88 FR 40742
FWS proposed to reinstate the general application of the “blanket rule” option for protecting newly listed threatened species pursuant to ESA §4(d), with the continued option to promulgate species-specific rules; extend to federally recognized tribes the exceptions to prohibitions for threatened species that the regulations currently provide to the employees or agents of the Service and other federal and state agencies to aid, salvage, or dispose of threatened species; and minor changes to clarify or correct the existing regulations for endangered and threatened species.