Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reissuance of Interim Special Rule for the Polar Bear
endangered-species · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Published 2012-01-30 · Effective 2012-01-30 · 77 FR 4492
Document
Document number
2012-1914
Federal Register citation
77 FR 4492
CFR reference
50 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Sub-agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
2012-01-30
Effective date
2012-01-30
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-R7-ES-2011-0109
Abstract
On November 18, 2011, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Court) issued an order in regard to Misc. No. 08- 764 (EGS) MDL Docket No. 1993 IN RE: POLAR BEAR ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LISTING AND Sec. 4(d) RULE LITIGATION, vacating and remanding to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service the December 16, 2008, final special rule for the polar bear (73 FR 76249). The Court further ordered that in its place the interim final special rule for the polar bear published on May 15, 2008 (73 FR 28306), shall remain in effect until superseded by the new special rule for the polar bear to be published in the Federal Register. This rule complies with that order and provides final notice of the reinstatement of the May 15, 2008, interim final special rule for the polar bear.