{"abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose to list the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), a grassland bird known from southeastern Colorado, western Kansas, eastern New Mexico, western Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle, as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). If we finalize the rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protection to this species. We have determined that designation of critical habitat for the lesser prairie-chicken under the Act is prudent but not determinable at this time. We are seeking information and comments from the public regarding the lesser prairie-chicken and this proposed rule.","action":"Proposed rule.","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/2012/12/11/2012-29331.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":17,"title":50}],"citation":"77 FR 73828","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2013-03-11","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before March 11, 2013. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES section, below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071: 4500030113"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2012-29331","effective_on":null,"end_page":73888,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/12/11/2012-29331.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/12/11/2012-29331/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-the-lesser-prairie-chicken-as-a-threatened","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2012-29331?publication_date=2012-12-11","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-12-11/2012-29331/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":61,"page_views":{"count":1402,"last_updated":"2026-10-24 00:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-12-11/pdf/2012-29331.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2012-29331.pdf?1355148895","publication_date":"2012-12-11","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/12/11/2012-29331.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1018-AV21":{"issue":"200904","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-AV21/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-three-foreign-bird-species-chatham-petrel-fiji","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Three Foreign Bird Species: Chatham Petrel, Fiji Petrel, and Magenta Petrel (Procellariidae; Tube-Nosed Seabirds) as Endangered","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200904&RIN=1018-AV21&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1018-AV21"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Fragmentation_Analysis_v2","document_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071-0640"},{"title":"Fragmentation_Analysis_v1","document_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071-0639"},{"title":"Literature Cited for Final Rules","document_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071-0638"},{"title":"Conservation Plan","document_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071-0579"},{"title":"Range-wide Conservation Plan for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken","document_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071-0312"},{"title":"Lesser Prairie-Chicken Interstate Working Group Estimated Range","document_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071-0004"},{"title":"Literature Cited for 2012 Lesser Prairie-chicken Proposed Rule","document_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071-0003"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-AY21/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-determination-for-the-lesser-prairie-chicken","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Determination for the Lesser Prairie-Chicken"},"comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071","supporting_documents_count":7,"docket_id":"FWS-R2-ES-2012-0071","regulation_id_number":"1018-AY21","title":"Threatened Status for Lesser Prairie-Chicken","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2013-02-16T05:00:29Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":73828,"subtype":null,"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Lesser Prairie-Chicken as a Threatened Species","toc_doc":"Listing Lesser Prairie-Chicken as Threatened Species","toc_subject":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants:","topics":["Endangered and threatened species","Exports","Imports","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Transportation"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":77}