Endangered Species Committee Report, Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 2020

This chapter summarizes significant legal developments in 2020 in the area of endangered species including: EPA reversal of interpretive guidance on section 7 consultations for state assumption of the Clean Water Act section 404 Program rulemakings addressing critical habitat; Section 4: Listings, critical habitat designation, and recovery plans; Section 7: Federal agency conservation duty, jeopardy standard consultations, and incidental take statements; and Section 9: prohibited acts.

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