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requests to establish a tolerance in 40 

CFR part 180 for residues of the 

fungicide, sedaxane (N-[2-[1,1′- 

bicyclopropyl]-2-ylphenyl]-3- 

(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole4-carboxamide), in or on vegetable, 

cucurbit, group 9 at 0.01 ppm and 

vegetable, dry bulb, crop subgroup 3– 

07A at 0.01 ppm. Methods GRM023.01A 

and modified method GRM023.01B, 

taken through an extraction procedure 

with final determination by highperformance LC/MS/MS are used to 

measure and evaluate the chemical 

Sedaxane in its cis and trans isomer 

forms. Contact: RD. 

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a. 

Dated: July 13, 2022. 

Delores Barber, 

Director, Information Technology and 

Resources Management Division, Office of 

Program Support. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 17 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–ES–2021–0073; 

FF09E21000 FXES1111090FEDR 223] 

RIN 1018–BF34 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Endangered Species 

Status for Russian, Ship, Persian, and 

Stellate Sturgeon 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

public comment period and 

announcement of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), are extending 

the public comment period on our May 

25, 2022, proposed rule to list the 

Russian sturgeon (Acipenser 

gueldenstaedtii), ship sturgeon (A. 

nudiventris), Persian sturgeon (A. 

persicus), and stellate sturgeon (A. 

stellatus), all large fish native to the 

Black, Azov, Aral, Caspian, and 

northern Aegean Sea basins and their 

rivers in Europe and western Asia, as 

endangered species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). We are extending the 

proposed rule’s comment period for 30 

days to conduct a public hearing on the 

petition to list these four species of 

sturgeon. Comments previously 

submitted need not be resubmitted and 

will be fully considered in preparation 

of the final rule. 

DATES: Comment submission: The 

public comment period on the proposed 

rule that published on May 25, 2022, at 

87 FR 31834 is extended. We will accept 

comments received or postmarked on or 

before August 25, 2022. 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. 

Public hearing: On August 11, 2022, 

we will hold a public hearing on the 

proposed rule to list the Russian 

sturgeon, ship sturgeon, Persian 

sturgeon, and stellate sturgeon under 

the Act from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Eastern 

Time, using the Zoom platform (for 

more information, see Public Hearing, 

below). 

ADDRESSES: Written comments: You may 

submit comments by one of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter FWS–HQ–ES–2021–0073, 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.’’ 

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

to: Public Comments Processing, Attn: 

FWS–HQ–ES–2021–0073, 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 https:// 

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: The proposed 

rule and supporting documents, 

including the species status assessment 

report, are available at https://

www.regulations.gov under Docket No. 

FWS–HQ–ES–2021–0073. 

Public hearing: Interested parties may 

present verbal testimony (formal, oral 

comments) at a public hearing, which 

will be held virtually using the Zoom 

platform. See Public Hearing, below, for 

more information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Maclin, Chief, Branch of 

Delisting and Foreign Species, 

Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: ES, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; 

telephone, 703–358–2171. Individuals 

in the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 25, 2022, we published a 

proposed rule (87 FR 31834) to list the 

Russian sturgeon, ship sturgeon, Persian 

sturgeon, and stellate sturgeon as 

endangered species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

proposed rule opened a 60-day public 

comment period, ending July 25, 2022. 

On June 10, 2022, we received a request 

for a public hearing on the proposed 

rule. With this document, we are 

announcing a public hearing and an 

extension of the comment period for an 

additional 30 days (see DATES, above) to 

allow the public further opportunity to 

provide comments on the proposed rule 

to list the Russian sturgeon, ship 

sturgeon, Persian sturgeon, and stellate 

sturgeon. 

For a description of previous Federal 

actions concerning the Russian 

sturgeon, ship sturgeon, Persian 

sturgeon, and stellate sturgeon and 

information on the types of comments 

that would be helpful to us in 

promulgating this rulemaking action, 

please refer to the May 25, 2022, 

proposed rule (87 FR 31834). 

Public Hearing 

We are holding a public hearing to 

accept comments on the proposed rule 

to list the Russian sturgeon, ship 

sturgeon, Persian sturgeon, and stellate 

sturgeon on the date and at the time 

listed in DATES. We are holding the 

public hearing via the Zoom online 

video platform and via teleconference so 

that participants can attend remotely. 

For security purposes, registration is 

required. All participants must register 

in order to listen and view the hearing 

via Zoom, listen to the hearing by 

telephone, or provide oral public 

comments at the hearing by Zoom or 

telephone. For information on how to 

register, or if technical problems occur 

joining Zoom on the day of the hearing, 

visit https://www.fws.gov/event/publichearing-proposed-listing-ponto-caspiansturgeon. 

Registrants will receive the Zoom link 

and the telephone number for the public 


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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 hearing. 

The public hearing will provide 

interested parties an opportunity to 

present verbal testimony (formal, oral 

comments) regarding the May 25, 2022, 

proposed rule to list the Russian 

sturgeon, ship sturgeon, Persian 

sturgeon, and stellate sturgeon as 

endangered species (87 FR 31834). The 

public hearing will not be an 

opportunity for dialogue with the 

Service, but rather a forum for accepting 

formal verbal testimony. In the event 

there is a large attendance, the time 

allotted for oral statements may be 

limited. Therefore, anyone wishing to 

make an oral statement at the public 

hearing for the record is encouraged to 

provide a prepared written copy of their 

statement to us through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal or U.S. mail (see 

ADDRESSES, above). There are no limits 

on the length of written comments 

submitted to us. Anyone wishing to 

make an oral statement at the public 

hearing must register before the hearing 

(https://www.fws.gov/event/publichearing-proposed-listing-ponto-caspiansturgeon). The use of a virtual public 

hearing is consistent with our 

regulations at 50 CFR 424.16(c)(3). 

Reasonable Accommodation 

The Service is committed to providing 

access to the public hearing for all 

participants. Closed captioning will be 

available during the public hearing. 

Further, a full audio and video 

recording and transcript of the public 

hearing will be posted online at https:// 

www.fws.gov/event/public-hearingproposed-listing-ponto-caspian-sturgeon 

after the hearing. Participants will also 

have access to live audio during the 

public hearing via their telephone or 

computer speakers. Persons with 

disabilities requiring reasonable 

accommodations to participate in the 

hearing should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT at least 5 business days prior 

to the date of the hearing to help ensure 

availability. An accessible version of the 

Service’s public hearing presentation 

will also be posted online at https://

www.fws.gov/event/public-hearingproposed-listing-ponto-caspian-sturgeon 

following the hearing (see DATES, 

above). See https://www.fws.gov/event/ 

public-hearing-proposed-listing-pontocaspian-sturgeon for more information 

about reasonable accommodation. 

Public Comments 

If you submit information via https:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

submission—including your personal 

identifying information—will 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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov. 

Authors 

The primary authors of this document 

are the staff members of the Branch of 

Delisting and Foreign Species, 

Ecological Services Program. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

Martha Williams, 

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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