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22524 Federal. Register / Vol. 51. No. 119 / Friday, June 20, 1986 / Rules and Regulations threatened under the Endangered Species Act include recognition, recovery actions, requirements for Federal protection, and prohibitions against certain practices. Recognition through listing encourages and results.in conservation actions by Federal, State, import or export Scutellaria montana. transport it in interstate or foreign commerce in the course of a commercial activity, sell or offer it for sale in interstate or foreign commerce, or remove it from areas under Federal jurisdiction and reduce it to possession. Hawks, C.G., |r. 1988. Letter to W.T. Parker. Field Supervisor. Asheville Endangered Species Field Station, responding to the . proposal to list Scutellaria montana as an endangered species. Krai. R. 1983. A Report on Some Rare. Threatened, or Endangered Forest-related Vascular Plants of the South. Tech. Publ. and private agencies, groups, and Certain exceptions can apply to agents R8-TP-2. USDA--Forest Service. Pp. 1019- individuals. The Endangered Species of the Service and State conservation 1013. Act provides for possible land agencies. The Act and 50 CFR 17.62 and McCollum. J.L.. and D.R. Ettman.'1977. acquisition and cooperation with the States and requires that recovery actions be carried out for all listed species. Such actions are initiated by the Service following listing. The protection required of Federal agencies and the 17.63 also provide for the issuance of permits to carry out otherwise prohibited activities involving endangered species under certain circumstances. It is anticipated that few trade permits would ever be sought or Georgia's Protected Plants. The Georgia. Department of Natural-Resources. Atlanta. Ceorgia. 68 pp. Rose. W.M. 1985. Letter to W.T. Parker. Field Supervisor. Asheville Endangered Species Field Station, responding to the proposal to list Scutellaria montana as an endangered prohibitions against taking are issued since Scutellaria Montana is not species. discussed, in part, below. common in cultivation or in the wild. Section 7(a) of the Act, as amended, .'Requests for copies of the regulations on Author requires Federal agencies to evaluate plants and inquiries regarding them may ' The primary author of this final rule is their actions with respect to any species be addressed to the Federal Wildlife Mr. Robert R. Currie, Endangered that is proposed or listed as endangered Permit Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Species Field Office, U.S. Fish and or threatened and with respect to its Service, Washington, D.C. 20240 (703/ Wildlife Service, 100 Otis Street, Room critical habitat if any is being 235-1903). 224, Asheville, North Carolina 28801 designated. Regulations implementing this interagency cooperation provision of the Act are codified at 50 CFR Part National Environmental Policy Act The Fish and Wildlife Service has (704/259-0321 or FTS 672-0321). List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17 402 (see revision at 51 FR 19926; June 3, determined that an Environmental Endangered and threatened wildlife, 1986). Section 7(a)(2) requires Federal Assessment, as defined under the Fish, Marine mammals. Plants agencies to ensure that activities they authority of the National Environmental (agriculture). authorize, fund, or carry out are not likely to jeopardize the continued Policy Act of 1969, need not be prepared in connection with regulations adopted Regulation Promulgation . existence of a listed species or to destroy or adversely modify its critical pursuant to section 4(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as PART 17--(AMENDED) habitat If a Federal action may affect a amended. A notice outlining the Accordingly, Part 17. Sub'chapter B of listed species or its critical habitat, the Service's reasons for this determination Chapter I, Title 50 of the Code of Federal responsible Federal agency must enter was published in the Federal Register on Regulations, is amended as set forth Into formal consultation with the October 25,1983 (48 FR 49244). below: Service. All known populations of. Scutellaria Montana are on privately or References Cited 1. The authority citation for Part 17 continues to read as follows: State owned lands. There are no known current or planned Federal activities which may affect any of these populations. The Act and its implementing regulations found at 50 CFR 17.61,17.62, and 17.63 set forth a series of general trade prohibitions and exceptions that apply to all endangered plants. All trade prohibitions of section 9(a)(2) of the Act, implemented by 50 CFR 17.61, apply. These prohibitions, in part, make it - illegal for any person subject to the Chapman. A.W. 1878. An enumeration of some plants--chiefly from the semitropical regions of Florida--which are either new, or which have not hitherto been recorded as belonging to the flora of the Southern States. Bol. Caz. 3:2-8, 9-12.17-21. Collins. J.L. 1978. A revision of the annulate Scutellaria (Labiatae). PhD dissertation. Vanderbilt Univ.. Nashville, Tennessee. 294 PPCollins. |.L. In preparation. The Taxonomy. Distribution, and Rarity of Scutellaria montana Chapm. (Lamiaceae). Epling, C. 1942. The American species of Scutellaria. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 20(1):1- Authority.--Pub. L. 93-205. 87 Slat. 884: Pub. L. 94-359. 90 Slat. 911: Pub. L. 95-632,92 Slat. 3751; Pub. L. 96-159.93 Slat 1225: Pub. L. 97-304.98 Slat. 1411 (18 U S.C. 1531 ef scq.). 2. Amend 17.12(h) by adding the following, in alphabetical order under the family Lamiaceae. to the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants: 17.12 Endangered and threatened plants. * jurisdiction of the'United States to 146. (h) * * * Scientific name Lamiaceae--Mint family: Scvtcflana montana...... Species Common name large-Nowesad skullcap Historic range Status When listed- Critical habitat Special njlos U.S.A. (GA.TNJ.................................................. E 234 NA NA Dated: May 30.1986. P. Daniel Smith. Assistant Secretaryfor Fishing and Wildlife and Porks, JFR Doc. 86-14024- Filed 6-19-86; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-5S-M GLEASON-000789