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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Lt. Colonel Dorothy F. Klasse <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />CONSULTATION HISTORY <br /> <br />On February 26. 1996. the Service issued a biological oplnlon for the Animas- <br />La Plata project. The Animas-La Plata prOject addressed in the opinion <br />included water for the City of Durango. It included a water deoletion of <br />1.250 acre-feet for the City of Durango. Because the Animas-La Plata project <br />has not been built. and the City has an immediate need for more water. they <br />have applied for a permit to construct a pumping station in the Animas River <br />at Gateway Park. When future consultations are conducted on the Animas-La. <br />Plata project. deoletions addressed in this ooinion will be excluded <br /> <br />BIOLOGICAL OPINION <br /> <br />Based upon the best scientific and commercial information that is currently <br />available, it is the Service's biological opinion that the new (1.051 <br />acre-feet) and historic (~RR ~rrp-fppt) w~tpr rlppletiQ~s \~II,Prl by the <br />Qroject. as described below. are likply to ieooardize the continued existence <br />of the Colorado squawfish and razorback sucker and result in the destruction <br />or adverse modification of their critical habitat. The Service has developed <br />a reasonable and prudent alternative that avoids jeopardy to the endangered <br />fishes and avoids' destruction or adverse modification of their critical <br />habitat from the new and historic water depletions. <br /> <br />PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />The project is located at the City of Durango's Gateway Park on the Animas <br />River. south of downtown Durango. The proposed intake structure and pump <br />station is within Section 29. Township 35 North. Range 9 West. La Plata <br />County. Colorado. Water would be pumped from the Animas River to Terminal <br />Reservoir. treated and distributed throughout the City. The City of Durango <br />takes municipal water from both the Florida River and the Animas River. The <br />City uses the Animas River as a supplemental source during summer months. The <br />proposed new pump station would serve a future population of 40.000. The oumD <br />station would takp the place of an existin9-Rump-~.ation_at_29th_street. The <br />new pump station would pump more water as the population increases until full <br />development. <br /> <br />~ <br />