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United States Department of the Interior <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />Mountain - Prairie Region <br />ua RULYRUM To: MAILING ADDRESS. STREET LOCATION: <br />ES Post Office Box 25486 134 Union Blvd. <br />Mail Stop 60120 Den, ed Federal 25 �' °°d° Co�a0 80228 <br />NOV 3 0 1993 <br />Memorandum <br />To: Director, Upper Colorado River Basin Recovery Implementation Program <br />From: Chief, Federal Activities and Special Projects <br />Subject: Language Used in Reasonable and Prudent Alternative for Upper <br />Colorado River Biological Opinions <br />At the November 23, 1993, Management Committee Meeting a request was made for <br />examples of the current language used in biological opinions covering water <br />depletions from the Upper Colorado River Basin. A concern had previously been <br />expressed at the July 20, 1993, Management Committee Meeting that the language <br />used in the Vidler and Trout Lake opinions implied that the project proponent <br />was responsible for completion of all elements of the Recovery Implementation <br />Program Recovery Action Plan. Because this is not the Fish and Wildlife <br />Service's intent, the language was changed to avoid this implication. <br />Attached are-three examples of opinions using the current language, one is all <br />historic depletions (Pacific Corporation), one is all new depletions (Gilbert <br />Family Trust), and one has both types of depletions (Seven National Forests). <br />The specific paragraph in the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative section is <br />underlined. <br />Attachments <br />