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002561 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973, Endangered Sp... Page 10 of 44 those species that are, or may be, in conflict with construction or other development projects or other forms of economic activity; (B) incorporate in each plan- (i) a description of such site-specific management actions as may be necessary to achieve the plan's goal for the conservation and survival of the species; (ii) objective, measurable criteria which, when met, would result in a determination, in accordance with the provisions of this section, that the species be removed from the list; and (iii) estimates of the time required and the cost to carry out those measures needed to achieve the plan's goal and to achieve intermediate steps toward that goal. (2) The Secretary, in developing and implementing recovery plans, may procure the services of appropriate public and private agencies and institutions, and other qualified persons. Recovery teams appointed pursuant to this subsection shaII not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act. (3) The Secretary shall report every two years to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives on the status of efforts to develop and implement recovery plans for aII species listed pursuant to this section and on the status of aII species for which such plans have been developed. (4) The Secretary shall, prior to final approval of a new or revised recovery plan, provide public notice and an opportunity for public review and comment on such plan. The Secretary shall consider aII information presented during the public comment period prior to approval of the plan. (5) Each Federal agency shalI, prior to implementation of a new or revised recovery plan, consider aII information presented during the public comment period under paragraph (4). (g) MONITORING.- (I) The Secretary shaII implement a system in cooperation with the States to monitor effectively for not less than five years the status of all species which have recovered to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this Act are no longer necessary and which, in accordance with the provisions of this section, have been removed from either of the lists published under subsection (c). (2) The Secretary shaII make prompt use of the authority under paragraph 7 of subsection (b) of this section to prevent a significant risk to the weII being of any such recovered species. (h) AGENCY GUlDELINES.- The Secretary shall establish, and publish in the Federal Register, agency guidelines to insure that the purposes of this section are achieved efficiently and effectively. Such guidelines shaII include, but are not limited to- (1) procedures for recording the receipt and the disposition of petitions submitted under subsection (b)(3) of this section; (2) criteria for making the findings required under such subsection with respect to petitions; (3) a ranking system to assist in the identification of species that should receive priority review under subsection (a)(l) of the section; and http://www.fws.gov/-r9endspp/esa.html 9/30/97