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<br />11/03/98 TIlE 08: 36 FAX 303 231 5363 <br />.000315 <br /> <br />SOLICITOR/DENVER <br /> <br />!,DOll <br /> <br /> <br />C. Duty To Conauit (Se~tion.7(a) (2)) <br /> <br />1. Consultation required if an action "may affect" <br />list.ed species. <br /> <br />2. Consultation takes place between ac~ion agency and <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the <br />Interior) Or the National-Marine Fisheries Service <br />(Department of Commerce! depending on the species <br />involved, to determine whether jeopardy is likely to <br />occur. <br /> <br />3. Reqion S Forest Servioe ~imher Purchasers Cou~ci1 e~ <br />.sL..,. Alcock. 993 F.2d:SOO (11th Cir.:1993), c';,.t.. <br />denied 114 S.Ct. 663 (1994) (timber purchasers are not <br />license .o~ pe~it applicants within meaning of <br />Consultation regulations) . <br /> <br />D. Consultation ProCeQUr~B (~.e~ion 7(~) and 7(e)) <br /> <br />1. Revised joint regulations were issued in 198G <br />spelling out consu2tation ~rocedures in detail. 50 <br />C.F.R. Part 402. Extenaiveprearnble to regulations <br />further explains consultation process. 51 Fed. Reg. <br />19926, .s:.t.~. <br /> <br />2. If aation agency deter~ines, and FWS or NMFS concurs <br />that there will be no adverse effect to listed species, <br />informal consultation terminates, no formal <br />consultation is required. SO C.F.R. 402.13(a). <br /> <br />3. ~or m~jor construction activities or other federal <br />actions with similar physical effects, . the action <br />agency.must prepare a biolnqical H~eBgment evaluating <br />the potential effects of tne action an listed and <br />proposed species. 15 D.S.C. lS35(c); SO C.F.R. 402.12. <br /> <br />4. Where formal consultation is required, the Service <br />must iseue a bioloaical oD~nion within 90 days of <br />initiation of consultation. The opinion must discuss <br />the effects of the aotion, and state whether the <br />, ., . <br />Service believes jeopardy is likely to result from the <br />action. 16 U.S.C. l53G(b); 50 C.F.R. 402.14. <br /> <br />- .10 - <br />