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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AZ52 Publication ID: Spring 2013 
Title: ●Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing All Chimpanzees as Endangered 
Abstract: We were petitioned by the Humane Society of the United States, American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, Jane Goodall Institute, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Pan African Sanctuary Alliance, Fund for Animals, Humane Society International, and New England Anti-Vivisection Society to list all chimpanzees, whether found in captivity or in the wild, as endangered under the ESA. The chimpanzee is found in 22 countries across Equatorial Africa. After conducting a status review to determine if all chimpanzees should be listed as endangered, we find that the petitioned action is warranted and are publishing a proposed rule concurrently. This rule proposes to eliminate the separate listings of captive and wild populations of chimpanzees under the ESA and list them as one entity, endangered. This action will also remove the chimpanzee and paragraph (c)(3) from the special rule for primates, found at 50 CFR 17.40(c), thus extending the ESA's protections to these chimpanzees. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  07/00/2013 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
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:
Janine M. Van Norman
Chief, Branch of Foreign Species, Ecological Services Program
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3808
Phone:703 358-2171
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: janine_vannorman@fws.gov