A species in danger of becoming extinct; esp., under federal law, a species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of its range. • Federal law excludes from the definition a species of the class Insecta if the Environmental Protection Agency determines that it constitutes a pest whose protection would […]
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Endangered Species Act of 1973 〈美〉《1973年濒临灭绝物种法》 该法授权内政部长〔Secretary of Interior〕公布濒临灭绝的植物、动物、鸟类、鱼类的种类，一旦某物种被确定为濒临灭绝，所有联邦行政机构必须避免采取任何可能危及其继续生存的行为。
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species (spee-sheez). 1. A taxonomic class of organisms uniquely distinguished from other classes by shared characteristics and usu. by an inability to interbreed with members of other classes. endangered species. A species in danger of becoming extinct; esp., under federal law, a species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part
A species that, within the foreseeable future, is likely to become an endangered species throughout all or a significant part of its range. 16 USCA § 1532(20). [Cases: Environmental Law 528.]
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An immediate danger; esp., in environmental law, a situation in which the continued use of a pesticide will probably result in unreasonable adverse effects on the environment or will involve an unreasonable danger to the survival of an endangered species. 7 USCA § 136(1). [Cases: Environmental Law 423.]
Department of the Interior. The cabinet-level department of the federal government responsible for managing the nation’s public lands and minerals, national parks, national wildlife refuges, and western water resources, and for upholding federal trust responsibilities to Indian tribes. • The Department also has responsibility for migratory-wildlife conservation; historical preservation; endangered species; surface-mined-lands preservation and restoration;
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environmental crime. A statutory offense involving harm to the environment, such as a violation of the criminal provisions in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 (commonly called the Clean Water Act), or the Endangered Species Act of 1973. • Although the most significant environmental-crime statutes were
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service. A unit in the U.S. Department of the Interior responsible for managing more than 93 million acres of land and water consisting of more than 500 national wildlife refuges and thousands of small wetlands. • It also administers or enforces laws relating to migratory birds, endangered species, certain marine
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hazard, n. 1. Danger or peril; esp., a contributing factor to a peril. See PERIL. extraordinary hazard. Workers’ compensation. An unusual occupational danger that is increased by the acts of employees other than the injured worker. — Also termed extraordinary danger. [Cases: Workers’ Compensation 511–520, 678. C.J.S. Workmen’s Compensation §§ 288–304, 338, 409, 420, 424.]