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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Page 77 - conserve", "conserving", and "conservation" mean to use and the use of all methods and procedures which are necessary to bring any endangered species or threatened species to the point at which the measures provided pursuant to this Act are no longer necessary.
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 79 - Secretary, 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 87 - Whether failure to adopt additional conservation measures would appreciably reduce the likelihood of survival and recovery of the affected species in the wild. (6) Nothing in this rule will be construed to limit or constrain the Director, any Federal.
Page 30 - Act are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved, to provide a program for the conservation of such endangered species and threatened species, and...
Page 85 - The Committee intends that the Secretary may utilize Ms provision [on HCPs] to approve conservation plans which provide long-term commitments regarding the conservation of listed as well as unlisted species and long-term assurances to the proponent of the conservation plan that the terms of the plan...
Page 74 - Secretary a conservation plan that specifies — (i) the impact which will likely result from such taking; (ii) what steps the applicant will take to minimize and mitigate such impacts, and the funding that will be available to implement such steps; (iii) what alternative actions to such taking the applicant considered and the reasons why such alternatives are not being utilized...
Page 70 - ... will, to the maximum extent practicable, minimize and mitigate the impacts of such taking; (iii) the applicant will ensure that adequate funding for the plan will be provided; (iv) the taking will not appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival and recovery of the species in the wild...
Page 45 - M and that further mitigation requirements will only be imposed in accordance with the terms of the plan. In the event that an unlisted species addressed in an approved conservation plan is subsequently listed pursuant to the Act...
Page 109 - Department of the Interior 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Dear Mr.

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