[Federal Register: July 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 128)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 36453-36464]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Part III





Department of the Interior





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Fish and Wildlife Service



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50 CFR Part 17



Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Rule To Remove 
the Bald Eagle in the Lower 48 States From the List of Endangered and 
Threatened Wildlife; Proposed Rule


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN 1018-AF21

 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Rule To 
Remove the Bald Eagle in the Lower 48 States From the List of 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service), propose to 
remove the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), from the List of 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in the lower 48 States of the United 
States. We propose this action because the available data indicate that 
this species has recovered. The recovery is due in part to habitat 
protection and management actions initiated under the Endangered 
Species Act. It is also due to reduction in levels of persistent 
organochlorine pesticides such as DDT occurring in the environment. 
Section 4(g) of the Act requires the Service to monitor recovered 
species for at least 5 years following delisting. This rule describes 
our proposed post-delisting monitoring plan for bald eagles. Removal of 
the bald eagle as a threatened species under the Act will not affect 
the protection provided under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, 
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and many other state laws.