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• 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 * * * * * *
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2-.5-- COORDINATION WITH STATE AGENCIES 2-16
2.6 COORDINATION WITH TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS .................. 2-16
CHAPTER 3 - INFORMAL CONSULTATION ............................. 3-1
3.1 THE INFORMAL CONSULTATION PROCESS ........................ 3-1
3.2 IDENTIFICATION, RESOLUTION, AND CONSERVATION ............. 3-6
3.3 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ........................................ 3-6
3.4 BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS .................................... 3-10
3.5 CONCURRENCE/NONCONCURRENCE LETTERS ................... 3-12
CHAPTER 4 - FORMAL CONSULTATION ................................ 4-1
4.1 THE FORMAL CONSULTATION PROCESS .......................... 4-1
• 4.2 INITIATING FORMAL CONSULTATION ............................ 4-4
4.3 EVALUATING INITIATION PACKAGES ............................ 4-4
4:4 FORMAL CONSULTATION PROCEDURES ..............:........... 4-5
(A) Timeframes for Formal Consultation .............................. 4-5
(B) Coordination with other environmental reviews .................... 4-11
4.5 COMPONENTS OF A FORMAL CONSULTATION ................... 4-11
Introductory Paragraph ......................................... 4-12
Consultation history ............................................. 4-12
(A) Biological opinion ........................................... 4-15
Description of the proposed action ................................ 4-15
Status of the species/critical habitat .. ............................. 4-19
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