FWS designated approximately 187,157 square miles in Alaska and adjacent territorial and U.S. waters as critical habitat for the polar bear under the ESA.

FWS designated approximately 13 miles of stream in the Turkey Creek Watershed in Jefferson County, Alabama, as critical habitat for the vermilion darter under the ESA.

OSM approved an amendment to Texas' regulatory program under SMCRA regarding annual permit fees.

OSM approved an amendment to North Dakota's regulatory program under SMCRA reducing the revegetation responsibility period to five years for lands eligible for remining.

OSM approved an amendment to Montana's regulatory program under SMCRA regarding normal husbandry practices.

EPA and the U.S. Coast Guard announced alternative arrangements under NEPA for the joint emergency temporary interim rule on the relocation of response resources for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that will expire on December 31, 2010.

FWS announced a 12-month finding on a petition to list Hamilton milkvetch, Flowers penstemon, Frisco buckwheat, Ostler's peppergrass, and Frisco clover as threatened or endangered under the ESA; the agency found that listing Hamilton milkvetch and Flowers penstemon is not warranted and that listing Frisco buckwheat, Ostler's peppergrass, and Frisco clover is warranted but precluded by higher priority actions.

FWS determined threatened status for the New Zealand/Australia distinct population segment of the southern rockhopper penguin under the ESA.

FWS designated approximately 98,366 acres in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties in California as critical habitat for the arroyo toad under the ESA.