual

public hearing at 5:35 p.m. PST during which

the public can submit verbal comments on

the proposed listing rule.

The Service will hold the virtual public

informational meeting and public hearing via

the Zoom online platform so that participants

can attend remotely. To listen and view the

meeting via Zoom, listen to the meeting by

telephone, or provide verbal public comment

during the public hearing by Zoom or telephone,

you must register. Please visit https://

www.fws.gov/office/reno-fish-and-wildlife for

information on how to register for the public

informational meeting and public hearing.

Pub Date: April 14, 2022

Ad # 23341