FWS announced findings that the following seven species are not warranted for listing as endangered or threatened species under the ESA: Edison's ascyrum, Florida (lowland) loosestrife, Florida pinesnake, mimic cavesnail, northern cavefish, smallscale darter, and Texas troglobitic water slater.

FWS reopened the comment period on its October 18, 2022, proposed rule to list the Kern Canyon slender salamander and the relictual slender salamander under the ESA and to designate critical habitat, in order to allow opportunity for interested parties to comment on the new areas the Agency is considering for relictual slender salamander critical habitat, small changes to Kern Canyon slender salamander critical habitat, and updates to the physical or biological features for the Kern Canyon slender salamander.

DOE proposed to amend its implementing procedures governing compliance with NEPA, by adding a categorical exclusion for certain energy storage systems and revising categorical exclusions for upgrading and rebuilding transmission lines and for solar photovoltaic systems, as well as making conforming changes to related sections of the Department’s NEPA regulations.

FWS established a nonessential experimental population of the gray wolf in Colorado under the ESA. 

The Federal Highway Administration seeks information on the status of the electric vehicle charger industry. 

FWS removed the plants island bedstraw and Santa Cruz Island dudleya from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants on the basis of recovery. 

In order to comply with a district court order, FWS reinstated regulatory protections under the ESA for the gray wolf in all or portions of the 45 U.S. states and Mexico, where the species was listed at the time the delisting rule was issued. 

FWS reclassified Mitracarpus polycladus from endangered to threatened under the ESA, and issued a rule under §4(d) of the Act that provides for the conservation of the species.

FWS proposed to list the oblong rocksnail as an endangered species under the ESA.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adopted DOE’s electric vehicle charging stations categorical exclusion pursuant to §109 of NEPA to use for proposed DHS actions.