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... 2Glossary of Terms and Definitions Act -- the Endangered Species Act. Action -- all activities or programs of any kind authorized, funded, or carried out, in whole or in part, by federal agencies in the United States or upon the high seas (50 CFR §402.02)
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... 3 eral agency as an integral part of the proposed action. These actions will be taken by the federal agency or applicant and serve to minimize, or compensate for, project effects on the species under review.
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... 4NMFS and a federal agency or designated non-federal representative, prior to formal consultation, to determine whether a proposed federal action may affect listed species or critical habitat (50 CFR §402.02, §402.13)
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... 5 Reasonable and prudent measures -- actions the Director believes necessary or appropriate to minimize the impacts, i.e., amount or extent, of incidental take (50 CFR §402.02)

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