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If this proposal is finalized, the Puerto Rican boa will be removed from the List and the prohibitions and conservation measures provided by the Act, particularly through sections 7 and 9, would no longer apply 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/2022/07/13/2022-14961.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":17,"title":50}],"citation":"87 FR 41641","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2022-09-12","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before September 12, 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 August 29, 2022.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162","FF09E22000 FXES1113090FEDR 223"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Draft Post Delisting Monitoring Plan for Puerto Rican Boa 2022","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0005"},{"title":"SSA Peer Reviews - See attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0004"},{"title":"Puerto Rican Boa (Chilabothrus inornatus) Species Status Assessment, Version 1.2\nApril 2021","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0003"},{"title":"Proposed Rule Literature Cited - See attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0002"}],"agency_name":"FWS","documents":[{"comment_count":18,"comment_start_date":"2022-07-13","updated_at":"2023-02-27T20:56:21.761-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0001","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0001","comment_end_date":"2022-09-13","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":4,"id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Puerto Rican Boa From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife"}],"document_number":"2022-14961","effective_on":null,"end_page":41655,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2022/07/13/2022-14961.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/07/13/2022-14961/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-the-puerto-rican-boa-from-the-federal-list","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2022-14961?publication_date=2022-07-13","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2022-07-13/2022-14961/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":15,"page_views":{"count":1127,"last_updated":"2026-04-11 18:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-13/pdf/2022-14961.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2022-14961.pdf?1657629933","publication_date":"2022-07-13","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2022/07/13/2022-14961.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1018-BF54":{"issue":"202410","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BF54/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-the-puerto-rican-boa-from-the-federal-list-","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Puerto Rican Boa From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=202410&RIN=1018-BF54&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["1018-BF54"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Draft Post Delisting Monitoring Plan for Puerto Rican Boa 2022","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0005"},{"title":"SSA Peer Reviews - See attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0004"},{"title":"Puerto Rican Boa (Chilabothrus inornatus) Species Status Assessment, Version 1.2\nApril 2021","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0003"},{"title":"Proposed Rule Literature Cited - See attachments","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0002"}],"regulatory_plan":{"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1018-BF54/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-the-puerto-rican-boa-from-the-federal-list-","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Puerto Rican Boa From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife"},"comments_count":18,"agency_id":"FWS","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162","supporting_documents_count":4,"docket_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162","document_id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0001","regulation_id_number":"1018-BF54","title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Puerto Rican Boa From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2023-02-28T01:56:20Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":41641,"subtype":null,"title":"Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of the Puerto Rican Boa From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife","toc_doc":"Removal of the Puerto Rican Boa from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife","toc_subject":"Endangered and Threatened Species:\n","topics":["Endangered and threatened species","Exports","Imports","Plants","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements","Transportation","Wildlife"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":87}