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<br />.0 <br />. L"':) . <br />C.'" <br />. ~ ." <br />...:! <br />~ <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />actions more stringent than is the current practice. Indeed, should this effort be <br />successful, not only in locating wild razorback sucker but in identifying the best way to <br />augment the wild populations of this species, the closer the razorback sucker is to <br />recovery. <br /> <br />VI. IRREVERSIBLE AND IRRETRIEVABLE COMMITMENT OF RESOURCES <br /> <br />Although it is considered feasible that the stocked razorback sucker could be relocated <br />and recaptured should it be necessary to do so, the commitment of these individual fish <br />to this research effort is more realistically viewed as irreversible. With the exception of <br />staff time and funding that would be expended to support these investigations, no other <br />irreversible and irretrievable commitment of resources is considered a likely effect of the <br />proposed action. <br /> <br />VII. CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION <br /> <br />The proposal to experimentally stock razorback sucker in the San Juan River has been <br />submitted to the Biology Committee of the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation <br />Program for review. Following its approval by that committee, the proposal was <br />submitted as a part of the proposed 1994 research work plan to the Coordination <br />Committee of the Implementation Program. It was approved on October 19, 1993. <br /> <br />IntraService section 7 consultation under the Endangered Species Act for the original <br />proposal was completed in October 1993, with a concurrence by the three Ecological <br />Services offices in Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico that the action would have no effect <br />on proposed critical habitats for the Colorado squawfish and razorback sucker, would <br />have no effect on populations of Colorado squawfish in the San Juan River, and would <br />not be likely to adversely affect populations of razorback sucker in the San Juan River. <br />Similarly IntraService section 7 consultations were completed for the second stocking on <br />November 14, 1994, and the third stocking on September 22, 1995. IntraService section <br />7 consultation for this latest experimental stocking proposal was completed on August 12, <br />1996. The findings of the latest consultation were that the proposal would have no effect <br />on the designated critical habitats for the Colorado squawfish and razorback sucker, <br />would have no effect on populations of Colorado squawfish in the San Juan River, and <br />would not be likely to adversely affect populations of razorback sucker in the San Juan <br />River. <br />