NAHB Members Urged to Act Now to Preserve Habitat Conservation Program
NAHB is urging its members to submit comment letters in support of the Permit Revocation Rule (PRR) and the No Surprises Policy, which are incentives for property owners, builders and developers to participate in the Habitat Conservation Plan program (HCP).
Under a June 10 court decision, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot issue HCP-related take permits with No Surprises assurances until it completes a new PRR, which was struck down and re-proposed on May 25 for public comment. (Click here to read an NBN story on this ruling.)
“The court opened the Permit Revocation Rule to attack by groups that want to eliminate it,” said NAHB President Bobby Rayburn. “NAHB supports the No Surprises Policy and the Permit Revocation Rule, and we need members to help us preserve them for new Habitat Conservation Plans.”
“Federal regulators must hear from builders that these provisions are absolutely essential to the continued success of the HCP program, and that they be preserved in the new rule,” Rayburn said.