{"abstract":"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our 12-month finding on a petition to list the alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii), North America's largest freshwater turtle species, as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the species is warranted. Accordingly, we propose to list the alligator snapping turtle as a threatened species with a rule issued under section 4(d) of the Act (\"4(d) rule\"). If we finalize this rule as proposed, it will add the species to the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and extend the Act's protections to the 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/2021/11/09/2021-23994.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"17","title":50}],"citation":"86 FR 62434","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2022-01-10","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before January 10, 2022. 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 December 27, 2021.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115","FF09E21000 FXES1111090FEDR 223"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Proposed Rule Literature Cited - See attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0004"},{"title":"Peer Reviews - See Attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0003"},{"title":"Alligator Snapping Turtle SSA V1-2","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0002"}],"agency_name":"FWS","documents":[{"comment_count":121,"comment_start_date":"2021-11-09","updated_at":"2023-02-28T20:20:56.413-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0001","comment_end_date":"2022-01-11","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":3,"id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle"}],"document_number":"2021-23994","effective_on":null,"end_page":62463,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2021/11/09/2021-23994.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/09/2021-23994/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-with-section-4d-rule-for","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2021-23994?publication_date=2021-11-09","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2021-11-09/2021-23994/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":30,"page_views":{"count":4720,"last_updated":"2026-08-23 18:15:06 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-11-09/pdf/2021-23994.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2021-23994.pdf?1636379118","publication_date":"2021-11-09","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2021/11/09/2021-23994.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1018-BG00":{"issue":"202410","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BG00/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-with-section-4-d-rule-for-al","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202410&RIN=1018-BG00&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1018-BG00"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Proposed Rule Literature Cited - See attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0004"},{"title":"Peer Reviews - See Attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0003"},{"title":"Alligator Snapping Turtle SSA V1-2","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0002"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BG00/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-with-section-4-d-rule-for-al","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle"},"comments_count":121,"agency_id":"FWS","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115","supporting_documents_count":3,"docket_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0001","regulation_id_number":"1018-BG00","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-03-01T01:20:55Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":62434,"subtype":null,"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status With Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle","toc_doc":"Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle","toc_subject":"Endangered and Threatened Species:\n","topics":["Endangered and threatened species","Exports","Imports","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Transportation"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":86}