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We do n i t agree that the 15-day deadline for our response set by your request lis appropriat and note that the Service's position on a project cannot be assumed without our official responses At this time) the Federal action agency or its designated representative have not provided the Service with an evaluation of the potential effects of the project on threatened~,ior endangered species, and their habitats. It is your responsibility or that of the Federal action agency to do so. A written threatened and endangered species assessment should be prepazed and submitted to the Service for review. The ultimate conclusions of your assessment should be expressed as "effect determinations" for each of the species considered (e.g., no effect, beneficialeffect, may affect but not likely to adversely affect, etc.). Your analysis of project effects should'be sufficient to provide the rationale that led to your concluding determinations. If your assessment contains sufficient information and analysis, and contains concluding determinations of effect for each of the threatened and endangered species under consideration, the Service can respond with a decision (concurrence or non-concurrence) regazding your conclusions The following outline of assessment components should assist you in preparing your evaluation: 1. statement of the species under consideration; 2. description ofthe proposed action and action area; 3. species accounts and status within the action area (including habitats);, 4. analyses of effects (direct and indirect) of the proposed action; 5. analysis of cumulative effects of future actions in the action azea; I 6. analysis of the alternate actions considered; ',I 7. your conclusions, stated as determinations of effect (e.g., no effect, not likely to adversely affect, likely to benefit, etc.), along with the summarized rationale that leads to them. The Servt~ce provides the following table of federally listed, threatened and endangered species, and candidates for potential future listing, that could be affected by the proposed action. These species should be evaluated in your project analysis. Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus T Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes ~~~ E Bonytail Gila elegans E Boreal toad Bufo boreal boreal C Canada lvnx Lynx canadensis ~~ T Eriogon'um pelinophilum Colorado pikeminnow Gunnison sage-grouse Humpback chub Razorback sucker Sclerocactus glaucus Yellow-billed cuckoo Clay-loving wild buckwheat Prychocheilus Lucius Centrocercus minimus Gila cypha Xyrauchen texanus Uinta Basin hookless cactus Coccyzus americanus Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly Boloria acrocnema (T =federally listed threatened; E =federally listed endangered; C = a Federal candidate E E E E T C E The list above was compiled from inventories for Delta and Gunnison counties, and it maybe that some or all of the species do not presently occupy or use the project azea; and/or that habitats