Final critical habitat rules.

Final critical habitat rules have been published in the Federal Register for the following species:

* two southern California plants, the purple amole (Chlorogalum purpureum var. purpureum) and Camatta Canyon amole (Chlorogalum purpureum var reductum), on October 24;

* Santa Cruz tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia) from central California, on October 16;

* three species on Guam, two birds and a fruit bat, on October 15;

* a northern California plant, the Kneeland Prairie penny-cress (Thlaspi californicum), on October 9;

* Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), a freshwater mussel living in streams in North Carolina and Tennessee, on September 27;

* the northern Great Plains breeding population of the piping plover (Charadrius melodus), on September 11;

* Newcomb's snail (Erinna newcombi, a freshwater snail endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, on August 20;

* Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), a freshwater mussel found in North and South Carolina, on July 2;

* Monterey spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens var. pungens), a central California plant, on May 29;

* Scotts Valley spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var. hartwegii), a central California plant, on May 28;

* robust spineflower (Chorizanthe robusta var. robusta), a central California plant, on May 28;

* San Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) a small hopping mammal in southern California, on April 23; and

* Quino checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha quino) in southern California, on April 15.