Common use of PRE-SPILL PLANNING Clause in Contracts

PRE-SPILL PLANNING. (1) While drafting Area Contingency Plans themselves may not result in effects to listed species, actions implemented under the plans may. It is essential that the Area Committee engage USFWS and NMFS during the ACP planning process while developing or modifying the ACP and response strategies. This informal consultation can be used to determine the presence of listed species or critical habitat, and the effects of countermeasures, and to ensure that measures to reduce or avoid impacts to listed species and critical habitats during oil spill response activities are developed. By consulting on the anticipated effects prior to implementing response actions, decisions can be made rapidly during the spill, harm from response actions can be minimized, and implementation of response strategies specifically designed to protect listed species and critical habitat can be achieved.

PRE-SPILL PLANNING. (1) While drafting Area Contingency Plans themselves may not result in ill effects to listed species, actions implemented under the plans may. It is essential that the Area Committee engage USFWS and NMFS during the ACP planning process while developing or modifying the ACP ACI' and response strategies. This informal consultation can be used to determine the presence of listed species or critical habitat, and the effects of countermeasures, and to ensure that measures to reduce or avoid impacts to listed species and critical habitats during oil spill response activities are developed. By consulting on the anticipated effects prior to implementing response actions, decisions can be made rapidly during the spill, harm from response actions can be minimized, and implementation of response strategies specifically designed to protect listed species and critical habitat can be he achieved.