Interior Department Final Rule

2024-21155: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants

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What this rule does

This regulation updates the listing of endangered and threatened wildlife by correcting an error in the Code of Federal Regulations. It includes a revision of the entry for the Hawaiian hoary bat and adds a new entry for Rice's Whale.

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The rule, in full

236 words as published, September 17, 2024. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 89 Issue 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024) [Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 75976] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2024-21155] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants CFR Correction This rule is being published by the Office of the Federal Register to correct an editorial or technical error that appeared in the most recent annual revision of the Code of Federal Regulations. In Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 17 (Sec. Sec. 17.1 to 17.95(a)), revised as of October 1, 2023, in Sec. 17.11, amend paragraph (h) by revising the entry for ``Hawaiian hoary bat'' and adding an entry for ``Rice's Whale''. Sec. 17.11 Endangered and threatened wildlife. * * * * * (h) * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Listing citations Common name Scientific name Where listed Status and applicable rules ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAMMALS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * * * * * Bat, Hawaiian hoary (opeapea).... Aeorestes semotus.. Wherever found..... E 35 FR 16047, 10/13/ 1970. * * * * * * * Whale, Rice's.................... Balaenoptera ricei. Wherever found..... E 84 FR 15446, 4/15/ 2019; 86 FR 47022, 8/23/2021; \N\ 87 FR 8981, 2/17/ 2022. * * * * * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [FR Doc. 2024-21155 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 0099-10-P

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