| (a) A facility and the operation of a facility shall not result in the destruction or adverse modification of the critical habitat of endangered or threatened species, or cause or contribute to the taking of any endangered or threatened species. (b) The following words and terms have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Harassing--An intentional or negligent act or omission that creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral patterns that include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering. (2) Harming--An act of omission that actually injures or kills wildlife, including acts that annoy it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt essential behavioral patterns, that include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering; significant environmental modification or degradation that has such effects is included within the meaning of harming. (3) Taking--Harassing, harming, pursuing, hunting, wounding, trapping, capturing, or collecting an endangered or threatened species or attempting to engage in such conduct. |
