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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Will research NOAA permits
next; should be the same but I don't know if there is a provision
for continuation of activities under expired/expiring permits)<br>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If your research entails a
need for U.S. federal permits, here is what the government
shutdown means for you:</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1. No new applications will
be processed.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">2. No applications for
amendments will be processed.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">3. No applications for
renewal will be processed BUT NOTE<span style="font-size: 14px;">:</span></p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">4. Migratory Bird Treaty
Act permits, including banding permits, Bald and Golden Eagle
Permits, and ESA permits:</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">a) If you have a pending
renewal application that was submitted at least 30 days prior to
the expiration date:</p>
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font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">By regulation:</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em style="font-style:
italic;">50 CFR 13.22©</em></p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><em style="font-style:
italic;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
sans-serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px;">c) <span
style="font-style: italic;">Continuation of permitted
activity</span>. Any person holding a valid, renewable
permit may continue the activities authorized by the expired
permit until the Service acts on the application for renewal
if all of the following conditions are met:</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 13.600000381469727px;">(1) The permit is currently
in force and not suspended or revoked;</span><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 13.600000381469727px;">(2) The person has complied
with this section; and</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.600000381469727px;">(3)
The permit is not a CITES document that was issued under part
23 of this subchapter (because the CITES document is void upon
expiration).</span></em></p>
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font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size:
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widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">You can not add any new
activities. You may only continue those activities that are
covered by the permit.</p>
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font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size:
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </p>
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font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size:
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">b) If your permit expires
within the next 30 days or shortly thereafter, go ahead and submit
a renewal application. As long as you submitted it at least 30
days prior to expiration, you will be able to continue the
permitted activities. It doesn't matter that there will be no one
there to process it. The mere act of submitting it (at least 30
days in advance) triggers this provision.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </p>
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font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size:
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text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal;
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">HINT: Get a certificate of
mailing as proof of the date of submission.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Many agency websites are
already shut-down or will be shut-down.</p>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For questions or further
information, contact the Ornithological Council by e-mail to
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