(a) The department may authorize, under this chapter, the take of the rough sculpin (Cottus asperrimus) resulting from impacts attributable to replacing the Spring Creek Bridge in the County of Shasta, if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 2081 are satisfied for the take of the rough sculpin.
(2) The department ensures that all further measures necessary to satisfy the conservation standard of subdivision (d) of Section 2805 are incorporated into the project.
(3) The take authorization provides for the development and implementation, in cooperation with federal and state agencies, of a monitoring program and an adaptive management process until the department determines that any impacts resulting from the replacement of the Spring Creek Bridge have been fully mitigated.
(b) This section shall not be construed to exempt the project described in subdivision (a) from any other law.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 293, Sec. 2. (AB 1845) Effective January 1, 2017.)