Section 2089.22 Of Article 3.7. California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1.5. >> Article 3.7.
2089.22
. (a) If a federal safe harbor agreement has been approved
pursuant to applicable provisions of federal law and the federal safe
harbor agreement contains species that are endangered, threatened,
or are candidate species pursuant to this chapter, no further
authorization or approval is necessary under this article for any
person authorized by that agreement to take the species identified in
and in accordance with the federal Safe Harbor Agreement, if that
person and the department follow all of the procedures specified in
Section 2080.1, except that the determination of consistency shall be
made by the department based only on the issuance criteria contained
in this article.
(b) The department may adopt nonregulatory guidelines to clarify
how the provisions of this chapter may be used in connection with
voluntary local programs for routine and ongoing agricultural
activities adopted pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section
2086) and natural community conservation plans adopted pursuant to
Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 2800).