Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Status for Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
endangered-species · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Published 2017-01-11 · Effective 2017-02-10 · 82 FR 3186
Document
Document number
2017-00195
Federal Register citation
82 FR 3186
CFR reference
50 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Sub-agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
2017-01-11
Effective date
2017-02-10
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine endangered species status under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, for the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), a species that occurs in the eastern and Midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada. The effect of this regulation will be to add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.