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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I drainages during migration seasons. Potential habitat for these species would not be affected by the conversion of dry farmland to irrigated land. The Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker occur in the San Juan River which receives return flows from much of the irrigated land in the area, and these species and the endangered humpback chub and bonytai1 chub occur in the Colorado River which is fed by thle Dolores River. Both the Colorado and San Juan rivers downstream from the project area are designated as critical habitat for endangered fish. The depletions from the Class B shares are already occurring to both rivers and there will be no additional impact to the flows. The primary environmental consideration will be archeological sites along the routes of the pipelines. An archeologist will survey the pipeline corridors. If a site is found, the pipf:line route will be modified to avoid the site; however, the pipeline routes are almost exclusively along developed corridors and the chance of impacting an archeological site is minimal. An environmental assessment has been prepared by USBR for the carriage of non-pr~iect water (1,500 MVIC Class B shares) through the Dove Creek Canal. XI.? IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE The DISTRICT will either utilize in-house construction crews or bid the work, deplending on cost and availability of in-house personnel. The DISTRICT has construction crews that routinely install and construct pipelines and pump stations. Using the DISTRICT crews to iinstall the facilities will significantly reduce the cost of installation but will require scheduling of construction in coordination with other duties. The tasks for Contract #1 are listed in Table XI-A. TABLE XI-A MAJOR TASKS Purchase MVIC Class B Shares Serve 246 acres A10n the Dove Creek Canal Ratif USBR Carria e A reement Serve 440 acres in Sandstone West Close CWCB Contract #1 and Pa IDC Com leted Com 1eted Com leted Summer, 2005 November, 2005 The loan requested in Contract #2 is for $3,323,180 and will be presented to the Colorado Water Conservation Board in January of 2005. The major tasks and schedule to complete thle Contract #2 facilities are listed in Table XI-B. 18