FEMA-Programmatic Informal Consultation Letter-Pacific Islands-Final-2020-I-0420.pdf

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FEMA_Programmatic Informal Consultation Letter_Pacific Islands_Final_2020-I-0420.pdf

In accordance with   Section 7 Section 7
Section 7 Consultation The Endangered Species Act (ESA) directs all Federal agencies to work to conserve endangered and threatened species and to use their authorities to further the purposes of the Act. Section 7 of the Act, called "Interagency Cooperation," is the mechanism by which Federal agencies ensure the actions they take, including those they fund or authorize, do not jeopardize the existence of any listed species.

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 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, this letter documents the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s assessment routine activities by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) applied in the main Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam and Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands. This programmatic informal consultation for FEMA’s covered actions (Service file 2022-0030100) is a stand-alone replacement to all previous versions.

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