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<br />trom: IlemeIl Kaley fo: Doug RObCUlam <br /> <br />Date: 6fl196 Tune: 5:25:58 PM <br /> <br />Pr!M <br /> <br />Page 2 of7 <br /> <br />JUN-07-88 14,32 FROH,TROUT & RALEY PC 10.3038324486 <br /> <br />PACE 1/8 <br /> <br />PU~~(.k- <br /> <br />0015if517;:; &mnkll' <br />~rou:t /-~,,:Rc. <br /> <br />Attorneys At Law <br />1775 Sbcrman Su.:u 'Sultc lS00 <br />Dctver, Colorado 8020S <br />(SOS) 861-196S' Fax: (303) 832-4465 <br /> <br />Extension 125 <br /> <br />June 7. 1996 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />VIA CER. J IPlh1) MAUr <br /> <br />Honorable DmieI Glickman <br />Secretary of Agriculture <br />DepartmeUt: of AgricuItuxe <br />Fourteelith Street and <br />Independence Avenue, S. W. <br />Washington, DC 20250 . <br /> <br />Honorable Bruce Babbitt <br />SecretaIy(){ the Interior <br />Department of ' the Interior <br />1849 <.:: street N.W~ <br />Wa~ingtOn. DC 20240 <br /> <br />. Re: Notice of Violation of 16U.$;C.i 1536 (a)(1). <br /> <br />Dear Secretary G1irJcomll" and Secretary Babbitt: <br /> <br />We represent the Coalition for Such;n"hle Resou=, Inc. ("CSR"). Pursuant to the <br />requiremerits 'of 16 U.S.C. i 1S4O(g) we are providing you with this notice of intent to <br />ooDlllience 8 civil &uit ~n<;l: SecretaIy Glirlnn"", in his official capacity. the United States <br />Department of Agrlcultuxe. and the United States Forest SclVice, SMHIlg injunctive and other <br />relief for a violation of the requirements of f 7(aXl) of th.e E"""'W'~ Species Act, <br />16 U;S.C. f 1536 (aXl). <br /> <br />SUMMARY <br /> <br />The basis for this lawsuit is that SecretaIy Glickman, the Department of Agriculture, <br />and the United States Forest Service have violated f 7(aXl) of the F.ndaDgered Species A~ <br />by (1) failing to Implement vegetation 811d snow management programs on National Forest <br />lands located within the PIatte RIver ~ that are capable of providing an of the additional <br />flows of water wilich the United Swes FISh & Wildlife SelVice has det..nnined are necessary <br />for the reoovery of threatened or endangertd species located in the Central Platte region of <br />Nebraslca., and (2) by m,,"~ng NatioIW Forest lands in 8 manner which has increased forest <br />density and redUoed the quantity of water flowing in the Central Platte RIver. <br />