1018-BD46 201804 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: Reclassifying the American Burying Beetle from Endangered to Threatened with a 4(d) Rule

We will propose to reclassify the American burying beetle from an endangered species to a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. While the primary threats to the species have been ameliorated, ongoing threats remain. We will also propose a rule under section 4(d) of the Act tailoring prohibitions to those most likely to harm the American burying beetle and its habitats. The American burying beetle occurs in Arkansas, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Texas.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 50 CFR 17 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Judicial NPRM 06/30/2018 settlement agreement No NPRM 06/00/2018 No Undetermined No No No Don Morgan R. Chief, Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-2444 703 358-1735 don_morgan@fws.gov ARLSQ-420, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church VA 22041-3808