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<br /> <br />The second consultation occurred during 1992. Increased depletions amounted . <br />to 3.5 acre-feet per year which brought the total estimated depletion to 5.0 acre feet per = <br />year. The U.S. Fish and W ildlife Service issued a biological. opinion dated April 16, <br />The operator has entered into Section 7 consultations on two separate <br />occasions.. The first was in 1986 when a 1.5 acre=feet per year wafer depletion , - ' <br />estimate was approved by the Office of Surface' Mining. "fhe U.S. Fish and Wildlife . . <br />Service issued a biological opinion dated March 3, 198&. The operator made a $22.50 <br />contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to mitigate this estimated <br />water depletion - <br />1992. The operator made a $41.93 contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife <br />Foundation to mitigate this additional estimated water depletion. <br />The operator intends to reinitiate mining during January of 2000. An updated <br />water depletion estimate indicates total depletion (consumption) will be 5.9 acre feet per <br />year. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a two page letter dated January 11, <br />2000 regarding the additional 0.9 acre feet of depletion. Their letter indicates the <br />•., .._ <br />depletion fee is waived... ' <br />See Vofuine 11, Appendix P, Water Depletion Estimates for copies of the above <br />referenced consultations and depletion estimates... •_. : _ . <br />yY ~Cc~Krutl /L~;,Sfw. / <br />~ r S~Yt NGi'•~ ~C90 ~ W` fit. (/'1 <br />_ - i nc,reui~ ~ci ~ P~Gt~15~1 <br />N9~~ , <br />~,.M1..- <br />p'~e7~ :~~cri~.:,. .. <br /> ._'' . M ;: <br /> ~Voliime~'C; x`^ti~;: - il18/00_= ,~; x- <br />- _ <br /> <br />~,.',. _, ..~ix~i~~ia~::~it~c, . lNl~~e'4~^~r'"c2~~:..'i..._ b i' ~~b~.'S.titlu'f~ -.ri•'~i.i"~3 <br />