Criteria for designating critical habitat
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Citation | 50 C.F.R. §424.12 |
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3 firm's commentaries
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Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Finalizes Regulatory Definition for the Term "Habitat"
...a determination by the Secretary that such areas are essential for the conservation of the species. 16 U.S.C. § 1532(5)(A); see also, 50 CFR 424.12). Once designated as critical habitat, an area is protected from Federal actions that would result in the “destruction” or “adverse modificatio......
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Endangered Species Act: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes Regulatory Definition for "Habitat"
...The criteria and process for designating critical habitat will continue to rely, primarily, on the regulatory requirements found in 50 CFR 424.12. The Service also noted that the new proposal applied only prospectively and would not require that previously finalized critical habitat designa......
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New Regulation Defines the Term “Habitat” Under the Endangered Species Act
...conservation and that the area contains one or more of the physical or biological features essential to the species’ conservation. 50 C.F.R. § 424.12(b)(2). The New Regulation. The new definition of “habitat” is designed to further implement the Supreme Court’s Weyerhaeuser decision. The pr......
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Table of Statutes
...19.2(1)(c), 19.2(1)(d), 19.2(2), 19.2(2)(a), 19.2(2)(b) 50 C.F.R. § 17.22(b)(5)(iii)(B): 19.2(6)(a) 50 C.F.R. § 17.22(b)(8): 19.2(4) 50 C.F.R. § 424.12: 19.2(1)(c) 50 C.F.R. § 17.22(c): 19.2(6)(b) 50 C.F.R. § 402.12(a): 19.2(2)(a) 50 C.F.R. § 17.22(c)(7): 19.2(6)(b) 50 C.F.R. § 402.12(f): 1......
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§19.2 - Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973
...that are protected from disturbance or are representative of the historic geographical and ecological distributions of a species. 50 C.F.R. §424.12(b). Critical habitat designations are promulgated by regulation, either on the services own initiative or in response to a petition filed by an......
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Endnotes
...the historical, geographical, and ecological distribution of a species.” Id. An economic analysis may be included as well . Id. 143 50 C.F.R. § 424.12(a)(1) (2018) ; see Dinnell & Russ, supra note 41, at 559-60. 144 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b)(2) (2018). 145 Matsumoto et al., supra note 123, at......
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Experimental Populations Final Rule: FWS' Response to Climate Change Threats
...in Regulations for Listing Endangered and hreatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat, 85 Fed. Reg. 81411 (Dec. 16, 2020). 75. 50 C.F.R. §424.12(b)(2) (2021); see also Endangered and hreatened Wild-life and Plants; Regulations for Listing Species and Designating Critical Habitat, 84 ......