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~- . <br />United States I3epartrrtent of tTie Interior <br />FISH[ ANDoVVIIJ3IdFE 3ERVICB <br />C~ol~oraao Fiend 4~ce <br />755 Parfet Street, Suite 361 <br />Lakewood, Colorado 80215 <br />N RPPLV RBFSa 7l2 <br />3S/CO: T&E/PMJM/Other <br />VI5 65412 Lkwd <br />SEP D 8 Zau~ <br />S~av~ $ and Sa <br />46AystackDrive <br />Windsor, Colorado 80550 <br />Dear Ivls. Savage: <br />We are res to your letter of A~ <br />oentferred to- the U.S. Fish and. Wildlifiefi ~5 <br />(ESA), as amended (16 T3.S.C.1531 et s, <br />~rc.~ett~o~, <br />Section 24, T2N, R67W) Ideated south a <br />proposed, may disUub wetlands and otire <br />Based on the information provided, amd green owoq <br />gtndefines. dre Service finds the repoat aox~aad si <br />likely to be present within the subject area: us, the Se <br />ottter aeons on this sate should not have dn~ax advta~ ; <br />polxilations exist dovvne4eam from the sate, at:tiaus ou tl <br />utodifications of Pteble's habitat drnvnstream {for exmo <br />regimes, or sedinteatation) may be subject in provrswns <br />Since 1978, tt-e Service Eras ctmsistmdy tafoGi the <br />> a ~y ac8ons resuftamg in e ~ ~ <br />(Sdeina m~til'laru»ie~eat~_ glover (C(.7X6c <br />(.&xgd~;~~rochus ot8tss), tltteateued omtd eagle <br />qu9ew [ xmeruus bosealisl. threateaxl w~era m <br />aid desi~mared txiticaf habi <br />River inNebraska. In ggoarere <br />rcxamt flows. Project elemt <br />include, but are nar limited <br />~recreaoiotiJurigatioar storag <br />mimes, aid water tteata <br />uystittg cleatartoe under the autfiority <br />fissthe Ettdattew graed Species Ad of 1973 <br />Levi W Hte Pteble's meadow <br />tat a~essmeat report ffor the <br />e exbem~3a~u site 1/4 <br />ld ,Colorado. This project, as <br />is on Ii Ihv Creer. <br />nce with the Pteble's serveyy <br />s that a population of Treble's is not <br />;e concludes that devilt or <br />cts to Prebfe's, Should Prebfe's <br />rte that result in saautficant <br />~~ aloeaataori of existing flow <br />fte ES7l. <br />section 7 coawltataons drat <br />oats to the Platme River system <br />idangered inuxior least taro <br />hs), endangered pallid sturgeon <br />endangered Fskrmo <br />'d (P~trhem praeclara), <br />g plover in the central Platte <br />rtes and/or ~tmp~ve use less <br />letions to the Platoe River system <br />wells, diversion <br />I'f there is a Federal a! y/rmoney associated with this and flte Federal'. and the <br />applicant determine tl~ there ate depietioa~s assorr with Nan Colorado~stroction's <br />proposed agg~regabe project, ttte Fedeiai ageay should tegttest ittitiatiou of goal sacta~ 7 <br />cnnsulia6on rn a letter m my office. A for iniUatiou of fotrnaf searent 7 consultation on <br />water-related~ojeds assacasted whit ~ons to the central Plane River should include a <br />crmplete protect tption nicludmg waL~-rdatod proms elen~ts and asagn of water <br />usenet with the proposed as estimate of tfa: - mwarta t and trming (bv mamth) of <br />average annual water depfetion~ existing and new depletions); and deswirte methods of <br />arriving at such astirnates. ration of the cotrsuttatiom wits be based on the date of receipt of <br />the information required to conduct the cansultation. <br />ss <br />