United States Department of the Interior                                      FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE                                                 Washington, D.C. 20240

 NATIONAL POLICY ISSUANCE #89-02

SUBJECT: Mitigation Policy

A. POLICY: In the interest of serving the public, it is the policy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek to mitigate losses of fish, wildlife, their habitats, and uses thereof from land and water developments (summary). The complete policy is appended. 1/

B. SCOPE: Servicewide for personnel involved in making recommendations to protect or conserve fish and wildlife resources.

C. OBJECTIVE: The policy is needed to: (1) ensure consistent and effective Service recommendations; (2) allow Federal and private developers to anticipate Service recommendations and plan for mitigation needs early; and (3) reduce Service and developer conflicts as well as project delays. The intended effect of the policy is to protect and conserve the most important and valuable fish and wildlife resources while facilitating balanced development of the Nation's natural resources.

D. DEFINITIONS: See Appendix.

E. AUTHORITIES: See Appendix.

F. INCORPORATION: This issuance incorporates the Service's existing mitigation policy into the National Policy Issuance System. The policy was promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior on January 13, 1981, and published in the Federal Register on January 23, 1981 (46FR7656-7663) and corrected on February 4, 1981. Inclusion of the preamble to the Federal Register notice (46FR7644-7655) in National Policy Reference Books is mandatory only for personnel who make mitigation recommendations.
 

Date: 3/15/89 FRANK DUNKLE

Director

1/ Federal Register / Vol. 46, No.15 / Friday, January 23, 1981.

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