View Rule

View EO 12866 Meetings Printer-Friendly Version     Download RIN Data in XML

DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-BF34 Publication ID: Fall 2023 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Russian, Ship, Persian, and Stellate Sturgeon 
Abstract:

FWS will make a final determination on the proposal to list four species of Eurasian sturgeon as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act: the Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii), ship sturgeon (A. nudiventris), Persian sturgeon (A. persicus), and stellate sturgeon (A. stellatus), all large fish native to the Black, Azov, Aral, Caspian, and northern Aegean Sea basins and their rivers in Europe and western Asia. 

 
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 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  05/25/2022  87 FR 31834   
Comment Period Extended; Public Hearing Announced  07/20/2022  87 FR 43233   
Public Hearing  08/11/2022  87 FR 43233   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/25/2022 
Final Action  12/00/2023 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Small Entities Affected: No  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:
Rachel London
Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041
Phone:703 358-2491
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: rachel_london@fws.gov