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We will issue a proposed listing for the Suwannee moccasinshell under the Endangered Species Act. The Suwannee moccasinshell is a mussel species endemic to Georgia and Florida. The main threats to this species are sedimentation due to agricultural and silvicultural activities; phosphate mining; industrial pollution and localized municipal pollution; fairly high-density residential development; and watershed development. We are required to designate critical habitat, to the maximum extent prudent and determinable, concurrent with a listing determination for a species. We will develop a critical habitat designation for the species as a separate rulemaking action (1018-BB16).