Here's one of my favorite examples of the LPC fiasco. I have clients who had established CRP grass that needed to disturb the CRP grass via underground utility work, so we put in writing that it would be returned to identical conditions after installation. We heard back that since the CRP was a federal contract and it was now LPC critical habitat, that they would have to subtract out the "affected" acreage, back pay payments received on the acreage, and be penalized the rate on how many acres were subtracted. First, it's CRP that was planted and had only been around 5-10 years, and second, only a USFWS biologist can make a critical habitat determination via a site inspection. The clients sent in their checks, the LPC was delisted several months later, but do you think the government ever sent them their money back? YEAH RIGHT