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            <PUBLICATION_ID>201610</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1018</CODE>
            <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
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            <CODE>1000</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of the Interior</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOI</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Migratory Bird Hunting; 2017-2018 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>We propose to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2017-2018 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks), within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2017-2018 duck hunting seasons, requests proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands, and requests proposals for the 2018 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>50 CFR 20</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 U.S.C. 703 to 712</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>16 U.S.C. 742(a) to 742(j)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM; Request for Tribal Proposals</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/10/2016</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>81 FR 38050</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM; Announcement of Meetings</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/10/2016</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>81 FR 38050</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM; Supplemental Proposals; Meetings</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>08/12/2016</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>81 FR 53391</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM; Deadline for Tribal Proposals</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/01/2016</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRMs/Multiple Proposed Frameworks Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>01/15/2017</TTBL_DATE>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/00/2017</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Ronald</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Kokel</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Wildlife Biologist, Division of Migratory Bird Management</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1018</CODE>
                    <NAME>United States Fish and Wildlife Service</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>FWS</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>703 358-1714</PHONE>
                <FAX>703 358-2217</FAX>
                <EMAIL>ronald_kokel@fws.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: MB,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Falls Church</CITY>
                    <STATE>VA</STATE>
                    <ZIP>22041-3808</ZIP>
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