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<br />. <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />river -- and I can't remember the miles involved. Do you, <br /> <br />John? <br /> <br />MR. SAYRE: No, I can't. <br />MR. McDONALD: Something on the order of 30, 40, <br /> <br />50 miles, that kind of magnitude from point A to point B <br /> <br />where the whooping crane nests on occasion. That's a rare <br /> <br />endangered species involved and that segment of the river <br /> <br />and the associated riparian lands have been declared <br />critical habitat. <br />MR. VANDEMOER: Was this done in public hearings <br /> <br /> <br />through some type of citizen -- did the citizens of Nebraska <br /> <br /> <br />and have -- in other words, did anybody know this was going <br /> <br /> <br />on or did they just come out and set this up? How does that <br /> <br />work? <br /> <br />MR. McDONALD: Herb, I have no personal knowledge <br /> <br /> <br />of the procedures used in this case. I know that the federal <br /> <br /> <br />law for critical habitat designation requires a series of <br /> <br />notifications in the Federal Register and I would have to <br /> <br />presume -- but, again, I have no personal knowledge that thos <br /> <br />were followed in this case when that critical habitat <br /> <br />designation was made. And I think that was three, four years <br />ago. <br /> <br />MR. VANDEMOER: If that's true and you could do <br /> <br /> <br />that without going to the area, then that same sort of thing <br /> <br /> <br />could be done anyplace in the State if there was a nesting <br />