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- • ~ - The Service provides the following Iist of federally listed, threatened and endangered species, <br />and candidates for potential future listing, that could be affected by the proposed development <br />and should be evaluated in the analysis. <br />Bald ea le Haliaeetus leucoce halos T ~ <br />Bon ail Gila ele ans E <br />Canada 1 L nx canadensis T <br />Colorado ikeminnow P chocheilus Lucius E <br />Phacelia submutica De Be ue hacelia C <br />Hum back chub Gila ha E <br />Mexicans otted owl Strix occidentalis lucida T <br />Penstemon debilis Pazachute beazdton e C <br />Razorback sucker X rauchentexanus E <br />Sclerocactus !autos Uinta Basin hookless cactus T <br />Yellow-billed cuckoo Coc us americanus C <br />(T =Federally listed threatened; E =federally listed endangered; C = a Federal candidate species) <br />The list above was compiled from an inventory for Garfield County. Therefore, it may be that <br />some or all of these species do not presently occupy or use the project area, and/or that habitats <br />for these species do not exist within the project area. <br />Regazding Federal candidates for official listing as threatened or endangered, these species <br />presently have no legal protection under the ESA, but it is within the spirit of the Act to consider <br />project impacts to these potentially sensitive species. We also wish to make you awaze of their <br />potential presence because of the possibility that one or more could be proposed or listed prior to <br />the time that all actions related to the project aze completed. <br />Your letter requests Service comments by January 14, 2006, or you will proceed on the <br />assumption that the Service has no concerns with or objections to the proposed action. We note <br />the Service's position on a project cannot be assumed without our official response. At this time, <br />the Federal action agency or its designated representative have not provided the Service with an <br />evaluation of the potential effects of the project on threatened or endangered species, and their <br />habitats. It is your responsibility or that of the Federal action agency to do so. If this assessment <br />contains sufficient information, and contains conclusions of effect for each of the 8 threatened <br />and endangered species under consideration, the Service will respond timely with a decision <br />regarding your conclusions. _ <br />We hope this provides you with helpful guidance. If you have any questions, or if the Service <br />can be of further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact Larry Thompson at the letterhead <br />address or (970) 243-2778, extension 39. <br />Sincerely, <br />Allan R. Pfister <br />Western Colorado Supervisor <br />