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<br />PRINCIPLES FOR CONDUCTING ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
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<br />SECTION 7 CONSULTATIONS ON WATER DEVELOPMENT
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<br />AND WATER MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AFFECTING
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<br />ENDANGERED FISH SPECIES IN THE SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN
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<br />1.0 Endangered Species Act Compliance
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<br />Tf.tcSan Juah Riv~r Basin fl,ecovm' Irhp!elJlentati6n if,r6ivaIJJCP~oibtfJ2wcis e~taljlishea in
<br />1991, The goals ofthe San Juan Ri,et Dasin RCeO\Cfy hnplc.netJtatioh Program (PIOg."...) are:
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<br />I. To conserve populations of Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker in the Basin
<br />consistent with the recovery goals established under the Endangered Species Act,
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<br />2, To proceed with water development in the Basin in compliance with federal and state laws,
<br />interstate compacts, Supreme Court decrees, and federal trust responsibilities to the Southern
<br />Utes, Ute Mountain Utes, Jicarilla Apaches, and the Navajos,
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<br />The Program is intended to provide measures for compliance with the Endangered Species Act,
<br />(87 Stat. 884, as amended, 16 U,S,c. 1531 et seq,], (ESA)iQ[: by water development and water
<br />management activities in the basin !lJJW1,
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<br />These principles have been adopted by the Program's Coordination Committee, S".t Juitll Rivet
<br />Basin Recont' Implclllclltdtio.l PJOiSlitlll, The principles have been reviewed by the U,S, Fishiind
<br />Wildlife Service (Service) and found to be consistent with the ESA."al},d its'Urhp!~mentin~
<br />regulations {JO' CPR Par! 402} jWplclll",JlD...g the DS,\, ThClcfolC, these 'lJ/bese principles will be
<br />used as a guide to defme how ReCOvery Program actions will be used to provide ESA compliance
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<br />for impacts to listed fish species in the Basih basin from water' difvelbplnen(.'un'd }Vat!}r
<br />management aqtivities,
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<br />2.0 Indian Trust Responsibilities
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<br />On June 5, 1997, the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior signed Secretarial Order 3206,
<br />That Secretarial Order directed both Departments to carry out their responsibilities under the ESA
<br />in a manner that harmonizes the federal trust responsibility to the tribes, tribal sovereignty, and
<br />statutory missions of the Departments, and that strives to ensure that Indian tribes do not bear a
<br />disproportionate burden for the conservation of listed species, so as to avoid or minimize the
<br />potential for conflict and confrontation, In recognition of the vital role of the sovereign tribes in
<br />both water development and water management activities and endangered species conservation in
<br />the S"n Juan R;~et Basin, the Coordination Committee supports the Service in its commitment to
<br />notify the tribes when it receives any request for consultation that might affect tribal assets.
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