8063

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8063
• Author: Colorado River Fish and Wildlife Council.
• Title: Minutes, Colorado River Fish and Wildlife Council - April 22-23, 1998.
• USFW Year: 1998.
• USFW - Doc Type: Las Vegas, Nevada.
• Copyright Material: NO

APPENDIX C
' (Sec. 4) Requires Federal agencies responsible for the management of lands and waters to:
(1) provide the Secretary with an inventory of endangered and threatened species as well as
' species proposed, or identified as candidates, for listing on lands or waters under their control;
and (2) update such inventory at least every ten years.
Directs Federal agencies, prior to commencing any action, to notify the Secretary
if such action may affect an endangered or threatened species or critical habitat. Requires a
Federal agency to consult with the Secretary on each action for which notification is required
I unless: (1) such agency determines, based on the opinion of a qualified biologist, that the action
is not likely to adversely affect such species or habitat; (2) the agency has made such
determination and provides the Secretary with the information on which the determination was
t based; and (3) the Secretary does not object to such determination within 60 days of receiving
notification.
Permits the Secretary to identify categories of actions determined to have adverse
effects and for which consultation shall not apply. Authorizes the Secretary to object to agency
' determinations under certain conditions. Requires the Secretary to report at least biennially to
the Congress on agency determinations.
1 Directs the Comptroller General to report to the Senate Committee on
Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Resources on the cost of formal
consultation to Federal agencies and other persons.
Authorizes Federal agencies implementing land use or land and resource
management plans to authorize, fund, or carry out a site-specific ongoing or previously
scheduled action prior to completing consultation if no consultation is required or the Secretary
issues a biological opinion and the action satisfies relevant requirements.
Authorizes consultation and conferencing between the Secretary and a Federal
agency, with the Secretary's approval, to encompass a number of related or similar actions by the
agency within a particular geographic area. Permits the consolidation of requests for
consultation or conferencing from various Federal agencies whose actions may affect the same
species within a particular geographic area.

Provides for the participation of States and persons who have sought
authorization or funding subject to consultation in consultation proceedings.
Permits consultation to be deferred by a Federal agency, in response to a natural
disaster or other emergency, for the emergency repair of a natural gas pipeline, hazardous liquid
pipeline, or electrical transmission facility if the repair is necessary to address an imminent
threat to human lives or the environment.
(Sec. 5) Authorizes the development of multiple species conservation plans which may
include measures for non-listed species. (Conservation plans are required to be developed in
connection with incidental takings of species which are otherwise prohibited.) Authorizes the