Interior Department Docket FWS-HQ-ES-2020-0047 Proposed Rule

2021-25767: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat

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Summary

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS; hereafter collectively referred to as the "Services" or "we"), are extending the comment period on our October 27, 2021, proposed rule to rescind the final rule titled "Regulations for Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat" that was published on December 16, 2020, and established a regulatory definition of the term "habitat." We are extending the comment period by 15 days.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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