{"abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act). After review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the rusty patched bumble bee is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the rusty patched bumble bee, a species that occurs in the eastern and midwestern United States and Ontario, Canada, as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (Act). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it would extend the Act's protections to this species. The effect of this regulation will be to add this species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.","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/2016/09/22/2016-22799.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":17,"title":50}],"citation":"81 FR 65324","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2016-11-21","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before November 21, 2016. Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date. We must receive requests for public hearings, in writing, at the address shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by November 7, 2016.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112","4500030113"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Species Status Assessment Final Report","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0245"},{"title":"Literature Cited for Final Rule","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0244"},{"title":"Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Species Status Assessment","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0030"},{"title":"Literature Cited for Proposed Endangered Species Status for Rusty Patched Bumble Bee","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0029"},{"title":"Petition Review Form -  Rusty patched bumblebee","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0003"},{"title":"Rusty patched bumblebee  petition (Xerces)","document_id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0002"}],"agency_name":"FWS","documents":[{"comment_count":92883,"comment_start_date":"2016-09-22","updated_at":"2023-02-28T15:59:40.857-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0028","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112-0028","comment_end_date":"2016-11-22","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":6,"id":"FWS-R3-ES-2015-0112","title":"Petition to List Rusty-Patched Bumblebee Under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Amended"}],"document_number":"2016-22799","effective_on":null,"end_page":65334,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2016/09/22/2016-22799.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/09/22/2016-22799/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-endangered-species-status-for-rusty-patched-bumble-bee","images":{"EP22SE16.005":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP22SE16.005/EP22SE16.005_large.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP22SE16.005/EP22SE16.005_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"EP22SE16.005":{"large":{"identifier":"EP22SE16.005","content_type":"image/png","size":97376,"width":823,"sha":"7404cc04bc03e68f1964f75de5ea488b","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP22SE16.005/EP22SE16.005_large.png","height":734},"original_size":{"identifier":"EP22SE16.005","content_type":"image/png","size":60018,"width":1788,"sha":"2d4f8ebd09954c6bad1abb63a25cfa78","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/EP22SE16.005/EP22SE16.005_original_size.png","height":1594}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2016-22799?publication_date=2016-09-22","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2016-09-22/2016-22799/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":11,"page_views":{"count":2724,"last_updated":"2026-09-23 04:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-22/pdf/2016-22799.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2016-22799.pdf?1474461945","publication_date":"2016-09-22","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2016/09/22/2016-22799.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1018-BB66":{"issue":"201610","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BB66/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-listing-determination-for-the-rusty-patched-bumble-bee","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 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