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<br />UJ <br />~ <br />C'J <br />N <br /> <br /> <br />United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />. Mountain-Prairie Region <br /> <br />IN REPLY REfER. TO: <br /> <br />FWS/R6 <br />CO/KS/NE/UT <br />6-UT-97-F-007 <br /> <br />MAILING ADDRESS: <br />Post Office Box 25486 <br />Denver Federal Center <br />Denver. Colorado 80225-0486 <br /> <br />STREET LOCATION: <br />134 Union Blvd. <br />Lalcewood, Colorado 80228-1807 <br /> <br />JUL 2 9 1998 <br /> <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />To: Program Manager. Central Utah Project Completion Act. U.S. Department <br />of the Interior. Provo. Utah <br />Executive Director. Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation <br />Commission. Salt Lake City. Utah <br />Regional Director. Bureau of Reclamation. Upper Colorado Region. Salt <br />Lake City. Utah <br />Area Manager. Bureau of Reclamation. Provo Area Dffice. Provo. Utah <br />Superintendent. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Uintah and Ouray Agency. <br />Fort Duchesne. Utah <br />General Manager. Central Utah Water Conservancy District. Orem. Utah <br /> <br />From: Regional Director. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Region 6. Denver. <br />Colorado <br /> <br />Subject: Final Biological Opinion. Duchesne River Basin. Utah <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />Section 7 (a) (1) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973. as amended. directs <br />Federal agencies. in consultation with and with the assistance of the <br />Secretary of the Interior. to utilize their authorities to further the <br />purposes of the Act by carrying out conservation programs for listed species. <br />Section 7 (a) (2) of the Act requires every Federal agency. in consultation <br />with the Secretary. to insure that any action it authorizes. funds. or carries <br />out is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any listed species <br />or result in the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. <br />Pursuant to 50 CFR 402.16. reinitiation of formal consultation is required and <br />shall be requested by the Federal agency or by the Fish and Wildlife Service <br />where discretionary Federal involvement or control over the action has been <br />retained or is authorized by law and: a) if the amount or extent of taking <br />specified in the incidental take statement is exceeded: b) if new information <br />reveals effects of the action that may affect listed species or critical <br />