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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-BH79 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Eastern Hellbender  
Abstract:

FWS will make a final determination on our proposal to list the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. This salamander is found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.  

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.    
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Judicial    12/05/2024 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/13/2024  89 FR 100934   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/11/2025 
Next Action to be Determined  To Be Determined 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Caitlin Snyder
Branch of Domestic Listing, Ecological Services Program
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
Phone:703 358-2673
Fax:703 358-1800
Email: caitlin_snyder@fws.gov