FWS proposed to reinstate the general application of the “blanket rule” option for protecting newly listed threatened species pursuant to ESA §4(d), with the continued option to promulgate species-specific rules; extend to federally recognized tribes the exceptions to prohibitions for threatened species that the regulations currently provide to the employees or agents of the Service and other federal and state agencies to aid, salvage, or dispose of threatened species; and minor changes to clarify or correct the existing regulations for endangered and threatened species.

FWS and NMFS proposed to amend portions of their regulations that implement ESA §7 to further clarify and improve the interagency consultation processes, while continuing to provide for the conservation of listed species.

FWS and NMFS proposed to revise portions of their regulations implementing ESA §4 to clarify, interpret, and implement the procedures and criteria used for listing, reclassifying, and delisting species on the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants and designating critical habitat.

SIP Proposal: Delaware (disapproval of revisions related to excess emissions during startup, shutdown, and malfunction events).

FWS proposed to list the southern elktoe as endangered under the ESA and to designate approximately 578 river miles in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia as critical habitat for the species.

EPA seeks comment on implementation of a plan to ensure that farmworkers have access to bilingual pesticide labeling by December 2025 under the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2022.

SIP Proposal: Missouri (revisions related to to the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Sulfur Dioxide Group One Trading Program).

BLM proposed to amend its existing right-of-way regulations to facilitate responsible solar and wind energy development on public lands managed by BLM.

SIP Approval: California (limited approval and limited disapproval of revision concerning nitrogen oxide emissions from industrial, institutional, and commercial boilers, steam generators, and process heaters in the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District).

EPA proposed to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by perchloroethylene (PCE) under its conditions of use as documented in the Agency's December 2020 risk evaluation for PCE and December 2022 revised risk determination for PCE prepared under TSCA.