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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AV19 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Polar Bear (Ursus Maritimus) as Threatened Throughout Its Range  
Abstract: After review of all available scientific and commercial information, we propose to list the polar bear as threatened throughout its range pursuant to the Act. This proposed rule, if made final, would extend the Act’s protections to this species. Critical habitat for the polar bear is not determinable at this time. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
NPRM  Judicial  Settlement agreement.  12/27/2006 
Final  Statutory  Listing determination  01/15/2008 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/09/2007  72 FR 1063   
Supplemental NPRM--Public Hearings  02/15/2007  72 FR 7381   
Second NPRM Comment Period End  04/09/2007  72 FR 1063   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  09/20/2007  72 FR 53749   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/05/2007  72 FR 53749   
NPRM Comment Period Extended  10/05/2007  72 FR 56979   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/22/2007  72 FR 56979   
Final Action  05/15/2008  73 FR 28211   
Final Action Effective  05/15/2008  73 FR 28211   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Sarah Quamme
Chief, 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:703 358-1796
Fax:703 358-1800
Email: sarah_quamme@fws.gov