1018-BI10 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 1000 Department of the Interior DOI Permits; Administrative Updates

FWS proposes administrative updates to 50 CFR part 13, General Permit Procedures. The FWS launched ePemits in 2020 to modernize permitting, including moving away from paper-based permitting procedures and towards electronic permitting procedures. However, 50 CFR part 13 was written for paper-based processing and remains largely unchanged since at least the 1980s. We propose administrative updates to 50 CFR part 13 to accommodate electronic permitting and other modernizations to improve permitting procedures for the public and staff.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Deregulatory 50 CFR 13 16 U.S.C. 668a, 704, 712, 742j-l, 1374(g), 1382, 1538(d), 1539, 1540(f), 3374, 4901-4916 18 U.S.C. 42 19 U.S.C. 1202 31 U.S.C. 9701 No NPRM 10/00/2025 No None No No No Jerome Ford Assistant Director--Migratory Bird Program 1018 United States Fish and Wildlife Service FWS 202 208-1050 jerome_ford@fws.gov 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS-MB, Falls Church VA 22041-3803