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RIN: 1018-AV70

Publication ID: Fall 2008

Title: Revision of Regulations Implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Import and Export of Sturgeon Caviar
Abstract: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), plan to publish a direct final rule to revise the regulations that implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), by incorporating certain provisions related to international trade in sturgeon caviar adopted at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP14) to CITES. If adopted, the rule would reduce the quantity of caviar that may be imported or exported under the CITES personal effects exemption and amend the requirements for import of caviar from shared stocks subject to quotas. These changes would bring U.S. regulations in line with revisions adopted by consensus at the most recent meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (June 2007). We also plan to publish, on the same day, a proposed rule for the same action.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 23
Legal Authority: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (March 3, 1973), 27 UST 1087 16 USC 1531 et seq, Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Direct Final Rule	07/17/2008	73 FR 40983
NPRM	07/17/2008	73 FR 41022
NPRM Comment Period End	08/18/2008	73 FR 41022
Final Action Effective	09/15/2008	73 FR 40983

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
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: Craig Hoover Chief, Division of Management Authority Department of the Interior United States Fish and Wildlife Service 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: IA, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808 Phone:703 358-2162 Fax:703 358-2298 Email: craig_hoover@fws.gov