{"abstract":"In 2007, a Status Review Team (SRT) consisting of Federal biologists from NMFS, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) completed a status review report on Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the United States. We, NMFS, have reviewed this status review report and all other best available information to determine if listing Atlantic sturgeon under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) as either threatened or endangered is warranted. The SRT recommended that Atlantic sturgeon in the United States be divided into the following five distinct population segments (DPSs): Gulf of Maine; New York Bight; Chesapeake Bay; Carolina; and South Atlantic, and we agree with this DPS structure. After reviewing the available information on the Carolina and South Atlantic DPSs, the two DPSs located within the NMFS Southeast Region, we have determined that listing these two DPSs as endangered is warranted. Therefore, we propose to list these two DPSs as endangered under the ESA. We have published a separate listing determination for the DPSs within the NMFS Northeast Region in today's Federal Register.","action":"Proposed rule; request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","name":"Commerce Department","id":54,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/commerce-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/54","parent_id":null,"slug":"commerce-department"},{"raw_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","id":361,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/361","parent_id":54,"slug":"national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2010/10/06/2010-24461.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":224,"title":50}],"citation":"75 FR 61904","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2011-01-04","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments on this proposed rule must be received by January 4, 2011. At least one public hearing will be held in a central location for each DPS; notice of the location(s) and time(s) of the hearing(s) will be subsequently published in the Federal Register not less than 15 days before the hearing is held.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 090219208-9210-01"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2010-24461","effective_on":null,"end_page":61929,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2010/10/06/2010-24461.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/10/06/2010-24461/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-proposed-listings-for-two-distinct-population-segments","images":{"EP06OC10.005":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.005/EP06OC10.005_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.005/EP06OC10.005_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.005/EP06OC10.005_original_size.png"},"EP06OC10.006":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.006/EP06OC10.006_large.png","medium":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.006/EP06OC10.006_medium.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.006/EP06OC10.006_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"EP06OC10.005":{"large":{"identifier":"EP06OC10.005","content_type":"image/png","size":74556,"width":823,"sha":"7524e1c47b56ace64b64da6d255adb6d","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.005/EP06OC10.005_large.png","height":1152},"medium":{"identifier":"EP06OC10.005","content_type":"image/png","size":31875,"width":475,"sha":"b61829bfd184f696e41684fd0d64dd95","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.005/EP06OC10.005_medium.png","height":665},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP06OC10.005","content_type":"image/png","size":370416,"width":3586,"sha":"8c2b83118c27cfeb0c7383bd6105d42a","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.005/EP06OC10.005_original_size.png","height":5021}},"EP06OC10.006":{"large":{"identifier":"EP06OC10.006","content_type":"image/png","size":82292,"width":823,"sha":"7a8c0a26fdd1a732acf6275c2a98e324","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.006/EP06OC10.006_large.png","height":1166},"medium":{"identifier":"EP06OC10.006","content_type":"image/png","size":30046,"width":450,"sha":"f3f106f3802eb96e302038836bc9e670","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.006/EP06OC10.006_medium.png","height":638},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP06OC10.006","content_type":"image/png","size":380954,"width":3403,"sha":"b1ca23e003b05c987207eee95f83bfc1","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP06OC10.006/EP06OC10.006_original_size.png","height":4823}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2010-24461?publication_date=2010-10-06","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2010-10-06/2010-24461/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":26,"page_views":{"count":533,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 10:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-10-06/pdf/2010-24461.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-10-06","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2010/10/06/2010-24461.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"0648-XN50":null},"regulation_id_numbers":["0648-XN50"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2010-10-26T08:06:30Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":61904,"subtype":null,"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Listings for Two Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the Southeast","toc_doc":"Listings for Two Distinct Population Segments of Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus oxyrinchus) in the Southeast","toc_subject":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Endangered and threatened species","Exports","Imports","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Transportation"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":75}