1018-BA53 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; Revising the Petition Process Regulations

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) and its implementing regulations set forth standards for identifying what constitutes a petition to list, delist, or reclassify a species under the ESA and the procedures for processing a petition. The Services (the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service) proposed to change the regulations at 50 CFR 424.14 pertaining to the petition process, in order to provide greater clarity to the public on the petition submission process, including coordination with affected States, and also to provide expanded content requirements and guidelines, which will assist petitioners in providing complete petitions.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 424 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. No NPRM 05/21/2015 80 FR 29286 NPRM Comment Period Extended 07/17/2015 80 FR 42465 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 09/18/2015 NPRM; Revision and Reopening of Comment Period 04/21/2016 81 FR 23448 NPRM Comment Period Reopening End 05/23/2016 Final Action 11/00/2016 No No Undetermined No No No No Sarah Quamme Chief, Branch of Domestic Listing, Ecological Services Program 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-1796 703 358-1800 sarah_quamme@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church VA 22041-3803