NOAA Seeks Input on Wildlife Plans to Skip Endangered Tags
Published Date: 2/28/2025
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Summary
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is asking to keep collecting info on conservation plans that help avoid listing species as endangered. This affects states, tribes, and others who work to protect animals and plants, requiring about 2,900 hours yearly to prepare and monitor these plans. The agency is inviting public comments for 30 more days before continuing this important work, which helps save species without extra regulations.
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Big Time Burden for Conservation Plans
States, tribes, and for-profit organizations that submit conservation plans to try to avoid Endangered Species Act listings face a large paperwork burden under OMB Control Number 0648-0466. Preparing each agreement or plan takes about 2,500 hours, monitoring successful agreements takes about 320 hours, preparing the annual report takes about 80 hours, for a total annual burden of 2,900 hours, with a frequency of one submission per year; participation is voluntary.
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