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<br />.. . <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />b <br />C:) <br />c..., <br /> <br />SEP - 6 1996 <br />USFW~_D:~SSO <br /> <br />~., -:' <br /> <br />Ul <br />00 <br /> <br />Department of the Interior <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> <br />FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT <br />FOR <br />AN EXPERIMENTAL STOCKING PLAN FOR RAZORBACK SUCKER <br />IN THE SAN JUAN RIVER <br /> <br />The Regional Directors, Mountain and Prairie Region {Region 6) and the Southwest <br />Region {Region 2), of the Fish and Wildlife Service are requested to approve the fourth <br />and final phase of experimental stocking of razorback sucker in the San Juan River within <br />the states of Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. The Colorado River Fishery Project, <br />Grand Junction, Colorado, in concert with Ecological Services Offices in the three states, <br />has prepared the attached Environmental Assessment (EA) to provide an analysis and <br />assessment of impacts to the environment from the proposed plan. <br /> <br />The experimental stocking of razorback sucker in the San Juan River is a component of <br />the Federal, State, Tribal, and private San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation <br />Program for endangered fish species in the San Juan basin. The stocking plan has been <br />reviewed by experts on the species and the San Juan River from all signatories to the <br />Program, and has been recommended for implementation by the Biology Committee of <br />the Program. <br /> <br />Based upon the information in the EA, it has been determined that the decision to <br />approve the experimental stocking plan does not constitute a major Federal action having <br />a significant impact on the environment Actions and impacts were evaluated using the <br />best available data and assumptions. <br /> <br /> <br />9-3-% <br />Date <br /> <br />.~~ iir"' ,~ Sj~i/r- <br />~~ Reg;on' Director, Region 2 <br /> <br />'b~b/c;& <br />Date <br />