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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 167 / Wednesday, September 1, 2021 / Proposed Rules
Eastern Time on the closing date. We must receive requests for a public hearing, in writing, at the address shown in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT by October 18, 2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
1 Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http
www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter FWSR4ES20200152, which is the docket number for this rulemaking.
Then, click on the Search button. On the resulting page, in the Search panel on the left side of the screen, under the Document Type heading, check the Proposed Rule box to locate this document. You may submit a comment by clicking on Comment Now!
2 By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail to: Public Comments Processing, Attn:
FWSR4ES20200152, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041
3803.
We request that you send comments only by the methods described above.
We will post all comments on http
www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post any personal information you provide us see Information Requested, below, for more information.
Availability of supporting materials:
This proposed rule and supporting documents, including references cited and the 5-year review, are available at http www.regulations.gov under Docket No. FWSR4ES20200152.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel Elbert, Field Supervisor, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Tennessee Ecological Services Field Office, 446
Neal Street, Cookeville, TN 38506;
telephone 931 5286481. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf TDD may call the Federal Relay Service at 8008778339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Executive Summary Why we need to publish a rule.
Section 4 of the Act and its implementing regulations 50 CFR 424
set forth the procedures for listing species, reclassifying species, or removing species from the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. In the case of any proposed rule to list, reclassify, or delist a species, we must publish a notice of such proposal in the Federal Register.
Therefore, in order to remove the snail darter from the List, we must publish a proposed rule.
What this document does. This rule proposes to remove delist the snail darter from the Federal List of
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife based on its recovery.
The basis for our action. Under the Act, we may determine that a species is an endangered species or a threatened species because of any of five factors:
A The present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range; B
overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes; C disease or predation; D
the inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; or E other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence.
Under the Act and our implementing regulations at 50 CFR 424.11, we may delist a species if the best available scientific and commercial data indicate that: 1 The species is extinct; 2 the species does not meet the definition of an endangered species or a threatened species when considering the five factors listed above; or 3 the listed entity does not meet the statutory definition of a species. Here, we have determined that the snail darter no longer meets the definition of an endangered species or a threatened species under the Act and, therefore, it may be delisted due to recovery.
Peer review. In accordance with our joint policy on peer review published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1994 59
FR 34270, and our August 22, 2016, memorandum updating and clarifying the role of peer review of listing actions under the Act, we are requesting comments from independent specialists to ensure that we base our determination on scientifically sound data, assumptions, and analyses. The peer reviewers have expertise in the biology, habitat, and threats to the species.
Information Requested We intend that any final action resulting from this proposed rule will be based on the best scientific and commercial data available and be as accurate and as effective as possible.
Therefore, we request comments or information from other concerned governmental agencies, Native American Tribes, the scientific community, industry, or any other interested parties concerning this proposed rule.
We particularly seek comments concerning:
1 Reasons we should or should not remove the snail darter from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife.
2 Relevant data concerning any threats or lack thereof to the snail darter, particularly any data on the possible effects of climate change as it
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relates to habitat, as well as the extent of State protection and management that would be provided to this fish as a delisted species;
3 Current or planned activities within the geographic range of the snail darter that may negatively impact or benefit the species; and 4 Information about the type and extent of monitoring that should be implemented if the species were delisted.
Please include sufficient information with your submission such as scientific journal articles or other publications to allow us to verify any scientific or commercial information you include.
Please note that submissions merely stating support for, or opposition to, the action under consideration without providing supporting information, although noted, do not provide substantial information necessary to support a determination. Section 4b1A of the Act directs that determinations as to whether any species is an endangered or a threatened species must be made solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available.
You may submit your comments and materials concerning this proposed rule by one of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We request that you send comments only by the methods described in ADDRESSES.
If you submit information via http
www.regulations.gov, your entire submissionincluding any personal identifying informationwill be posted on the website. If your submission is made via a hardcopy that includes personal identifying information, you may request at the top of your document that we withhold this information from public review. However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
We will post all hardcopy submissions on http www.regulations.gov.
Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting documentation we used in preparing this proposed rule, will be available for public inspection on http www.regulations.gov under Docket No. FWSR4ES20200152.
Because we will consider all substantive comments and information received during the comment period, our final determinations may differ from this proposal. Based on the new information we receive and any comments on that new information, we may conclude that the species should remained listed as threatened, or we may conclude that the species should be reclassified from threatened to endangered.

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