Comment period reopened for proposed removal of North Park phacelia from the endangered plants list
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is giving the public 30 more days to comment on its proposal to remove the North Park phacelia, a Colorado plant, from the federal endangered and threatened plants list. The agency says it updated its species review with new information and peer review, so businesses, land managers, conservation groups, and other stakeholders can submit fresh comments before the final decision. Comments already sent in do not need to be resubmitted. The new deadline is June 1, 2026. This is not a final delisting yet; it only reopens the review process and could still end with the plant staying listed or being removed.
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Key Changes
- Reopens the public comment period on the proposed delisting of North Park phacelia
- Extends the deadline for comments and hearing requests to June 1, 2026
- Says the final decision will use an updated species review and all comments already received
Obligations
What this law requires
Interested parties may submit additional comments on the proposed delisting rule for the North Park phacelia during the reopened comment period; comments previously submitted do not need to be resubmitted and will be considered in the final determination.
Parties requesting a public hearing must submit the request in writing to the specified Fish and Wildlife Service contact address by the reopened comment deadline.
Commenters who choose to submit electronically must file comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal for docket FWS-R6-ES-2023-0114 by the stated deadline.
Commenters who choose hard-copy submission must mail comments to Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-R6-ES-2023-0114, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803.