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Part 182: Endangered and Threatened Species of Fish and Wildlife; Species of Special Concern; Incidental Take Permits - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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Part 182: Endangered and Threatened Species of Fish and Wildlife; Species of Special Concern; Incidental Take Permits
Statutory authority: Environmental Conservation Law, § 11-0535
[Last amended: November 3, 2010]
[Effective: November 3, 2010]
182.1 References
182.2 Definitions
182.3 Listing of endangered and threatened species
182.4 Listing of species of special concern
182.5 Endangered species, threatened species and species of special concern
182.6 Recovery plans and restoration plans
182.7 Licenses
182.8 Prohibition
182.9 Request for determination whether activity is subject to regulation
182.10 Procedural requirements for incidental take permit applications and related matters
182.11 Incidental take permit; specific application requirements
182.12 Incidental take permit issuance standards; conditions
182.13 Exemptions from incidental take permit requirements
182.14 Special rules: alligator, caiman and crocodile (order Crocodylia)
182.15 Incidental take permit modifications, suspensions or revocations by the department; additional provisions to section 621.13 of Part 621
182.16 Penalties and enforcement
§182.1 References
The following Federal regulations are incorporated in this Part by reference:
(1) Endangered and threatened wildlife - 50 CFR - Wildlife and Fisheries - Part 17.11 - revised as of September 24, 2010.
§182.2 Definitions
The following words and phrases shall have the indicated meanings when used in this Part and/or in documents prepared or reviewed in conjunction with this Part.
(a) 'Activity' means any land use, construction or action.
(b) 'Adverse modification of habitat' means any alteration of the occupied habitat of any species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part that, as determined by the department, is likely to negatively affect one or more essential behaviors of such species.
(c) 'Commissioner' means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation.
(d) 'Department' means the Department of Environmental Conservation.
(e) 'Endangered species' are species that:
(f) 'Essential behavior' means any of the behaviors exhibited by a species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part that are a part of its normal or traditional life cycle and that are essential to its survival and perpetuation. Essential behavior includes behaviors associated with breeding, hibernation, reproduction, feeding, sheltering, migration and overwintering.
(g) 'Experimental population' means a group of individual members of an extirpated species listed in this Part that is being re-introduced into suitable habitat within its historic range in New York.
(h) 'Extinct' means species no longer living or existing.
(i) 'Extirpated' or 'Extirpation' means not extinct, but no longer occurring in a wild state within New York, or no longer exhibiting patterns of use traditional for that species in New York (e.g., historical breeders no longer breeding here).
(j) 'Incidental take' means any taking of a species listed as endangered or threatened in section 182.5 of this Part and otherwise prohibited by section 11-0535 of the Environmental Conservation Law that is incidental to, and not the intended purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity.
(k) 'Incidental Take Permit' means a document issued by the department pursuant to section 11-0535 of the Environmental Conservation Law and this Part allowing the incidental take of any species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part.
(l) 'Lesser acts' means, for the purposes of this Part, harassing, harming, maiming, wounding or collecting any species listed as endangered or threatened in section 182.5 of this Part, any act which is likely to cause the death of or injury to any individual member(s) of a species listed as endangered or threatened in section 182.5 of this Part, any adverse modification of habitat of any species listed as endangered or threatened in section 182.5 of this Part, and any interference with or impairment of an essential behavior of a species listed as endangered or threatened in section 182.5 of this Part.
(m) 'Native' means any species that spends some portion of its life cycle within New York State, has occurred here on a regular basis for many years, and was not intentionally or accidentally released into New York. A species is also considered native if it formerly met the conditions of this definition.
(n) 'Net conservation benefit' means a successful enhancement of the species' subject population, successful enhancement of the species' overall population or a contribution to the recovery of the species within New York. To be classified as a net conservation benefit, the enhancement or contribution must benefit the affected species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part or its habitat to a greater degree than if the applicant's proposed activity were not undertaken.
(o) 'Occupied habitat' means a geographic area in New York within which a species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part has been determined by the department to exhibit one or more essential behaviors. Once identified as occupied habitat, the Department will continue to consider that area as occupied habitat until the area is no longer suitable habitat for that species or monitoring has indicated that reoccupation by that species is unlikely.
(p) 'Person' means any federal or state department, agency, board, public benefit corporation, public authority or commission, a county, municipal corporation, or any other political subdivision of the state, and any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or any other legal entity whatsoever.
(q) 'Population' means members of the same species occupying a defined geographic area of limited extent.
(r) 'Regional Permit Administrator' means an employee of the department located in one of the nine regional offices of the department and designated to act on the commissioner's behalf in carrying out the provisions of 6 NYCRR Part 621 (Uniform Procedures).
(s) 'Self-sustaining' means a species or population whose abundance and distribution throughout the state is maintained by natural recruitment at a level sufficient to allow for its continued existence such that there is not a need for ongoing, intensive management or intervention.
(t) 'Species' means any subspecies, distinct group or any distinct population segment of any such group of fish or wildlife which interbreeds when mature. The term species refers not only to independent or adult individuals, but also to any life form, stage, or part of the species, including but not limited to eggs, larvae or pupae. The term species does not include fish or wildlife produced as a result of artificial hybridization.
(u) 'Species of special concern' are native species of fish and wildlife found by the department to be at risk of becoming threatened in New York based on the criteria for listing in section 182.4(a) of this Part and that are listed species of special concern in subdivision (c) of section 182.5 of this Part. Species of special concern do not qualify as either endangered or threatened, as defined in subdivisions (e) and (y) of this section, but have been determined by the department to require some measure of protection to ensure that the species does not become threatened. Species of special concern are listed in subdivision (c) of section 182.5 of this Part and are protected wildlife pursuant to Environmental Conservation Law section 11-0103(5)(c).
(v) 'Subject population' means any individual member(s) of any species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part utilizing occupied habitat within or adjacent to the geographic area of an activity subject to this Part.
(w) 'Subspecies' means a taxonomic group that is a division of a species and usually, but not always, arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species. The term subspecies does not include fish or wildlife produced as a result of artificial hybridization.
(x) 'Take' or 'Taking' means the pursuing, shooting, hunting, killing, capturing, trapping, snaring and netting of any species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part, and all lesser acts such as disturbing, harrying or worrying.
(y) 'Threatened species' are any species that:
§182.3 Listing of endangered and threatened species
(a) Coordinated listing. All native species present or formerly present in New York listed as endangered or threatened by the United States Department of the Interior in the Code of Federal Regulations (50 CFR part 17) will be included on New York's list of endangered or threatened species in this Part.
(4) Whether the species has declined non-cyclically throughout a significant portion of its range in New York or in the United States;
§182.4 Listing of species of special concern
(a) Criteria for listing. The department will consider one or more of the following factors to determine whether a native species should be listed as a species of special concern in New York:
§182.5 Endangered species, threatened species and species of special concern
(a) 'Endangered species'. Those endangered species that merit listing as endangered either based on the criteria for listing in sections 182.3(b) and (c) of this Part or because they are species listed as endangered by the United States Department of the Interior in the 50 Code of Federal Regulations part 17 (see section 182.1 of this Part) and are native to New York State include:
(1) Molluscs:
(i) Dwarf wedgemussel
(ii) Pink mucket
(iii) Clubshell
(iv) Fat pocketbook
(v) Rayed bean
(vi) Chittenango ovate amber snail
(2) Insects:
(i) Tomah mayfly
(ii) American burying beetle
(iii) Hessel's hairstreak
(iv) Karner blue
(v) Regal fritillary
(vi) Persius duskywing
(vii) Grizzled skipper
Pyrgus centaureae wyandot
(viii) Arogos skipper
(ix) Bog buckmoth
Hemileuca' species 1
(x) Pine pinion moth
Lithophane lepida lepida
(3) Fishes:
(i) Shortnose sturgeon
(ii) Silver chub
(iii) Pugnose shiner
(iv) Round whitefish
(v) Bluebreast darter
(vi) Gilt darter
(vii) Spoonhead sculpin
(viii) Deepwater sculpin
(i) Tiger salamander
(ii) Northern cricket frog
(5) Reptiles:
(i) Mud turtle
(ii) Bog turtle
(iii) Hawksbill sea turtle
(iv) Atlantic ridley sea turtle
(v) Leatherback sea turtle
(vi) Queen snake
(vii) Massasauga
(6) Birds:
(i) Golden eagle
(ii) Peregrine falcon
(iii) Spruce grouse
(iv) Black rail
(v) Piping plover
(vi) Eskimo curlew
(vii) Roseate tern
(viii) Black tern
(ix) Short-eared owl
(x) Loggerhead shrike
(7) Mammals:
(i) Indiana bat
(ii) Allegheny woodrat
(iii) Sperm whale
(iv) Sei whale
(v) Blue whale
(vi) Finback whale
(vii) Humpback whale
(viii) Right whale
(ix) Gray wolf
(x) Cougar
(b) 'Threatened species'. Those species that merit listing as threatened either based on the criteria for listing in sections 182.3(b) and (c) of this Part or because they are species listed as threatened by the United States Department of the Interior in 50 Code of Federal Regulations part 17 (see section 182.1 of this Part) and are native to New York State include:
(i) Brook floater
(ii) Wavy-rayed lampmussel
(iii) Green floater
(i) Pine barrens bluet
(ii) Scarlet bluet
(iii) Little bluet
Enallagma minisculum
(iv) Northeastern beach tiger beetle
(v) Frosted elfin
(i) Lake sturgeon
(ii) Mooneye
(iii) Lake chubsucker
(iv) Gravel chub
Erimystax x-punctata
(v) Mud sunfish
(vi) Banded sunfish
(vii) Longear sunfish
(viii) Eastern sand darter
(ix) Swamp darter
(x) Spotted darter
(xi) Longhead darter
(i) Blanding's turtle
(ii) Green sea turtle
(iii) Loggerhead sea turtle
(iv) Fence lizard
(v) Timber rattlesnake
(i) Pied-billed grebe
(ii) Least bittern
(iii) Bald eagle
(iv) Northern harrier
(v) King rail
(vi) Upland sandpiper
(vii) Common tern
(viii) Least tern
(ix) Sedge wren
(x) Henslow's sparrow
(c) 'Species of special concern'. Those species that merit listing as species of special concern based on the criteria in section 182.4 of this Part and that are native to New York State include:
(i) Buffalo pebble snail
(ii) Fringed valvata
(iii) Mossy valvata
(i) Unnamed dragonfly species
Gomphus' spec. nov.
(ii) Southern sprite
(iii) Extra striped snaketail
(iv) Pygmy snaketail
(v) Common sanddragon
(vi) Gray petaltail
(vii) Checkered white
(viii) Olympia marble
(ix) Henry's elfin
(x) Tawny crescent
(xi) Mottled duskywing
(xii) Barrens buckmoth
(xiii) Herodias underwing
(xiv) Jair underwing
Catocala jair
(xv) A noctuid moth
(i) Mountain brook lamprey
(ii) Black redhorse
(iii) Streamline chub
(iv) Redfin shiner
(v) Ironcolor shiner
(i) Hellbender
(ii) Marbled salamander
(iii) Jefferson salamander
(iv) Blue-spotted salamander
(v) Longtail salamander
(vi) Eastern spadefoot toad
(vii) Southern leopard frog
(i) Spotted turtle
(ii) Wood turtle
(iii) Eastern box turtle
(iv) Eastern spiny softshell
(v) Eastern hognose snake
(vi) Worm snake
(i) Common loon
(ii) American bittern
(iii) Osprey
(iv) Sharp-shinned hawk
(v) Cooper's hawk
(vi) Northern goshawk
(vii) Red-shouldered hawk
(viii) Black skimmer
(ix) Common nighthawk
(x) Whip-poor-will
(xi) Red-headed woodpecker
(xii) Horned lark
(xiii) Bicknell's thrush
(xiv) Golden-winged warbler
(xv) Cerulean warbler
(xvi) Yellow-breasted chat
(xvii) Vesper sparrow
Pooecetes gramineis
(xviii) Grasshopper sparrow
(xix) Seaside sparrow
(i) Small-footed bat
(ii) New England cottontail
(iii) Harbor porpoise
§182.6 Recovery plans and restoration plans
(a) Recovery plans. The department may, at its discretion, prepare and adopt a recovery plan for any species listed in this Part. A recovery plan will set forth goals and objectives to foster the continued survival, recovery, and eventual de-listing of the species, and will also include the most current information on the biology, needs, management of and threats to the species. Recovery plans are not required, but may be adopted by the department when sufficient information is available on any particular listed species, especially when such information might be helpful in identifying and recommending conservation measures that will aid in the recovery of the species.
§182.7 Licenses
The department may, pursuant to Part 175, issue a license to a person to transport, sell, import and/or possess any species listed as endangered, threatened or species of special concern in this Part for purposes it deems legitimate. Such license shall state the species to which it applies and any other conditions the department may deem appropriate.
§182.8 Prohibition
(a) No person shall take or engage in any activity that is likely to result in a take of any species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part, except as authorized by an incidental take permit issued by the department pursuant to this Part or as otherwise authorized as an exempt activity in section 182.13 of this Part.
§182.9 Request for determination whether activity is subject to regulation
(a) Any person proposing an activity or any entity with regulatory oversight over a proposed activity may request a determination from the department as to whether the proposed activity is likely to result in the take or taking of any species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part and is therefore subject to regulation under this Part. Failure to ask the department for such a determination does not remove the subject activity from the potential for regulation under this Part.
§182.10 Procedural requirements for incidental take permit applications and related matters
Notwithstanding the provisions of Part 175 of this Title, the application for incidental take permits and related matters including: departmental action on permit applications; public notice and comment procedures; final decisions on applications; renewals, modifications, suspensions or revocations of incidental take permits by the department; and special provisions relating to incidental take permits shall utilize the procedures found in Part 621 of this Title (Uniform Procedures). Copies of forms and regulations referred to in this Part are available from the department's regional permit administrators at the locations listed in section 621.19 of Part 621 of this Title and on the department's internet site.
§182.11 Incidental take permit; specific application requirements
A permit under this section is required for any activity that is likely to result in the take or a taking of any species listed as endangered or threatened in this Part as determined by the department and that is not otherwise exempt under section 182.13 of this Part.
(7) An executed certification statement as follows: "I certify that the information submitted in this application is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that any false statement herein may subject me to denial, suspension or revocation of this permit, and to civil and criminal penalties under the laws of the State of New York."
§182.12 Incidental take permit issuance standards; conditions
(a) Before an incidental take permit is issued, the department must determine that:
§182.13 Exemptions from incidental take permit requirements
(a) A permit under section 182.11 of this Part is not required for the following:
§182.14 Special rules: alligator, caiman and crocodile (order Crocodylia)
(a) Definitions. As used in this section, the following shall mean:
§182.15 Incidental take permit modifications, suspensions or revocations by the department; additional provisions to section 621.13 of Part 621
(a) An incidental take permit issued pursuant to this Part may be modified, suspended or revoked at any time by the department if the permittee fails to comply with the terms and conditions of an endangered and threatened species mitigation plan or an implementation agreement.
§182.16 Penalties and enforcement
Any person who violates this Part or any license, permit or order issued by the department pursuant to section 11-0535 of the Environmental Conservation Law or pursuant to the provisions of this Part may be liable for all penalties and other remedies provided for in the Environmental Conservation Law. Such penalties and remedies may be in addition to any other penalty or remedy available under any other law.