CFR > Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries > CHAPTER II—NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBCHAPTER C—MARINE MAMMALS (Parts 216–229) > PART 221—PRESCRIPTIONS IN FERC HYDROPOWER LICENSES > SUBPART C—Alternatives Process (§221.70 to §221.74) > 221.72—What will NMFS do with a proposed alternative?

221.72—What will NMFS do with a proposed alternative?

If any license party proposes an alternative to a preliminary prescription under § 221.71(a)(1), NMFS must do the following within 60 days after the deadline for filing comments to FERC's NEPA document under 18 CFR 5.25(c) :
(a) Analyze the alternative under § 221.73; and
(b) File with FERC:
(1) Any prescription that NMFS adopts as its modified prescription; and
(2) Its analysis of the modified prescription and any proposed alternatives under § 221.73(c).