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Jim Costa: Critical habitat designations under the ESA do not prevent development, period.

On the recordApril 18, 2016
Critical habitat designations under the ESA do not prevent development, period.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Jim Costa clarifies that ESA critical habitat designations do not halt development.

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