1018-BC98 202504 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 Extinct Species From the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

In a 2023 rulemaking action, FWS removed 1 mammal, 10 birds, 2 fishes, and 8 clams from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to extinction. Those species have not been observed for several decades, and adequate survey efforts have been conducted that support the Service’s decisions to delist. The rulemaking action had also included proposals to remove Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis (no common name) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants and the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. However, in 2023 FWS withdrew the proposal to remove Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis. FWS will make a final determination on our proposal to remove ivory-billed woodpecker.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 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 10/17/2023 88 FR 71644 Final Action Effective 11/16/2023 Final Action; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule for Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis 10/17/2023 88 FR 71520 Final Action Effective; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule for Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis 10/17/2023 Final Action; ivory-billed woodpecker 09/00/2025 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