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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-BB11 Publication ID: Fall 2015 
Title: ●Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Safe Harbor Agreements; Revisions to Policy 
Abstract:

We will revise the current definition of net conservation benefit in the Service’s Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) Policy to indicate that the conservation actions in a SHA must significantly contribute toward the recovery of the species. The revisions will clarify the level of conservation effort each SHA needs to include in order to get Service approval. The revisions will enable us to be more efficient in approving SHAs. See 1018-BB08 for parallel revisions to the Service’s Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Policy.

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: None     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  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 
Related RINs: Related to 1018-BB08 
Agency Contact:
Jim Serfis
Branch of Conservation and Communications, Ecological Services Program
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3808
Phone:703 358-2307
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: jim_serfis@fws.gov