Endangered Species Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on Endangered Species Act Reauthorization and Oversight, February 22, March 8, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 678 pages |
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Page 290 - take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct.
Page 172 - The court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) to any party, whenever the court determines such award is appropriate.
Page 165 - ... the present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range...
Page 126 - Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, ladies and gentlemen: My name is Thomas Starrs.
Page 110 - Act: except that this subsection shall not apply in the case of any fish or wildlife held in the course of a commercial activity.
Page 109 - ... pursuant to such section that enforcement personnel would have substantial difficulty in attempting to differentiate between the listed and unlisted species; (B) the effect of this substantial difficulty is an additional threat to an endangered or threatened species...
Page 267 - 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.
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Page 367 - Secretary, insure that any action authorized, funded or carried out by such agency ... is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat of such species...
Page 109 - import" means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, whether or not such landing, bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning of the customs laws of the United States. (11) The term "permit or license applicant...