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This interim rule includes any live or dead specimen, hybrid, or parts of the 16 genera and opens a public comment period. We take these actions to protect U.S. ecosystems from the introduction, establishment, and spread of the lethal chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, which infects and is carried by salamanders, and which is not yet known to be found in the United States.","action":"Affirmation of interim rule as final; second interim rule and request for public comment.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","name":"Interior Department","id":253,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/interior-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/253","parent_id":null,"slug":"interior-department"},{"raw_name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","name":"Fish and Wildlife Service","id":197,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/fish-and-wildlife-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/197","parent_id":253,"slug":"fish-and-wildlife-service"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2025/01/10/2024-31203.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":16,"title":50}],"citation":"90 FR 2170","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2025-03-11","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective date: The interim rule published at 81 FR 1534 on January 13, 2016, was effective January 28, 2016. 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