Illinois Administrative Code
Title 17 - CONSERVATION
Part 1080 - INCIDENTAL TAKING OF ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES
Section 1080.40 - Final Review
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) The Department's Office of Resource Conservation shall coordinate and perform the review of the conservation plan and issue the incidental take authorization pursuant to this Part. The Department shall complete its review of the conservation plan within 120 days after the first publication of the notice required in Section 1080.20(b). After reviewing the conservation plan, the Department may authorize the incidental taking if the Department finds that the taking will meet all of the following requirements:
b) If the Department finds that the conservation plan does not meet the above requirements, the Department may require that a party to the conservation plan make additional assurances or agree to additional terms and conditions that the Department finds necessary to assure that the requirements in subsections (a)(1) through (a)(6) will be met before authorizing incidental taking. Requirements for inclusion of additional assurances in a conservation plan shall be based on the life history needs of the species involved. The Department shall deny an authorization for incidental taking if the conservation plan does not meet the requirements of subsection (a) and the applicant refuses to accept the additional terms and conditions or refuses to make additional assurances determined necessary by the Department.