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<br />• <br />Earfihlaw <br />Grvira~moua! Caw in 1lre !'uG(ic Inlcrec! <br />May 13, 1998 <br />VIA Certified Mail-Return Receipt Requested <br />The Honorable Federico Pena <br />Secetary of Energy <br />United States Department of Energy <br />100(1 Independence Ave., S.W. <br />wast~ington, D.C. 20585 <br />The Honorable Bruce Babbitt <br />Secretary of the Interior <br />1849 C Street, N.W. <br />Washington, D.C_ 20290 <br />Re: <br />Sections 7(a)(I), 7(ay(2 <br />Endanoered Soecies Act <br />Dear Secretary Pe~ia and Secretary Babbitt, <br />• eACe s~i~o <br />8a-oz1 <br />for violations of <br />1(1) of the <br />On behalf of the Sierra Club and other interested parties, <br />Earthlau submits the following 60-day notice letter informing <br />you that the Sierra Club and Other interested parties intend to <br />sue Ior violations of sections 7(a){1), 7{ay(2), and 9(a){1) of <br />the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The actions given rise Co the <br />ESA violations are specific to the Department of Energy's (DOE) <br />actions at Rocky Flats and their impact on the Preble's meadow <br />jumping mouse. This letter saCisfies the ESA notice <br />reyui,-ements. 16 U_S_C_ § 1580 (g)i2)iA}. <br />violation of E$A Section 7(a)(1) <br />T'he DOE has an affirmative obligation to conserve listed <br />species. Section 7~a>(1) of the ESA requires that "(a]11 ocher <br />Federal agencies strall utilize their authorities in <br />furtherance of yhe purposes of this chapter by carrying out <br />progzams for the conservation oI endangered species and <br />threatened species." 16 U.S.C. 5 1536(a)(1). See Pyramid Lake <br />Paiute Tribe of Indians v. United States Dept of the Navy, 898 <br />F_2d 1•?10, 1417 (3~ C,ir. 1990). Conservation is defined in the <br />ESA as "to use and the use of all methods and procedures which <br />are necessary to bring any endangered species or threatened <br />Uaivcrsiry of Donvcr-Fabcs 1{wx - 17 f 4 Poplar $ttat - Drnva, Colorado 8022n ~ 7r~.~.~.....,.~ ~~~ o^ • ~^^~ - -- - - - <br />