Edison Electric Institute
FWSRulemakingFWS-R4-ES-2021-0115

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Threatened Species Status with Section 4(d) Rule for Alligator Snapping Turtle

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Edison Electric Institute filed 1 comment on this docket between Jan 11, 2022 and Jan 11, 2022. 9 other organizations filed here. The comment window closed 1660d ago.

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Jan 11, 2022· Comment from Edison Electric Institute· FWS-R4-ES-2021-0115-0097

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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 a threatened or endangered 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.

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