1018-BD32 202110 The Regulatory Plan and the 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; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Longsolid and Round Hickorynut and Designation of Critical Habitat

This final rule will make a determination on our proposal to list the longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda) and round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda) as threatened species with section 4(d) rules. Both mussels are found in the southeastern United States. The FWS will also make a final determination on our proposal to designate critical habitat for these species under the Act. For the longsolid, FWS proposes to designate approximately 1,115 river miles (1,794 kilometers) in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama. For the round hickorynut, FWS proposes to designate approximately 921 river miles (1,482 kilometers) in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi. If FWS finalizes this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act’s protections to these species and their critical habitats as described in the proposed rule.

]]> 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 09/29/2020 85 FR 61384 NPRM Comment Period End 12/28/2020 Final Action 09/00/2022 No Federal No No No Caitlin Snyder Branch of Domestic Listing, Ecological Services Program 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-2673 703 358-1800 caitlin_snyder@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church VA 22041-3803