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<br />" <br /> <br />~ '" -", <br /> <br />B,- Sect'on 7 Consultat'ons <br /> <br />Part III of th's paper presents recommendat'ons on the Sect'on 7 <br />consultat'on process. Br'efly, these 'nclude the follow'ng concepts: <br /> <br />o Sect'on 7 should be used to protect aga'nst further endangerment <br />, wh'le the recovery effort act'vely works to improve cond't'ons <br />for the spec'es. <br /> <br />o SectIon 7 requIrements should be conf'ned to cond'tlons 'mposed <br />on future water projects 'n response to ant'c'pated project <br />spec'f'c 'mpacts. <br /> <br />o Project mlt'gatlon should be meshed w'th a comprehensIve <br />recovery effort to max'm'ze m,tlgat'on effectIveness. <br /> <br />o Sect'on 7 decIsIons wIll have to be made usIng the .best <br />sclent'f'c and commercIal data avaIlable." <br /> <br />o O'llgence should be requIred as part of the SectIon 7 process. <br /> <br />RecommendatIons on an overall SectIon 7 approach should be developed <br />by the CoordInatIng CommIttee. The commIttee may also w'sh to request an <br />oversIght role as any process's Implemented. The key 'ssues to resolve <br />are the dIstInctIons between the requ'rements of Sect'on 7 and recovery <br />plans and the relat'onshlp between the reasonable and prudent <br />alternatIves requIred for Sect'on 7 and the components of a recovery plan. <br /> <br />Components to be requIred 'n new f~c'l't'es, as appropr'ate, should <br />include the follow'ng: <br /> <br />o f'sh passage fac'l't'es <br />o regulat'on of release t'm'ng and temperatures to meet spec'f'c <br />spec'es requ'rements ' <br />o max'mum deplet'on l'm'ts <br />o restr'ctlons on channel alterations or changes to water and <br />sediment regImes <br />o contributions to dIrectly applicable recovery components. <br /> <br />6312-2 <br /> <br />- 20 - <br /> <br />_...............--,..,.'."...,..",.~=""""" <br /> <br />-~ .. <br /> <br />"' ~""'- <br /> <br />"'-~ y- <br /> <br />~."~T <br />