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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AX44 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revising the Critical Habitat Description Method  
Abstract: 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. 
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    50 CFR 226    50 CFR 424   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Nicole Alt
Chief, Endangered Species, Division of Conservation and Classification
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Room 420, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone:703 358-2171
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: nicole_alt@fws.gov