Section 2073.5 Of Article 2. Listing Of Endangered Species From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 2.
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. (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 department possesses or receives, and
submit to the commission its written evaluation report with one of
the following recommendations to the commission:
(1) Based upon the information contained in the petition, there is
not sufficient information to indicate that the petitioned action
may be warranted, and the petition should be rejected.
(2) Based upon the information contained in the petition, there is
sufficient information to indicate that the petitioned action may be
warranted, and the petition should be accepted and considered.
(b) Upon the request of the director, the commission may grant the
department an extension of time, not to exceed 30 days, to allow the
department additional time to further analyze and evaluate the
petition and complete its evaluation report.
(c) The department's evaluation report shall include copies of, or
a list of, all information submitted to the department pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 2073.4 during its evaluation of the
petition. If copies are not included, the report shall state where
the listed information is available for review.