50 CFR § 221.72 - May I file a revised proposed alternative?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t50/s221.72"
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title: "50 CFR § 221.72 - May I file a revised proposed alternative?"
title_number: 50
title_name: "Wildlife and Fisheries"
section_number: "221.72"
section_name: "May I file a revised proposed alternative?"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MARINE MAMMALS"
part_number: "221"
part_name: "CONDITIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS IN FERC HYDROPOWER LICENSES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "16 U.S.C. 797(e), 811, 823d."
regulatory_source: "80 FR 17207, Mar. 31, 2015, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "221"
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# 221.72 May I file a revised proposed alternative?

(a) Within 20 days after issuance of the ALJ's decision under § 221.60, you may file with the Office of Habitat Conservation, at the address set forth in § 221.2, a revised proposed alternative condition or prescription if:

(1) You previously filed a proposed alternative that met the requirements of § 221.71; and

(2) Your revised proposed alternative is designed to respond to one or more findings of fact by the ALJ.

(b) Your revised proposed alternative must:

(1) Satisfy the content requirements for a proposed alternative under § 221.71(b); and

(2) Identify the specific ALJ finding(s) to which the revised proposed alternative is designed to respond and how the revised proposed alternative differs from the original alternative.

(c) Filing a revised proposed alternative will constitute a withdrawal of the previously filed proposed alternative.