# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Termination of the Southern Sea Otter Translocation Program
> **US Department of the Interior** · Final rule and record of decision. · Published 2012-12-19 · Effective 2013-01-18 · 77 FR 75266
## Document
- **Document number:** 2012-30486
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of the Interior
- **Federal Register citation:** 77 FR 75266
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2012-12-19
- **Effective date:** 2013-01-18
- **Interior docket:** FWS-R8-FHC-2011-0046
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are removing the regulations that govern the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) translocation program, including the establishment of an experimental population of southern sea otters, and all associated management actions. Removal of the regulations terminates the program. We analyzed the environmental consequences of this action, and alternatives to it, in a final supplemental environmental impact statement (final SEIS), which we made available to the public on November 9, 2012. This Federal Register document records our decision to select the preferred alternative, Alternative 3C.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/12/19/2012-30486/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-termination-of-the-southern-sea-otter-translocation)
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