(a) The commission shall publish a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register of the receipt of a petition prepared pursuant to Section 2072.3 by the department, or by an interested party and referred to the department, pursuant to Section 2073, or the commencement of an evaluation, to add a species to, remove a species from, or change the status of a species on, the list of endangered species or the list of threatened species pursuant to Section 2072.7. At a minimum, the notice shall include all of the following:
(1) The scientific and common name of the species.
(2) Habitat type, if that information is available in the petition.
(3) The location where interested persons can submit information to the department relating to the petitioned species.
(b) The commission shall notify interested persons pursuant to Section 2078, by mail, of the notices prepared pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall mail a copy of the notice to those persons.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 515, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)