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<br /> <br />UNITED STATES . <br />aPARTMENT OF THE INTEJIft'OR <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br /> <br />,,' "~"."Uf. .,,1 <br />r- <br />I . <br /> <br /> <br />- .-.... <br /> <br />-~-.~9 <br />I '. ~ <br />.-.. - . <br /> <br />POST OfTICE BOX 1306 <br />.&. "~I[RQJE. IlOl MEXI co 87103 <br />December 28, 1979 <br /> <br />. ) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-.~#".. <br />,='J ~ rA <br /> <br />KEHORANDUH <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />TO: Regional Director, Vater and Power Resources Servi <br />P.O. Box 11568, Salt Lake City, Utah 94147 <br />Ac~ <br />FilCH: Regional Director. Region 2 - ._. <br /> <br />1 <br />~^... .J <br />----- '" <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Formal Section 7 Consultation on the Animas-La Plata Project <br /> <br />On October 16. 1979, I initiated formal Section 7 consultation. as <br />provided by the Endangered Species Act as amended, with Water and <br />Power Resources Service, as a result of my review of your biological <br />assessmellt'on the Animas-La Plata Project. At that tilDe. I requested <br />additional information which I received December 5. 1979. <br /> <br />This consultation involves the endangered bald eagle (Haliaeetus <br />leucocephalus), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), and Colorado <br />squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius), as identified in our March 9. 1979 <br />species list to Water and Power Resources Service and your June 27, 1979 <br />biological assessment. The consultation concerns the effects of the <br />proposed Animas-La Plata Project upon these endangered species. The <br />effects of coal development on the two Ute Indian Reservations, as a <br />result of the Animas-La Plata Project. will not be addressed because of <br />development ambiguities. <br /> <br />The following information and biological opinion is founded upon review <br />of the Animas-La Plata Draft Environmental Statement (INT DES 79-45), the <br />biological assessment, data from the administrative files of the Fish and <br />Wildlife Service, and discussions with personnel of the Colorado Division <br />of Wildlife, New Mexico Department of Came and Fish, U. S. Forest SerVice, <br />and other people familiar with the involved species. <br />, <br /> <br />The project will be located in La Plata and Montezuma Counties in south- <br />western Colorado and San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico. The <br />four river systems of the Upper Colorado River Basin that will be affected <br />include the Mancos, La Plata, and Animas Rivers which are tributary to the <br />fourth River, the San Juan. To effect this project, an average 169,400 <br />acre feet of water will be diverted from the Animas River to the La Plata <br /> <br /> <br />EXHIBIT "B" <br /> <br />Say/! En/!rgy and You Serve ,America! <br /> <br />. <br />