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002733 state-level listings ~uld mt trigger the Federal listing processes. . Scientific documentation for listings, recoveIy;>.'. plans and critical habitat designations Wuld be..', subnitted in a complete report as part of the.- threatened or endangered listing process. The report Wuld be reviewed by a three-member sctentific peer panel; public hearings IIIJSt Imre been conducted in the areas affected, following publicatton of scientific justification and data on possible social and ecooan1c Impacts; and Qmgressional oversight hearings would be c0n- ducted before a listing can occur. . Critical habitats ...,uld have to be delineated when species are listed as endangered, and c0n- currently reports describtng all dtrect and indirect ecol1a.ic and social impacts to the areas affected must be issued. . "Econank and social" wuld be added to the current Act's "scientific and cOllllerctal" as data to be considered in critical habitat designations. . Before regulations could be promulgated for listings, a scientific review panel ...,uld review the evidence, public hearings on the pett tton would be held and the findings of the review panel ...,uld be published. . Oedsions not to list a species my be subject to an adminis tra ti ve appeal process, folla;ed if necessary by judicial review bssed solely upon the record of the administrative revtew process. . A finding that costs associated with a recoveIy pllm are an unreasonable allocation of avail- able resources, or that social or ecooomic Impacts in the area affected ...,uld be "exces- sively onerous," are grounds for the Interior Secretary mt to 1n{>lerent recovery plans. . The Fndangered Species Camdttee ("God Squad") is expanded fran a min1mum of seven oenbers to eight or Illlre with the addition of the Olairman of the National Research Co=11, and rather than "one individual fran each aff<!Cted state," as is the case mw, govermrs of the IIDst- affected states ...,uld serve on the coomittee. (Copies of The EJrlangered Species Hanagar8lt Act of 1992 my be obtained I7f calling or wri ting the Coalition office. The address and telephone nlJlbers are listed on p3ge 1). .,1: The Litigation Watch Vllg1n1a W111 the EiIv1rormlental Protection Agea::y stay aboard what has becane a litigation merry-go-round? That was the question in James City County, Virginia, as the tctober 5 deadline for EPA to re-appeal the Ie- overtumiog of its re--veto of the Ware Creek !:am and Reservoir approached. The Ware Creek nerry-go-round began in 1989 when EPA vetoed issuance of a Clean Wa ter Act permit for construction of the reservoir for water'-Short lIill1amsbJrg, Va., suburban residents. The veto was overturned by Federal Judge JoIm Ib-I<~, who also delivered a IIlEl1l)rable tongue- lashing to EPA for its lack of understanding of InJ1an needs . EPA lost a lOOtion for reconsideration, then took the matter to Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed part of the ruling but renanded part of it to EPA. To mbody' s surprise EPA hung another veto on Ware Creek, and J!lIJI!S City County once again appealed. History repeated. EPA saw its secood veto overturned by Judge !tIckenzie in an August 4 opinion which once again bordered on rebuke of EPA for 1aclt of sensittv- 1 ty to the needs of the lnm1an spectes. lhl.orado It's nail -bi ting tine in Metropolitan Denver, as well, as the sponsors of the 11<<> Forks ram and Reservoir await a threshold ruling by Federal Dis tric t Court Judge Ili.dEmI !htsch. <X1 November 22, 1991, eight suburban Denver water supply agencies fHed suit to overturn EPA' s veto of the big regional water supply project one year earlier. Last February, EPA filed a llllt10n for dismissal , alleging that the eight entities - while partners in the project and participants in a $40 million enviroanental process - didn't Imre standing. Oral arguments took place on September 24. Judge Matsch gave m hint as to when he Wuld rule, stating only that he has a lot of reading to do first. Project sponsors believe that Two Forks was vetoed by EPA Administrator B111 Reilly as a personal favor to the extrema envirorlI8ltal socteties fran whose ranks he came.