Carson City legal - 31519

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Proposed Rule: Proposal to list

two distinct population segments (DPS) of the

California spotted owl. On February 23, 2023,

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),

under the authority of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended, proposed to list the

Coastal-Southern California DPS of California

spotted owl as endangered and the Sierra

Nevada DPS of California spotted owl as

threatened; and published the proposal in the

Federal Register FWS-R8-ES-2022-0166.

The Service is seeking comments from the

public on this proposed listing rule. Copies

of the proposed rule and other information

about this issue are available by contacting

the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office at

916-414-6600, or by accessing the internet

at http://www.regulations.gov. Comments

and materials from all interested persons or

organizations must be postmarked or received

by April 24, 2023. All comments must be

submitted either to the Federal Rulemaking

portal at: http://www.regulations.gov

by following the instructions for submitting

comments or by U.S. mail to: Public

Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-R8-

ES-2022-0166, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls

Church, VA 22041-3803We will not accept

e-mail or faxes. We will post all comments on

http://www.regulations.gov

Pub Date: March 1, 2023 Ad # 31519