Common use of Regulatory Environment Clause in Contracts

Regulatory Environment. 2.1.1 Federal - Sections 2, 7, and 10 of the ESA authorize USFWS to enter into this Safe Harbor Agreement. Section 2 of the ESA states that encouraging interested parties to develop and maintain conservation programs, through Federal financial assistance and a system of incentives, is a key to safeguarding the nation’s heritage in fish, wildlife, and plants. Section 7(a)(1) of the ESA requires USFWS to review programs that it administers and to use such programs to further the purposes of the ESA. By entering into this Safe Harbor Agreement, USFWS will use its programs to promote such conservation. Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the USFWS to issue enhancement of survival permits for listed species. This Safe Harbor Agreement is entered into pursuant to the Final Safe Harbor Policy, Final Rule (U.S. Department of the Interior 1999), and Revisions to the Regulations for Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances (U.S. Department of the Interior 2004), and implements the intent of the applicant (Weyerhaeuser) and the USFWS to follow the procedural and substantive requirements of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA.

Regulatory Environment. 2.1.1 Federal - Sections 2, 7, and 10 of the ESA authorize allow USFWS to enter into this Safe Harbor Agreement. Section 2 of the ESA states that encouraging interested parties to develop and maintain conservation programs, through Federal federal financial assistance and a system of incentives, is a key to safeguarding the nation’s heritage in fish, wildlife, and plants. Section 7(a)(1) 7 of the ESA requires USFWS to review programs that it administers and to use such programs to further the purposes of the ESA. By entering into this Safe Harbor Agreement, USFWS will use its programs to promote such conservation. Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the USFWS to issue enhancement of survival permits for listed species. This Safe Harbor Agreement is entered into pursuant to the Final Safe Harbor PolicyPolicy (U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of Commerce 1999), Final Rule (U.S. Department of the Interior 1999), and Revisions to the Regulations for Safe Harbor Agreements and Candidate Conservation Agreements With Assurances (U.S. Department of the Interior 2004), and implements the intent of the applicant (Weyerhaeuser) Applicants and the USFWS to follow the procedural and substantive requirements of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA.