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“ESA defense exemptions should cover service members, Defense Department civilian workers, contractors and subcontractors, and some non-DOD workers overseas when their work supports a Defense Department mission.”
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“Military bases and State-owned National Guard sites should not be labeled critical habitat for endangered or threatened species, and other land or water used by the Defense Department or its contractors should be excluded when the Defense Secretary says it is needed for training, weapons testing, or another defense purpose.”
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“In covered military or defense-use areas, the Defense Department should not have to consult Interior Department wildlife officials about effects on endangered or threatened species before acting, even when the area has a natural resources management plan.”
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“Covered defense personnel should not face ESA section 9 penalties when national defense-related operations take, move, damage, destroy, accidentally injure, or kill endangered or threatened species.”
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“Endangered Species Act penalties should not apply to military personnel carrying out national defense-related operations when they harm, kill, capture, import, or export listed species, damage or remove listed plants, or unintentionally injure or kill protected species, even away from military bases.”
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