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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AY82 Publication ID: Fall 2015 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassification of the Arroyo Toad From Endangered to Threatened  
Abstract:

Based on peer review, new information received, and impacts of the ongoing drought in California, we plan to withdraw our proposal to reclassify the arroyo toad, found in California, from endangered to threatened status.  Peer reviewers indicated a flaw in our assumptions regarding our methodologies to determine whether populations are self-sustaining. Additionally, we received new information that indicates some populations are in fact declining. Because of these issues, along with the ongoing severe drought, there is now considerable uncertainty regarding the status of the arroyo toad populations.

 

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  03/27/2014  79 FR 17106   
NPRM Comment Period End  05/27/2014 
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  10/17/2014  79 FR 62408   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End  11/17/2014 
Proposed Rule; Withdrawal  12/00/2015 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Don R. Morgan
Chief, Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
ARLSQ-420, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3808
Phone:703 358-2444
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: don_morgan@fws.gov