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RIN: 1018-AX05

Publication ID: Spring 2010

Title: ●Injurious Wildlife Evaluation; Amphibian Trade and Chytrid Fungus
Abstract: We are reviewing a petition to add all traded live amphibians or their eggs to our list of injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act unless certified as free of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (chytrid fungus). The importation and introduction of live amphibians infected with chytrid fungus into U.S. natural ecosystems may pose a threat to the interests of U.S. agriculture, fisheries, and commerce, as well as to the welfare and survival of wildlife and wildlife resources. For live amphibians or their eggs infected with chytrid fungus, an injurious wildlife listing would prohibit the importation into, or transportation between, States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any U.S. territory or possession by any means, without a permit. Permits may be issued for scientific, medical, educational, or zoological purposes.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 16
Legal Authority: 18 USC 42

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Judicial	Final decision.	11/02/2010

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	04/00/2010

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Susan Jewell Fish and Wildlife Biologist Department of the Interior United States Fish and Wildlife Service Fish and Aquatic Conservation, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: FAC, Falls Church, VA 22041-3808 Phone:703 358-2416 Fax:703 358-2044 Email: susan_jewell@fws.gov