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Jim Kellogg, President
Discovery Bay
Michael Sutton, Vice President
Monterey
Daniel W. R{chards, Member
Upland
Richard Rogers, Member
Santa Barhara
JacEc Baylis, Member
Los Angeles
October 9, 2012
STATE OF CALM=ORNIA
Edmund G. i3rown,Jr., Governor
Fish and Game Commission
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TO ALL AFFECTED AND INTERESTED PARTIES:
Sontce Mastrup, Executive t)irector
9416 Ninth Street, Room 1320
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916)653-4899
(916) 653-5040 Fax
www.fgc.ca.gov
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This is #o provide you with a Notice of Receipt of Petition to list Clear Lalce Hitch
(Lavinia exilicauda chr) as threatened or endangered under the California Endangered
Species Act. This notice will appear in the California Regulatory Notice Regis#er on
October 12, 2012.
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Sheri Tiemann
Staff Services Analyst
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Commissioners ;
Jim Kellogg, President
Discovery Bay
Mici3ael Sutton, Vice President
Monterey"
Daniel W. Richards, Member
upland
Richard Rogers, Member
Santa Barbara
,lack Baylis, Member
Los Angeles
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor
Fish and Game Commission
Sonke Mastrup, Executive Director
1416 Ninth Street, Room 1320
Sacramento, CA 95814
{916) 653-4899
(916) 653-5040 Fax
www.fgc.ca.gov
CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF PETITION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2073.3 of the
Fish and Game Code, the California Fish and Game Commission, on September 25,
2012 received a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity to list the Clear Lake
Hitch (Lavinia exilicauda chr~ as threatened or endangered under the California
Endangered Species Act.
Clear Lake Hitch have specific requiremen#s to complete their life-cycle, including
access for unimpeded migration up tributary streams to suitable spawning habitat during
the spring, and the ability for adults and young to return downstream to Clear Lake
before tributary streams run dry or reduced flows and water depth result in migration
barriers.
Pursuant to Section 2073 of the Fish and Game Code, on September 26, 2012 the
Commission transmitted the petition to the Department of Fish and Game for review
pursuant to Section 2073.5 of said code. It is anticipated that the Department's
evaluation and recommendation relating to the petition will be received by the
Commission at its February, 2013 Commission meeting. Interested parties may contact
Mr. Stafford Lehr, Chief, Fisheries Branch, Department of Fish and Game, 830 S Street,
Sacramento, California,.95811, or telephone {916} 327-8840 for information on the
petition or to submit information to the Department relating to the peti#ioned species.
October 2, 2012 Fish and Game Commission
Sonke Mastrup
Executive Director