1018-BG24 202304 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 Florida Keys Mole Skink and Designation of Critical Habitat

FWS will make a final determination on our proposal to list the Florida Keys mole skink (Plestiodon egregius egregius) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act. If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act’s protections to the species. We will also make a final determination on our proposal to designate approximately 7,068 acres (2,860 hectares) as critical habitat for the Florida Keys mole skink under the Act within Monroe County in the Florida Keys, Florida. 

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No 50 CFR 17 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. Judicial NPRM 09/15/2022 No NPRM 09/27/2022 87 FR 58648 NPRM Comment Period End 11/28/2022 NPRM Comment Period Extended 11/28/2022 87 FR 72958 NPRM Comment Period Extended End 01/12/2023 Final Action 09/00/2023 No Federal Local State 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