1018-BC98 202304 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; Removal of 21 Extinct Species From the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

FWS will make a final determination on our proposal to remove the following species from the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants due to extinction: MAMMAL: Little Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus tokudae); BIRDS: Bachman’s warbler (Vermivora bachmanii), bridled white-eye (Zosterops conspicillatus conspicillatus), Kakawahie (or Molokai creeper) (Paroreomyza flammea), Kauai akialoa (Akialoa stejnegeri), Kauai nukupuu (Hemignathus hanapepe), Kauai oo (Moho braccatus), Maui akepa (Loxops ochraceus), Maui nukupuu (Hemignathus affinis), Poouli (Melamprosops phaeosoma), and large Kauai thrush (kama) (Myadestes myadestinus); FISH: San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei) and Scioto madtom (Noturus trautmani); and CLAMS: flat pigtoe (Pleurobema marshalli), green blossom (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid blossom (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma turgidula), upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata), and yellow blossom (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma florentina florentina). These species no longer require the protection of the Endangered Species Act because they have gone extinct. The species addressed in this rule have not been observed for several decades, and adequate survey efforts have been conducted that support the Service’s recommendations. Additionally, the species included in the rule have 5-year reviews that recommend delisting due to extinction or that repeatedly discuss the species is likely extinct. FWS will make separate final determinations on our proposal to remove the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) and Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis (no common name) from the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants, respectively.  

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 17 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. No NPRM 09/30/2021 86 FR 54298 NPRM Comment Period End 11/29/2021 NPRM Comment Period Reopened 01/11/2022 87 FR 1390 Correction 01/14/2022 87 FR 2389 Public Hearing 01/26/2022 87 FR 1390 Second NPRM Comment Period End 02/10/2022 NPRM Comment Period Reopened; ivory-billed woodpecker 6-month extension 07/07/2022 87 FR 40477 NPRM Comment Period End 08/08/2022 Final Action 07/00/2023 Final Action; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule for Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis 07/00/2023 Final Action; ivory-billed woodpecker 09/00/2023 No No Federal Local State No No No No Rachel London Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-2491 703 358-1735 rachel_london@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church VA 22041