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        <PUBLICATION>
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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1018</CODE>
            <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
        </AGENCY>
        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1000</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOI</ACRONYM>
        </PARENT_AGENCY>
        <RULE_TITLE>Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revising the Critical Habitat Description Method </RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[Together with NMFS, we propose to revise our critical habitat description method in our joint regulations. This would not affect the regulations' substance. In the interest of efficiency, saving taxpayers' money, and making the critical habitat designation process more user friendly to the public, we would continue to publish critical habitat maps, but would make optional any textual description of boundary-coordinate lists in our regulations. Although the boundaries as mapped or otherwise described in our regulations would remain the official delineation of a critical habitat designation, we would provide the public with easier-to-use tools that clarify which areas are covered by a designation. These tools will be available on the Internet and at the applicable FWS or NMFS Office.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>50 CFR 17</CFR>
            <CFR>50 CFR 226</CFR>
            <CFR>50 CFR 424</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 USC 1531 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/17/2011</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>76 FR 28405</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/18/2011</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Action</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/00/2012</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Nicole</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Alt</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Chief, Endangered Species, Division of Conservation and Classification</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1018</CODE>
                    <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>703 358-2171</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 358-1735</FAX>
                <EMAIL>nicole_alt@fws.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>Room 420, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Arlington</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22203</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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