Endangered Species Act Reauthorization--San Marcos: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on Ideas, Concerns, and Recommendations with Regard to the Endangered Species Act, July 6, 1993--San Marcos, Texas |
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Page 121 - 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 or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat of such species...
Page 122 - Act (CWA), is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's surface waters. Pollutants regulated under the CWA include "priority" pollutants, including various toxic pollutants; "conventional...
Page 162 - take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.
Page 81 - ... (ii) Contains detailed narrative justification for the recommended measure, describing, based on available information, past and present numbers and distribution of the species involved and any threats faced by the species; (iii) Provides information regarding the status of the species over all or a significant portion of its range; and (iv) Is accompanied by appropriate supporting documentation in the form of bibliographic references, reprints of pertinent publications, copies of reports or...
Page 176 - ... 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 79 - Category 2 is defined as taxa for which information now in the possession of the Service indicates that proposing to list as endangered or threatened is possibly appropriate, but for which conclusive data on biological vulnerability and threat are not currently available to support proposed rules.
Page 123 - Storm water discharge associated with, industrial activity means the discharge from any conveyance which is used for collecting and conveying storm water and which is directly related to manufacturing, processing or raw materials storage areas at an industrial plant. The term...
Page 61 - ... where alleged violations are concerned. As an example of the kinds of impacts the Act can have on communities and regions around the country, consider the listing of the Golden-cheeked Warbler as an endangered species. The listing effectively imposed a development moratorium in Travis County, Texas. The county appraisal district estimated that land values in the area fell from over $335 million to less than $57 million after the Warbler was listed. Moreover, estimates reflected a reduction in...
Page 43 - Existing environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) apply to mining operations on federal lands.
Page 63 - CRITICAL HABITAT FWS routinely fails to designate critical habitat for listed species. Congress mandated that the critical habitat of a species should be identified at the time the listing decision is made "to the maximum extent prudent and determinable.