California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 2 - Listing of Endangered Species

• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 2071.5.
  The department shall recommend, and the commission shall adopt, criteria for determining if a species is endangered or threatened.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1162, Sec.
• Section 2072.
  The petition shall be written, shall be clearly identified as a petition, and shall clearly indicate the administrative measure recommended.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1162,...
• Section 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 information regarding...
• Section 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...
• Section 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.(Added...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 information...
• Section 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...
• Section 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,...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 otherwise,...
• Section 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...
• Section 2074.6.
  The department shall promptly commence a review of the status of the species concerned in the petition. Within 12 months of the date of publication...
• Section 2074.8.
  This article does not impose any duty or obligation for, or otherwise require, the commission or the department to undertake independent studies or other assessments...
• Section 2075.
  The commission shall schedule the petition for final consideration at its next available meeting after receipt of the departmental report provided pursuant to Section 2074.6...
• Section 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 otherwise,...
• Section 2076.
  Any finding pursuant to this section is subject to judicial review under Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure.(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1162,...
• Section 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...
• Section 2077.
  (a) The department shall review species listed as an endangered species or as a threatened species every five years to determine if the conditions that led...
• Section 2078.
  (a) To provide all interested persons access to information and notification of pending listing or delisting actions, the commission shall distribute the related agenda of pending...
• Section 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,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018