EPA seeks comment on the draft Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) Guidelines for Planning and Problem Formulation, which describe steps for the planning and problem formulation of CRAs and offer guidelines for when they could be appropriate.

EPA announced a proposed consent decree that resolves Center for Food Safety v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 4:22-cv-6001-JST (N.D. Cal.), alleging the Agency unreasonably delayed responding to a petition for rulemaking, submitted to EPA on or around July 10, 2017, relating to the revision of testing requirements of pesticides prior to registration.

FWS proposed to list Navasota false foxglove as endangered under the ESA and to designate approximately 1.9 acres in Grimes and Tyler Counties, Texas, as critical habitat for the species.

FWS amended regulations for the Captive Wildlife Safety Act (CWSA) by incorporating the requirements of the Big Cat Public Safety Act in the CWSA regulations.

FWS proposed to list the swale paintbrush as endangered under the ESA.

FWS proposed to list the Sira curassow and southern helmeted curassow as endangered under the ESA.

FEMA seeks input on implementation of the Community Disaster Resilience Zones Act of 2022, including updates to the methodology and data used for the National Risk Index and any other hazard assessment products; potential improvements to FEMA’s provision of hazard data; the process used to designate community disaster resilience zones; financial and technical assistance for resilience or mitigation projects primarily benefitting community disaster resilience zones; and the community disaster resilience zone project application and certification process.

NMFS announced its 90-day finding on a petition to list the smalltail shark as threatened or endangered under the ESA, finding that listing may be warranted and commencing a status review of the species.

FWS designated approximately 1,869 acres in Miami-Dade County, Florida, as critical habitat for the Miami tiger beetle under the ESA.

The Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rule implementing a new credit assistance program for safety projects to maintain, upgrade, and repair dams identified in the National Inventory of Dams with a primary owner type of state, local government, public utility, or private.