Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for 10 Species

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <SUBAGY>Fish and Wildlife Service</SUBAGY> <CFR>50 CFR Part 17</CFR> <DEPDOC>[FXES1111090FEDR-267-FF09E21000]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for 10 Species</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notification of petition findings and initiation of status reviews. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce 90-day findings on 10 petitions to add species to the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Based on our review, we find that the petitions to list the Alvord chub ( <E T="03">Siphateles alvordensis</E> ), Donner und Blitzen pebblesnail ( <E T="03">Fluminicola insolitus</E> ), gray cat's-eye ( <E T="03">Oreocarya leucophaea</E> ), Mount Pinos sooty grouse ( <E T="03">Dendragapus fuliginosus howardi</E> ), mysterious lantern firefly ( <E T="03">Photuris mysticalampas</E> ), Olympic marmot ( <E T="03">Marmota olympus</E> ), San Joaquin tiger beetle ( <E T="03">Cicindela tranquebarica joaquinensis</E> ), stippled studfish ( <E T="03">Fundulus bifax</E> ), Wilson's phalarope ( <E T="03">Phalaropus tricolor</E> ), and wonder caddisfly ( <E T="03">Neothremma prolata</E> ) present substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned actions may be warranted. Therefore, with the publication of this document, we announce that we are initiating status reviews of these species to determine whether the petitioned actions are warranted. To ensure that the status reviews are comprehensive, we request scientific and commercial data and other information regarding the species and factors that may affect their status. Based on the status reviews, we will issue 12-month petition findings, which will address whether or not the petitioned actions are warranted, in accordance with the Act. </SUM> <EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> These findings were made on January 26, 2026. </EFFDATE> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> <E T="03">Supporting documents:</E> Summaries of the basis for the petition findings contained in this document are available on <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov</E> under the appropriate docket number (see tables under <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> ). In addition, this supporting information is available by contacting the appropriate person, as specified in <E T="02">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT</E> . <E T="03">Status reviews:</E> If you have new scientific or commercial data or other information concerning the status of, or threats to, the Alvord chub, Donner und Blitzen pebblesnail, gray cat's-eye, Mount Pinos sooty grouse, mysterious lantern firefly, Olympic marmot, San Joaquin tiger beetle, stippled studfish, Wilson's phalarope, and wonder caddisfly, or their habitats, please provide those data or information by one of the following methods listed below. (1) <E T="03">Electronically:</E> Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov.</E> In the Search box, enter the appropriate docket number (see table 1 under <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> ). Then, click on the “Search” button. After finding the correct document, you may submit information by clicking on “Comment.” (2) <E T="03">By hard copy:</E> Submit by U.S. mail to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: [Insert appropriate docket number; see table 1 under <E T="02">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION</E> ], U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. We request that you send information only by the methods described above. We will post all information we receive on <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov.</E> This generally means that we will post any personal information you provide us (see Information Submitted for a Status Review, below). <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,nj,tp0,i1" CDEF="s70,r150"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Species common name</CHED> <CHED H="1">Contact person</CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Alvord chub, Donner und Blitzen pebblesnail, and wonder caddisfly</ENT> <ENT> Jennifer Siani, Classification Coordinator, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 503-231-6179, <E T="03">jennifer_siani@fws.gov.</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Gray cat's-eye and Olympic marmot</ENT> <ENT> Rebecca Migala, Classification Coordinator, Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 360-997-8296, <E T="03">rebecca_migala@fws.gov.</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Mount Pinos sooty grouse and San Joaquin tiger beetle</ENT> <ENT> Kim Turner, Acting Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 916-414-6700, <E T="03">kim_s_turner@fws.gov.</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Mysterious lantern firefly</ENT> <ENT> Julie Slacum, Division Chief, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, 410-215-0260, <E T="03">julie_thompson-slacum@fws.gov.</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Stippled studfish</ENT> <ENT> Jeff Powell, Deputy Field Supervisor, Alabama Ecological Services Field Office, 251-599-2014, <E T="03">jeff_powell@fws.gov.</E> </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Wilson's phalarope</ENT> <ENT> Luke Toso, Acting Project Leader, North and South Dakota Field Office, 701-355-8528, <E T="03">luke_toso@fws.gov.</E> </ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Information Submitted for Status Reviews</HD> If we find that a petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted, the Act requires that we promptly commence a review of the status of the species, and we will subsequently complete a status review in accordance with our prioritization methodology for 12-month findings (81 FR 49248; July 27, 2016). The Alvord chub, Donner und Blitzen pebblesnail, gray cat's-eye, Mount Pinos sooty grouse, mysterious lantern firefly, Olympic marmot, San Joaquin tiger beetle, stippled studfish, Wilson's phalarope, and wonder caddisfly will be assigned a bin number (in coordination with States and others with relevant information) according to our prioritization methodology and will be added to a future version of the National Listing Workplan (domestic species). The workplan provides transparency and predictability to the public about when the Service anticipates completing specific findings and actions while allowing for flexibility to update the workplan when new information changes the priorities. The National Listing Workplan is available at <E T="03">https://www.fws.gov/project/national-listing-workplan.</E> You may submit information concerning the status of, or threats to, the Alvord chub, Donner und Blitzen pebblesnail, gray cat's-eye, Mount Pinos sooty grouse, mysterious lantern firefly, Olympic marmot, San Joaquin tiger beetle, stippled studfish, Wilson's phalarope, and wonder caddisfly, or their habitats, to be considered during our status review of the species. We request that you send this information only by the methods described in <E T="02">ADDRESSES</E> . Please include any supplemental data with your submission (such as scientific journal articles or other publications) to allow us to verify any scientific or commercial information you include. If you submit information via <E T="03">https://www.regulations.gov,</E> your entire submission—including any personal identifying information—will be posted on the website. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> Section 4 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1533) and its implementing regulations in title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR part 424) set forth the procedures for adding species to, removing species from, or reclassifying species on the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (Lists or List) in 50 CFR part 17. Section 4(b)(3)(A) of the Act requires that we make a finding on whether a petition to add a species to the List ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> “list” a species), remove a species from the List ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> “delist” a species), or change a listed species' status from endangered to threatened or from threatened to endangered ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> “reclassify” a species) presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. To the maximum extent practicable, we are to make this finding within 90 days of our receipt of the petition and publish the finding promptly in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . Our regulations establish that substantial scientific or commercial information with regard to a 90-day petition finding refers to credible scientific or commercial information in support of the petition's claims such that a reasonable person conducting an impartial scientific review would conclude that the action proposed in the petition may be warranted (50 CFR 424.14(h)(1)(i)). A positive 90-day petition finding does not indicate that the petitioned action is warranted; the finding indicates only that the petitioned action may be warranted and that a full review should occur. The Act defines an “endangered species” as a species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range and a “threatened species” as a species that is likely to become an endangered species wi ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 40k characters. 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