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The best available data indicate that reintroduction of the Oregon silverspot butterfly to Saddle Mountain SNA and Nestucca Bay NWR is biologically feasible and would promote the conservation of the subspecies.","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/2016/12/23/2016-30817.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":17,"title":50}],"citation":"81 FR 94296","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2017-02-21","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before February 21, 2017. Please note that if you are using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES), the deadline for submitting an electronic comment is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on this date. We must receive requests for public hearings, in writing, at the address shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by February 6, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102","FXES11130900000 167 FF09E42000"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"VanBuskirk and Pikering 1999","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0017"},{"title":"Vanbuskirk 2010","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0016"},{"title":"VanBuskirk 2000","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0015"},{"title":"USFWS 2013 Chapter4_NestuccaBayNWR.FinalCCP web","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0014"},{"title":"USFWS 2012 OSB 5-year Review","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0013"},{"title":"USFWS 2001","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0012"},{"title":"USFWS 1980","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0011"},{"title":"Pickering et al 1992","document_id":"FWS-R1-ES-2016-0102-0010"},{"title":"ORNHIC 2004. 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