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What Happens Next <br />If the FWS decides to go ahead with the listing of this species: <br />1. A proposal to list it will be published in the Federal Register; <br />a 60—day comment period is provided for. <br />2. Notices will be published in local newspapers. <br />3. Letters and copies of the proposal are sent to local and state <br />officials, other interested parties, etc. <br />4. If Critical Habitat is proposed, a public meeting will be held <br />locally. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS NOTED THAT THE SOUTHERNMOST AREA WHERE THIS <br />PLANT IS FOUND HAS RIGHT-OF-WAY IN IT AND WONDERED IF THIS OFFERED <br />ANY CHANCE FOR SAVING THIS PLANT WITH A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PROBLEMS. <br />DR. BAKER BELIEVED THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS NOT VERY WIDE AND <br />POINTED OUT THAT THE PLANT IS FOUND ALSO BETWEEN THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY ON <br />PRIVATE LAND. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ASKED WHAT METHOD WAS USED TO DETERMINE <br />THAT THIS PLANT WAS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, <br />AND DR. BAKER EXPLAINED THAT THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD WHERE THIS <br />PLANT GROWS IS IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND ST. LUCIE COUNTY, AND, <br />THEREFORE, JUST BECAUSE OF ITS SMALL AND RESTRICTED RANGE, IT IS <br />ENDANGERED. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ASKED IF IT IS DIFFICULT TO TRANSPLANT, <br />AND DR. BAKER STATED THAT IT IS SO LITTLE KNOWN THAT NO ONE KNOWS. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER INQUIRED WHETHER THE AGENCY HAS <br />NOTIFIED OWNERS OF PROPERTY WHERE THIS PLANT IS LOCATED, AND DR. BAKER <br />STATED THAT SHE WAS OBTAINING OWNERSHIP DATA AND THE OWNERS WOULD BE <br />NOTIFIED BEFORE THEY GO TO THE FEDERAL REGISTER. <br />QUESTIONS AROSE ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT PROJECTS THAT <br />HAVE FEDERAL FUNDING, AND DR. BAKER ANSWERED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY <br />TO ENTER INTO CONSULTATION WITH THEIR AGENCY IN REGARD TO SUCH PROJECTS. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE BROUGHT UP OUR PROPOSED SOUTH COUNTY <br />WASTE WATER PLANT WHICH WILL BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH FEDERAL <br />FUNDING AND ASKED.IF PAST HISTORY WOULD INDICATE THIS WOULD PRESENT <br />ANY SPECIFIC PROBLEMS. <br />DR. BAKER STATED THAT EACH CONSULTATION IS ON A CASE BY <br />CASE BASIS AND MAY TAKE WEEKS OR MONTHS BECAUSE RESEARCH MUST BE DONE. <br />47 <br />Booz 4 PA'GE 46 7 <br />