Endangered Species: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, on Endangered Species Authorization, H.R. 10883 ... February 15, 1978 : Endangered Species Oversight ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 1225 pages |
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Page 199 - State and local governments, and other concerned public and private organizations, to use all practicable means and measures, including financial and technical assistance, in a manner calculated to foster and promote the general welfare, to create and maintain conditions under which man and nature can exist in productive harmony, and fulfill the social, economic, and other requirements of present and future generations of Americans.
Page 215 - A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.
Page 132 - Except as provided in subsection (b), any person may commence a civil action on his own behalf— (1) against any person (including (i) the United States, and (ii) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the Eleventh Amendment to the Constitution...
Page 146 - Act and by taking such action necessary to insure that actions authorized, funded, or carried out by them do not jeopardize the continued existence of such endangered species and threatened species or result in the destruction or modification of habitat of such species which is determined by the Secretary, after consultation as appropriate with the affected States, to be critical.
Page 228 - take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.
Page 299 - taking" means — (A) for purposes of subsection (a)(2) — (i) to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect...
Page 329 - ... jeopardy biological opinion"); or, the action is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of a listed species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat (a "no jeopardy
Page 329 - Factors relevant in determining an appropriate lead agency include the time sequence in which the agencies become involved, the magnitude of their respective Involvement, and their relative expertise with respect to the project's environmental effects.
Page 62 - All other Federal departments and agencies shall, in consultation with and with the assistance of the Secretary, utilize their authorities in furtherance of the purposes of this Act...
Page 117 - Section 1533 of this title and by taking such action necessary to insure that actions authorized, funded, or carried out by them do not jeopardize the continued existence...