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1 <br />~~~tiy` <br />,,\ \ ~61'.~14E <br />_ IInited States Depsrurient of the Interior <br />. _; ~ 2~ nrm wu.~raa~ sg>zv1tC~ <br />,, t'sotoaiq-setaioes <br />. ~ 75sPn&tseeer,soaa9st <br />I.aknoad, Calaado aa2t5 <br />rsso:rar~etuwrsm.<y ,{~~ &1,49.9 <br />nuasmvsssu <br />Brenda Mitchelt <br />Queen of the River Fish Company, Inc. <br />13$14 North 115th Street <br />Longmont, Colorado 80501 <br />Dear Ms. Mitchell: <br />J <br /> <br />Based on the authority conferred to the U.S. Fish and Witdiife Service (Service) by Ure Endangered <br />Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amrnded (16 U.S_C. 2531 et seq.), the Service reviewed the Preble's <br />meadow Jumping mouse, Zupus hudso»ius preblei, (Preb[e's) survey report submitted with your <br />letter of May 21,1999. This report regards a site on the Platte River near Ft Lepton im Weld <br />County, Colorado (Section 24, Township 2 South, Range 67 West). <br />~- The Service has developed specfes-specific guidelines aad a reporting format for evaluation of <br />potential Prehte's habitat. While your submittal does not conform to the Prebte's survey <br />guidelines, the Service has made the deUeamination that Preble's habitat is not present within the <br />subject area Thus, the Service conctudes that development or other actions on this site should not <br />directly affect the continued eaisiruce of Preble's. Should Preble's populations exist downstream <br />from the site, actions an the site that result m sytiificc~t modification of Preble's habitat. <br />downstream (for example, thmuglt alteratEon of existing flow regimes, or sedimentation) may be <br />subject to provisions of the ESA. <br />If the Service can be of ftuther assistance, please contact Peter Plate of my staff at (303) 275-2370. <br />S' / ~, <br />Roy .Carlson <br />Colorado Field Supervisor <br /> <br />cc: U.S. Amty COE, Littleton, CO <br />Reading [i!e <br />Pmject file <br />Plage <br />Rererence:PttedPMlMil999. i3G <br />73 <br />