What US Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 USC ch 5A): Consultation on Water-Resource Projects requires
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, codified at 16 U.S.C. Chapter 5A, subchapter I (sections 661-667e), requires federal agencies and federally permitted or licensed projects that modify water bodies to consult wildlife agencies and give wildlife conservation equal consideration with other project purposes, administered through the US Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior). Section 661 sets the short title and the general policy that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource development programs. Section 662 contains the core consultation requirement: whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the United States, or by any public or private agency under Federal permit or license, that department or agency first shall consult with the US Fish and Wildlife Service and with the head of the State agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State in which the facility is to be constructed, with a view to the conservation of wildlife resources by preventing loss of and damage to those resources and providing for their development and improvement in connection with the project. Section 663 provides for the conservation, maintenance and management of wildlife resources affected by the impoundment or diversion, including the use of project lands and waters and mitigation measures. Section 664 addresses administration and authorizes rules and regulations, and section 665 provides for investigations regarding the effects of sewage and industrial wastes. Section 666a sets out penalties for specified violations, and section 666b contains the definitions. The Act operates principally by requiring early consultation and the incorporation of wildlife conservation and mitigation findings into the planning and reports for federally authorized, permitted or licensed water-resource projects.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: US Congress / US Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title16/html/USCODE-2022-title16-chap5A.htm
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- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 661 - short title, authorization and the equal-consideration policy for wildlife conservation.
- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 16 U.S.C. 662 - consultation requirement on impounding, diverting or controlling waters under a Federal permit or license.
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