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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-BD84 Publication ID: Fall 2022 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revision of the Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat 
Abstract:

FWS has rescinded the rule titled "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Designating Critical Habitat" that published on December 18, 2020, and became effective January 19, 2021. The rule set forth regulations addressing how FWS excludes areas of critical habitat under section 4(b)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, outlining when and how the Service will undertake an exclusion analysis. This action removed the regulations established by that rule.

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Other Significant 
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
Final  Judicial  Settlement agreement.  07/15/2022 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/08/2020  85 FR 55398   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/08/2020 
Final Action  12/18/2020  85 FR 82376   
Final Action Effective  01/19/2021 
Second NPRM  10/27/2021  86 FR 59346   
Comment Period Extended  11/24/2021  86 FR 67012   
Second NPRM Comment Period End  12/13/2021 
Final Action  07/21/2022  87 FR 43433   
Final Action Effective  08/22/2022 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Bridget Fahey
Chief, Division of Conservation and Classification
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3808
Phone:703 358-2163
Fax:703 358-1800
Email: bridget_fahey@fws.gov