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BARNSTABLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 

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INTRODUCTION 



The "Assessment of Potential Impact of the MWRA Outfal! on Endangered Species, a 

 biological assessment prepared pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act" (hereafter the 

 "Assessment") by the EJPA, is reviewed here by the Science Advisory Panel (SAP) for the 

 Barnstable County Commissioners (Table 1). The SAP previously provided recommendations on 

 the Final Work Plan for the Assessment (in October, 1992) and met once with representatives from 

 the EPA and its consultants (Arthur D. Little) in Boston to discuss the issues associated with the 

 Work Plan. 



SCOPE OF ANALYSIS 



The Assessment was reviewed by the SAP at the request of the Barnstable County 

 Commissioners, for the following specific purposes: 



(1) Was the original Work Plan successfully achieved? 



(2) Is the EPA or NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in a position to 

 "insure" that the operation of the outfall pipe "is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of 

 any endangered species or threatened species or result in the destmcrion or adverse modification of 

 habitat of such species which is determined by the Secretary, after consultation as appropriate with 

 affected States, to be critical"? - 



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