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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-BG78 Publication ID: Spring 2022 
Title: ●Maintaining the Biological Integrity, Diversity, and Environmental Health of the National Wildlife Refuge System  
Abstract:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) intends to promulgate regulations directing the management of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) to promote the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of all lands and waters under the jurisdiction of the NWRS. These regulations will be based on language in the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, directing the Service to ensure that the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of the System are maintained for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.

 
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 29   
Legal Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301    16 U.S.C. 460k, 664, 668dd–668ee, and 715i    Pub. L. 115-20, 131   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/00/2023 
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:
Katherine Harrigan
Sportsmen's Access Coordinator
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Branch of Conservation Policy and Planning, National Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
Phone:703 358-2440
Email: katherine_harrigan@fws.gov