ESA--habitat Conservation: Oversight Hearing Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on the Endangered Species Act with Regard to Section 10(a) Permits (habitat Conservation Plans) and Other Incentives, July 24, 1996, Volume 4 |
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... small individual landowner . According to the information sent to us by Mr. Frampton , the land area covered by either current or proposed HCP's is approximately 5.4 million acres or an area larger than the State of Massachusetts . This ...
... small individual landowner . According to the information sent to us by Mr. Frampton , the land area covered by either current or proposed HCP's is approximately 5.4 million acres or an area larger than the State of Massachusetts . This ...
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... small businesses . Major plans can take years and millions of dollars to finalize , with private land- owners bearing most of the costs . These enormous costs and delays associated with the HCP process make this otherwise attractive ESA ...
... small businesses . Major plans can take years and millions of dollars to finalize , with private land- owners bearing most of the costs . These enormous costs and delays associated with the HCP process make this otherwise attractive ESA ...
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... smaller landowner . For example , in the Balcones HCP , basically the county issues a certificate of participation . A small landowner can join the pro- gram - it takes about two or three weeks - pay a mitigation fee if it's high ...
... smaller landowner . For example , in the Balcones HCP , basically the county issues a certificate of participation . A small landowner can join the pro- gram - it takes about two or three weeks - pay a mitigation fee if it's high ...
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... LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION Mr. KAM . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . My name is Thomas Kam . I'm a small landowner and I run a small practicing structural engi- neering firm in Austin , TX . In May of this year , U.S. Fish and Wildlife granted a ...
... LANDOWNERS ASSOCIATION Mr. KAM . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . My name is Thomas Kam . I'm a small landowner and I run a small practicing structural engi- neering firm in Austin , TX . In May of this year , U.S. Fish and Wildlife granted a ...
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... landowners put in a certain amount of money up front , they're not going to ... small project that's going in , and you have done all the scientific ... property owners in this process . That's one end , on the front end , as to what ...
... landowners put in a certain amount of money up front , they're not going to ... small project that's going in , and you have done all the scientific ... property owners in this process . That's one end , on the front end , as to what ...
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acres activities adaptive management additional mitigation measures affected species agencies agreement applicant approved assurances Austin benefit biological California Chairman Committee Congress Creek Timber Company Don Young ecosystem effect endangered or threatened Endangered Species Act environmental exemption extraordinary circumstances farmers and ranchers Federal Government Fish and Wildlife FRAMPTON funding habitat conservation plan harvest HCP area HCP permittee HCP process HCP's impacts implementation incidental take permit issue land exchange listed species Lot owner marbled murrelet MAXXAM Inc mitigation fee monitoring multi-species NMFS northern spotted owl old growth PACIFIC LUMBER COMPANY participate peer review Plum Creek HCP Plum Creek Timber POMBO preserve private land private landowners property owners proposed protection regulatory requirements Resources Riverside safe harbor scientific small landowners SNAPE spotted owl Surprises survival and recovery threatened species Travis County U.S. Fish U.S. Forest Service unlisted Washington watershed analysis Weyerhaeuser Wildlife Service
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Page 70 - determination as to whether or not to grant the permit, in part, by using the same standard as found in section 7(a)(2) of the act.. . that is. whether the taking will appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival and recovery of the species in the wild.
Page 80 - determination as to whether or not to grant the permit, in part, by using the same standard as found in section 7(a)(2) of the act.. . that is, whether the taking will appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival and recovery of the species in the wild.
Page 74 - take" means "to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.
Page 78 - shall... insure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out by such agency ... is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species . . ..
Page 30 - quote from the Endangered Species Act— "to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved",
Page 79 - action authorized, funded, or carried out by such agency ... is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species ....
Page 77 - to bring any endangered species or threatened species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to [the Act] are no longer necessary,
Page 68 - to bring any endangered species or threatened species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to [the Act] are no longer necessary.
Page 69 - shall... insure, that any action authorized, funded, or carried out by such agency ... is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered
Page 74 - impact which will likely result from such taking;" (2) "what steps the applicant will take to minimize and mitigate such impacts, and the funding that will be available to implement such