1018-AY29 201610 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Policy Regarding Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Actions

We are finalizing policy to facilitate mitigation for actions that may affect currently unlisted species that could in the near future be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The policy describes how voluntary beneficial actions that property owners could undertake for an unlisted species would be recognized, how property owners may receive credit for those beneficial actions, and how the owners will be covered for any incidental take that results from their actions if the species becomes listed.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 17 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. No ANPRM 03/15/2012 77 FR 15352 ANPRM Comment Period Extended 05/14/2012 77 FR 28347 ANPRM Comment Period Extended End 07/13/2012 Draft Policy 07/22/2014 79 FR 42525 Comment Period Extended 09/22/2014 79 FR 56602 Comment Period Extended End 11/06/2014 Final Action--Policy 11/00/2016 Includes Retrospective Review under E.O. 13563 with small business burden reduction. No None No No No No Jim Serfis Branch of Conservation and Communications, Ecological Services Program 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-2307 703 358-1735 jim_serfis@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church VA 22041-3808