Department of the Interior July 31, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to remove the northeastern bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that delisting the species is warranted. Our review indicates that the threats to the northeastern bulrush have been eliminated or reduced to the point that the species no longer meets the definition of an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Accordingly, we propose to delist the northeastern bulrush. If we finalize this rule as proposed, the prohibitions and conservation measures provided by the Act, particularly through Sections 7 and 9 would no longer apply to the northeastern bulrush.

This order extends the duration of the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7614 for an additional 20-year period. PLO No. 7614 withdrew 646.40 acres of National Forest System lands in the Colville National Forest near Metaline, Washington from location and entry under the United States mining laws to protect the Halliday Fen Research Natural Area (RNA). A Federal Register notice published on September 29, 2023, revised the legal land description and acreage written in PLO No. 7614 to reflect the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Cadastral Survey's current standards for Specifications for Descriptions of Land.

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), are proposing to renew an information collection.