USFWS list the Ocmulgee skullcap (Scutellaria ocmulgee), a plant species from Georgia and South Carolina as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. They also designate critical habitat. In total, approximately 6,661 acres (2,696 hectares) in Bibb, Bleckley, Burke, Columbia, Houston, Monroe, Pulaski, Richmond, Screven, and Twiggs Counties, Georgia, and in Aiken and Edgefield Counties, South Carolina, fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. This rule extends the protections of the Act to this species and its designated critical habitat. This rule is effective 29 November 2024. POC is Peter Maholland, Field Supervisor, USFWS, Georgia Ecological Services Field Office, 355 East Hancock Avenue, Room 320, Athens, GA 30601; tele 706-613-9493. (Federal Register 30 October 2024 [Rule] Pages 86670-86712)