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RIN: 1018-BA98

Publication ID: Spring 2017

Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Determination for the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Abstract: On September 30, 2016, we published a final determination to list the eastern massasauga rattlesnake as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The species is found in wet prairies, marshes, and lowlands along rivers and lakes in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. We determined that designating critical habitat for the eastern massasauga rattlesnake is not prudent, due to an increased risk of collection and persecution.
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 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Judicial	MDL settlement agreement.	09/30/2016

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/30/2015	80 FR 58688
NPRM Comment Period End	11/30/2015
Final Action	09/30/2016	81 FR 67193
Final Action Effective	10/31/2016

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
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