The Streamlined Consultation Framework (SCF) is on optional process that streamlines section 7 consultation on the Big Creek Crayfish, St. Francis River Crayfish, and the species' critical habitat for certain types of actions. The framework is intended to greatly reduce the time spent by Federal agencies or their designated non-Federal representatives on these actions while conserving the Big Creek Crayfish and St. Francis River Crayfish through implementation of reasonable conservation measures.

The Standing Analysis supports the SCF by providing a description of actions within the framework’s scope and an evaluation of effects of those actions on the two crayfishes and their critical habitat. The Standing Analysis also provides a determination on whether the actions and their cumulative effects are likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the species or adversely modify the species’ critical habitat.