Biological Opinions definition

Biological Opinions means the Biological Opinions that are issued by USFWS and NMFS to complete the Section 7 consultations associated with the Action, including the 2008 Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Operational Criteria and Plan (OCAP) for coordination of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project issued by USFWS (“2008 Biological Opinion”), the 2009 Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project And State Water Project issued by NMFS (“2009 Biological Opinion”), the 2017 Biological Opinions for the California WaterFix issued by NMFS and USFWS, and any subsequent amendments, revisions or superseding Biological Opinions.
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Biological Opinions means the Biological Opinions that are issued by USFWS and NMFS to complete the Section 7 consultations associated with the Action, including the 2008 Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Operational Criteria and Plan (OCAP) for coordination ofthe Central Valley Project and State Water Project issued by USFWS (“2008 Biological Opinion”), the 2009 Biological Opinion on the Long-Term Operations ofthe Central Valley Project And State Water Project issued by NMFS (“2009 Biological Opinion”), the 2017 Biological Opinions for the California WaterFix issued by NMFS and USFWS, and any subsequent amendments, revisions or superseding Biological Opinions.
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Biological Opinions means the Biological Opinions that are issued by USFWS and NMFS to
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Examples of Biological Opinions in a sentence

  • Moreover, in the course of developing an Environment Plan duty holders are obliged to consult with relevant persons whose functions, interest or activities may be affected by an activity.

  • Therefore, the Reasonable and Prudent Measures (RPMs) in the Biological Opinion(s) may need to be reassessed and modified based on these new approaches.

  • Project-specific criteria govern the operation of each of the CRSPA Initial Units, including applicable Records of Decision and Biological Opinions to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act, the authorized purposes for each facility, and state water right systems and decrees.

  • Section (7)(o) provides the actual exemption from the take prohibitions established in Section 9(a)(1), which includes Incidental Take Statements that are provided at the end of consultation via the ESA Section 7 Biological Opinions.

  • Biological Opinions on Effects of Coordinated SWP and CVP Operations‌Several fish species listed under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) as threatened or endangered are found in the Delta.

  • The CAMT mutually agreed on the following mission statement at its July 23, 2013 meeting: The Collaborative Adaptive Management Team (CAMT) will work, with a sense of urgency, to develop a robust science and adaptive management program that will inform both the implementation of the current Biological Opinions, including interim operations; and the development of revised Biological Opinions.

  • The Endangered Species Protection Program as described in a Federal Register notice (54 FR 27984-28008, July 3, 1989) is currently being implemented on an interim basis As part of the interim program, the Agency has developed County Specific Pamphlets that articulate many of the specific measures outlined in the Biological Opinions issued to date.

  • These events may increase fish mortality above levels anticipated in the 2000 Biological Opinions and Decision Documents (RODs).

  • As discussed above, the Biological Opinions are being prepared as a result of formal consultations between the Corps and NOAA-Fisheries and FWS pursuant to Section 7 of the ESA.

  • More specifically, the use of the lower Eel River by threatened salmonid species has been established during surveys performed pursuant to the Corps LOP process and has been documented in previous Biological Opinions prepared for the proposed gravel operations.

Related to Biological Opinions

  • Biological agent shall mean any pathogenic (disease producing) micro-organism(s) and/or biologically produced toxin(s) (including genetically modified organisms and chemically synthesized toxins) which cause illness and/or death in humans, animals or plants.

  • Biological Materials means certain tangible biological materials that are necessary for the effective exercise of the Patent Rights, which materials are described on Exhibit A, as well as tangible materials that are routinely produced through use of the original materials, including, for example, any progeny derived from a cell line, monoclonal antibodies produced by hybridoma cells, DNA or RNA replicated from isolated DNA or RNA, recombinant proteins produced through use of isolated DNA or RNA, and substances routinely purified from a source material included in the original materials (such as recombinant proteins isolated from a cell extract or supernatant by non-proprietary affinity purification methods). These Biological Materials shall be listed on Exhibit A, which will be periodically amended to include any additional Biological Materials that Medical School may furnish to Company.

  • L/C Amendment Application means an application form for amendment of outstanding standby or commercial documentary letters of credit as shall at any time be in use at the Issuing Bank, as the Issuing Bank shall request.

  • Biologics License Application or “BLA” means an application requesting permission from the FDA to introduce, or deliver for introduction, a biological product into interstate commerce, or any similar application or submission for marketing authorization of a product filed with a Regulatory Authority to obtain Regulatory Approval for such product in a country or group of countries.

  • Biological agent means any microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product that may be engineered through biotechnology, or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any such microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product, capable of causing:

  • Biological Material means any material containing genetic information and capable of reproducing itself or being reproduced in a biological system;

  • Initial application means the Application first provided to MFA on or before an Application Deadline to request an allocation of Tax Credits.

  • Development Application means the development application identified in Item 5 of Schedule 1 and includes all plans, reports models, photomontages, material boards (as amended supplemented) submitted to the consent authority before the determination of that Development Application.

  • Practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine means the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of

  • Processes with Significant Environmental Aspects means the Equipment which, during regular operation or if not properly operated or maintained, may cause or are likely to cause an adverse effect.

  • Radiopharmaceutical quality assurance means, but is not limited to, the performance of appropriate chemical, biological, and physical tests on potential radiopharmaceuticals and the interpretation of the resulting data to determine their suitability for use in humans and animals, including internal test assessment, authentication of product history, and the keeping of proper records.

  • Fluoroscopic imaging assembly means a subsystem in which X-ray photons produce a visual image. It includes the image receptor(s) such as the image intensifier and spot-film device, electrical interlocks, if any, and structural material providing linkage between the image receptor and diagnostic source assembly.

  • Patent Applications means all published and unpublished nonprovisional and provisional patent applications, reexamination proceedings, invention disclosures and records of invention, applications for certificates of invention and priority rights, in any country and regardless of formal name, including without limitation, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, renewals, revivals, reissues, re-examinations and extensions thereof.

  • Physical therapy licensing board or "licensing board" means the agency of a state that is responsible for the licensing and regulation of physical therapists and physical therapist assistants.

  • Generally applicable environmental radiation standards means standards issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the authority of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, that impose limits on radiation exposures or levels, or concentrations or quantities of radioactive material, in the general environment outside the boundaries of locations under the control of persons possessing or using radioactive material.

  • Biological Samples means any physical samples obtained from Study Participants in accordance with the Protocol for the purposes of the Study.

  • Radionuclide means a radioactive element or a radioactive isotope.

  • Therapeutic school means a residential group living facility:

  • Biological diversity means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.

  • Patent Application means an application for patent protection for a CRADA Subject Invention with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“U.S.P.T.O.”) or the corresponding patent-issuing authority of another nation.

  • Shareholder Materials means the Fund’s prospectus, statement of additional information and any other materials relating to the Fund provided to Fund shareholders by the Fund.

  • L/C Application means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.

  • Clinical nurse specialist means a registered nurse with relevant post-basic qualifications and 12 months’ experience working in the clinical area of his/her specified post-basic qualification, or a minimum of four years’ post-basic registration experience, including three years’ experience in the relevant specialist field and who satisfies the local criteria.

  • Disinfection profile means a summary of daily Giardia lamblia inactivation through the treatment plant. The procedure for developing a disinfection profile is contained in s. NR 810.32.

  • Regulatory Floodway means the channel of a river or other watercourse and the adjacent land areas that must be reserved in order to discharge the base flood without cumulatively increasing the water surface elevation more than a designated height.

  • Client Application means an application developed by Licensee that a) utilizes the Runtime Product, b) is installed fully on an end user’s machine, with all report processing local to that machine, and c) adds significant and primary functionality to the Runtime Product.