United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2016_register executive 2018-02-09 article Part V Notices D09002ee1c7f43753 D09002ee1c7f43868 United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Fish and Wildlife Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the draft Endangered Species Act (ESA) Compensatory Mitigation Policy. The draft new policy is needed to implement recent Executive Office and Department of the Interior mitigation policies that necessitate a shift from project-by-project to landscape-scale approaches to planning and implementing compensatory mitigation. The draft new policy is also needed to improve consistency in the use of compensatory mitigation as recommended or required under the ESA. The draft ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy, if adopted, would cover permittee-responsible mitigation, conservation banking, in-lieu fee programs, and other third-party mitigation mechanisms, and would stress the need to hold all compensatory mitigation mechanisms to equivalent and effective standards. We request comments, information, and recommendations on the draft new policy from all interested parties. 81 FR 61032 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-02/2016-20757 2016-20757 fr02se16-118 RIN 1018-BB72 4333-15-P Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0165 FXES11120900000-167-FF09E30000 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-02/2016-20757 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-02/html/2016-20757.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-02/pdf/2016-20757.pdf 34 p. 61032 61065 81 FR 61032 RIN 1018-BB72 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy; Federal Register Vol. 81, Issue NOTICE 2016-20757 V DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 2016-10-17 Docket No. FWS-HQ-ES-2015-0165 FXES11120900000-167-FF09E30000 4333-15-P 2016-20757 Announcement of draft policy; request for public comment.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the draft Endangered Species Act (ESA) Compensatory Mitigation Policy. The draft new policy is needed to implement recent Executive Office and Department of the Interior mitigation policies that necessitate a shift from project-by-project to landscape-scale approaches to planning and implementing compensatory mitigation. The draft new policy is also needed to improve consistency in the use of compensatory mitigation as recommended or required under the ESA. The draft ESA Compensatory Mitigation Policy, if adopted, would cover permittee-responsible mitigation, conservation banking, in-lieu fee programs, and other third-party mitigation mechanisms, and would stress the need to hold all compensatory mitigation mechanisms to equivalent and effective standards. We request comments, information, and recommendations on the draft new policy from all interested parties.

We will accept comments on the draft policy from all interested parties until October 17, 2016. Please note that if you are using the Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES, below), the deadline for submitting an electronic comment is 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on this date. For the information collection aspects of this draft policy, comments will be accepted until October 3, 2016. Craig Aubrey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Environmental Review, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone 703-358-2442. Endangered and Threatened Species: Endangered Species Act Compensatory Mitigation Policy , hope_grey@fws.gov OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov http://www.reginfo.gov http://www.regulations.gov https://ribits.usace.army.mil https://ribits.usace.army.mil/ Vol. 81, no. 171 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2016-09-02 continuing daily deposited born digital 524 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-02 P0b002ee1985ecf51 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr02se16 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2016-09-02 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-02/pdf/FR-2016-09-02.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2016-09-02/xml/FR-2016-09-02.xml fdlp 60581 61098 DGPO 2018-02-09 2024-06-01 FR-2016-09-02 machine generated eng FR FR-2016-09-02 81 171