FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Berry Cave salamander as endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.

FWS proposed to withdraw its listing of the flat-tailed horned lizard as a threatened species under the ESA because the threat to the species is less significant than earlier believed.

FWS proposed to designate approximately 11,136 acres in Arizona and New Mexico as critical habitat for the Chiricahua leopard frog and proposed to list the species as threatened under the ESA. 

FWS announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the Texas kangaroo rat as endangered or threatened and to designate critical habitat under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted and initiated a status review. 

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list the Mt. Charleston blue butterfly as endangered or threatened under the ESA; the agency found that listing is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.

NOAA-Fisheries announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list six species of sawfish as endangered or threatened under the ESA; the agency found that listing may be warranted for five of the sawfish species and initiated a status review.

EPA proposed to withdraw certain aquatic life water quality criteria for waters of the Great Lakes in Wisconsin.

EPA proposed revisions to the unregulated contaminant monitoring regulation for public water systems.

OSM proposed to approve an amendment to Pennsylvania's regulatory program under SMCRA concerning limitations for post-mining discharges.

OSM proposed to approve an amendment to Pennsylvania's regulatory program under SMCRA that would remove a required amendment on regulatory exemptions for coal extraction incidental to the extraction of other minerals.