What does a natural gas transmission and distribution company with  a multi-state pipeline network have to do to minimize impacts on an endangered species?  Typically, the Endangered Species Act requires species-by-species permitting at regular intervals over several years, including review of habitat conservation plans for each species, on a state-by-state basis.  If a company is trying to protect multiple species’ habitats over an extended time period through several states, the existing regime can be too punctuated, burdensome and ad hoc for streamlined, holisitc habitat protection.

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