Definitions
| Currency | Current through May 31, 2023 |
| Citation | 50 C.F.R. §402.02 |
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490 cases
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Pacific Northwest Generating Co-op. v. Brown, Civ. No. 92-973-MA
...define the term "recovery" as "improvement in the status of listed species to the point at which listing is no longer appropriate." 50 C.F.R. § 402.02. Thus, the ultimate goal of the ESA is "to make itself obsolete." Rohlf, supra note 17, at 2. In-River Management Harvest allocation for chi......
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Conservation Cong. v. United States Forest Serv., NO. CIV. S-11-2605 LKK/EFB
...applicable regulations define an "action" to include "actions directly or indirectly causing modifications to the land, water, or air." 50 C.F.R. § 402.02. In addition to the ESA's substantive obligations to conserve and not jeopardize protected species, Section 7(a)(2) imposes a procedural......
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Coal. for a Sustainable Delta v. Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency
...rights-of-way, permits, or grants-in-Page 18aid; or(d) actions directly or indirectly causing modifications to the land, water, or air.50 C.F.R. § 402.02. If the agency proposing the action ("action agency") determines that the action "may affect" listed species or critical habitat, it must......
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Cabinet Resource Group v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife, No. CV 04-236-M-DWM.
...regulations Page 1079 establish a framework for assessing the impacts of a proposed activity on listed species. 16 U.S.C. § 1536; 50 C.F.R. Part 402. An agency proposing an action must first determine whether the action "may affect" species listed as endangered or threatened under the ESA. ......
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21 firm's commentaries
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Guidance for Managing NEPA-Related Risks and Other Risks in Project Delivery - National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
...a 404 Permit and the Corps did not have adequate information to determine whether there was a practicable alternative to the 71 Id.; 50 C.F.R. § 402.02 72 50 C.F.R. § 402.12(b)(1). 73 50 C.F.R. § 402.02. 74 16 U.S.C. § 1536(c)(1). 75 See Nat’l Wildlife Fed’n v. Coleman, 529 F.2d 359 (5th Ci......
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Proposed Endangered Species Act Regulations Would Revise Rules And Protections Related To 'Critical Habitat'
...modification" of critical habitat. (See the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service proposed rule, 50 CFR Part 402.) This regulation responds to two separate court decisions (in 2001 and 2004) that set aside the 1986 definition of "adverse modification." The 1......
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Proposed Endangered Species Act Regulations Would Revise Rules And Protections Related To "Critical Habitat" - Proposal Would Significantly Expand Critical Habitat Protection Under The Federal Endangered Species Act
...adversely modifying any of those physical or biological features that were the basis for determining the habitat to be critical." (50 C.F.R. §402.02). The courts invalidated the definition for failure to properly require consideration of the impact of adverse modification on recovery of the......
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Critical Habitat and the Endangered Species Act: Proposed Revisions to Fundamental Regulatory Concepts
...title>[7] Id. § 1536(a). [8] Id. § 1536(b). [9] 50 C.F.R. § 402.02. [10] [11] 245 F.3d 434, 441-43 (5th Cir. 2001). [12]...
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22 books & journal articles
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Building a Better State Endangered Species Act: An Integrated Approach Toward Recovery
...been given to the Secretary and to any alleged violator. 91 Prevailing parties are entitled to the recovery of attorneys fees. 92 68. 50 C.F.R. §402.02 (2009). 69. §402.02. 70. See Sullins, supra note 48, at 73 (citing Newton County Wildlife Ass’n v. Rogers, 141 F.3d 803, 810, 28 ELR 21125 ......
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Natural resource restoration: the interface between the Endangered Species Act and CERCLA's natural resource damage provisions.
...1533(a)(3)(B) (1988). (42.) ESA [sections] 7(a)(2), 16 U.S.C. [sections] 1536(a)(2) (1988); 50 C.F.R. [sections] 402.02 (1 (43.) 50 C.F.R. 402.02 (1993). (44.) See generally TVA v. Hill, 437 U.S. 153, 181-187 (1978) (discussion of mandatory nature of [sections] 7 requirements). (45.) ESA [s......
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Solid Ground: Using Mitigation to Achieve Greater Predictability, Faster Project Approval, and Better Conservation Outcomes
...both the survival and recovery of a listed species in the wild by reducing the reproduction, numbers, or distribution of that species.” 50 C.F.R. §402.02 (2017). 36. “Destruction or adverse modiication” is deined as: a direct or indirect alteration that appreciably diminishes the value of c......
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Federal Agency Conservation Obligations and Consultation Under §7 of the ESA
...the term “agency action” broadly. 36 Examples of activities 32. 50 C.F.R. Part 402. 33. 16 U.S.C. §1532(7), ELR Stat. ESA §3(7). 34. 50 C.F.R. §402.02 (1990) (emphasis added). 35. 50 C.F.R. §402.02. 36. See, e.g ., Tennessee Valley Auth. v. Hill, 437 U.S. 153, 173, 8 ELR 20513 (1978) (decla......
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