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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.ctlon. Th. lollowlna m.y be colUld.red
for Jnclu.lon: I
(1) Th. r..u1to 01 an on-.lte Impection
01 the ar.. .rr.ct.d by tho .cUon 10
d.t.rmIn. II lI.t.d or propo..d .peel..
Ire pre."nt or occur le.tOnally.
(Z) Th. vi.w. 01 recognJud .xperto on
the .peclu at InuI.
(3) A revl.w 01 the IIt.rature .nd
other lnformaUon.
(4) An .naly.l. 01 the .rr.cto of the
.ctlon on the .pecle. and hablla~
Ineluding colUlderatlon of cumul.tiv.
effact.. and the re.u1to of any rel.ted
.ludi...
(5) An anaIY.I. of alternate actioDl
con.ldered by the F.deral agency for the
propo..d action.
(g) Incorporation by re/erenCtJ. U a
propo.ed action requlring the
preparation 01. biological a.....mentl.
Ide~tlcal. or very .lml1ar. to . prevlOUJ
action lor which a biological ......m.nt
wa. prepared. tho Federal agency may
fulfll1 tha biological ......ment
requirement lor tha propooad act!on by
incorporating by referenca the earlier
biological a..e..men~ plus any
.upporting data from othar documenlt
that are partlnent to the conoullation.
Into a written certiftCation that:
[1) The propo.ed a~on Involve.
.imllar Impacll to the l8me .pacle. In
the lame geographic area;
(Z) No new .paele.'!iaye been lI.tad or
propo.ed or no new critical babitat
de.lgna ted or propooed lor the action
area; and
(3) Tha biological a..e..ment h..
been .upplemented with any",lavant
change. In Information.
[b) Permit raquiremanl6. U conducting
a biological ...e..ment wIlllnyolva the
takJns of a lI.ted .pacla., a parmlt under
.ection 10 of th. Act (18 U.s.c. 1539) and
Part 17 of thI. TIUe (with respeclto
.pacle. under the furi.d1ct!on of the
FWS) or Part. 2ZO, z22. and 'l27 of tbIa
TIUa (with re.pactto .pede. under tha
Juri.dict!on of tha NMFS}I. required.
[I) Completion time. Tha Federal
"lI.ncy or the d..ignated non- FedaraI
repre"lltativ. .ball complate the
biological a..e..mant within 180 day.
after III initiation (receipt of or
concumlllca with tha apacl.. li.t) unla..
a dlffarent period of lima II osreed to by
the Director and the Pederal agency. II a
permit or llcon.. .ppllcani II Involvad.
th. l8O-day period may not be oxt..,ded
unle.. the agency provld.. tba
appllcan~ before th. cl_ of th. 1110-
day period. with . wrillan .tat.mant
..ttlng forth th. ..lImatad lan,tb of tha
propooad .xt.Dllon ond tha reaoon.
wby .uch on .xlalUlon I. n0C8l18lf.
OJ Submlulon of bJoJogIoa/
oueumenL Th. Federal qancy obaIl

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blologlColI opinion I..u.d aftar 10rm.1
con.u1t.lIon 11th. Sarvlca revl.w. the
propo.ed ecllon .nd find. th.1 there
h.ve be.n no .Ignlflcant ch.na.. In the
Bcllon 81 planned or In the Inform.tlon
u.ed durlna the .arly con.uU.tlon, A
written re:queet for confirmation or the
preliminary biologic.1 opinion .hould be
lubrnilted after the prolpecUve
epplicant applle. to tho F.deral ag.ncy
(or 8 pemtit or licen.e but prfor to the
issuance of luch permit or llcenle.
Within 45 da;', 01 receipt 01 the Fed.r.1
agency'. reque.t. the Sarvlca .hall
either: (1) confirm th.t the preliminary
biological oplnion slands all 8 final
biological oplnJon: or (Z) If tho finding.
noted above cannot be made. request
Ih.1 the Federal agency Inltlat. Cormal
consultation.

1402.12 lHoIo "".. II II II TI4t1ta.
(a) Purpo... A biological a..e..ment
.hall evaluate the polential effecll oC the
action on liated and proposed .pecie.
.nd de.lgnated and propo..d critical
habitat and delermlne whether any .uch
.pecie. or h.bit.1 are likely to be
advenely affected by the action and is
u.ed In detenninJns whether Cormal
\~.: consultation or B conference is
neee..a ry.
" (b) Preparation,'requirement. (1) The
.'JJlrocedurel orlh.i~ lection are re~u1red
. for federal actions that are "major
. 'ctmltru'ction actJvitiu"; provided that 8
~on~ct Tor construction was not
enlered into Of actual constnJctJon was
-, nol begun on or before November 10,
1978. Any pereon. Including tho.e who
m.y wi.h to apply Cor an exemption
fJvm .ection 7(a}[Z) 01 the Act, mey
prepare 8 biological Bllessment under
the .upervl.ion oC the Pederal agency
and in cooperation with the Service
conlietent with the procedures and
requirements of thi. aectlon. An
exemption from the requirements of
secHon 7(8)(2) Js noi pennanenrunlell a
biological allellment has been
prepared.
(2) The biological ...e..ment .ball be
completed before any contract for
construction Ie entered into and before
construction is begun.
(c) Reque.llor inlonnation. Th.
Feder.1 agency or the d..lgnated non.
Federal repre..ntallve .hall convoy 10
the Director ellher (1) a wrillen reque.t
lor a 1i.1 ol.ny 1I.led or propooed
.pecic. or de.lgnaled or propo..d
critical habllat thaI may be pre.entln
the aclion .rea; or (Z) a written
nollflcallon 01 tho .pacle. and crllICoII
hebltal th.t are ba1n8 Includ.d In tha
biological .......m.nt.
(d) DireclCr', re,pon... Within 30
d.y. 01 recalpt of the nollllcaUon of, or
the requ..t for. a .peele. II.~ the ,

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Director .b.II.lther concur ~th or
revtll the H.e or. In thaN ca..,. where
no lI.t h.. been provld.d, .dvl.. the
F.der.1 .g.ncy or the d..lgnlled non.
Feder.1 repre,.nt.tiveln writtns
whether, b...d on tho be.1 .cl.ntlflc
and commercial dol. av.llabl.., .ny
lI.ted or propo.ed .pact.. or d..Jgnat.d
or propo..d critical h.bllat m.y be
pre.ent In the action area. In addJUon to
Ii.t.d .nd propo.ed .pael... tha Director
will provide a Ii.t of candidat. .pecle.
that may be present In the actlon area.
Cand1date spaele. reCerl to any species
be1na con.ldared by th. Sarvlce for
11.111'8" endana.red or threat.n.d
.pacl.. but not yat the .ubJect of .
propo.ed rule. Although candidate
epeelee have no legal etatu_ and are
accorded no prot.ctlon und..r tho Act.
their Inclu.lon will alert tha F.d.ral
.gency 01 potenUal propo.al. or lI.tIng..
(1) IT the Director .dvl... that no
lI.ted .peel.. or critical babllat may ba
pre.ent, the P.deral "lI.ncy ne.d not
prepare. biological ......ment and
further con.u1tation I. not required. IT
only propo.ed .pecle. or propo.ed
critical habital may b. pre.ent In the
action area, then the Federal agency
mu.1 confer with the Sarvlce If,requlred
under 140Z.10, but preparation oC a
biological a.....m.nt I. not required
unIe.. the proposed lI.tIng and/or
de.lgnation b.come. final.
(2) IT a lI.r.d .pecl.. or critical habitat
may be pressnt in the action area, lhe
Director will provide a .pecle. 11.1 or
concur with the .peele. Il.t provided.
The Director al.o will provld. avall.ble
Information (or reference. thereto)
regarding th... .peel.. and critical
habitat, and m.y recommend
di.creUonary .ludie. or .urvey. that
may provide a better Information b..e
for the preparaUon of an ...allment.
Any recommenda tion for .Iudi.. or
.urvey. I. not to be con.truad .. the
Sarvlce'. oplnJon that the F.d.ral
agency ha. failed to ..tI.ly tho
Inlormatlon .tandard of .ecllon 7(a)(Z)
01 th.. Act.
(e) V.rilication 01 current accuracy 01
.p<<ie./i.t. If the F.deral as.ncy or tha
de.lgn.ted non.Fedaral repre..ntatlv.
doe. not bagln prepar.tlon of tha
biological ......m.nt within IlO d.y. of
recalpt of (or concurrenCtJ wlth) the
.peel.. Il.t, tha Ped.ral "lI.ncy or the
d..ignated non.P.deral repre..nt.tly.
mu.t verify (formally or lnform.Uy) with
tho Sarvlca the current accuracy of the
.peet.. 1I.t .t th. lIm. tho preparallon
oC the ......m.nt J. bosun-
(0 Conlanl6. Th. cont.nta of I
biological .....om.nl are .1 tho
dJoczetion of th. P.daral.,ency and
wl1I d.pend on the nature of th. F.daral

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