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• <br />• <br />• <br />Appendix D <br />Solicitation Letter <br />~' ~P`~ T -Z United States Department of the Interior <br />~ OFFICE OF'I'HE SECRETARY <br />Program Dirxcor <br />4,gAC 3-~~~e C11P Complaioa Atx Office <br />H 302 East 1860 South <br />Provo, Utah 84606-7317 <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: (~'yyam~ <br />CA-1300 <br />ADM-13.00 <br />Assistant Regional Director <br />for Ecological'Services <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />P.O. Box 25486 <br />Denver Federal Center <br />Denver CO 80225 <br />Subject: Section 314(c) Program, Central Utah Project Completion <br />Act <br />Dear Sir: <br />The Central Utah Project Completion Act (CUPCA), enacted in 1992, <br />authorized a new program ("Section 314(c) Program") to fund fish <br />and wildlife mitigation, conservation, and recreation projects in <br />states outside of Utah adversely affected by Federal water <br />projects constructed under the Colorado River Storage Project <br />(GASP) Act. Three percent of (certain) CUPCA appropriations are <br />administered by this office to implement the Section 314 (c) <br />program. This fiscal year (1995), that amounts to $334,000 for <br />remedial mitigation of fish, wildlife, and recreation resources <br />damaged by CRSP activities. In future years we expect that <br />amount to increase. <br />We are encouraging other Federal agencies, the States, private <br />groups, and even individuals, to apply far grants under this <br />program to implement needed mitigation, enhancement, or <br />conservation measures. We have prepared the attached criteria, <br />based on Section 314 (c) of CUPCA, as a means of assisting <br />prospective applicants to develop projects. We will also use the <br />criteria to rank proposals for funding. Proposals meeting many <br />of the criteria will receive priority consideration over those <br />that meet fewer of the criteria. <br />~'. <br />~~ <br />~~~ <br />~~! <br />We especially want to emphasize the potential for this program to <br />assist recovery of endangered and threatened species adversely <br />affected by CRSP, particularly Colorado River fishes. This <br />program could support recovery actions far listed species, or <br />activities specified in Conservation Agreements for candidate <br />species, that might otherwise be delayed due to lack of funding. <br />The CUPCA gives special emphasis to reconstituting natural <br />