Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Critical Habitat Designation for Scotts Valley Polygonum (Polygonum hickmanii)

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a draft economic analysis and final addendum for the proposed designation of critical habitat for Scotts Valley polygonum (Polygonum hickmanii), a species restricted to the northern Scotts Valley area in Santa Cruz County, California. We are also reopening the comment periods for the proposal to list this species as endangered and on the proposal to designate critical habitat for this species to allow all interested parties to comment simultaneously on the proposed rules, draft economic analysis, and final addendum. The economic analysis shows a range of likely costs from the designation of the proposed critical habitat of between $165,000 to $565,000 over a 10-year period. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted as they will be incorporated into the public record as part of this extended comment period, and will be fully considered in the final rule.