1018-BF63 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; Compensatory Mitigation Mechanisms Under the Endangered Species Act

This rulemaking action would address section 329 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, Objectives, Performance Standards, and Criteria for Use of Wildlife Conservation Banking Programs. This law requires the FWS to publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) by January 1, 2022. The purpose of the ANPRM is to inform FWS’s development of regulations related to wildlife conservation banking to ensure opportunities for Department of Defense participation in wildlife conservation banking programs pursuant to section 2694c of title 10, United States Code.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Prerule Stage No No 50 CFR 413 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Pub. L. 116-283 Statutory Other 01/01/2022 ANPRM No ANPRM 12/00/2021 No Federal No No No Craig Aubrey Chief, Division of Environmental Review, Ecological Services Program 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 703 358-2442 703 358-1800 craig_aubrey@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church VA 22041