Abstract
The proposed
regulations for InJUriOUS
Wildlife,
according to Mr.
Jim Lankford,
Program Director
for the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service
,are approaching
their final
form. Although
they were origi -nally scheduled
for publication in the Federal Register in
1 une, action on the regulations has temporarily
been held in abeyance in part,
because of response to a written communication
from Congressman Robert Leggett
(D-Calif.) to Mr. Nathaniel Reed , Assistant
Secretary of the l nterior. Congressman
Leggett, Chairman of the House Merchant
Marine and Fisheries sub-committee on
Fisheries, Wildlife and Environment, has
requested Reed to consider holding an
administrative hearing for the record,
since the Lacey Act , under which the proposed
regulations are promulgated , is a criminal statute.