{"abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a 12-month finding on a petition to list a mussel species, the yellow lance (Elliptio lanceolata), as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the yellow lance is warranted, and accordingly we propose to list the yellow lance as a threatened species under the Act. The yellow lance is a freshwater mussel native to Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. If we finalize this rule as proposed, the final rule would add the yellow lance to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to this species.","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/2017/04/05/2017-06783.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":17,"title":50}],"citation":"82 FR 16559","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2017-06-05","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before June 5, 2017. 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 May 22, 2017.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2017-0017","4500030113"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Yellow Lance Species Status Assessment","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2017-0017-0038"},{"title":"Villella. 2006. Aluminim-laden sediment discharge effect on mussels in Potomac","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2017-0017-0014"},{"title":"USFWS. 2006. Riparian Buffers","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2017-0017-0013"},{"title":"Riggs et al. 2000. Waccamaw Report","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2017-0017-0012"},{"title":"NCNHP. 2004. Riparian Buffer Standards","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2017-0017-0011"},{"title":"NCASI. 2015. 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