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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AT56 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Special Rule Reclassifying Argentinean Broad-Snouted Caiman Population From Endangered to Threatened 
Abstract: We received a petition to reclassify the population of the broad-snouted caiman (Caiman laitrostris) in Argentina from endangered to threatened in the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife established under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended (Act). If we determine that the petition presents substantial scientific and commercial information indicating that reclassification, as petitioned, is warranted under the Act (i.e., 90-day finding), we will then initiate a status review of the species. Dependent upon the results of the status review, we may propose to change the classification of the broad-snouted caiman population in Argentina from endangered to threatened. The broad-snouted caiman is a crocodilian species native to Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
90-Day Petition Finding; Initiation of Status Review  06/16/2008  73 FR 33968   
12-Month Petition Finding  06/00/2009    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Marie Maltese
Biologist, Division of Scientific Authority, Room 110
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone:703 358-1708
Fax:703 358-2276
Email: marie_maltese@fws.gov