ˌɔn twˈɛnti sˈɪks dʒuːlˈaɪ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ɪlˈɛvən, ðɪ ˌɛfdˌʌbəljˌuːˈɛs ɐnˈaʊnst ɐ dᵻsˈɪʒən ɪnðə fˈɛdɚɹəl ɹˈɛdʒɪstɚ ðˌɐɾɪt hæd ɐɡˈɛn dᵻklˈaɪnd tə lˈɪst ðɪ ˈɜːθwɜːm ˌʌndɚ ðɪ ɛndˈeɪndʒɚd spˈiːsiːz ˈækt æz "ðə θɹˈɛts ɑːɹ nˌɑːt ʌv səfˈɪʃənt ˈɪmɪnəns, ɪntˈɛnsᵻɾi, ɔːɹ mˈæɡnɪtˌuːd tʊ ˈɪndᵻkˌeɪt ðætðə dʒˌiːpˌiːˈiː ɪz ɪn dˈeɪndʒɚɹ ʌv ɛkstˈɪŋkʃən ɛndˈeɪndʒɚd, ɔːɹ lˈaɪkli tə bɪkˌʌm ɛndˈeɪndʒɚd wɪðˌɪn ðə foːɹsˈiːəbəl fjˈuːtʃɚ θɹˈɛʔn̩d, θɹuːˈaʊt ˈɔːl ʌv ɪts ɹˈeɪndʒ.
On 26 July 2011, the FWS announced a decision in the Federal Register that it had again declined to list the earthworm under the Endangered Species Act as "the threats are not of sufficient imminence, intensity, or magnitude to indicate that the GPE is in danger of extinction (endangered), or likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future (threatened), throughout all of its range.