8111

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8111
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service.
• Title: Endangered Species Consultation Handbook
• USFW Year: 1998.
• USFW - Doc Type: Procedures for Conducting Consultation and Conference Activities Under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
• Copyright Material: NO

* * * * * * Final ESA Section 7 Consultation Handbook, March 1998 * * * * * *
6.3 FORMAL CONFERENCE .......................................... 6-4 •
(A) Timeframes of Formal Conferences ....................:......... 6-4
(B) Format of Conference Opinion .................................. 6-4
Stand-alone conference .......................................... 6-4
Conference included in a formal consultation ......... . ..... ...... 6-5
(C) Confirmation of Conference Opinion as a Formal Consultation .......... 6-6
CHAPTER 7 - EARLY CONSULTATION ....... .............:.......... 7-1
7.1 ELIGIBILITY FOR EARLY CONSULTATION ................. ........ 7-1
7.2 PROCEDURES .................................................. 7-3
7.3 CONFIRMATION AS A FINAL BIOLOGICAL OPINION ............... 7-3
CHAPTER 8 - EMERGENCY CONSULTATION ............................ 8-1
8.1 THE NEED FOR EMERGENCY CONSULTATION . ................... . 8-1
8.2 PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING EMERGENCY CONSULTATIONS ..... 8-1
(A) Initial Contact by the Action Agency ...... ..................... 8-1
(B) Initiating Formal Consultation ........................:.......... 8-4
(C) Emergency Biological Opinion ................................... 8-4
(D) Incidental Take Statement ...................................... 8-5
(E) Conservation Recommendations ................................. 8-5
CHAPTER 9 - MONITORING AND REPORTING ........................... 9-1
9.1 MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION/EFFECTS OF REASONABLE AND
PRUDENT ALTERNATIVES AND MEASURES ...................... 9-1
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