89 FR 27417
NMFS announced its intent to conduct a five-year review of the endangered western distinct population segment of the Steller sea lion.
NMFS announced its intent to conduct a five-year review of the endangered western distinct population segment of the Steller sea lion.
FWS revised regulations concerning the issuance of enhancement of survival and incidental take permits under the ESA.
FWS revised its regulations concerning protections of endangered and threatened species under the ESA by reinstating the general application of the "blanket rule'' option for protecting newly listed threatened species pursuant to §4(d) of the Act, with the continued option to promulgate species-specific §4(d) rules, and extending to federally recognized tribes the exceptions to prohibitions for threatened species that the regulations currently provide to the employees or agents of FWS and other federal and state agencies to aid, salvage, or dispose of threatened species.