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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AX05 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: Injurious Wildlife Evaluation; Amphibian Trade and Chytrid Fungus 
Abstract: We received a petition to add all live amphibians or their eggs to our list of injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act unless certified as free of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (amphibian chytrid fungus). The importation and introduction of live amphibians infected with chytrid fungus into U.S. natural ecosystems may pose a threat to native amphibians. We are reviewing the comments received during the public comment period to determine whether to issue a proposed rule to list live amphibians or their eggs infected with chytrid fungus. Such a listing would prohibit their 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. A listing would not affect live amphibians that were not being imported or transported across state lines or ones being imported or transported that are accompanied by a health certificate verifying that they are free of chytrid fungus. 
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 16   
Legal Authority: 18 USC 42   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM  09/17/2010  75 FR 56975   
ANPRM Comment Period End  12/16/2010    
NPRM  02/00/2012    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined  Government Levels Affected: Undetermined 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.fws.gov/fisheries/ans/ANSInjurious.cfm  
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