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encounters with wildlife utilizing the permit area. • <br />b. The discovery of critical habitats, or species that are protected, or are proposed <br />for protection by State or Federal authorities within the permit boundary will be <br />promptly reported to the regulatory authority. <br />7. A stream buffer zone will be established on the reach of Dry Creek that occurs <br />within the permit boundary to protect this potentially unique habitat. A <br />biological community exists approximately 5.0 miles upstream of the loadout permit <br />boundary. There is no site specific data available to determine whether or not <br />such a community exists in Dry Creek within the permit area, Thus, the assumption <br />must be made that a biological community exists in Dry Creek at the permit area <br />since one exists upstream. Signing of the buffer zone will be done in <br />consultation with the regulatory authority in 1993 following permit issuance and <br />snowmelt. <br />The USF11S has indicated that adverse impacts to wetlands muse be avoided. <br />Establishment of the stream buffer zone will also ensure protection of the wetland • <br />habitat along Dry Creek. The units mapped as aquatic areas along Dry Creek in Tab <br />11 and alkaline meadow in Tab 10 can be characterized as wetlands according to <br />Cowardin, et al., 1979. <br />8. All project activities will be evaluated on an ongoing basis to determine if <br />impacts will occur to important wildlife species (e. g., Gold eagle, Bald eagle, <br />Loggerhead shrike). The operator will consult with the appropriate regulatory <br />authority if conflicts are identified. <br />9. The owner/applicant will compensate the USFWS or its designee for depletion of <br />water resources in the Upper Colorado River Basin resulting from operation of the <br />loadout facility. The average annual depletion (worst case) is 56.4 acre-feet. <br />The average annual depletion has been derived using extreme worse case assumptions <br />because actual water usage that will occur during operation is not known. <br />Consumptive uses include uses that cause a net loss to the system, Consumptive <br />uses are annual pumpage from [he production well (H-G Shallow 4ell No. 1) for • <br />operational needs, and annual evaporation from the free water surfaces at the <br />L Revised 03/0)/93 <br />