1018-BE30 202404 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; Listing Determination and Critical Habitat Designation for the Monarch Butterfly

This proposed rule would propose to list the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act in Fiscal Year 2025, if listing is still warranted at that time. On December 17, 2020, FWS published a warranted-but-precluded 12-month finding for the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus) and added this species to the candidate list. This proposed rule would also propose to designate critical habitat for the species, if prudent and determinable. This butterfly is found throughout the contiguous United States.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 17 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Judicial NPRM 12/04/2024 Settlement agreement No NPRM 12/00/2024 No Federal Local State Tribal 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