Branch Chief, Fish and Aquatic Conservation

1018-BA77 202204 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Injurious Wildlife Species; Listing Salamanders Due To Risk of Salamander Chytrid Fungus

This action will be two rules in one document. One is a final rule that will affirm the 2016 interim rule that listed 20 genera under 18 U.S.C. 42(a) as injurious to prevent the risk of introduction into the United States of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), a fungus that is causing massive die-offs in European salamanders. Bsal primarily affects salamanders and is not yet known to be found in the United States. The other rulemaking action is a second interim rule that is needed because of recent studies documenting additional genera that also share the same traits that make them injurious as carriers of Bsal.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 16 18 U.S.C. 42, as amended No Interim Final Rule 01/13/2016 81 FR 1534 Interim Final Rule Effective 01/28/2016 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 03/14/2016 Second Interim Final Rule 09/00/2022 Final Rule Affirming First Interim Rule 09/00/2022 No Businesses None No No No Yes Craig Martin Branch Chief, Fish and Aquatic Conservation 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-1932 703 358-2044 craig_martin@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: FAC, Falls Church VA 22041-3808