Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances

This rule contains the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) final regulatory changes to Part 17 of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) necessary to implement two final policies developed by the Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) under the Endangered Species Act (Act)--the Safe Harbor and the Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances policies published in today's Federal Register. NMFS will develop separate regulatory changes to implement these policies. This rule also contains several amendments to parts 13 and 17 of title 50 of the CFR that alter the applicability of the Service's general permitting regulations in 50 CFR part 13 to permits issued under section 10 of the Act for Habitat Conservation Plans, Safe Harbor Agreements, and Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances.