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Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 168/Tuesday, August 31, 2004/Rules and Regulations 53213 TABLE 1.- CRITICAL HABITAT BY LAND OWNERSHIP AND STATE IN ACRES (HECTARES) - Continued a Includes land identified in the current Utah land ownership file as Forest Service or BLM; Federal land ownership is unclear. b Critical habitat unit UGM-7 is shared by Arizona and New Mexico. Critical Habitat Unit Descriptions Table 2 summarizes the 52 units designated as critical habitat for the owl. These areas described below are essential for the conservation of the owl. We present brief descriptions of all units below: TABLE 2.- APPROXIMATE AREA (ACRES AND HECTARES) OF CRIT- ICAL HABITAT BY UNIT Critical habitat unit Arizona New Mexico Colorado Utah Total Bureau of Land Management ............... ............................... 1,541 (623) 2,171 (879) 59,299 (23,997) 362,135 (146,546) 425,145 (172,045) National Park Service ........................... ............................... Department of Defense ........................ ............................... 751,261 (304,015) 2,041 (826) 30,817 (12,471) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1,720,727 (696,331) 0 (0) 2,502,805 (1,012,816) 2,041 (826) Bureau of Reclamation ......................... ............................... 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) Other Federala ...................................... ............................... 55 (22) 0 (0) 0 (0) 13,264 (5,367) 13,319 (5,390) 3,983,042 2,089,523 322,326 2,252,857 8,647,749 Total ............................................... ............................... (1,611,827) 25 (845,573) 20 (130,437) 3 (911,669) 5 (3,499,505) b52 Total critical habitat units .............. ............................... a Includes land identified in the current Utah land ownership file as Forest Service or BLM; Federal land ownership is unclear. b Critical habitat unit UGM-7 is shared by Arizona and New Mexico. Critical Habitat Unit Descriptions Table 2 summarizes the 52 units designated as critical habitat for the owl. These areas described below are essential for the conservation of the owl. We present brief descriptions of all units below: TABLE 2.- APPROXIMATE AREA (ACRES AND HECTARES) OF CRIT- ICAL HABITAT BY UNIT Critical habitat unit Acres Hectares BR -E -1a .......... 54,185 21,927 BR -E -1b .......... 212,882 86,148 BR -E-3 ............ 44,216 17,893 BR -E-4 ............ 13,753 5,566 BR -E -5 ............ 25,642 10,377 BR-E-7 ............ 3,048 1, 233 BR -W -10 ......... 10,485 4,243 BR -W -11 ......... 233,228 94,381 BR -W -12 ......... 54,220 21,941 BR- W- 13......... 54,735 22,150 BR -W -14 ......... 52,158 21,107 BR -W -15 ......... 50,844 20,575 BR- W- 16......... 20,999 8,498 BR- W- 18......... 179,439 72,614 BR -W -2 ........... 55,210 22,342 BR-W -3 ........... 15,580 6,305 BR -W-4 ........... 158,624 64,191 BR -W-5 ........... 118,940 48,132 BR-W -6 ........... 51,782 20,955 BR-W-7 ........... 17,791 7,200 BR-W-8 ........... 107,838 43,639 BR-W -9 ........... 63,259 25,599 CPA ................. 32,469 13,139 CP- 10 ............... 918,847 371,832 C P -11 ............... 260,105 105,257 CP -12 ............... 402,895 163,040 CP- 13 ............... 627,267 253,838 CP- 14 ............... 941,068 380,824 CP- 15 ............... 21,522 8,710 CP- 2 ................. 161,557 65,378 SRM -C-1a ....... 108,545 43,925 SRM -C--lb ....... 110,045 44,532 SRM - C-2......... 103,735 41,979 SRM -NM-1 ..... 85,758 34,704 SRM -NM -11 .... 12,459 5,042 SRM- NM- 12.... 10,495 4,247 TABLE 2.- APPROXIMATE AREA (ACRES AND HECTARES) OF CRIT- ICAL HABITAT BY UNIT - Continued Critical habitat unit Acres Hectares SRM- NM- 4...... 57,297 23,187 SRM -NM -5a .... 14,100 5,706 SRM -NM-5b .... 70,728 28,622 UGM -10 ........... 562,988 227,826 UGM -11 ........... 144,790 58,593 UGM -12 ........... 17,359 7,025 UGM -13 ........... 238,092 96,349 UGM-14 ........... 55,533 22,473 UGM -15 ........... 22,286 9,019 UGM -17 ........... 10,914 4,416 UG M-2 ............. 33,794 13,675 UGM-3 ............. 135,287 54,747 UGM -5a ........... 666,481 269,707 UGM -5b ........... 295,680 119,654 UG M-6 ............. 63,451 25,677 UGM -7 ............. 863,344 349,371 8,647,749 3,499,505 Total........... Unit SRM-GI a. Pike's Peak Area, El Paso, Teller, and Fremont Counties, Colorado This unit is located west of Colorado Springs on the flanks of Pike's Peak. It contains FS (Pike Ranger District, Pike/ San Isabel National Forests) and BLM (Royal Gorge Field Office) lands in size. Areas with steep slopes (greater than 40 percent slope), canyons, and rocky outcroppings with mixed - coniferous forests are included in this unit. State, private, and military lands (Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center) are not designated as critical habitat. Unit SRM -G1 b. Wet Mountain Area, Fremont, Custer, Pueblo and Huerfano Counties, Colorado This unit is located in the Wet Mountains, west of the City of Pueblo. It contains primarily FS lands (San Carlos District, Pike /San Isabel National Forests). Areas with steep slopes (greater than 40 percent slope), canyons, and rocky outcroppings with dense, mixed - coniferous forests are included in this unit. State and private lands are not designated as critical habitat. Unit SRM -G2. Devil's Head Area, Douglas and Jefferson Counties, Colorado This unit is located near Deckers within the South Platte Ranger District of the Pike /San Isabel National Forests in Colorado. It contains primarily FS lands. Areas with steep slopes (greater than 40 percent slope), canyons, rocky outcroppings with dense (greater than 70 percent canopy), and mixed - coniferous forests are included in this unit. State and private lands are not designated as critical habitat. Unit SRM -NM-1. Cebollita Mesa, Jemez Mountains, Sandoval County, New Mexico This unit is located in the Jemez Mountains, in north - central New Mexico. It contains primarily FS (Jemez Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forests) lands. This unit contains mixed- conifer on steep slopes and canyons incised into volcanic rock. WUI project areas, State, and private lands are not designated as critical habitat. Unit SRM -NM-4. Pemlta, Jemez Mountains, Sandoval County, New Mexico This unit is located in the Jemez Mountains, south of Los Alamos, in north - central New Mexico. It contains primarily FS (Jemez Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forests) lands. Areas with steep slopes (greater than 40 percent slope), canyons incised into volcanic rock, rocky outcroppings with dense, and mixed- coniferous forests are