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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AY05 Publication ID: Fall 2017 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of Eastern Cougar From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
Abstract:

We will make a final determination on our proposal to remove the eastern puma (cougar) from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, due to extinction.  The eastern puma (cougar) was formerly found in eastern North America. 

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 13771 Designation: Not subject to, not significant 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/17/2015  80 FR 34595   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/17/2015 
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  06/28/2016  81 FR 41925   
NPRM Comment Period Reopened End  07/28/2016 
Final Action  12/00/2017 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Don R. Morgan
Chief, Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
ARLSQ-420, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3808
Phone:703 358-2444
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: don_morgan@fws.gov