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bleached sandhill skipper

Polites sabuleti sinemaculata · Wherever found · ECOS entity 3444

Federal ESA status Proposed Endangered

The bleached sandhill skipper is proposed for listing as endangeredendangered: In danger of dying out in all or much of the places where it lives.. The listing is not final yet. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest steps were a proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. and a 12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not?, published together on January 8, 2025. The next date that matters is January 7, 2027: the statutory datestatutory date: The date the law sets for a step. for the final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule.

Next date that matters — the statutory date for the final critical habitat rule

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for bleached sandhill skipper
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date January 10, 2023 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
12-month finding12-month finding: The agency's answer after a full review: should the species be listed or not? None set Not in the workplan
12-month finding published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2025. Outcome: listing is warranted. This document is also the proposed rule. FR 2024-31761
Proposed ruleproposed rule: A draft decision. It is published so anyone can comment before it becomes final. None set Not in the workplan
Proposed rule published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2025. This document is also the 12-month finding. FR 2024-31761
Comments accepted until March 10, 2025. FR 2024-31761
Final rulefinal rule: The decision that puts a listing or a habitat rule into effect.
Statutory date January 7, 2026 (final rule, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)). No final rule or withdrawal notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
Final critical habitatcritical habitat: Places the agency marks as needed for the species to recover. rule
Statutory date January 7, 2027 (critical habitat with listing, 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)). No final critical habitat rule published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(a)(3)(A)(i), (b)(6)(C)
Date extended by 12 months under 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(C)(ii) (critical habitat stated as not determinable, FR document 2024-31761). FR 2024-31761
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Petitions

  • “PETITION TO ████ THE BLEACHED SANDHILL SKIPPER UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND ███████████████████████████████████████”: petition date (active). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/3444
ECOS
Species profile 8404
Federal Register
Regulations.gov