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19838 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 71 / Thursday, April 15, 2021 / Proposed Rules (2) When the Governmentwide commercial open comment period. Finally, we Zoom platform. See Public Hearing, purchase card is used as the method of announce a public informational below, for more information. payment. meeting and public hearing on the Availability of supporting materials: (d) The Contractor shall submit any non- proposed listing rule and this proposed For the proposed critical habitat electronic form payment requests using the designation, the shapefiles from which method or methods specified in the contract. rule. (e) Invoices submitted through IPP will be DATES: the maps are generated are included in either rejected, or accepted and paid, in their Written comments: The comment the administrative record and are entirety, and will not be paid on a partial period on the proposed rule that available at http://www.regulations.gov basis. published January 3, 2018 (83 FR 330), under Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2020– (f) In addition to the requirements of this is reopened. We will accept comments 0137. Any additional tools or clause, the Contractor shall meet the on that proposed rule, as well as the supporting information that we may requirements of the appropriate payment new proposals described in this develop for the critical habitat clauses in this contract when submitting document, that are received or designation may also be included in the payment requests. preamble and/or at http:// (g) If there are any additional invoice postmarked on or before June 14, 2021. instructions then please insert them below: Comments submitted electronically www.regulations.gov. lllllllllllllllllllll using the Federal eRulemaking Portal FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay (see ADDRESSES, below) must be Herrington, Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish (End of clause) received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on and Wildlife Service, Florida Ecological [FR Doc. 2021–07580 Filed 4–14–21; 8:45 am] the closing date. Services Field Office, 1601 Balboa BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Public informational meeting and Avenue, Panama City, FL 32405; public hearing: We will hold a public telephone 904–731–3191; facsimile informational meeting on May 4, 2021, 904–731–3045. If you use a DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Central Time, telecommunications device for the deaf followed by a public hearing from 7:30 (TDD), call the Federal Relay Service at Fish and Wildlife Service p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Central Time. 800–877–8339. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 50 CFR Part 17 on the proposed rules or draft economic Executive Summary [Docket Nos. FWS–R4–ES–2017–0061 and analysis by one of the following FWS–R4–ES–2020–0137; FF09E2100 methods: Why we need to publish a rule. Under FXES11110900000 212] (1) Electronically: Go to the Federal section 4(d) of the Act, whenever any eRulemaking Portal: http:// species is listed as a threatened species, RIN 1018–BC14; 1018–BD50 www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, we are required to issue any regulations Endangered and Threatened Wildlife enter Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2017– deemed necessary and advisable to and Plants; Threatened Species 0061 for the proposed listing, or FWS– provide for the conservation of such Status, Section 4(d) Rule, and R4–ES–2020–0137 for the proposed 4(d) species. Also, any species that is Designation of Critical Habitat for rule and critical habitat designation determined to be endangered or Panama City Crayfish (including the associated draft economic threatened under the Act requires analysis), which are the docket numbers critical habitat to be designated, to the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, for the rulemakings. Then, click on the maximum extent prudent and Interior. Search button. On the resulting page, in determinable. The Panama City crayfish ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of the Search panel on the left side of the is proposed as a threatened species comment period and announcement of screen, under the Document Type under the Act, and this document public hearing. heading, check the Proposed Rule box to proposes regulations we deem necessary locate the correct document. You may and advisable under section 4(d) of the SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and submit a comment by clicking on Act, and also proposes to designate Wildlife Service (Service), reopen the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ critical habitat. Designations and public comment period on the proposed (2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail revisions of critical habitat can only be rule to list the Panama City crayfish to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: completed by issuing a rule. In light of (Procambarus econfinae) as a threatened [Docket No. FWS–R4–ES–2017–0061 for the time that has passed since the species under the Endangered Species the proposed listing, or FWS–R4–ES– publication of the proposed listing rule Act of 1973, as amended (Act); propose 2020–0137 for the proposed 4(d) rule and the receipt of new scientific a rule issued under section 4(d) of the and critical habitat designation information, we are also reopening the Act (‘‘4(d) rule’’) for the species; and (including the associated draft economic comment period for the proposed listing propose to designate critical habitat for analysis)], U.S. Fish and Wildlife rule. the Panama City crayfish under the Act. Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg What this document does. We are In total, approximately 7,177 acres Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. concurrently reopening the comment (2,904 hectares) in Bay County, Florida, We request that you send comments period for the proposed listing rule, fall within the boundaries of the only by the methods described above. proposing a 4(d) rule, and proposing to proposed critical habitat designation, all We will post all comments on http:// designate critical habitat for the Panama of which are currently occupied by the www.regulations.gov. This generally City crayfish. A draft economic analysis species. We also announce the means that we will post any personal on impacts expected from the critical availability of a draft economic analysis information you provide us (see habitat proposal is also available. (DEA) for the proposed designation of Information Requested, below, for more The basis for our action. Under the critical habitat for the Panama City information). Act, we may determine that a species is crayfish. We will accept comments on Public informational meeting and an endangered or threatened species the proposed listing, 4(d) rule, and public hearing: The public because of any of five factors: (A) The critical habitat designation, as well as informational meeting and the public present or threatened destruction, the draft economic analysis, during the hearing will be held virtually using the modification, or curtailment of its VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:01 Apr 14, 2021 Jkt 253001 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 4702 E:\FR\FM\15APP1.SGM 15APP1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with PROPOSALS Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 71 / Thursday, April 15, 2021 / Proposed Rules 19839 habitat or range; (B) overutilization for memorandum updating and clarifying (b) The present or threatened commercial, recreational, scientific, or the role of peer review of listing actions destruction, modification, or educational purposes; (C) disease or under the Act, we sought the expert curtailment of a species’ habitat or range predation; (D) the inadequacy of opinions of nine appropriate specialists is not a threat to the species, or threats existing regulatory mechanisms; or (E) regarding version 1.1 of the species to the species’ habitat stem solely from other natural or manmade factors status assessment (SSA) report, and four causes that cannot be addressed through affecting its continued existence. Our appropriate specialists regarding version management actions resulting from proposed rule identified habitat loss and 2.0 of the SSA report. We received consultations under section 7(a)(2) of fragmentation from development (Factor responses from four specialists for each the Act; A) as a primary threat to the Panama version (total of eight peer reviews), (c) Areas within the jurisdiction of the City crayfish, making the species which informed this proposed rule. The United States provide no more than warranted for protection as a threatened purpose of peer review is to ensure that negligible conservation value, if any, for species under the Act. our listing determinations, critical a species occurring primarily outside The Act provides a specific list of habitat designations, and 4(d) rules are the jurisdiction of the United States; or prohibitions for endangered species based on scientifically sound data, (d) No areas meet the definition of under section 9, but the Act does not assumptions, and analyses. The peer critical habitat. automatically extend these same reviewers have expertise in the species’ (4) Specific information on: prohibitions to threatened species. biology, habitat, and response to threats. (a) The amount and distribution of Under section 4(d), the Act instructs the Panama City crayfish habitat; Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to Information Requested (b) What areas, that are occupied at issue any protective regulations deemed We intend that any final action the time of listing and that contain the necessary and advisable for the resulting from this proposed rule will be physical or biological features essential conservation of threatened species. It based on the best scientific and to the conservation of the species, also indicates the Secretary may extend commercial data available and be as should be included in the designation some or all of the prohibitions in section accurate and as effective as possible. and why; 9 to threatened species. We are Therefore, we request comments or (c) Special management proposing a 4(d) rule that specifically information from other government considerations or protection that may be tailors measures that provide for the agencies, Native American Tribes, the needed in critical habitat areas we are conservation of the Panama City scientific community, industry, or any proposing, including managing for the crayfish.