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United States Code U.S. Code: Title 16 - CONSERVATION Statutes at Large
Title 50 published on 09-Jun-2018 05:25
The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 50 CFR Part 20 after this date.
2018-06-14; vol. 83 # 115 - Thursday, June 14, 2018 83 FR 27836 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed 2019-20 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (Preliminary) With Requests for Indian Tribal Proposals; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of supplemental information. Comments: You may comment on the general harvest strategy and the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2019-20 season until July 18, 2018. Following subsequent Federal Register documents, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed frameworks by January 15, 2019. Tribes must submit proposals and related comments on or before December 1, 2018. Meetings: The SRC will conduct a meeting on July 10, 2018, to identify and discuss preliminary issues concerning the 2019-20 migratory bird hunting regulations. The meeting will commence at approximately 11:00 a.m. EDT. The SRC will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for the 2019-20 migratory game bird hunting seasons on October 16-17, 2018. Meetings on both days are open to the public and will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2019-20 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) and Flyway Council meetings, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2019-20 duck hunting seasons, and requests proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands. Migratory bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.
2018-06-04; vol. 83 # 107 - Monday, June 4, 2018 83 FR 25738 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on June 4, 2018. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2018-19 migratory bird hunting seasons. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the States' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the migratory bird hunting regulations. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in hunting seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2018-05-23; vol. 83 # 100 - Wednesday, May 23, 2018 83 FR 23869 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2018-19 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. You must submit comments on the proposed regulations by June 22, 2018. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 2018-19 migratory bird hunting season.
2018-04-25; vol. 83 # 80 - Wednesday, April 25, 2018 83 FR 17987 - Migratory Bird Permits; Regulations for Managing Resident Canada Goose Populations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. Comments on this proposed rule must be received by May 25, 2018. 50 CFR Parts 20 and 21 Summary In 2005, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or “we”) published a final environmental impact statement on management of resident Canada geese ( Branta canadensis ) that documented resident Canada goose population levels “that are increasingly coming into conflict with people and causing personal and public property damage.” Subsequently, the Service implemented several actions intended to reduce, manage, and control resident Canada goose populations in the continental United States and to reduce related damages; those actions included depredation and control orders that allow destruction of Canada goose nests and eggs by authorized personnel between March 1 and June 30. However, some resident Canada geese currently initiate nests in February, particularly in the southern United States, and it seems likely that in the future nest initiation dates will begin earlier and hatching of eggs will perhaps end later than dates currently experienced. Thus, the Service proposes to amend the depredation and control orders to allow destruction of resident Canada goose nests and eggs at any time of year.
2018-02-05; vol. 83 # 24 - Monday, February 5, 2018 83 FR 5037 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2017-18 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on February 5, 2018. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
2018-02-02; vol. 83 # 23 - Friday, February 2, 2018 83 FR 4964 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. You must submit comments on the proposed migratory bird hunting frameworks by March 5, 2018. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2018-19 hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in hunting seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2017-11-06; vol. 82 # 213 - Monday, November 6, 2017 82 FR 51358 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Approval of Corrosion-Inhibited Copper Shot as Nontoxic for Waterfowl Hunting
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on November 6, 2017. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary Having completed our review of the application materials for corrosion-inhibited copper shot, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) approves the shot for hunting waterfowl and coots. We have concluded that this type of shot left in terrestrial or aquatic environments is unlikely to adversely affect fish, wildlife, or their habitats. Approving this shot formulation would increase the nontoxic shot options for hunters.
2017-10-03; vol. 82 # 190 - Tuesday, October 3, 2017 82 FR 46011 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental Proposals for Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations for the 2018-19 Hunting Season; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: We will accept comments on this proposed rule and any subsequent proposed rules resulting from upcoming SRC meetings until January 15, 2018. Meetings: The SRC will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for the 2018-19 migratory game bird hunting seasons on October 17-18, 2017. Meetings on both days will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), proposed in an earlier document this year to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2018-19 hunting season. This supplement to that proposed rule provides the regulatory alternatives for the 2018-19 duck hunting seasons, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) and Flyway Council meetings, and provides Flyway Council recommendations resulting from their March meetings.
2017-08-31; vol. 82 # 168 - Thursday, August 31, 2017 82 FR 41344 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2017-18 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Interim final rule. This rule takes effect on September 1, 2017. Comments on this rule must be received by September 21, 2017. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions in recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. The proposed rule for the 2017-18 season was delayed, requiring this interim final rule to allow Tribes to begin hunting in September. This interim rule will be replaced when the proposed rule is finalized.
2017-08-22; vol. 82 # 161 - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 82 FR 39716 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2017-18 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. You must submit comments on the proposed regulations by September 21, 2017. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 2017-18 migratory bird hunting season.
2017-08-15; vol. 82 # 156 - Tuesday, August 15, 2017 82 FR 38664 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Approval of Corrosion-Inhibited Copper Shot as Nontoxic for Waterfowl Hunting
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of draft environmental assessment. Electronic comments on this proposal or on the draft environmental assessment via http://www.regulations.gov must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on September 14, 2017. Comments submitted by mail must be postmarked no later than September 14, 2017. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary Having completed our review of the application materials for corrosion-inhibited copper shot, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) proposes to approve the shot for hunting waterfowl and coots. We have concluded that this type of shot left in terrestrial or aquatic environments is unlikely to adversely affect fish, wildlife, or their habitats. Approving this shot formulation would increase the nontoxic shot options for hunters.
2017-08-03; vol. 82 # 148 - Thursday, August 3, 2017 82 FR 36308 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed 2018-19 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (Preliminary) With Requests for Indian Tribal Proposals; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of supplemental information. Comments: You may comment on the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2018-19 season until September 5, 2017. You may comment on the draft environmental assessment to establish a framework for general swan hunting season in the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Central Flyways until October 15, 2017. Comments on the information collection requirements must be received by September 5, 2017. Following subsequent Federal Register documents, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed frameworks by January 15, 2018. Tribes must submit proposals and related comments on or before December 1, 2017. Meetings: The SRC will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for the 2018-19 migratory game bird hunting seasons on October 17-18, 2017. Meetings on both days will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2018-19 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) and Flyway Council meetings, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2018-19 duck hunting seasons, and requests proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands. Migratory bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.
2017-07-26; vol. 82 # 142 - Wednesday, July 26, 2017 82 FR 34752 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on July 26, 2017. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for migratory game birds. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2017-18 season.
2017-05-30; vol. 82 # 102 - Tuesday, May 30, 2017 82 FR 24786 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on May 30, 2017. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2017-18 migratory bird hunting seasons. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the States' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the migratory bird hunting regulations. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in hunting seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2017-02-09; vol. 82 # 26 - Thursday, February 9, 2017 82 FR 10222 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. You must submit comments on the proposed migratory bird hunting frameworks by March 13, 2017. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2017-18 hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in hunting seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2016-09-09; vol. 81 # 175 - Friday, September 9, 2016 81 FR 62404 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2016-17 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 9, 2016. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
2016-08-16; vol. 81 # 158 - Tuesday, August 16, 2016 81 FR 54514 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule; correction. This correction is effective August 16, 2016. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a final rule in the Federal Register on July 25, 2016, that prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for migratory game birds during the 2016-17 season. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. In that final rule, we identified several errors concerning season dates, and bag and possession limits, for certain States, as well as a number of formatting and other errors in tables and table notes. With this document, we correct those errors.
2016-08-12; vol. 81 # 156 - Friday, August 12, 2016 81 FR 53391 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental Proposals for Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations for the 2017-18 Hunting Season; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: We will accept comments on this proposed rule and any subsequent proposed rules resulting from upcoming SRC meetings until January 15, 2017. Meetings: The SRC will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for the 2017-18 migratory game bird hunting seasons on October 25-26, 2016. Meetings on both days will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), proposed in an earlier document this year to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2017-18 hunting season. This supplement to that proposed rule provides the regulatory alternatives for the 2017-18 duck hunting seasons, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) and Flyway Council meetings, and provides Flyway Council recommendations resulting from their March meetings.
2016-07-25; vol. 81 # 142 - Monday, July 25, 2016 81 FR 48648 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on July 25, 2016. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for migratory game birds. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2016-17 season.
2016-06-10; vol. 81 # 112 - Friday, June 10, 2016 81 FR 38050 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed 2017-18 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (Preliminary) With Requests for Indian Tribal Proposals; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of supplemental information. Comments: Following subsequent Federal Register notices, the public will be given an opportunity to submit comments on this proposed rule and the subsequent proposed frameworks by January 15, 2017. Tribes must submit proposals and related comments on or before December 1, 2016. Meetings: The SRC will conduct an open meeting on June 15, 2016, to identify and discuss preliminary issues concerning the 2017-18 migratory bird hunting regulations. The meeting will commence at approximately 11:00 a.m. EDT. The SRC will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for the 2017-18 migratory game bird hunting seasons on October 25-26, 2016. Meetings on both days will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2017-18 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) and Flyway Council meetings, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2017-18 duck hunting seasons, and requests proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.
2016-05-27; vol. 81 # 103 - Friday, May 27, 2016 81 FR 34226 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2016-17 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. You must submit comments on the proposed regulations by June 27, 2016. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 2016-17 migratory bird hunting season.
2016-04-12; vol. 81 # 70 - Tuesday, April 12, 2016 81 FR 21480 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule; correction. This correction is effective April 12, 2016. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, published a final rule in the Federal Register on March 28, 2016, that prescribes final frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2016-17 migratory bird hunting seasons. In that rule, we made an error in the daily bag limit for canvasbacks in Alaska. We intended to increase the daily bag limit for canvasbacks in Alaska, as we did for the rest of the United States, to 2 birds. We also included an incorrect description for the Special Early Canada Goose Unit in South Dakota. With this document, we correct our errors.
2016-03-28; vol. 81 # 59 - Monday, March 28, 2016 81 FR 17302 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on March 28, 2016. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2016-17 migratory bird hunting seasons. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the States' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the migratory bird hunting regulations. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in hunting seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2015-12-11; vol. 80 # 238 - Friday, December 11, 2015 80 FR 77088 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. You must submit comments on the proposed migratory bird hunting frameworks by January 11, 2016. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2016-17 hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in hunting seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2015-09-25; vol. 80 # 186 - Friday, September 25, 2015 80 FR 58158 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2015-16 Late Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 26, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes special late-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
80 FR 58166 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on September 26, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general waterfowl seasons and those early seasons for which States previously deferred selection. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2015-16 season.
2015-09-24; vol. 80 # 185 - Thursday, September 24, 2015 80 FR 57664 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 24, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2015-16 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seasons, the earliest of which commences on September 26, 2015. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the States' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the late-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
2015-09-01; vol. 80 # 169 - Tuesday, September 1, 2015 80 FR 52645 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Early Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds in the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on September 1, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits of mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; early (September) waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; youth waterfowl day; and some extended falconry seasons. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits taking of designated species during the 2015-16 season.
80 FR 52663 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2015-16 Early Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 1, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes special early-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to Tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of Tribal authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest, at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
2015-08-25; vol. 80 # 164 - Tuesday, August 25, 2015 80 FR 51658 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. You must submit comments on the proposed migratory bird hunting late-season frameworks by September 4, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2015-16 late-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in late seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2015-08-21; vol. 80 # 162 - Friday, August 21, 2015 80 FR 51090 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Early-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on August 21, 2015 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes final early-season frameworks from which the States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2015-16 migratory bird hunting seasons. Early seasons are those that generally open prior to October 1, and include seasons in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the selection of hunting seasons by the States and Territories to further the annual establishment of the early-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
2015-08-04; vol. 80 # 149 - Tuesday, August 4, 2015 80 FR 46218 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2015-16 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. You must submit comments on the proposed regulations by August 14, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 2015-16 migratory bird hunting season.
2015-07-21; vol. 80 # 139 - Tuesday, July 21, 2015 80 FR 43266 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Early-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: You must submit comments on the proposed early-season frameworks by July 31, 2015. Meetings: The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for late-season migratory bird hunting and the 2016 spring/summer migratory bird subsistence seasons in Alaska on July 29-30, 2015. All meetings will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2015-16 early-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the maximum number of birds that may be taken and possessed in early seasons. Early seasons may open as early as September 1, and include seasons in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of specific final seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population status and habitat conditions. This proposed rule also provides the regulatory alternatives for the 2015-16 duck hunting seasons.
2015-06-11; vol. 80 # 112 - Thursday, June 11, 2015 80 FR 33223 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental Proposals for Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations for the 2015-16 Hunting Season; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: You must submit comments on the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2015-16 duck hunting seasons on or before June 26, 2015, as detailed in the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2015 (80 FR 19852). Following subsequent Federal Register notices, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments for proposed early-season frameworks by July 29, 2015, and for proposed late-season frameworks by August 29, 2015. Meetings: The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for early-season migratory bird hunting on June 24 and 25, 2015; and for late-season migratory bird hunting and the 2015 spring/summer Alaskan migratory bird subsistence season on July 29 and 30, 2015. All meetings will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. and are open to the public. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), proposed in an earlier document to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2015-16 hunting season. This supplement to the proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee and Flyway Council meetings, and provides Flyway Council recommendations resulting from their March meetings.
2015-05-27; vol. 80 # 101 - Wednesday, May 27, 2015 80 FR 30205 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Service Regulations Committee Meeting
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of meeting. The meeting will be held June 25, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) will conduct an open meeting on June 25, 2015, to identify and discuss preliminary issues concerning the 2016-17 migratory bird hunting regulations.
2015-04-13; vol. 80 # 70 - Monday, April 13, 2015 80 FR 19852 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed 2015-16 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (Preliminary) With Requests for Indian Tribal Proposals and Requests for 2017 Spring and Summer Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest Proposals in Alaska
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of supplemental information. You must submit comments on the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2015-16 duck hunting seasons on or before June 26, 2015. Following subsequent Federal Register notices, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments for proposed early-season frameworks by July 29, 2015, and for proposed late-season frameworks and subsistence migratory bird seasons in Alaska by August 29, 2015. Tribes must submit proposals and related comments on or before June 5, 2015. Proposals from the Alaska Migratory Bird Co-management Council for the 2017 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence harvest season must be submitted to the Flyway Councils and the Service on or before June 13, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2015-16 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2015-16 duck hunting seasons, requests proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands, and requests proposals for the 2017 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.
2014-12-30; vol. 79 # 249 - Tuesday, December 30, 2014 79 FR 78379 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Service Regulations Committee Meeting
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Notice of meeting. The meeting will be held January 28, 2015. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service) will conduct an open meeting on January 28, 2015, to identify and discuss preliminary issues concerning the 2015-16 migratory bird hunting regulations.
2014-09-26; vol. 79 # 187 - Friday, September 26, 2014 79 FR 58198 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Late Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on September 27, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits for general waterfowl seasons and those early seasons for which States previously deferred selection. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits the taking of designated species during the 2014-15 season.
2014-09-24; vol. 79 # 185 - Wednesday, September 24, 2014 79 FR 57402 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2014-15 Late Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 27, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes special late-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of their authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
2014-09-23; vol. 79 # 184 - Tuesday, September 23, 2014 79 FR 56864 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 23, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) prescribes final late-season frameworks from which States may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2014-15 migratory bird hunting seasons. These late seasons include most waterfowl seasons, the earliest of which commences on September 27, 2014. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the States' selection of hunting seasons and to further the annual establishment of the late-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
2014-09-03; vol. 79 # 170 - Wednesday, September 3, 2014 79 FR 52226 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2014-15 Early Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on September 1, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes special early-season migratory bird hunting regulations for certain tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands. This rule responds to tribal requests for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) recognition of tribal authority to regulate hunting under established guidelines. This rule allows the establishment of season bag limits and, thus, harvest, at levels compatible with populations and habitat conditions.
2014-08-29; vol. 79 # 168 - Friday, August 29, 2014 79 FR 51712 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Early Seasons and Bag and Possession Limits for Certain Migratory Game Birds in the Contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on August 29, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes the hunting seasons, hours, areas, and daily bag and possession limits of mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves; band-tailed pigeons; rails; moorhens and gallinules; woodcock; common snipe; sandhill cranes; sea ducks; early (September) waterfowl seasons; migratory game birds in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands; youth waterfowl day; and some extended falconry seasons. Taking of migratory birds is prohibited unless specifically provided for by annual regulations. This rule permits taking of designated species during the 2014-15 season.
2014-08-28; vol. 79 # 167 - Thursday, August 28, 2014 79 FR 51402 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Final Frameworks for Early-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule takes effect on August 28, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary This rule prescribes final early-season frameworks from which the States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands may select season dates, limits, and other options for the 2014-15 migratory bird hunting seasons. Early seasons are those that generally open prior to October 1, and include seasons in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. The effect of this final rule is to facilitate the selection of hunting seasons by the States and Territories to further the annual establishment of the early-season migratory bird hunting regulations.
2014-08-22; vol. 79 # 163 - Friday, August 22, 2014 79 FR 50512 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Late-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; Supplemental. You must submit comments on the proposed migratory bird hunting late-season frameworks by September 2, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2014-15 late-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the number of birds that may be taken and possessed in late seasons. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population and habitat conditions.
2014-08-11; vol. 79 # 154 - Monday, August 11, 2014 79 FR 46940 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations on Certain Federal Indian Reservations and Ceded Lands for the 2014-15 Season
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule. You must submit comments on the proposed regulations by August 21, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, off-reservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 2014-15 migratory bird hunting season.
2014-07-31; vol. 79 # 147 - Thursday, July 31, 2014 79 FR 44580 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed Frameworks for Early-Season Migratory Bird Hunting Regulations; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: You must submit comments on the proposed early-season frameworks by August 11, 2014. Meetings: The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee (SRC) will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for late-season migratory bird hunting and the 2014 spring/summer migratory bird subsistence seasons in Alaska on July 30-31, 2014. All meetings will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter Service or we) is proposing to establish the 2014-15 early-season hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds. We annually prescribe frameworks, or outer limits, for dates and times when hunting may occur and the maximum number of birds that may be taken and possessed in early seasons. Early seasons may open as early as September 1, and include seasons in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These frameworks are necessary to allow State selections of specific final seasons and limits and to allow recreational harvest at levels compatible with population status and habitat conditions. This proposed rule also provides the final regulatory alternatives for the 2014-15 duck hunting seasons.
2014-07-29; vol. 79 # 145 - Tuesday, July 29, 2014 79 FR 43961 - Addresses of Headquarters Offices
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on July 29, 2014. 50 CFR Parts 2, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 36, 80, 86, 91, and 100 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are updating the addresses of our headquarters offices in our regulations. The Service will relocate its headquarters offices on July 28, 2014. We are taking this action to ensure regulated entities and the general public have accurate contact information for the Service's offices.
2014-06-04; vol. 79 # 107 - Wednesday, June 4, 2014 79 FR 32418 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Supplemental Proposals for Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations for the 2014-15 Hunting Season; Notice of Meetings
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; supplemental. Comments: You must submit comments on the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2014-15 duck hunting seasons on or before June 27, 2014. Following subsequent Federal Register notices, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments for proposed early-season frameworks by July 29, 2014, and for proposed late-season frameworks and subsistence migratory bird seasons in Alaska by August 29, 2014. Meetings: The Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee will meet to consider and develop proposed regulations for early-season migratory bird hunting on June 25 and 26, 2014, and for late-season migratory bird hunting and the 2015 spring/summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska on July 30 and 31, 2014. All meetings will commence at approximately 8:30 a.m. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), proposed in an earlier document to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2014-15 hunting season. This supplement to the proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, announces the Service Migratory Bird Regulations Committee and Flyway Council meetings, and provides Flyway Council recommendations resulting from their March meetings.
2014-04-30; vol. 79 # 83 - Wednesday, April 30, 2014 79 FR 24512 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Proposed 2014-15 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Regulations (Preliminary) With Requests for Indian Tribal Proposals and Requests for 2016 Spring and Summer Migratory Bird Subsistence Harvest Proposals in Alaska
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Proposed rule; availability of supplemental information. You must submit comments on the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2014-15 duck hunting seasons on or before June 27, 2014. Following subsequent Federal Register notices, you will be given an opportunity to submit comments for proposed early-season frameworks by July 29, 2014, and for proposed late-season frameworks and subsistence migratory bird seasons in Alaska by August 29, 2014. Tribes must submit proposals and related comments on or before June 5, 2014. Proposals from the Co-management Council for the 2016 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence harvest season must be submitted to the Flyway Councils and the Service on or before June 13, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter the Service or we) proposes to establish annual hunting regulations for certain migratory game birds for the 2014-15 hunting season. We annually prescribe outside limits (frameworks) within which States may select hunting seasons. This proposed rule provides the regulatory schedule, describes the proposed regulatory alternatives for the 2014-15 duck hunting seasons, requests proposals from Indian tribes that wish to establish special migratory game bird hunting regulations on Federal Indian reservations and ceded lands, and requests proposals for the 2016 spring and summer migratory bird subsistence season in Alaska. Migratory game bird hunting seasons provide opportunities for recreation and sustenance; aid Federal, State, and tribal governments in the management of migratory game birds; and permit harvests at levels compatible with migratory game bird population status and habitat conditions.
2013-12-26; vol. 78 # 248 - Thursday, December 26, 2013 78 FR 78275 - Migratory Bird Hunting; Revision of Language for Approval of Nontoxic Shot for Use in Waterfowl Hunting
GPO FDSys XML | Text Additional Documents DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Fish and Wildlife Service Final rule. This rule is effective on January 27, 2014. 50 CFR Part 20 Summary We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, revise our regulations regarding the approval of nontoxic shot types to make the regulations easier to understand. The language governing determination of Estimated Environmental Concentrations (EECs) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems is altered to make clear the shot size and number of shot to be used in calculating the EECs. We specify the pH level to be used in calculating the EEC in water. We also move the requirement for in vitro testing to Tier 1, which will allow us to better assess applications and minimize the need for Tier 2 applications. We add language for withdrawal of shot types that have been demonstrated to have detrimental environmental or biological effects, or for which no suitable field-testing device is available. We expect these changes to reduce the time required for nontoxic shot approvals. Finally, we add fees to cover our costs in evaluating these applications.
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