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<br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />(0:' <br />.;:.. <br />W <br />~ <br /> <br />~rc~iGualy renacrca hi61G~ical opiaioH8 <br />a rcaaeaahlc alia ~ruacnt altc~aati7E. <br />iaclude, hut ar.:: flot liR.itc8, to. <br /> <br />arc no longcF Bcr;ing <br />'PhCDe situations n.ay <br /> <br />as <br /> <br />a) critical acaalincB fey spccifi~a rccevcry actiens arc <br />miSBCQ, <br />2) specified recovery actions are determined to be <br />infeasible; and/or <br />3) significant new information about the needs ur population <br />status of the fishes becomes available.' . <br /> <br />The Service will notify the Coordination Committee when a <br />situation may result in the Program not serving as a reasonable <br />and prudent alternative. The Coordination Committee will work <br />with the Service to evaluate the situation and develop the most <br />appropriate response to restore the Program as a reasonable and <br />prudent alternative (such as adjusting the LRP so the action can <br />be achieved, developing a supplemental recovery action for <br />incorporation into the LRP, shortening the time frame on other <br />recovery actions, etc.). <br /> <br />11. If the Program cannot be restored to provide the reasonable <br />and prudent alternative per item 10 above, as a last resort the <br />Service will develop a reasonable and prudent alternative, if <br />available, with the lead Federal Agency and the project <br />proponent. (Program participants recognize that such actions <br />would be inconsistent with the intended operation of the <br />Program). The option of requesting other measures on new or <br />historic existing projects will only be used in.the event that <br />the LRP is not or cannot be amended to serve as a reasonable <br />and prudent alternative. In this situation, the reasonable and <br />prudent alternative will be consistent with the intended purpose <br />of the action, within the Federal Agency's legal authority and <br />jurisdiction to implement, and will be economically and <br />technologically feasible. <br /> <br />5,2 Service Review and Assessment of Program <br /> <br />~ Revisions to the LRP, including insertion of actions needed <br />to achieve recovery, will normally occur in the annual review and <br />update of the LRP, and all parties to the Program, including the <br />Service, will make recommendations, If the Service concludes, at <br />any time and independent of any consultation, that the Program is <br />not implementing actions on schedule, and that this may impact <br />the ability of the Program to provide reasonable and prudent <br />alternatives, the Service will provide a written assessment to <br />the Coordination Committee. The assessment will include the <br />Service's recommendations for corrective actions. The <br />Coordination Committee, in cooperation with the Biology <br />Committee, will have an opportunity to modify timing, funding, <br />and/or priorities in the LRP to insure that the Service can rely <br /> <br />8 <br />