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<br />Federal R'Ili.t.r / Vol. 51, No. 106/ Tue.day, June J. 1986 I Rule. and Resulatlon.
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<br />.ubmll the oompl.l.d blaloglcal
<br />."elam.e:nl to the Director lor review.
<br />'!'b. Dlreclor wtU re.pend In wrlUns
<br />wtthln 30 d.y. .. la wh.ther or nol h.
<br />oonoun wtth the flndJns. of the
<br />bloloslcal ......m.nt. AI the option af
<br />the Ped.ral eg.ncy. farm.1 con.u1tatlon
<br />m.y be InlU.t.d und.r 14O%.U(c)
<br />conCurrently wtth the .ubml..lon of the
<br />a"'lIment.
<br />(It) u.. of the bio/oalca/ a.....m.nt
<br />\1) Th. p.d.ral eg.ncy .hall u.. lb.
<br />bloloslcal ......m.ntln d.t.rm!nIng
<br />wb.th.r formal con.u1t.Uon or.
<br />I'. conl.rencal. requlrod under 1402.14 ar
<br />It.. 140%.10. re.p.ctlv.ly.1I tho bloloslcal
<br />'";. ...ellment indicate. that lilt", are no
<br />.~ ,i,o,l lI.t.d .peel.. or criUcal habll.t pre.ent
<br />j thai 8l'O Ukely to b. advan.ly affactad
<br />.' by tho .cUon and tho Dlreclor concun
<br />.. 'peclfled In parasraph UJ of thI.
<br />oectlon. th.n formal con.ull.llon I. not
<br />requlrod. II tho blolaslcal ...e..m.nt
<br />Indica to. th.t tho acUon II nOlllkoly la
<br />l.opardJu tho conllnuod exlotoace af
<br />prope.ed .pocle. or re.ullln tho
<br />de.lrucUon or adven. madificatlon of
<br />prope.od criUcal habitat. and tho
<br />Director concun, then B comereDC8 I,
<br />nal requlrod.
<br />(2) '!'be Dlrectar m.y u.. tho re.u111 of
<br />tho bloloslcal a..eumont In (I)
<br />d.lermlnln8 wbather 10 reque.t the
<br />P.d.rol 18"ncy 10 lnltlate farmal
<br />. , conaultallon or . conlerenco, (II)
<br />formulating a bloloslcal oplnlan. ar (Ill)
<br />'..(formulatlng. preUmlnary biological
<br />. _,' opi!llan.
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<br />,,;J,4bz.lJ Inf_-._
<br />," ::It.l~lnformal conoultaUon II an
<br />. ' ' ,;. 6ptlonal praco.. U,.tlnwudeo .U
<br />;. ,di~.loDl. corre'l'Ondonce, ole..
<br />be~.iVl tho Service and the p.deral
<br />"ajeDcyofth. de.Jsnaled nan-P.d.ral
<br />ieiire~n~llv.. d'.Isn.d to aul.t the
<br />F'lid8nil .pncy In del.rm!nIng wh.ther
<br />lormal coDlultaUoil ar a conloreDC8 I.
<br />requlrod. II durlns Inlormal coDlultallan
<br />It II d.tarmlaed bl" tho P.daral egoncy,
<br />wtth tho wrlU.n concurrence af tho
<br />Servlca, that tho action I. aal Ukoly to
<br />.dvoroely affect Ilated .peel.. or critical
<br />habltet. tho conauJteUan proce..l.
<br />termlnat.d. lUld na furth.r .etlon II
<br />nec:e..ary.
<br />(h) DurtDllnformal coDlultetlan. tho
<br />Service m.y 'lI8ll..t modlIlca 1l0Dlto the
<br />.etlon thai the PodoraJ egncy lUld lUly
<br />.ppllClUlI cauld Implement la a.old tho
<br />\Ik.oUhaod of .dv.na eff.eta to Ilated
<br />apada. or crlllcal hablt.t.
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<br />(.) /Wquiremenlfor forma/
<br />ooneu/tatJon. Each Pederal eg.ncy .haU
<br />revlaw II> aetlone .t the oarll..1
<br />poulbla tlme ta c1elarmlna whether lUly
<br />action may affect Ilatod apecI.. or
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<br />crillc.1 h~bJlat.1f .uch e d'lonnln.llon
<br />I. m.de, farm.l con.ullallon I. ,oqulred,
<br />oxcopt .. no led In p.r.sr.ph (bJ of thl.
<br />..cllon. '!'b. Director may roquOlI .
<br />Pod.r.1 .s.ncy ta enter Inlo
<br />con.ullellon If h. Id.nUno. any action
<br />of that .soncy that m.y .ff.etll.l.d
<br />.p.cla. or crillc.1 hablt.t .nd for which
<br />there h.. boen no can.ullallon. When
<br />.uch a roque.ll. made, the Dlr.elor
<br />.hall farward ta tho Fod.ral aseney .
<br />wrltt.n oxplanatlon of tho b..l. for the
<br />requfllt.
<br />[bJ Exception,. (1) A Fedorel.geney
<br />noed not Inlllalo formal conault.llon If.
<br />.. a ro.ult 01 tho pr.par.llon af .
<br />biological a..a..ment under 1402.12 or
<br />.. a re.u1t af Inlarmal con.u1tallon wtth
<br />tho Service undar 1402.13. tho Pederal
<br />agan.:y delormlne., with the written
<br />concurrence af the Director. thai tho
<br />propo.ad .cllan I. nOlllkely to
<br />.dvereely .ff.cl any lI.t.d .p.cle. or
<br />crillcal habitat.
<br />(2) A Fadoral egency ne.d nollnlllale
<br />formal con.u1laUon If a prelimInary
<br />bloloslcal oplnlon. I..ued aller early
<br />con.u1t.llon under 1402.n, I. conflrmod
<br />.. the final biological opinion.
<br />(c) lnilialion of formo/ con,u/roliem. A
<br />wrlll.n reque.tlo i!lItI.t. lormal
<br />coDlullallon oball be .ubmlttad to the
<br />Dlrectar and .balllncludo:
<br />(1) A d..cripUon af the aellon 10 be
<br />c,naldered;
<br />(2) A d..alpllon of the .p.clflc .rea
<br />that may be affect.d by the .cllon:
<br />(3) A d..alpllon af any lilted .pecla.
<br />or critical b.bltatth.1 m.y be .ffoct.d
<br />by Ibe acUon:
<br />(4) A deacrlptlon af tho manner In
<br />which tho acUon may .ff.cl any lI.ted
<br />.paele. or critical habitat and an
<br />llllaly.lo of Itly cwnul.tlve eff.ct"
<br />(5) Ralevant reperIJ, Ineludlna any
<br />envlronmentallmpocl.tat.m.nt.
<br />envlronment.1 ......ment. or blolaglcal
<br />IlI.,..ment prepared; and
<br />(6) Any ath.r relovant .v.llable
<br />Inlormatlon an the acllan. lb. affocled
<br />UII.d .pecl... or critlcal habllal.
<br />Pormal con.u1tellan .haU not b.
<br />!.tltI.ted by Ibe P.dernl egenoy unlll any
<br />n.qulrod bIological ......ment h.. be.n
<br />compl.ted and .ubmltted ta th. DIrector
<br />In .ccordance wtth 1402.12. Any reque'l
<br />for formal con.u1tatloIl m.y .ncompa..,
<br />.ubject la the .pproval 01 tho DIrector. .
<br />number af .lmI1ar individual .etlODl
<br />wtthln . slvan geogr.phlcal .re. or a
<br />_ent of e comprtohon.lve pl.n. Tbl.
<br />doe. nat rell.va the Pedo,al egency or
<br />tho requlroDlllnla for coK"tderlna the
<br />.ffecla af tha .cllon .. .. whole.
<br />(d) ilII,ponelbl/lly ta pravlde be.,
<br />,cJenllflc and commerr;jo} data
<br />a.al/able. '!'be Foderal 8lIIDcy
<br />requ..l!fII farmal ClDDIultatlon abeU
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<br />provide the s..rvlca ~th the be.l " ,.
<br />.cl.nUflc .nd commercial data .v.llable
<br />or which can b. obt.lned durlns the
<br />con.u1tellon for.n .d.quat. r.vt.w af
<br />the offecla thet.n .cllon IDlY heve upon
<br />lI.t.d .p.cl.. or critical h.blt.l. Thl.
<br />Inlorm.tlan mey Include Iho r..ull. of
<br />.tudie. ar .urvey. conduclad by Ihe
<br />Ped.ral egency or tho de.lgnated non-
<br />P.doral repre..nlallv.. The Federal
<br />.s.ncy Ihall provld. .ny appllcanl wuh
<br />lb. opporlunlty ta .ubmltlnform.tlan
<br />for con.ld.reUon durtns tho
<br />con.ultaUon.
<br />(.) Duration ond exlen,ion ollormo/
<br />con.u/talion. Pormal con.ullation
<br />canclud.. wtthln 90 d':r,' .fler It.
<br />InIUallan unle.. .xl.n ed.. provided
<br />below. If an Rppllcanll. not Involved,
<br />lbe Servlca .nd the Pederal agency may
<br />mutu.Uy asree to exlend the
<br />conlultaUon for. .peclflc Urne pftrlod. If
<br />an .ppllcantl. Involved. tho Service and
<br />the P.deral agency DIllY mutually asree
<br />to exlend lb. con.u1latlon provided that
<br />Ibe Servles .ubmlla 10 the .ppllcant.
<br />belore tho clo.. of the 90 c1ey.. a wrlllen
<br />.I.tomenl .ottlng forth:
<br />(1) '!'b. re..on. why e lanser period I.
<br />required.
<br />(2) '!'be Inlormatlon thai I. required 10
<br />compl.to Ibe conaultetlan. and
<br />(3) Th. ..Urnat.d dale on which tho
<br />canaultaUon wtU be completed.
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<br />A conault.tlon InvolvInB an .ppllcant
<br />caMat b. .xl.nded for mare than 60
<br />d.y. without tha conoent af the
<br />applicant. Within 45 day. after
<br />cancludJns formal coDlultellon. the
<br />Servles .boll dellv.r . blolo8lcal oplnlon
<br />to lb. Pederal egency .nd any .ppllcant.
<br />(I) Additional data. When the Service
<br />d.l.rmIn.. th.t .ddillon.1 dat. would
<br />provide. beller Inlorm.tlan ba... from
<br />which to farmulale . blologlcal"oplnlOD,
<br />the DIrector may requ..t an exteDllon of
<br />farmal coDlultetlan and reque'l that the
<br />P.deral .....cy obtain .dditlan.1 dala 10
<br />determine how or to wh.t exlenl the
<br />.ctlan may affect lI.ted .ped.. or
<br />critical h.bltet. II lormal coDlultetlon I.
<br />.xt.nded by mutual qreemonl
<br />.ccordlns ta 1402.14(.). the Ped.ra1
<br />eaeDcy aliau obtain, to the exlont
<br />practicable, th.t d.ta which can be
<br />d.veloped wtthln the '''Ope af the
<br />.xtenalon. '!'b. re.pea.ib:llty far
<br />conductln& and fund1n8 any .Iudi..
<br />belollp la the Fedaral aaeney and tha
<br />.ppllcant. nal the Servlca. '!'b. Servlco'.
<br />reque.t for .dditlonal d.ta I. not 10 be
<br />coDllrued a.the ServIce'. opinion thai
<br />the p.deral eaency h.. f.lled 10 .. UII)'
<br />the Inlormallon .tandard of oeetlan
<br />7(.)(2) al the Act. II na .xt.nalan of
<br />fannaI aanalllteUon Ie egreed la, tha
<br />DIrectar will ...... . bIo\oiIcaI aplnlon
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