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Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted and will be fully considered in preparation of the final rule.","action":"Proposed rule; extension of public comment period and announcement of public hearing.","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/2022/07/20/2022-14731.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"17","title":50}],"citation":"87 FR 43233","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2022-08-25","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comment submission: The public comment period on the proposed rule that published on May 25, 2022, at 87 FR 31834 is extended. We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before August 25, 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, and comments submitted by U.S. mail must be postmarked by that date to ensure consideration.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073","FF09E21000 FXES1111090FEDR 223"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"August 2022 USFWS PC Sturgeon Virtual Public Meeting Transcript","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0105"},{"title":"August 2022 USFWS PC Sturgeon Virtual Public Meeting Video Recording","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0054"},{"title":"SSA Ponto Caspian Sturgeon, October 2020","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0005"},{"title":"Sturgeon 15_petition 2012","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0004"},{"title":"LitCited_PontoCapianSturgeon","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0003"},{"title":"SSA_PontoCaspianSturgeon","document_id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0002"}],"agency_name":"FWS","documents":[{"comment_count":69,"comment_start_date":"2022-07-20","updated_at":"2023-02-27T20:54:14.116-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0021","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073-0021","comment_end_date":"2022-08-26","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":6,"id":"FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0073","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 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