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~`-;~t IN REPLI' REFER TO. III III IIIIIIIIIIIII sss p-G Goa~ou-t" g S(2J United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Mountain-Prairie Region ES/COE/GJ-6-CO-93 F-009 Mail Stop 60120 Memorandum AU/f~GADORFSS.~ STREE"/'LOCAT/ON: Post OJfire Bor 25486 !34 Unton B(ud. Dmun Frdnal Cmtn /nkearood, Colorrula 60228 Drnun, Colorado 80225 JUL Z 3 1993 TAKES ~ AMEREICNA~ ~~ ~ ^ To: Director, Western Service Center, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Denver, Colorado R~rF1'.,i~--~_; (Attention: Chief, Technical Services Division) '~ ' AUG 1 From: ~QJ Regional Director, Region 6 9 1993 O U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Denver, Colorado Olv~s!on ut tr6ner;;i~ ~; ,~~. , ~ .y 7 Subject: Final Biological Opinion for the Hayden Gulch Loadout Facility, Routt County, Colorado This responds to the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (Minerals and Geology) April 26, 1993, letter providing supplemental information for the Hayden Gulch Loadout facility (Minerals and Geology file number C-92-081). The biological assessment for this activity was received by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) on February 25, 1993. On March 2, 1993, the need for additional water use analysis at the facility was discussed between Minerals and Geology staff and Mr. Bob Leachman of the Service's Grand Junction office. The addendum to the biological assessment concludes that an average annual d etion of approximately 56.4 acre-feet will occur from the Yamoa River. tlo '~` 'p~hlY°`,}fir^`" - '•`flPo`a~'c~fitaLsTt`co'fic!liuded~eth!a~tr I Formal consultation (50 CFR 402.14) and conferencing (50 CFR 402.10) under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act were, therefore, initiated with receipt of the supplemental information. Based on these conclusions, the Service is providing this biological opinion and conference opinion for the federally listed fish species and proposed critical habitat. In accordance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et sec.) and the Interagency Cooperation regulations (50 CFR 402), this transmits the Service's biological opinion and conference opinion for impacts to federally listed endangered species and proposed critical habitat caused by the operation of the Hayden Gulch Loadout facility. The Service recognizes the Office of Surface Mining as the lead Federal Agency for this action; hence, the Service is providing this opinion to your office rather than Minerals and Geology which has provided the biological assessment and other supporting information. The Service normally issues a draft s~~~~1; ~''~ JUL 2 7 1993 e~. ~