Loose ends after mandatory hearing?

The article reports the move by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on February 4, 2015 to schedule additional hearings for the combined construction and operating license (COL) application of DTE Electric Co. for its planned Fermi-3 nuclear power plant project near Monroe, Michigan. Among the issues on the project is the designation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the species rufa red knot bird and the northern long-eared bat, which live in the region, as endangered.