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<br />o <br />(0,:) <br />, :~1 <br /> <br />39 <br /> <br />" <br />..e:.. <br />~ <br /> <br />5.0 PROCEDURES AND ORGANIZATION <br /> <br />5.1 COMMITTEES <br /> <br />The Coordination, Biology, and Operating Committees will be <br />established pursuant to Sections 2 and 4 of the Endangered <br />Species Act, as well as other applicable laws to carry out the <br />Implementation Program. <br /> <br />5.1.1 Coordination Committee <br /> <br />Formal participation in the Implementation Program conveys voting <br />membership on the Coordination Committee. The purpose of the <br />Coordination Committee is to assure that activities under the <br />Implementation Program are coordinated with all participants. To <br />effect this coordination responsibility, the following entities <br />will have the right to have one representative on the <br />Coordination Committee: <br /> <br />~reau of Reclamation \ <br />Bureau of Indian Affairsl <br />Fish and.wildlife Service (Region 2) <br />Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 6) <br />~te Mountain Ute Indian Tribe' <br />~outhern Ute Indian Tribe I <br />"Jicarilla .Apache Indian Tribe ( <br />Navajo Nation l:- <br />~ate of New Mexico \ <br />,0;"tate of Colorado I <br />Uj;;ate of Utah f <br />twater Development Interests' <br />conservationists <br /> <br />Respectively, one representative from each of the latter two <br />groups, the water development interests as a collective group and <br />the conservationists as a collective group, shall be selected by <br />the Service from lists of nominees submitted. Water development <br />interests in Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico, shall submit one <br />combined list of nominees and conservation organizations with <br />offices in Colorado, Utah, or New Mexico shall submit one <br />combined list of nominees. <br /> <br />Should a federal agency not listed above wish to participate in <br />the Implementation Program in compliance with the requirements of <br />section 7(a) (1) of the Endangered Species Act, it may submit its <br />request for such participation to the Coordination Committee for <br />approval. Such approval will be based on the satisfaction by the <br />federal agency of the following criteria: <br />