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Table ES-4 (continued) Total Costs for Preferred Alternative Cost Item Description (Million) Wetland, Fish, and Wildlife Included in the cost is $2.1 million for a fish hatchery and $12.8 Mitigation fishennan access. Subtotal: Cost 01 Project Components' $251.8 Other Components Navajo Nation Municipal Pipeline would deliver 4,680 acre-feet of water to seven $24.0 Pipeline Navajo chapters located between Farmington to Shiprock. New Mexico. Total length of pipeline is 28.9 miles. Capacity of pipeline and pwnping plant would be 12.9 cfs. New water storage tanks of 5.5 miIlion gallon capacity would be required. Subtotal: Cost olOther Components $24. 0 COST TO IMPLEMENT THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE $275.8 Project Costs Through FY These costs, connnonly referred to as sunk costs, are costs that $68.0 1998 have been expended on the project and cannot be recovered. They include planning preconstruction investigations, data gathering and analyses, and field investigations leading to the preparation of various planning and environmental reports through FY 1998. TOTAL COSTS FOR THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE $343.8 , Project costs are the cosl to construct and implement the various components of the ALP Proiect. Consultation and Coordination Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) have consulted, both formally and informally, regarding potential impacts to special status species which may occur as a result of the development and operation of the proposed ALP Project. A Biological Assessment was prepared by Reclamation and was submitted to the Service in December 1999 and the Service has completed a fmal Biological Opinion (both documents are included in Appendix G in Volume 2). The Biological Opinion supercedes previous opinions on the ALP Project. It is the Service's opinion that the ALP Project, as described in this FSEIS and the Biological Opinion, is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker, nor is the proposed project likely to destroy or adversely modify their designated critical habitat. The Service has also concluded that the proposed ALP Project is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the bald eagle. These conclusions are based on the description of the proposed action contained in the opinion and FSEIS, with full implementation of the conservation measures. The Service also concluded that the project may affect, but is not likely to adversely affect, the southwestern willow flycatcher. Other special status species would not be affected. A Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report (FWCAR) has also been completed by the Service (see Techuical Appendix 7). Reclamation has also coordinated with EP A regarding potential ALP Project effects on wetlands and water quality, and with EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on consideration of the Section 404(b)(1) guidelines. The required 404(b)(1) Evaluation is contained in Attachment B-1 to the FSEIS, ES-12