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Comments must be received by EPA on 

or before July 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2021–0255 via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2021–0255 for this 

rulemaking. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov/, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Public Participation’’ heading of the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. Out of an abundance of 

caution for members of the public and 

our staff, the EPA Docket Center and 

Reading Room are closed to the public, 

with limited exceptions, to reduce the 

risk of transmitting COVID–19. Our 

Docket Center staff will continue to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. We 

encourage the public to submit 

comments via https://

www.regulations.gov/ or email, as there 

may be a delay in processing mail and 

faxes. Hand deliveries and couriers may 

be received by scheduled appointment 

only. For further information on EPA 

Docket Center services and the current 

status, please visit us online at https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik 

Helm at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, Standards 

and Risk Management Division (Mail 

Code 4607M), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone: 202–566–1049; or email: 

Helm.Erik@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

5, 2021, EPA published a document in 

the Federal Register (86 FR 17571), 

announcing that the agency will host 

virtual engagements beginning in April 

2021. The goal of the events is to obtain 

further public input on EPA’s LCRR, 

particularly from individuals and 

communities that are most at-risk of 

exposure to lead in drinking water. For 

more information on each event, visit 

EPA’s drinking water website: https://

www.epa.gov/safewater. In addition to 

these events, EPA opened a docket (No. 

EPA–HQ–OW–2021–0255) to collect 

input from the public on the LCRR. 

EPA hosted public listening sessions 

on April 28, 2021 and May 5, 2021, and 

is now working to schedule the 

community, tribal, and stakeholder 

roundtables from the beginning of June 

to mid-July. EPA intends to make each 

roundtable available for viewing to 

those who are not participating but are 

interested in listening. EPA will be 

posting meeting materials and 

additional event details on https://

www.epa.gov/safewater as they become 

available. In order to provide the public 

with opportunities to submit additional 

comments to the LCRR Virtual 

Engagements docket once these virtual 

meetings have been held, EPA is 

extending the comment submission date 

to July 30, 2021. 

A. Opportunities To View Additional 

Information and Public Input on the 

LCRR 

EPA is hosting virtual community, 

tribal, and stakeholder roundtables 

through mid-July. Community 

roundtables offer an opportunity 

through which local organizations can 

participate in a discussion of LCRR 

related topics and provide their unique 

perspective to EPA. These roundtables 

will focus on communities that are 

disproportionately impacted by the 

challenges of lead in drinking water. 

Participants in these community 

roundtables will be representative of the 

interests in these individual 

communities including, but not limited 

to, local government entities, public 

water utilities, community-organized 

groups, environmental groups, and 

elected officials. 

EPA will also host a virtual tribal 

roundtable regarding the LCRR in midJuly. This will be a facilitated 

discussion of topics related to the LCRR 

among participants who represent tribes 

and tribal communities including, but 

not limited to, tribal governments, 

public water utilities serving Indian 

country, tribal consortia, and tribally 

authorized organizations. EPA will soon 

invite these groups to self-nominate 

individuals to participate in this 

discussion. Information and updates on 

the tribal roundtable will be posted on 

https://www.epa.gov/safewater as it 

becomes available. 

In addition, EPA intends to host a 

stakeholder roundtable where 

representatives of national organizations 

(e.g., environmental, industry, 

consumer, intergovernmental) can 

participate in a discussion of LCRR 

related topics and provide their 

perspective to the agency. 

Lastly, EPA will meet with state 

coregulators to consider their input 

provided up to that point to understand 

the states’ perspectives on the LCRR. 

For specific information on the 

scheduled times and participants in 

these roundtable events, visit EPA’s 

drinking water website: https://

www.epa.gov/safewater. 

B. Public Participation 

Submission of Written Comments to the 

Docket 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2021– 

0255, at https://www.regulations.gov. 

Once submitted, comments cannot be 

edited or removed from the docket. EPA 

may publish any comment received to 

its public docket. Do not submit 

electronically any information you 

consider to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Multimedia submissions (audio, video, 

etc.) must be accompanied by a written 

comment. The written comment is 

considered the official comment and 

should include discussion of all points 

you wish to make. EPA will generally 

not consider comments or comment 

contents located outside of the primary 

submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or 

other file sharing system). For the full 

EPA public comment policy, 

information about CBI or multimedia 

submissions, and general guidance on 

making effective comments, please visit 

https://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

commenting-epa-dockets. 

Radhika Fox, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, 

Office of Water. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13309 Filed 6–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2020–0079; 

FF09E22000 FXES11130900000 212] 

RIN 1018–BE02 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Reclassification of the 

Hawaiian Stilt From Endangered to 

Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; reopening of 

comment period, and announcement of 

a public informational meeting and 

public hearing. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), recently 

proposed to reclassify the Hawaiian stilt 

(Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) from 

an endangered species to a threatened 


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species with a rule issued under section 

4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 

1973 (Act), as amended. We are 

reopening the proposed rule comment 

period to give all interested parties an 

additional opportunity to comment on 

the proposed rule. We also announce a 

public informational meeting and public 

hearing on the proposed rule. 

Comments previously submitted need 

not be resubmitted as they are already 

incorporated into the public record and 

will be fully considered in the final rule. 

DATES: Comment submission: The 

comment period on the proposed rule 

that published March 25, 2021 (86 FR 

15855), is reopened. We will accept 

comments received or postmarked on or 

before July 23, 2021. 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. 

Public informational meeting and 

public hearing: On July 7, 2021, we will 

hold a public informational meeting 

from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Hawaii Time, 

followed by a public hearing from 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. Hawaii Time. 

ADDRESSES: Availability of documents: 

You may obtain copies of the March 25, 

2021, proposed rule and associated 

documents on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 

FWS–R1–ES–2020–0079. 

Comment submission: 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 FWS–R1–ES–2020–0079, which is 

the docket number for the March 25, 

2021, proposed rule. 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, click on 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: 

Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2020–0079, 

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 Public 

Comments, below, for more 

information). 

Public informational meeting and 

public hearing: The public 

informational meeting and the public 

hearing will be held virtually using the 

Zoom platform. See Public Hearing, 

below, for more information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Koob, Deputy Field Supervisor for 

Programmatic Operations, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, Room 3–123, Honolulu, HI 

96850; telephone 808–792–9449. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 25, 2021, we published a 

proposed rule (86 FR 15855) to 

reclassify the Hawaiian stilt from 

endangered to threatened (i.e., to 

‘‘downlist’’ the species) with a rule 

issued under section 4(d) of the Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The proposed rule 

opened a 60-day public comment 

period, ending May 24, 2021. During the 

open comment period, we received a 

request for a public hearing from the 

Center for Biological Diversity. 

Therefore, we are reopening the 

comment period on the March 25, 2021, 

proposed rule and announcing a public 

informational meeting and a public 

hearing to allow the public an 

additional opportunity to provide 

comments on the proposed rule. 

For a description of previous Federal 

actions concerning the Hawaiian stilt 

and information on the types of 

comments that would be helpful to us 

in promulgating this rulemaking action, 

please refer to the March 25, 2021, 

proposed rule (86 FR 15855). 

Public Comments 

If you submit information via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

submission—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the website. If your submission is 

made via hard copy 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 the proposed rule, 

will be available for public inspection 

on http://www.regulations.gov. 

Public Hearing 

We have scheduled a public 

informational meeting and public 

hearing on our March 25, 2021, 

proposed rule to downlist the Hawaiian 

stilt with a rule issued under section 

4(d) of the Act (86 FR 15855). We will 

hold the public informational meeting 

and public hearing on the date and at 

the times listed above under Public 

informational meeting and public 

hearing in DATES. We are holding the 

public informational meeting and public 

hearing via the Zoom online video 

platform and via teleconference so that 

participants can attend remotely. For 

security purposes, registration is 

required. To listen and view the meeting 

and hearing via Zoom, listen to the 

meeting and hearing by telephone, or 

provide oral public comments at the 

public hearing via Zoom or by 

telephone, you must register. For 

information on how to register, or if you 

encounter problems joining Zoom the 

day of the meeting, visit https://

www.fws.gov/pacificislands. Registrants 

will receive the Zoom link and the 

telephone number for the public 

informational meeting and public 

hearing. If applicable, interested 

members of the public not familiar with 

the Zoom platform should view the 

Zoom video tutorials (https://

support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/ 

206618765-Zoom-video-tutorials) prior 

to the public informational meeting and 

public hearing. 

The public hearing will provide 

interested parties an opportunity to 

present verbal testimony (formal, oral 

comments) regarding the March 25, 

2021, proposed rule to downlist the 

Hawaiian stilt with a rule issued under 

section 4(d) of the Act (86 FR 15855). 

While the public informational meeting 

will be an opportunity for dialogue with 

the Service, the public hearing is not. 

The purpose of the public hearing is to 

provide a forum for accepting formal 

verbal testimony, which will then 

become part of the record for the 

proposed rule. In the event there is a 

large attendance, the time allotted for 

verbal testimony may be limited. 

Therefore, anyone wishing to provide 

verbal testimony at the public hearing is 

encouraged to provide a prepared 

written copy of their statement to us 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

or by U.S. mail (see ADDRESSES, above). 

There are no limits on the length of 

written comments submitted to us. 

Anyone wishing to provide verbal 

testimony at the public hearing must 

register before the hearing (https://

www.fws.gov/pacificislands). The use of 

a virtual public hearing is consistent 

with our regulations in title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 

§ 424.16(c)(3) (50 CFR 424.16(c)(3)). 


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Reasonable Accommodation 

The Service is committed to providing 

access to the public informational 

meeting and public hearing for all 

participants. Closed captioning will be 

available during the public 

informational meeting and public 

hearing. Further, a full audio and video 

recording and transcript of the public 

hearing will be posted online at https:// 

www.fws.gov/pacificislands after the 

hearing. Participants will also have 

access to live audio during the public 

informational meeting and public 

hearing via their telephone or computer 

speakers. Persons with disabilities 

requiring reasonable accommodations to 

participate in the meeting and/or 

hearing should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT at least 5 business days prior 

to the date of the meeting and hearing 

to help ensure availability. An 

accessible version of the Service’s 

public informational meeting 

presentation will also be posted online 

at https://www.fws.gov/pacificislands 

prior to the meeting and hearing (see 

DATES, above). See https://www.fws.gov/ 

pacificislands for more information 

about reasonable accommodation. 

Authors 

The primary author of this document 

is Ecological Services staff of the 

Interior-Region 9/12 Regional Office, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Portland, Oregon. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Signing Authority 

The Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, approved this document and 

authorized the undersigned to sign and 

submit the document to the Office of the 

Federal Register for publication 

electronically as an official document of 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

Martha Williams, Principal Deputy 

Director Exercising the Delegated 

Authority of the Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, approved this 

document on June 21, 2021, for 

publication. 

Anissa Craghead, 

Acting Regulations and Policy Chief, Division 

of Policy, Economics, Risk Management, and 

Analytics, Joint Administrative Operations, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13290 Filed 6–22–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2020–0082; 

FF09E22000 FXES11130900000 212] 

RIN 1018–BD97 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Reclassifying the Fender’s 

Blue Butterfly From Endangered to 

Threatened With a Section 4(d) Rule 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), propose to 

reclassify the Fender’s blue butterfly 

(Icaricia icarioides fenderi) from 

endangered to threatened (downlist) 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). The Fender’s 

blue butterfly is endemic to the 

Willamette Valley of Oregon. The 

proposed downlisting is based on our 

evaluation of the best available 

scientific and commercial information, 

which indicates that the species’ status 

has improved such that it is not 

currently in danger of extinction 

throughout all or a significant portion of 

its range, but that it is still likely to 

become so in the foreseeable future. We 

also propose a rule under section 4(d) of 

the Act that provides for the 

conservation of the species. 

DATES: We will accept comments 

received or postmarked on or before 

August 23, 2021. 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 9, 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 FWS–R1–ES–2020–0082, 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, click on the 

Proposed Rule box to locate this 

document. You may submit a comment 

by clicking on ‘‘Comment.’’ 

(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail 

to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: 

FWS–R1–ES–2020–0082, 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 Public 

Comments, below, for more 

information). 

Document availability: This proposed 

rule and supporting documents, 

including the 5-year review, the 

Recovery Plan, and the species status 

assessment (SSA) report are available at 

https://www.fws.gov/oregonfwo and at 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

Docket No. FWS–R1–ES–2020–0082. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

Henson, State Supervisor, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and 

Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th Avenue, 

Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266; 

telephone 503–231–6179. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call the Federal Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Summary 

Why we need to publish a rule. Under 

the Act a species may warrant 

reclassification from endangered to 

threatened if it no longer meets the 

definition of endangered (in danger of 

extinction). The Fender’s blue butterfly 

is listed as endangered, and we are 

proposing to reclassify (downlist) the 

Fender’s blue butterfly as threatened 

because we have determined it is not 

currently in danger of extinction. 

Downlisting a species as a threatened 

species can only be made by issuing a 

rulemaking. 

What this document does. This rule 

proposes to downlist the Fender’s blue 

butterfly from endangered to threatened 

(i.e., to ‘‘downlist’’ the species), with a 

rule issued under section 4(d) of the 

Act, based on the species’ current status, 

which has been improved through 

implementation of conservation actions. 

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. We may downlist a species if 

the best available commercial and 

scientific data indicate the species no 


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