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DOC/NOAA

RIN: 0648-BB81

Publication ID: 2012

Title: ●Interagency Cooperation -- Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Amended; Incidental Take Statements
Abstract: We, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (collectively, "the Services"), propose to amend the regulations governing consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), regarding incidental take statements. The purpose of the proposed changes is to address (1) the use of surrogates to express the limit of exempted take, (2) when the take limit may not be an appropriate trigger for reinitiation of formal consultation during the course of a Federal action, and (3) when deferral of an incidental take exemption is appropriate. These proposed changes should clarify our regulations for affected Federal action agencies as well as the public.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 222
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	02/00/2013

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: James H. Lecky Director, Office of Protected Resources Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone:301 713-2332 Fax:301 427-2520 Email: jim.lecky@noaa.gov