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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"Recovery" me..,. improvement In
the .tall.. of 1I.led .poel.. 10 the polnl ,
.1 which U.tln8l. no lo"",r .pproprt.te
und.r the crit.rt. ..1 out In oectJon
4(.)(1) of the Act
"Sarvice" mea... the U.s. Fub .nd
Wlldllf. Sarvice or the N.tlonel Martne
FI.h.rt.. Sarvice, 01 .pproprlat..

'402.01 ~p' .111,.
Sactlon 7 .nd the requlrftment. of thl.
Part .pply 10 .U .ctlona In whlch there
I. dilcretlonary Fed.raIlnvolve_~t or
control.

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Th. coneultatlon procedure. ..t forth
in thl. Part may be .upeneded for.
p.rl!cuIar Feder.l agency by 'oint
counterp.rt regulatlona omons thel
.sency, the Flab and Wtldltfe Service,
and th. N.tlonal Marine FI.b.rt..
Sarvice. Such count.rpart regulatlona
.ball be pubUab.d In th. FodaraI
,Reslater In propooed form and .haU be
.ubjeel 10 pubUc comment for .tleul 00
clay. before fInaJ rule. are pubUahed.

'402..01 EmIt' oen ell.
(a) Where eme'llency c:lrcunutancea
mandaI. th. need to conaultln an
expedited manner. conaultatlon may be
conducted lnform.Uy through
alternatlv. procedure. thetthe Dtrector
determine. to be conalatent with the
requlJ'emenla of aectlona 7{.Hd) of the
Act Thla provl.lon appU.. 10 .Ituatlona
involving act. of God. dI...te....
cuualtle., national defllDl8 or oecurlty
emeraencle.. ete.
(h) Formal conaultatlon .ball be
InItlatad a. lOOn 01 precllcable after th.
.me'1lency Ia under controL The Federal
agency .ball .ubmltlnformatlon on th.
n.ture of th. .mersency .ctlon(.). th.
jUlllflcatlon for th. expedited
con.u1tatlon, and th.lmpacta to
.ndansered or thre.tened oped.. and
their habltala. The Sarvlce wlII evalual.
ouch information and IaRe . biological
opinion Includlns th.lnformatlon and
recommenclatlona s1v... durtas th.
emersency conaullatlon.

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Fed.r.1 RfII.t.r I Vol. 51. No. 106 I Tueeday. June 3. 1900 I Rule. end Regul.tlon.

''CrItlcal b.bltat" ...r.ro to an a"'a
d"l8neled 01 crttlcal h.bllatll.t.d In bO
CFR Part. 17 0. Z28.
"Cumulative effect." are tho.e efrect.
or fulure St.te or prtvat. .ctlvltle.. not
Involvlns F.d.ral ectlvltl... thet are
reasonably certain to occur within the
action area of the Federal SCUOD lubJect
to consultation.
"De.lgn.',d non-Feder. I
representallve" refers to a penon
de.ignaled by the F.d.rol ag.ncy ee II.
representative to conduct lnformal
conaullation and/or to prepare any
biological asaellment.
"DeeUuction or adverse modIfication"'
meane a direct or Indirect alteration that
epprecl.bly dlmlnJ.he. the value of
critical habitat for both the .urvlval and
recovery or a lI.ted .peclee. Such
alleralion. include, but are not limited
to. alterationa aavenely modIfying any
or those phyeical or biological rBatura.
thai were the bOIls for determinlns the
habllat to be crttlcal.
"Director" refers to the Aa.I.tant
Admini.trator for Fleherie. for th.
National Oceanic and Atmolpheric
Administration. or hie authorized
repre.entative: or the Fieh and Wildlife
Service regional director. or hil
authorized representative. for the regjon
where lhe action would '='e camed oul.
"Early consultation" is a procels
.. requested by a Federal agency on behelf
of a pro.pecllve applicant under .ectlon
7{.)(3J or the Act. '
"Effect. of the action" ",Fen to the
direct and indIrect effecta of an acUon
on the spede. or critical bablla~
together with the effect. of other
activitiu thelare inlerrelated or
inlerdependent with thet eetlon, thai
will be added to the .nvironmenlal
baseline. The environm.ntal baseline
include. the put end pre..nt Impacte of
all F.deral, Stat.. or private action. and
other humsn actlvlUe. In the sction
area. the anticipated Impact. ofaU
proposed Federal prof.cls In the action
are. th.t heve already und''llon.
fonnal or ..rly ..cllon 7 con.uIlatlon,
and the imp.ct of Sial. or prtvate
aclion. which are contemporaneouI
w:th the con.u1tatlon In proce...lndirect
.rrect. are those that are cau.ed by the
propo.ed acllon and a", leter In lime.
but .till are reuonably certain to occur.
Interrelated action. are thole that are
p.rt of a I.'ller action end depend on
the la'lle. .ction for their J..UfIcatlon.
Interdependent acUona are tho.. th.t
h.ve no Independent utility apart &om
the .ctlon under collllderaUon.
"Formal con.u1tatlon" I. . proce..
between th. Service end th. Federal
egeney that commence. with the Federal
ag.ney'. written req".1I for CODIullatlon
under oacIIon 7(.)(2) of the Act and

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conclud.. with the Service'. luu.nee of
the blololPcal opinion under ..ctlon
7(bJ(3) of the Act.
"incident. I lake" refero to taking. th.l
re.u11 rrom. but .ra not the purpo.. or.
carrying out.n otherw1..lawful .ctlvlty
conducted by the Feder.1 .gency or
applicant.
"lnform.l con.u1latlon" I. en optlon.1
procell that lnclude. all dIscullllons,
corre.pondence. elc., belween the
Service and the Federal agency or th.
de.lgnated non-F.deral repre.enlatlve
prtor to rormal coneultatlon, If required.
"Jeopardize the continued exl.tenee
or' mean. to engage in an action thai
ree.onably would b. expected, directly
or Indirectly, to reduce eppreclably the
11Ic.lthood of both the survival and
recovery or a 1I.led .pecl.. In th. wild
by reducing the reproduction. numbero,
or dl.lrtbutlon of thet .pede..
"Ulled .peeles" means any specie. of
f1.b. wildlife. or plant whlch bu been
d.termined to be endangered or
threatened under .ectlon f of the Act.
U.ted .pede. are Found In 50 CPR
17.11-17.12.
"Malor con.tructlon activity" I. a
con.tructlon project (or other
undertaking bavlng .lmUar physleel
Impects) whlch I. a ma'or Federal action
.ignIflcantly aff.cllng the quality of the
human environment 01 ref.mod to In the
National Environmenlal Policy Act
(NEPA. f2 U.S.C. 4332(2){CII.
"Preliminary biological opinion"
refen to an opinion luued a. a re.u1t or
early coneultatlon.
"Propo.ed critical habitat" me....
babltat propo.ed In the Federal RagIater
to ba de.lgnated or revleed a. crltlcal
habltal under sactlon 4 of the Act for
any U.ted or propo.ed .peele..
"Proposed Ipede," meanJ any
.p.ele. of f1.b, wlldllf.. or plant that I.
propo.ed In th. FedaraI RosIater to be
Usted unclar .actlon 4 of the Act
"Rea.onable and prudent
.Iternatives'. refer to alternative action.a
IdenUfled during form.1 conaultaUon
thai can be Implemented lit a manner
con.l.tent with the Intended pwpo.. of
th. .ctlon. that can be Implem.nted
collllstent with the ICOpe or the Fed.ra1
agency'. legol authortty and JurI.dlctlon.
that I. economlcaUy end technologically
r.a.lble, and thatth. DIrector beUev..
would a void th. Uk.Uhood of
'eoPardl%lns the conllnued exl.tonce of
h.ted .peele. or re.u111ng In the
de.trucllon or advena modification of
crlUcal habitat.
"Rauonabl. and prudent m...ure."
nfer 10 tho.. .cUone the DIrector
beUave. necou..,. or .pproprlale to
1ft1"lml..~ lb. lmp&ctI. i.tI., amount or
.xlan~ of Inctdantal taka.

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(.) Conaullatlon, coaf......ce, and
blolostcal u_ent proceduroo under
oecIIon 7 may be OOIlaOUclated with
Intnqancy lXlClpoI'ftlon procedurea
required by olhar .Ia\u\ea, aach u tba
Natlonol Envlromnental Polley Act
(NEPAI1U U.s.e. 4321 alaeq.
Impl.m...ted .t40 CFR Pula 1500-11508)
or the I'\ah aDd WlIdIIfa CoordInation
Act [YWCA) (ID U.8.e. IlG1 alaeq.J.
Satiaf)o\nl the requiramaDlII of theoa
olhar .ta\u\ea, however, cIc>M not In
ltaalf..un. . Federal f8lIDCY of till