| Date: September 11, 2008 Contacts: Chris Paolino 202-208-6416 |
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Interior, NOAA Extend Comment Period on Proposed Changes to ESA Consultation Process |
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of the Interior and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced a 30-day extension to the public comment period on the proposed rule change to the Endangered Species Act consultation process. The narrow changes to the consultation process were announced in August 2008 and seek to make the process more efficient by allowing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service employees, who perform the consultations, to focus their efforts on projects with a significant negative impact on an endangered or threatened species or critical habitat. The extended comment period will now run until October 15, 2008. Comments may still be submitted online at www.Regulations.gov |
Comment period on ESA changes extended
Last month the Secretary of Interior proposed changes in regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act. Comments were originally due on the 15th of September. In response to requests by the American Institute of Biological Sciences and many other organizations, the comment period has now been extended. From the Department of Interior website:
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