AXPC, IPAA, and API Joint Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for the Tricolored Bat

AXPC, IPAA, and API Joint Comments to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Findings for the Tricolored Bat

With this letter, the American Exploration and Production Council (AXPC), the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), and the American Petroleum Institute (API) are pleased to submit these comments in response to the captioned public notice, published in the Federal Register December 20, 2017, in which the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS or the Service) announced 90-day findings on several petitions to list or reclassify wildlife or plants under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), including the Tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus).