This is currently in the prerule stage because of a petition filed last year this is a rule change and as such does not have to go through Congress or be signed into law....

See http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201004&RIN=1018-AX05


RIN Data
DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AX05 Publication ID: Spring 2010
Title: ¤Injurious Wildlife Evaluation; Amphibian Trade and Chytrid Fungus
Abstract: We are reviewing a petition to add all traded live amphibians or their eggs to our list of injurious wildlife under the Lacey Act unless certified as free of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (chytrid fungus). The importation and introduction of live amphibians infected with chytrid fungus into U.S. natural ecosystems may pose a threat to the interests of U.S. agriculture, fisheries, and commerce, as well as to the welfare and survival of wildlife and wildlife resources. For live amphibians or their eggs infected with chytrid fungus, an injurious wildlife listing would prohibit the importation into, or transportation between, States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any U.S. territory or possession by any means, without a permit. Permits may be issued for scientific, medical, educational, or zoological purposes.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI) Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: No Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 16 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 18 USC 42
Legal Deadline: Action Source Description Date
Final Judicial Final decision. 11/02/2010

Timetable: Action Date FR Cite
ANPRM 04/00/2010

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact:
Susan Jewell
Biologist
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
4401 N. Fairfax Drive , MS 770,
Arlington, VA 22203
Phone:703 358-2416
Fax:703 358-2487
Email: susan_jewell@fws.gov

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