110 HR 2530 IH: Endangered Species Compliance and
U.S. House of Representatives
2007-05-24
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Endangered Species Compliance and
Transparency Act of 2007
.
2.Endangered
Species Act Compliance Estimation and Reporting
(a)To better inform consumers regarding costs associated
with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Administrators of
the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the
Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration
shall each include in monthly billings sent to each firm’s power customer
information estimating and reporting the costs of each customer’s share of the
direct and indirect costs incurred by each administration related to compliance
with the Endangered Species Act and activities related to such Act.
(b)Direct costs shall include Federal agency obligations
related to study-related costs, capital, operation, maintenance, and
replacement costs, and staffing costs.
(c)Indirect costs shall include foregone generation and
replacement power costs, including the net costs of any transmission.
(d)The
Bureau of Reclamation and any other affected Federal agencies shall assist the
Administrators with the identification of the costs.
3.Endangered
Species Act Compliance ReportNo later than January 30 of each year, each
Administrator, in coordination with the Bureau of Reclamation and other
affected Federal agencies, shall provide an annual report to the Committee on
Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Environment and Public Works of the Senate estimating direct and indirect costs
associated with compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 on a
project-by-project basis for the Western Area Power Administration and on a
system-wide basis for each of the other power marketing administrations.