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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Federel Regllter / Vol. 51. No. 106 / Tuelday. lune 3. 1986 / Rulel and Regulatlonl

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oblli'Uoru to comply with the
prooedW'll' i.1 forth In thl. P.rt or the
.ub'l.nUv. requlrementl of IOcUon 7.
The Servleo will ,.U.mpt 10 provide I
coordln.ted review and anelYII. of all
envlronmenlal requlrem.nll. ,
[b) Whe"" the coruultetlon or
collf...neo b.. be.n conlolldated with
th. Inl.r.,.ncy cooperetlon procedW'll1
required by other ltalut.1 IUch.. NEPA
or FWCA, tho ...ulla .bould be Included
In the documenla ..qulred by thola
ltalute..

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WbtlD . parUcular action lnvolvel
mo.. than one Pade,,1 .,.ncy. the
conaultatton and conference
..lpon.lbUlU.. may ba fulfilled through
a lead .,.ncy. P.cto", ..levant In
del.rmInln8 en appropriate lead as.nc)'
include the 11m. .equeneo In which tha
.,endee would b.coma Involved. th.
magnllude of thalr ,,"pectlve
Involvemen~ and their ..1.Uvo expertl..
with ""pect to the .nvlronmenlal
effecla of the acUoD. The Director .hall
be notified of the de.lgnation In wrIUna
by the I..d .,ency.

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".:",',.A Federal8gency may de.lgnate a
non-I'ed.ral'repre.enlatlve to conduct
Informal colllultaUon or prepa.. a
blologlcala..allmonl by giving wrIllen
",DOtice to I.be Director of IUch
. .. dlillgnaUcD. U a r,.rmJl or llcenle
" appllcanl il Invo ved and la nol the
d..lgnaled non-Pederal ..p...entaUv..
, ' .then the appllcanl8lld Pederal .,.ncy
moal ~. on the choice of the
doalsnaleinon-Pederal reprelenlati...
U e biological allellm.nlla p..pared) by
the dellgnated non-Pederal
..pre..ntative. the Pedaral .,ency Ihall
furn1ah guidance and IUpervlalon and
lhalllndependantly ..view Ind evalulle
the ICOpe and contente of the biological
uae..menL Th. ultimele ..lpollllbUlIy
for compliance with .ection 7 ..meln..
with the P.daral agency.

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After Inltiation or ..Inltiation of
conaultaUoD required noder IOCtion :
7(a)(2) of the Act. the Ped.ral agency:
8lId an:l appllcanl lhall maka no '
irrevonibl..or ImItriavable commltmenl
of_ouree with reopeel to the qeocy
action wbl ch hu the affoct of
forecloolna tha Cormulation or
Imp\emantation of any realOnable aoi
pradanl a1ternativlI which would aY',ld
vIolatiJla MClion 7(1)(2). 11W prohlbltlon
la In force cIurlna the colllultation
proceu JU>d ClOnllmlea until tha
nqnlre1Delll..of McIIon 7(a)(2) are

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..tI.lI.d. Thl. provl.lon do.. not .pply
to the DOnf.r.nc. ..qulrement for
propol.d .pecl.1 Dr propOlOd critical
babitat und.r .ectlon 7(.)(4) of lb. Act.

8ubpwt ~1latIon Procedurea

f 402.tO Confennoeon propOltd ....
or pt Jl P g . . d orttktaI habitat.
(e) Each Pederel asency Ihall confer
with tha Service on eny .ctlon wblch II
likely to j.op.rdl.za th. continued
exl.lence of any propolOd Ip.clel or
..Iultln the dellructlon or adv.ne
modlllcetion of propoled criUcel
h.bllat. The confe..nce II d..lgnad 10
alllll the Ped.ral as.ncy and any
appllcanlln Identlfy\ns and ...olvlng
potantlal confllcll alan ..rly ItaS. In
the pl.nning proce...
[b) Tha P.daral .,ency .halllnltlale
the confe..nce with the Dlreclor. The
Sarvlce may ..quail a confe..nce If.
aner a ..view of available lnform.Uon.
It dalarmlnel thaI a collf...nce II
..qulred for a particular action.
(c) A conf...nce between a Pederal
.,ency and the Sarvlce lball conl1.1 of
inlorms] d1acuuJonl concem.l.ns an
acUon thalli likely to Jeopardize the
continued exl.lence of the propoled
.ped.. or re.ultln the de.tructlon or
adv.... modJl\catlon of the propo..d
crillcal babltat all..ue. Appllcanla may
be Involved In th.la Informal
d1.cu..loru 10 the greatell exlent
p..ctlceble. Durtns the conference. the
Service will malte advlaory
recommendatioBl, if any. on way. to
mlnlml,... or avoid .dvene effecte. U the
propol.d Ipaclel II lub.equantly lI.ted
or the propolOd crillca! babltatll
dellgnaled prior 10 compl.tion of the
acUon. the Pederal .,ency mlUl review
th. .cUonto determln. wbethar formal
conlullation II required.
(d) U requOlted by the Pederal.,ency
and dOlMed approprlata by the Servlca.
the confa..nce may be conducled In
accordance with the procedurel for
formal conlultaUon In '402.14. An
oplnlon I..u.d althe concllUlon of the
collf...nes may be Idopled u the
biological oplnlon when the lpeeI.. II
lllted or critical habltalu dOllgnaled.
bUI only If no Ilgnl/lcanl DeW
information II devaloped (lncludlng thel
daY.loped dwIDs thl rulemaJdns
proce.. on the propooed IIII1n8 or
critical habItat delIaaation) and no
IlpII\canl chanpl 10 the Padc,31actlon
are mada that would a1lar tha COblenl of
th. oplnlOD. An Indda.ntal taka
l\atemanl provided with a conference
oplnlon doel nol becom. .rractiv.
unIa.. tha Service .dopte th. opinion
onoa th. IIaUna la lInaL
II) The oonclualono reaohacl dwIDs a
oolJarellCO and any r-v-'t>-detiODl

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.h.ll b. documenl.d by tho 8orvl"" and
provld.d to th. F ,dar. as.ncy .nd to
any appllcanl. The .lyle .nd magnitude I
of thll documenl will vary with the
comploxJly of the conferance. If fonnal
conlultallon .110 II required for a
particular action. th.n the S.rvlce will
provide the ...ultl of the conference
with the blologlcel opinion.

f 402.11 Early_.
(a) Purpole. Early con.ultatlon II
dellgned to ..duce th. likelihood of
conflicll between 1I.I.d .pacl.1 or
critical h.bltal and propoled actlonl
and OCCurl prior 10 the filing of en
application for a Pederal permJl or
llcenle. Although early coruuJlatlon II
conducted betw.en the Service and the
Pad.,,1 .,.ncy. the prolpecl!ve
appllcanl.bould be Involved throughout
tha conaultatlon proce...
(h) //squell by jlrolpBctive applicant.
If a prolpecUve Ippllcanl h.. rea.on to
bellave thaI the prolpecllve action may
af!ectlllled lpeel.. Dr crillcal hablla~ II
may requOlI the Pederal asency 10 enter
Into early colllullaUo., with the Sarvlce.
The prolpective appllcanl mUll certify
In wrIt1q 10 the Pede"l.,ency thaI (1)
U h.. e definitive propolal outltnlns the
action and IIa effecla and (2) 1I1n1.ndl
10 Imp)e,nenllla propooal. If authorized.
(c) Initialion of early col1lullation. If _.l
the Padaral asency ..celvel the .....
prolpective appllcanl'l cerUllcetion In
paragraph (b) of thll .action. then the
Pederal.,ency Ihall Inltlale early
con.ultallon with the Service. TbI1
..quOIt .ball be In wrIl1ns and contain
thelnformaUon outlined In '402.14(c)
and. If the acUon la a major corutructlon
.ctlvlty. the blologlcel a..e..menl..
outlined.!" '402.12.
(d) l'roudurel and lfIlponlibJIi,iel.
The procodW'll1 and ..lponllbUlUel for
.arly co...ullation are tha eame ae
outlined In '402.14{cHJ) for formal
conlullation. oxcepl thaI all refe..ncel
10 the "appllcanl" Ihall be treated.. the
"proapactive appllcanl" and all
..fe..n",," 10 the "blologlcel oplnlon" or
the "opinion" Ihall be trealed .. lbe
"preliminary blologlcel oplnlon" for lbe
purpolO of thll ..cUOD.
(e) Preliminary biological opinion.
The conlonla and conclullonl of a
preliminary biological opinion are tho
lam. .. for I biological oplnlon I..ued
after forne! colllultaUon oxeapl thel the
Indd.ntallalte .talement provld.d with
a prelimlD8JY bloloslcal oplnlon doel
not COllltiluta authority to tak. IJated
lpeelOl.
(I) ConlirmaUon of preliminary
bJol.,;ocl opinion 01 final biaIoglcol
opinion. A pl"lhnln.'Y bloloslcal
0",1nIoD may be CODIIrmad u a

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