Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status for Black Pinesnake With 4(d) Rule
endangered-species · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Published 2015-10-06 · Effective 2015-11-05 · 80 FR 60468
Document
Document number
2015-25270
Federal Register citation
80 FR 60468
CFR reference
50 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Sub-agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
2015-10-06
Effective date
2015-11-05
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2014-0046
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the black pinesnake (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi), a reptile subspecies from Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The effect of this rule is to add this subspecies to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. We are also adopting a rule under the authority of section 4(d) of the Act (a "4(d) rule") to provide for the conservation of the black pinesnake.