21099748, 68A-27.003 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 21099748

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-27.005	Designation of Species of Special Concern; Prohibitions; Permits

PURPOSE:

The purpose of these proposed rule revisions is to implement species status changes found warranted by the Commission and to correct errors in the scientific and common names of species.  The effect of this rule revision is a listing status for species as found warranted by the Commission and updates to scientific and common names of listed species.

SUMMARY:

Commission staff convened Biological Review Groups to evaluate the status of 5 species of special concern in 2016 and 2017.  Based on these evaluations, staff made listing status recommendations to the Commission which were approved in July 2017 and December 2017. The staff recommendation was that only one species warranted listing on Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Species List and that 5 species should be removed from the Species of Special Concern list. However, as specified by rule, any listing status changes were not to be implemented until a management plan for the species was approved.  The Imperiled Species Management Plan (ISMP) covering these species was approved in 2016 and changes will be made to the ISMP and Species Action Plans to reflect the changes in status.  This revision includes reclassifying one species from Species of Special Concern to State designated Threatened and reclassifying 5 species from Species of Special Concern to unlisted and removing them from the list. Additionally, there were changes to scientific names of 4 species and errors found with the common names of two species.  Proposed revisions to the rule correct these errors.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution

LAW:

Art. IV, Sec. 9, Florida Constitution

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

10/30/2018 Vol. 44/212

COMMENTS:

From 10/30/2018 To 11/20/2018 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

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