United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2025_register executive 2025-11-21 article Proposed Rules D09002ee1da46ee9e D09002ee1da46ef85 United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Fish and Wildlife Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise our regulations concerning protections of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (Act). We are proposing to remove the "blanket rule" option for protecting newly listed threatened species pursuant to section 4(d) of the Act. The Service intends to create species- specific rules for all threatened species currently protected under the "blanket rule" option. Until such species-specific rules are promulgated, threatened species that receive protections under the "blanket rule" option will continue to receive those protections. 90 FR 52587 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-11-21/2025-20552 2025-20552 fr21no25-16 RIN 1018-BI74 4333-15-P Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0029 FXES11130900000-256-FF09E23000 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-11-21/2025-20552 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/html/2025-20552.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/pdf/2025-20552.pdf Endangered and Threatened Species Exports Imports Plants Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Transportation Wildlife 6 p. 52587 52592 90 FR 52587 Title 50 Part 17 50 CFR Part 17 RIN 1018-BI74 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Regulations Pertaining to Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Federal Register Vol. 90, Issue PRORULE 2025-20552 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 2025-12-22 Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2025-0029 FXES11130900000-256-FF09E23000 4333-15-P 2025-20552 Proposed rule; request for comment.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to revise our regulations concerning protections of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (Act). We are proposing to remove the "blanket rule" option for protecting newly listed threatened species pursuant to section 4(d) of the Act. The Service intends to create species- specific rules for all threatened species currently protected under the "blanket rule" option. Until such species-specific rules are promulgated, threatened species that receive protections under the "blanket rule" option will continue to receive those protections.

We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before December 22, 2025. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on the closing date. John Tirpak, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Conservation and Classification; telephone 703- 358-2163; john_tirpak@fws.gov. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. Please see Docket No. FWS- HQ-ES-2025-0029 on https://www.regulations.gov for a document that summarizes this proposed rule. Endangered and Threatened Species Exports Imports Plants Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Transportation Wildlife Endangered and Threatened Species Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants, john_tirpak@fws.gov https://www.regulations.gov Vol. 90, no. 223 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2025-11-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 301 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-11-21 P0b002ee1da436f5f 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21no25 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2025-11-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/pdf/FR-2025-11-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-21/xml/FR-2025-11-21.xml fdlp 52555 52845 DGPO 2025-11-21 2025-11-21 FR-2025-11-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2025-11-21 90 223