WSP00396

• File Number: 8065
• Description: Section D General Statewide Issues - Endangered Species Act - Fisheries
• State: CO
• Basin: Statewide
• Date: 6/3/1986
• Author: Unknown
• Title: Fish and Wildlife Service-NOAA - Interagency Cooperation - Endangered Species Act of 1973 - As Amended - Final Rule - Federal Register - Volume 51-Number 106 - Rules and Regulations
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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Feder.1 Rellal.r / Vol. 51. No. 106/ Tueldey. June 3. 1988 / Rul.s and Regulalionl

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II ...qultel a party p...p.rin,g a biological
......m.nt to v.rily It. .p.eI.. 11.1 wlth
th. Servlc, IC. an.r IlO day. from the
...celpl oC or conCumlnc. wlth the
.peel.. lI.t. It h.. y.1 to commance the
preparaUon or the suellment. A written
v.rificetlon. a. .USS..t.d by on.
commenter. fa not ri'quired ,inca thac
would be tantamounl to l..uIng a
.econd .peele. 1I.t. contrary to the
Informal nature aC W. verification .tep.
Th. Federal os.ncy m.y. an lte own.
document the verification received
und.r W. paragraph In II.
.dmlnt.lr.tlva ...cord. A. requ.at.d Ly
one commenler. the Service hall
di.lingul.bed the lnltlatlan oC the
blologicel...e..ment time period (time
of receipt of or concurrence with 8
.p.cle.llat) froDl the paint at which
actual preparation of the all8S11menll.
begun.
Baled on comment. received. 8 new
paregraph In e,ntltled "content." ha.
been .dded. Same commentera argued
thai Federal osenci.. .hauld be required
\J'.lt 10 lnclude certain mInImum reaearch
..' method. or acbvltielln the preparation
:"; "'of II biological wuelSment. One
~ commenter 1lJ.€;gelted that preparera of
, 'blalogicela..u.menla abould:

'is) coDduct . ad.nUncaU)' Bound on-:IIlte
lmpectJon of lhe uea affected by the action.
wb.lch mUll, u.n.Ie.. otherwiu directed by the
Service. lnclude a delaUed .urvey of the area
to delermin. If U.led or propo.ed lpeclel are
preMnt or occlIr ....on.lIy and whether
luitable babUat exbtl within the .rea for
either expaDdlng the exbUns populaUon or
purlalial reintroduction of popul.Uona:
(h) Iotorvl_., recognJud o.perto on lba
lped... allflue, indudLns tho.e wU.h1n the
Fl.b and WUdJUo Service. tho N.UolUl
MartJ:w Flahen'l Service. Slate cona.ervaUon
..Dela. un!venlUel aDd otben who m.y
hay. dati not y.t found in Id.nUlle
OJ Uienture;
(c) nrvtew Uten.ture aDd other tclentiflc
data iDc1udin4 ftCOvery plantlfavaUable to
dotormloo lb. .ped..' dJ.trtbuUon. bobltat
DMCb. and other biological requIrementl;
(d) rovtow ..,d anal,.. tho offoct> 01 tho
act10a on the .ped... in termJ of lndJvtduaI.
and popul.aUoru. Iocludloi conaldoraUon 01
the indirect .sad cu.muladv. .ffec:ta of the
actlon on tho .po<t.. and habitat
(.) analyw allemlta actSoru thai may
provida c::oaaanadoa ID'IBIW1lI; and
(n oood.'1 any .tudJea nocollary to fulJUJ
the roqulromont> oC (.J thruush (oj abovo.

Th. ServIce agree. that ......m.nte
lhouId be .. compl.l. and thorough ..
poeaibl.. but d.clIn.. 10 Impo.. .1rIc1
mInIm= ltudardo th.1 .ll blaloxlcal
u_ameate muot ..tI.ly. Th. above-
I1eted .ctlvltl... which DIllY be
performed In P""I'arlna an .....omm~
are ondo-'" by tba 8mv\ce .. lleme
thai . ~I 81........01 would include.
However. the nature of tba Fed.ral
.ctIon ....y not warrant carryIn& oul all

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oC thu. rue.rcb acUville. or .tudl...
.nd 10m. oC tha .top. may not b.
t.chnologtc.lly C...lbl. In c.rt.ln c..e..
Th.refora, tha n.w per.gr.ph (I) only
contain. .ugs..tlan. oC wbat . F.deral
agancy may lnclud. In a bloloslcal
allallment.
Dna comm.nl.r ..ked tho Servlc. 10
e.plaln the dlffer.nce batween tho
degrea aC Information ne.dad In a
biological ...e..m.nt .nd the dogra. oC
InCormaUon noed.d 10 lntUate fonnal
con.u1taUon wb.n th. .ctlon doo. nol
...qul... the preparation oC an
8118I1ment. In both cales the overall
Information .Iandard Ie the .ama: "b..1
.cl.nUfic and commarclal dal.
avallabl.... Tha dlfforence ari.e. In the '
proc.... If a biological ......mant I.
prepared, II IoU. I Includo nol only the
dala bulal.o a .ynth..te oC the data
Involving an anaIY.I. oC the effectl of
the action. Balically. the a.lellment
aerie. .1 an analytical inltrument and
can be u..d by the Federal osoncy "to
build II. ca.e" .. 10 wbether a particular
action I. llkely to adveraaJy aCCecl a
U.tod .p.cie. or It. critical babltat. IT the
Service concura with a detennlnatlon oC
"not llkely to adveraely affect," th.n
Cormal colUullatlon I. not requlr.d. If an
a..e..ment I. not required. the F.deral
agancy n..d only .ubmll data 10 the
Service to lnttlate formal con.u1latlan
purauant 10 1 402.U(c).
Paragraph Is] oC 1402.12, which d.all
wlth the .uthority to Incorporal. earll.r
biological ......ment. by r.ferenc. a.
the aaaOllment (or a current propolal. II
adapted from the 1..1 two ..ntencea oC
propo.ed 1402.12(b)(1). In tho.e
lnetuce. wb.re a propo.ed F.d.ral
action I. Id.ntlcal. or v.ry .lmIIar. 10 a
p...vlou. action for which. biological
......m.nl wu p...parecL th. F.d.ral
os.ncy mey not nltOd to p...pare a n.w
biological ......m.n~
One commenter requelieu that
lansuag. be add.d to e1alify tI,.1 a
prevloua biological ......m.nl being
lncorporal.d by ref....nco could hav.
been part of . prior EIS or are.-wld.
......m.nt. The ServIce dec\ln.. to
mue the chanae nollna th.1 the form oC
th. prevloua biological u....m.nt
(whather In an EIS or oth.r docum.nt)
hat no bearing on wb.thar It DlltOte the
condJtlolU for lncor,1Oratlon by
ref....nce.
In ....pon.. to comm.nte. the
conditione th.t muol be Dlel for
lncorpor. tion by ...f.ranee are ol ulfi.d.
Th. bIological u....m.nt requirem.nl
may be tulfU1.d by \!1COrpor.tIna by
referenee the .arlJ.., biological
......mmt and .u~><>r11n8 d.ta lnlo .
written cert1.lIcatlOD that (1) lb.
propoaad .otlon Involvu .1ml1ar
Impacle to tba eama apedn In tha eama

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g.ogr.phlc are.; (Z) no n.w .p.cl..
have b..n Ii.ted or propo..d or critical
habitat d..lgnat.d or prapo..d Cor the
action ar..; .nd [3) the blalcglcal
.lIallment h81 been .upple.'T'.imted with
any rel.vant cban,g.. In Information.
Condition (1) h.. b.en oxpanded to
allow lncorpor.tlon by reCer.nce It Ihe
propo..d action Involve. Ilmllar
Impact. (rath.r than no n.w Imp.ct.).
The tenn "or admlnllU'ative unit" haa
b..n dele led 81 Ill. .ub.lantially the
lame 81 "seographlc aroa." The Service
add. "Cor the action are." at the end oC
condition (Z) to clariCy the .cope oC Ihe
certification. Finally. condillon (3) i.
chan,ged to .1l0w F.deral agencie. to
Incorporat. a Cormer biological
al.ellmant by reference while
.upplemenllna It wlth any relev.nt
chan,ga. In information. Thl. change
clarifie. the Inl.nt bebJnd thl.
paragraph.
Paragraph (h) oC I40Z.1Z. which cro..-
reC.rence. permll requirement. under
the Acllbal'may apply to the
preparation oC a blologlcala..e..menl.
I. adopl.d .. propo.ed In
I40UZ(b)(4J(I). Tha Service beUeve.
Ihat the reCerence. In Ibe rule are
adequate to alert Federal osencl.. andl
or doeignated non-Federal '
repreleotatlvea of the Deed to con.ider
applicable permit requiremente, rather
than lnclude the appropriate .ecllon 10
p.rmlt requirem.ntl In the.e
regulation.. a. lusse.led by one
comment.r. Certaln field work migbt
lnvolve lb. take (i.e.. har...menl. harm.
etc.) oC ll.lad .peele. which. ab.ent a
perml~ would vlolat. .ectlon. g llr 4(d)
oC th. AcL To avoid po..lbl. violation..
the F.d.ral agency or non-Federal
...prelantatlve .hauld apply for and
obtain. lectlan to permll Cor .uch field
work. Tho.. lndivldual. carrying Oul
field ltudi.. or oth.r ....earch without a
permit durin,g the eoCtlOD 7 con.ultatlon
proc... are .ubJecllo tho prohibition. oC
lb. Act and oth.r .ppllceble wIIdlIf.
law.. The Service emphulze. that
permll1 .hould ue oblalned If takJna. of
any ll.ted .peel.. are antlelp.ted.
Plll'tlBl'llph (I) oC 1402.1Z .pecUl.. tho
tIm. porlnd far compl'lIna a blal"llical
alllllllment and leU out the
requirement I Car any na.d.d exlen.lon.
Thl. peragraph I. I.ken .ub.tantl.lly
from l402.t2(b)(6] oC th. propo.ed rul..
Twn commonl.ra uk.d thalth. rule
require wriUan notice. oC all .xten.lon..
rasard1... of wh.ther an applicant II
lnvolved. A wriU.n notice from tho
F.dora} agency to the .ppllcantl.
...qulred If an .xten.lon I. agreed upon
betw.... th. Servlc. and the Federal
apnoy. and tlIch wriUm notice mual be
provided by the Federal apncy prior 10

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