Federal Register - "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Southern Selkirk Mountains Population of Woodland Caribou"
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Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Southern Selkirk Mountains Population of Woodland Caribou Source: Federal Register Data/Action: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (Final Rule) Date: 11/28/2012 Text Preview: occurred since 2005, looking primarily at recreation
and timber harvesting (FEA, p. ES-6). The results of the study are
based on assumptions that all forest owners would require Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System) permits for point source, discounted at seven
percent.
(3) Other Federal agencies: $6,400 from 2012 to 2031, or $564
annually, discounted at seven percent (U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection).
(4) Project Modifications: Due to extensive baseline protections of the existing management of caribou or
its habitat. (4) We acknowledge that there exists some uncertainty as
to how the recent court decision regarding the EPA administration of
NPDES permits related to point-source discharges stemming from use of
forest roads; however, we cannot project when, or