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hundredths of one percent, which represents about 16 jobs foregone per year in the tribal <br />economy as a result of critical habitat designation. <br />Table EX-2 Present Vatue and Annualized Incremental Critical Habitat Impacts for <br />Tribal Lands (3% Discount Rate) <br />DEVIATIONS over Baseline (Tribal Lands) <br />utput Million 1990$ Percent <br />NPV 3 percent -18.498 -0.079 <br />nnualized values -0.935 -0.113 <br /> <br /> <br />Employment Persons Percent <br />verage Annual Incremental <br />obs Foregone 16 -0.089 <br />Thus, the overall economic impacts associated with critical habitat designation represent a <br />small fraction of the regional and tribal economies. In no instance are the impacts greater than <br />1% of the total regional, or total tribal, economic activity. <br />Between 1959 and 1991, the growth rate of the national economy varied from -2.2% to 6.2%. <br />Impacts within this range are within the normal fluctuations of the economy and can be <br />absorbed by the economy. A conservative threshold for significant impacts would be a one- <br />percent deviation from the projected baseline (50 CFR 17). If changes in employment or <br />output due to critical habitat exceed this threshold, then the area of critical habitat should <br />possibly be considered for economic exclusion. <br />viii <br />