Covered Activities Checklist. This programmatic Agreement includes a number of sectors and industries, each with their own maintenance and modernization activities. The checklist below is a tool to determine what projects fit the definition of a covered activity. The checklist is not intended to be used to facilitate reporting, only to communicate the criteria an action or project must meet to be considered a “covered activity” for the purposes of this Agreement. The following list will help Partners determine if their projects or activities are “covered activities” under this Agreement. All criteria (checkboxes) must be met for an activity to be considered covered. However, it is not intended that each Partner document a checklist for each activity conducted. Instead, if requested by the Program Administrator or USFWS, the Partner needs to simply be able to demonstrate that the checklist criteria were met for the activity receiving coverage. If an activity is covered, any take of monarch butterfly because of that activity is authorized under a Partner’s Certificate of Inclusion, and associated EOS permit. If it’s not reasonably certain that an activity could take monarch butterflies by removing or disturbing milkweed or flowering nectar resources (during the time of year when monarchs are present), or by taking monarchs directly, there is no need to complete the checklist. The activity is not considered to likely result in take, and therefore, is not applicable to the Agreement. Check box if “yes”: The activity is reasonably certain to take monarch butterflies through effects to habitat (for example, impacts to open habitats that may include milkweed, nectar plants, or both while monarchs may be present on the landscape), or directly to individuals (for example, harm or mortality of eggs, larva, or adults). If the previous criterion is not met, there is no need to review the remaining criteria to determine whether the activity would warrant coverage under the Agreement, the EOS permit, or the Certificate of Inclusion; the activity is not expected to take monarch butterflies or their habitat and its distinction as a covered activity under the CCAA is not warranted. Activities that do not meet the definition of a covered activity or a conservation measure are outside the scope of the Agreement and would not be authorized by the EOS permit. The activity is being conducted in compliance with all applicable local, State, Tribal, and Federal laws, regulations, and ordinances. This includes ...
