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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Fedtlr.1 Rql.ter / Vol. 51. No. 106 / Tue.day, June 3. 1966 / Rule. and Regul.tion.

be prwdlct.bleln torm. of tho extenl of
land Or marine area that may be
.flecled. Pracl.e numbo.. of Indlvtdu.l.
th.1 m.y be lakon ore preferoblo 10
d..cripllon. of tho oxton I of dlol1lption
end will bo provtded whon thoy cen be
computed. However. the Service
r..erve. tho noxlblllty In tho rulo .0 th.t
the mO.1 oppropriato .tand.rd for an
individual conlultaUon can be uled. The
Service decline. to endOrl8 the use of
numerical amount. In aU cales aver the
use of delcripUonl of extent. becaule
for .ome .pecle. lOll of habitat ...u1l1ng
In de.th or Injury to Indlvtdu.1o may be
more deleteriou. than the direct 1011 of
a certain number of Individual..
Ukewi.e. the Servfce declLne. 10
incorporate Inlo the final rule the
comment thai would focull take levels
on population nwnbeMl and recovery
pl.n guideline.. if av.Uable. One
cornmenter IU88eated that two figure. or
level. be .peclfied: "the expected and
the acceptable amount or extent" of
t.ke. Thi. approach off... the benefit of
giving e "ceution" .Ignollo Federal
agencies or applicants aa they approach
'" e po..ible problem with the Incidental
, . ,I, takings re.u1ling from the ecllon. Step.
:~.'.could be taken to correct the coune of
, the action before the thre.hold of
reinill.tion [level of maximum
anticipatea take) ie exceeded. The
Service recUgnlze. the merit of thi.
. , .approach bul doe. not require that fl be
followed under the final rule becau.e 1\
m.y not be appropriate for oUFederal
action..
Paragraph (1)(1)(11) .tale. thaI the
incidental lake .talement .hen .peclfy
those F'ealonable and prudent mealurel
nece..ary 10 minimize the l.v.1 of
incidenlallake. For the rea.ona
disculled under the definition of
rea.onable and prudent meaaure., the
Service h.. added a new paragrapb
(i)(Z) 10 the llnal rule to clarify thel
reasonable and prudent mea.ure. may
only involve minor changea thai do not
alter the b..ic de.lgo. location. duration.
or timing of the aclion. Should the
Service believe that the way to ml"lrnI7(1
Ihe incldenlal laldns' J.lhroush
research, an expl.nallon or how luch
re.earch wtll accompli.h thl. wtll be
included. MY re.earch-releted
rea.onable and prudent meuure .hell
be .ublectto the llmltationa In
paragroph (I)(Z).
Parograph (J)(l)(JU) provtde. th.t
reporting requlremenll muel be Included
In the lermo and condilion. oJ an
Incldent.ltake 'lalemenl /U e"plalned
In parogreph (1)(3). the.. ..porting
requlremenll wtll be tailored 10 the
n.ture of the parIlcular Fodanl aclion
and wJIl. 10 llur e"\eOl po.alble. be

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limited 10 exl.tlns reporting
requlrement..
Under 60 CPR 13.45 (FWB) ond
Z2Z.Z3(d) (NMI'S). Ihere are provt.Jon.
concoming reportl"ll requirement. ror
.ny toklng or threetoned or end.ngered
.pecle.. The.e reporting requlremeDt.
.re not limited 10 onnusl reporto. and
moy vary In .ccordonco wtth the
particular needl of the .pedel &I sel
forth In the IncIdental taka .tat.m.nt.
Congrell did nol prohibit the Impo.llIon
of new reporting requirement.. contrary
to the &I.erilon of one commenler.
Moth.r commenler ..Id thaI the
dl.po.al procedure. In Item (I)(l)(lv)
.hould refer to ".peclmon." lakon. not
10 .peelea laleen. The Servfce bee
accommodated the comn1enter'. concern
by lnaarting "lndlvtdual. of a .pecl.... In
Ilem(lv).
Paragraph (l)(~) require. the Feder.1
agency or the applicant to Immedlately
reque.t relnitiallon offormal
con.u1tation If the .pecilled amount or
cxlent of Ineldeotal lake I. exceeded.
One commentar argued lhal the Service
I. allowing the "jeoperdy" cel1lng to be
exceeded In (IJ(4). The Service
dl.agree.: however. the Servle. agree.
thai the amounl or exlenl of take .hould
not be .el at "" . thre.hold of likely
fenpardy. If tho e.tabUahmenl of .uch a
high laldns level were nece.aary to
cove. a1llmpacta or a propoled acUon. it
i. que.lionable whether the I.auance of
e "no Jeopardy" opinion i. appropriate.
III. nol e"pecled thaI the level of
Incldentallaka anticipated for mo.1 "no
jeopardy" actiono would come clo.e 10
the .ectioo 7(a)(Z) barrier.
Congrell recognized thi. In the HOUle
Report to the 1982 Amendmenll:

U the _pedfled Impact on the .pede. I.
exceeded. the Committee eXpGCutu...1 the
Federal Alene)' at permJttee or UceJ1Iee wU1
lmmedJately relnlttlte con.ultatioD _lnee the
1lll(.1 of taklna excoed. the IDlpoct .poclfIed
liith. !nIu.1 ooctton 7(b)(4) .lOtolDeaL In the
interim period between the inJtiltion and
oompJedon of lbe new coD.uJlltiOn. the
CommJltee would not expect the Pedenl
qeney or pencill" or Uceuee 10 ca..e In
opentioru unle.. It wa. cleat th.t the lmPlct
01 the .ddJltonaJ t&Jdns would C8UM In
lrtevenlble and .dverH impact on the
.peete..

H.R. Rep. No. 567. Wlh Co"ll.. 2d Sell.
'J:1 (198Z). Exceeding the level of
anticipated taking doe. no\' by IlIelf.
require the .Iopping of en ongoing
ection durinS reinitiation of
conoultation. The Fedo..1 agency mUlt
make thl. uJllmalo declolon. taking Inlo
conoldaration the prohibltioDl of
oectiono 7(0)(Z) and 7(d). Further. the
Service wtll earo",," the taking
problbltiona Df oectlon "ldJ or g If llur
conl1nu.tion of en .ctlOJl, altar tho

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an!fclpolod levol of lncJcIonlallake hoo
been reochod, re.u1l1ln oddJUonol
taldns. of Iiolld .ped...
Thl. provt.lon ror Incld.ntaltake In
no woy affacll 0 Fedorol oseney'.
re,poDllbllity under oectlon 7(.)(Z) to
en.ur. thaI III .ction II not Ukaly to
feopardl%a the conllnued exl.lence of.
it.led .peel.. or re.u1t In the de.tructlon
or .dve... modlllcation of critical
habitat. The Service agree. with one
commenter that the bul. for the
conclUllon llurt Incldent.1 take wtll not
vtol.te .action 7(.)(Z) .bould be
Included wtth the bfologlcal opinion.
Paragreph OJ .peclfl.. llurt the Servfce
may provtde any conserv.tion
recommeod.tioDl wtth th. blologlcal
opinion. Several commel1la.. obfected to
the InclUllon of conoerv.tion
recommenda tiODl in the blolOJdcal
opinion. and que.tJoned whether th..e
recommend.tloDl were 10 have binding
force. The comment oubmJlIed by the
HOUle Committee .ununarb:ed thue
coDcema:

WbtJo the propooed regulaU""" oonform to
tho "elulo rosordlDa tho racomlllODdlna oJ
"re..onable .nd prudenl altern.atfv.... only
wb.", loopordy I. fow>d. itA)' 0100 liifocl a
lolally Dew concept referrec:l.lo ..
"conaervaUoD rec:omme:udatiOlll.." AlthOU&h
we do Dot aque with the appropriateaea of
wUdUfe qeDelee recommeudJ.ns meawra
that could be takoo to 1_ . projact..
Impact aD enda.aaered or threatened .pedn.
I( .bould be OIIdo cloar fa tho rosuJ,oUono thaI
r.nure to oblde by the.. reoommaadoU...
dOl. aol ...ullln 0 riolouon of ooctton 7(.)(2)
or the Act In .ddlUoa. wbUo tho Ian,uap of
ooctlon 7(0)(1) dOlI dfroct oU l'odoraJ
qeaele. 10 "utilize thetr au.lhoritin In
furthorance or the purpoooo of (tho Act] by
carryIaa out progroms for the c:onoorvotioo or
oodanprod .ped.. and thrulanad oped..".
we do Dol believe that It wu InteDded that
ooctloa 7(.)(1) requlre deveIopmoataJ _
ICtiOnt to be In.led .. c:oaHI"ftdoa
progr.... for oodonprwd 01' thrulanad
.pede.. Wa 0100 do not hoUne thot oU of tho
COl1MrVltiOD recomm.eDdaUODI of Ib.e
SocroWy bavo 10 be Jollowed for thts
requlrolDeDl 10 be ID.L SucIlllllalarprallUoQ
would rond_r tho much cIoboted prov\olOOl oJ
ooctloa 7(0)(2) reduadaal and _l1alIy
m.oatnsJo.. ond brIaa .boat __
UtJa.tioa.
Accordfasly. _ _t thotUlf
CODHrv.tioa. teCOmmeDdaUoo.a be
tronomilled to octloo qood.. _II fn>m
blolosfcol oplalano and thel tho rqWattono
.tato plolaly thet foil.... to ocoept or
Impl....at the ...-....-A.ttono cIoeo _
ooooUlulo 0 rio"Uoo of MCtloo 7 of the Ad.

The Bervlca agreeo wllh the
Commlllel" commenll and h..
.....ncled llur propoted ruIa acconl1nalY.
Dlacretionery oonoerv. UOII
recommendallona wtll be provIclod wtth
the bloloslcal opinion .. a Mplnte
.ta_t relbar then .. an InIap'eJ pert

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