ARTICLE 2. Listing of Endangered Species [2070. - 2079.1.]

Article 2 added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1240, Sec. 2.

§§ 2070–2079.1 · 25 sections

§ 2070 The commission shall establish a list of endangered species and a list of threatened species. The commission shall add or remove species from either list if it…
§ 2071 The commission shall adopt guidelines by which an interested person may petition the commission to add a species to, or to remove a species from either the…
§ 2071.5 The department shall recommend, and the commission shall adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened.
§ 2072 The petition shall be written, shall be clearly identified as a petition, and shall clearly indicate the administrative measure recommended.
§ 2072.3 To be accepted, a petition shall, at a minimum, include sufficient scientific information that a petitioned action may be warranted. Petitions shall include…
§ 2072.7 The department may, in the absence of a petition from an interested party, recommend to the commission that it add a species to, or remove a species from,…
§ 2073 Within 10 days of the receipt of a petition from an interested person under Section 2072.3, the commission shall refer the petition to the department.
§ 2073.3 (a) The commission shall publish a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register of the receipt of a petition prepared pursuant to Section 2072.3 by the…
§ 2073.4 (a) A person may submit information to the department relating to the petitioned species during the evaluation of the petition pursuant to Section 2073.5. The…
§ 2073.5 (a) Within 90 days of receipt of the petition, the department shall evaluate the petition on its face and in relation to other relevant information the…
§ 2073.7 A petitioner may amend a petition at any time prior to the beginning of the meeting held by the commission pursuant to Section 2074.2. However, if the…
§ 2074 The commission shall schedule the petition for consideration at its next available meeting, but not sooner than 30 days after receipt of the petition and…
§ 2074.2 (a) At the meeting scheduled pursuant to Section 2074, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the petition and shall receive information, written or…
§ 2074.4 If a petition is accepted by the commission for consideration, all reasonable attempts shall be made to notify affected and interested parties and to solicit…
§ 2074.6 (a) If the commission accepts a petition for consideration, the department shall promptly commence a review of the status of the species concerned in the…
§ 2074.8 (a) This article does not impose any duty or obligation for, or otherwise require, the commission or the department to undertake independent studies or other…
§ 2075 The commission shall schedule the petition for final consideration at its next available meeting after receipt of the departmental report provided pursuant to…
§ 2075.5 (a) At the meeting scheduled pursuant to Section 2075, the commission shall hold a public hearing on the petition and shall receive information, written or…
§ 2076 Any finding pursuant to this article is subject to judicial review under Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
§ 2076.5 Notwithstanding Sections 2071 to 2075.5, inclusive, the commission may adopt a regulation that adds a species to the list of endangered species or to the list…
§ 2076.7 (a) For the purposes of this section only, “federally listed species” means any species, subspecies, distinct population segment, or evolutionarily significant…
§ 2077 (a) Upon a specific appropriation of funds by the Legislature, the department shall, or if other funding is available, in the absence of a specific…
§ 2078 (a) To provide all interested persons access to information and notification of pending listing or delisting actions, the commission shall distribute the…
§ 2079 The department shall, by January 30 of every third year, beginning January 30, 1986, prepare a report summarizing the status of all state listed endangered,…
§ 2079.1 (a) Upon a specific appropriation of funds by the Legislature, or if funding is otherwise available, the department may develop and implement nonregulatory…