15835461, 68A-27.003 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 15835461

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

Division:

Freshwater Fish and Wildlife

Chapter:

RULES RELATING TO ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES

Overview

RULE:

68A-27.003	Florida Endangered and Threatened Species List; Prohibitions
68A-27.0031	Marine Endangered and Threatened Species

PURPOSE:

The purpose and effect of this rule amendment is to revise the Florida Endangered and Threatened Species List to reflect Federal listing changes.  Rule 68A-27.0012(1) of the Florida Administrative Code requires that when species native to Florida are added or reclassified under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), the species shall be so listed or reclassified in the Florida Administrative Code to reflect the federal designation. Because of recent federal designations, staff is proposing to add seven species of mollusks (Choctaw bean, round ebonyshell, southern kidneyshell, fuzzy pigtoe, narrow pigtoe, tapered pigtoe and southern sandshell); one mammal (Florida bonneted bat); one bird (rufa red knot); two insects (Bartram’s scrub-hairstreak, Florida leafwing butterflies); four corals (lobed star, bounder star, mountainous star and rough cactus) to paragraph one of 68A-27.003;  change the indicated federal listing for one bird (wood stork) from endangered to threatened; and move one species of coral (pillar coral) from subsection two to subsection one. Staff also proposes to move into Rule 68A-27.003(1) and delete from Rule 68A-27.0031 one fish species (smalltoothed sawfish) and two coral species (elkhorn and staghorn) that were mistakenly added to the latter rule when it was created.

SUMMARY:

Dr. Thomas Eason, Director, Division of Habitat and Species Conservation, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 620 South Meridian Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution

LAW:

Article IV, Section 9, Florida Constitution n; 379.2291, Florida Statutes

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

3/27/2015 Vol. 41/60

COMMENTS:

From 3/27/2015 To 4/17/2015 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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