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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 13, 2021 / Rules and Regulations monitor for not less than 5 years, we developed a draft PDM plan for the Interior least tern and coordinated review of the plan with the State agencies, USACE Districts and Divisions, other Federal agencies, and various nongovernmental organizations.
We published a notice of availability of a draft PDM plan with the proposed delisting rule 84 FR 56977; October 24, 2019. However, given the comments we received on the duration of the draft PDM plan, we will continue to work with our conservation partners to develop and implement an effective, final PDM plan, with an appropriate duration, for Interior least tern. Existing monitoring programs over more than 80
percent of the species range e.g., USACE 2013, 2016, 2018 are committed to continue monitoring following delisting as we coordinate planning, and in the absence of a final PDM plan, periodic monitoring, with surveys in 2021, is expected to continue into the indefinite future due to management commitments by the USACE and the States, regardless of the terns status under the Act. However, we generally desire to follow a written planning document to provide for the effective implementation of section 4g, and we intend to do so here. We will notify the public of the final PDM plan on our website, https www.fws.gov/
mississippiES/, after coordination with our partners and when it becomes available. The current draft PDM plan is available at https www.fws.gov/
mississippiES/.
Required Determinations National Environmental Policy Act We have determined that environmental assessments and environmental impact statements, as defined under the authority of the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., need not be prepared in connection with determining and implementing a species listing status under the
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Endangered Species Act. We published a notice outlining our reasons for this determination in the Federal Register on October 25, 1983 48 FR 49244.
Government-to-Government Relationship With Tribes In accordance with the Presidents memorandum of April 29, 1994
Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments; 59 FR 22951, Executive Order 13175 Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, and the Department of the Interiors manual at 512 DM 2, we readily acknowledge our responsibility to communicate meaningfully with recognized Federal Tribes on a government-to-government basis. In accordance with Secretarial Order 3206
of June 5, 1997 American Indian Tribal Rights, Federal-Tribal Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act, we readily acknowledge our responsibilities to work directly with Tribes in developing programs for healthy ecosystems, to acknowledge that Tribal lands are not subject to the same controls as Federal public lands, to remain sensitive to Indian culture, and to make information available to Tribes.
We do not believe that any Tribes will be affected by this rule. However, we contacted each of the Tribes within the range of the Interior least tern and requested their input on the proposed delisting rule and draft PDM. We did not receive any comments from them.
References Cited A complete list of references cited is available on http www.regulations.gov under Docket Number FWSR4ES
20180082, or upon request from the Field Supervisor, Mississippi Ecological Services Field Office see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Author The primary author of this rule is Paul Hartfield, Mississippi Ecological
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List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
Regulation Promulgation Accordingly, we amend part 17, subchapter B of chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth below:
PART 17ENDANGERED AND
THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS
1. The authority citation for part 17
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 13611407; 1531
1544; 42014245, unless otherwise noted.
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Amended
2. Amend 17.11h by removing the entry for Tern, least Interior DPS
under Birds from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.

Signing Authority The Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, approved this document and authorized the undersigned to sign and submit the document to the Office of the Federal Register for publication electronically as an official document of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Aurelia Skipwith, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, approved this document on November 19, 2020, for publication.
Dated: November 19, 2020.
Madonna Baucum, Regulations and Policy Chief, Division of Policy, Economics, Risk Management, and Analytics, Joint Administrative Operations, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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