Exhibit 3, 202 FW 3, Editorial Guidelines for XML-Coded Federal Register Documents, Fish and Wildlife Service Manual, U.S. Fish and Wildlife SErvice

Exhibit 3, 202 FW 3
Editorial Guidelines for XML-Coded Federal Register Documents

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April 12, 2010

Series: Administrative Procedure

Part 202: The Federal Register

Originating Office: Division of Policy and Directives Management

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Required Captions and Headers

We will follow Office of the Federal Register and Government Printing Office practice for use of bold and italics.

Bold the following text:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

RIN line (for example, RIN 1018–AU47)

Tracking number and cost code lines—e.g.,

[Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2008–0072]

[92210–1117–0000–FY08–B4]

Subject line (for example, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Louisiana Black Bear)

· Bold the following capitalized captions:

AGENCY:

ACTION:

SUMMARY:

DATES:

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

· Bold all first-level headers in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section (examples below):

Background

Public Comments

Required Determinations

Authors

Authority

Italicize second-level headers—for example,

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966

· Bold or italicize amendatory language items as shown in the examples below:

List of Subjects in 50 CFR 17

PART 17—ENDANGERED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE AND PLANTS

§ 17.11 Endangered and threatened wildlife.

The Text of Your Document

· Bold the following words in the text of your document (that is, not in headers):

· Federal Register

· Any of the above capitalized captions. For example: in-text mentions of ADDRESSES (referring to the ADDRESSES caption only) are bolded and all in caps. For example, “You may submit your comments and materials concerning this proposed rule by one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section.”

Italicize the following:

· URLs (web site addresses) – http://www.fws.gov

· e-mail addresses – John_Doe@fws.gov

· scientific names – Salvelinus confluentus (and Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae)

· parties in court cases (but not the v.) – Defenders of Wildlife v. Norton

· et seq. (Note that GPO Style Manual does not italicize this, but internal OFR style does italicize this.)

· et al. (Note that GPO Style Manual does not italicize this, but internal OFR style does italicize this.)

Do not italicize:

· etc.

· e.g.

· i.e.

· v. (in court cases)

· other foreign words (for more, see GPO Style Manual at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/index.html)

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