Lifting of Moratorium on ESA Listings: Hearing Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, on Lifting of the Moratorium on Listing of Threatened Or Endangered Species Under the Endangered Species Act ... June 25, 1996--Washington, DC.

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Página 69 - Act are to provide a means whereby the ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend may be conserved...
Página 171 - Code, to add a species to, or to remove a species from, either of the lists published under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make a finding as to whether the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the petitioned action may be warranted. If such a petition is found to present such information, the Secretary shall promptly commence a review of the status of the species concerned. The Secretary shall promptly publish each finding made under this subparagraph...
Página 104 - endangered species" means any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range...
Página 23 - Mr. Chairman. I apologize for not being here at the beginning of the hearing, but I was having an important meeting at the Government Operations Committee.
Página 82 - Budget also includes $15 million to transfer to the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to help expedite Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7 consultation.
Página 107 - The incentives are wrong here. If I have a rare metal on my property, its value goes up. But if a rare bird occupies the land, its value disappears.
Página 71 - Secretary in regard to any emergency posing a significant risk to the wellbeing of any species of fish or wildlife, but only if (I) at the time of publication of the regulation in the Federal Register the Secretary publishes therein detailed reasons why such regulation is necessary, and...
Página 109 - ... status, without reference to possible economic or other impacts of such determination. (c) A species shall be listed or reclassified if the Secretary determines, on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available after conducting a review of the species...
Página 109 - Act, to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect or injure, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct...
Página 70 - ... without resulting in an unacceptable effect. EC50 is a statistically or graphically estimated concentration that is expected to cause one or more specified effects in 50 percent of a group of organisms under specified conditions. Endangered or threatened species are those species that are listed as endangered or threatened under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act. Existing Great Lakes discharger is any building, structure, facility, or installation from which there is or may be a discharge...

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