Churchill County legal - 43820

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Proposed Rule: Proposal to

Designate Critical Habitat for Dixie Valley

Toad Under the Endangered Species Act

On May 30, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service proposed to designate approximately

930 acres of critical habitat for Dixie Valley

toad (Anaxyrus williamsi), a federally

endangered species of toad found only in

Nevada.

The Dixie Valley toad is the smallest of the

western toads and is found only in Nevada.

Its range is restricted to wetland and upland

habitat that is fed by hot springs in Dixie

Valley northeast of Fallon. The proposed

critical habitat is in Churchill County on lands

managed by the Bureau of Land Management

and the Department of Defense and

encompasses the entire range of the toad’s

only population.

The Service seeks input from the public,

Tribes, other government agencies, the

scientific community, industry and other

interested parties on the proposed rule and

draft economic analysis. The proposal and

information on how to submit comments can

be found on https://www.federalregister.gov

by searching under docket number FWS-R8-

ES-2023-0188.

Comments and materials from all interested

persons or organizations must be received by

July 29, 2024. Written requests for a public

hearing must be received by July 15, 2024.

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: FWSR8-

ES-2023-0188, 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.

Pub Date: June 6, 2024 Ad # 43820