Are there any guidelines that the Corps uses to make effects determinations for projects?
A. We use and recommend a variety of resources that can help you with effects determinations. Some of the more helpful resources include · USFWS/NMFS Endangered Species Act Consultation Handbook: Procedures for Conducting Section 7 Consultations and Conferences, · USFWS document titled A Framework to Assist in Making Endangered Species Act Determinations of Effect for Individual or Grouped Actions at the Bull Trout Subpopulation Watershed Scale · NMFS document titled The Habitat Approach: Implementation of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act for Actions Affecting the Habitat of Pacific Anadromous Salmonids. These documents can be obtained from the Services or their websites. For shoreline construction proposals in the Lake Washington system, please see our Special Public Notice for Lake Washington, Lake Sammamish, and the Ship Canal, including Lake Union.
