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Comments previously submitted will be fully considered in preparation of the final rule and do not need to be resubmitted.","action":"Proposed rule; reopening of 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/2023/01/31/2023-01139.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"17","title":50}],"citation":"88 FR 6220","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2023-03-02","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comment submission: We will accept comments received or postmarked on or before March 2, 2023. Please note that 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-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":13,"comment_start_date":"2023-01-31","updated_at":"2023-03-04T00:01:24.566-05:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0023","allow_late_comments":null,"id":"FWS-R4-ES-2021-0162-0023","comment_end_date":"2023-03-03","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":"2023-01139","effective_on":null,"end_page":6222,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2023/01/31/2023-01139.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/01/31/2023-01139/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/2023-01139?publication_date=2023-01-31","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2023-01-31/2023-01139/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":336,"last_updated":"2026-10-24 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2023-01-31/pdf/2023-01139.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-01139.pdf?1675086318","publication_date":"2023-01-31","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2023/01/31/2023-01139.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"1018-BF54":{"issue":"202504","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=202504&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":13,"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-2021-0162-0023","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":"2023-03-05T02:00:06Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":6220,"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":"Puerto Rican Boa","toc_subject":"Endangered and Threatened Species:\n","topics":[],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":88}