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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />LIST OF TAB LES 1.1.1.1.. I' I' I' I' 1....1 1..1 1..1.1.1.... ... ......1.1. .... ...... ......1.. I' I" ..... I' .... 11...1 .... ..... .... iii <br /> <br />LIST OF FIG U RES.:.I.I.. .......... I' I... I' 1......1 I' I' ....1....... ......... I' ....1 I' I... I. I' .... I. .... ...... ......... .... iii <br /> <br />1.0 INTRODUCTION............................................ ........................................ .............. 1 <br /> <br />2.0 PROJ E CT DESCRIPTION. 11.1..... I' "'1 ..... I.... I' ..... I... II I' ...... ... ..... ..... .....1 I' I' ........ ... I' 2 <br /> <br />2.1 Water Requirement............................... .......... ...... ............ ...................... ............ ..........2 <br /> <br />2.2 Cutter Lateral................................................. ........ ......................... ...............................5 <br /> <br />2.3 San Juan Lateral................................... ................... .......................... ..... ........ .... ..........8 <br /> <br />2.4 Impacted Area............................................................ ....................... ............ .............. 10 <br /> <br />1.0 3.0 PROJECT HyDROLOGy............................................................................. 11 <br /> <br /> <br />3.1 Water Rights............................................................ ............................................ ........ 11 <br /> <br />3.2 Project Effects on the San Juan River Hydrology .......................................................12 <br />3.2.1 Environmental Baseline Depletion................................ .............. ..... ..... .............. 12 <br />3.2.2 NGWSP Representation in the Model.................................................................16 <br />3.2.2.1 Full NGWSP Development plus Baseline Depletion .......................................17 <br />3.2.2.2 Jicarilla Apache Nation Portion of NGWSP plus Baseline Depletion ..............17 <br />3.2.2.3 Depletion Guarantee Option to Allow Full Project Development....;................19 <br /> <br />3.3.3 Summary.......................................................... ......................... ..........................23 <br /> <br />4.0 ENDANGERED SPECIES ANALYSIS METHODS............................................ 25 <br /> <br /> <br />4.1 Vegetation......................................................................................... ...... ........... .........25 <br /> <br />4.2 Insects................................................................................. .................... ........... .........25 <br /> <br />4.3 Fish.............................................................................................................................. 25 <br /> <br />4.4 Wildlife.................................................................................... ................. ......... ...........26 <br /> <br />5.0 DISCUSSION OF PROTECTED WILDLIFE AND SPECIES OF CONCERN ....27 <br /> <br /> <br />5.1 Vegetation......................................... ............... ........................... ................................30 <br /> <br />5.1.1 Acoma Fleabane (Erigeron acomanus)...............................................................30 <br />5.1.2 Beautiful Gilia (Gilia formosa).... .................. ...... ............. ..................... ................ 30 <br />5.1.3 Bisti Fleabane (Erigeron bistiensis).......... ............................. ......... ..................... 30 <br />5.1.4 Brack Hardwall Cactus (Sclerocactus cloveriae ssp. brackii)..............................30 <br />5.1.5 Gooding's Onion (Allium gooddingh) .. ........ ............................ ............. ................ 31 <br />5.1.6 Knowlton Cactus (Pediocactus knowltonh).... ...... ........ .......... .............................. 31 <br />5.1.7 Mancos Milkvetch (Astragalus humillimus).......... .......... ................. .....................31 <br />5.1.8 Mesa Verde Cactus (Sclerocactus mesa-verdae)...............................................31 <br />5.1.9 Parish's Alkali-Grass (Puccinellia parishil) ..........................................................32 <br />5.1.10 Santa Fe Cholla (Opuntia viridiflora) .... ........................ ............. ...... .................... 32 <br />5.1.11 Sivinski's Fleabane (Erigeron sivinskil) ...............................................................33 <br />5.1.12 Zuni Fleabane (Erigeron rhizomatus) ..... .............................. ...............................33 <br /> <br />5.2 Insects............................................................................................... ...... .................... 33 <br /> <br />5.2.1 New Mexico Silverspot Butterfly (Speyeria nokomis nitocris) ................................... 33 <br />5.2.2 San Juan Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas anicia chuskae)...........................33 <br /> <br /> <br />BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT <br />NAVAJO GAllUP WATER SUPPLY PROJECT <br />September 3, 2004 <br /> <br />Pagei <br />