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• • before sunrise to one hour after sunrise from March through May (biologists conducting sage grouse monitoring will be excluded from these requirements); 5) limit, to the extent possible, surface disturbance in all sagebrush and sagebrush/meadow habitat in the permit area; and 6) continue monitoring of the Twentymile Lek and reporting results to the CDOW on a yearly basis for a period of four years. Monitoring was initiated in 1982 and was terminated after the 1989 survey. The Hudspeth Lek Complex may be monitored at a future date prior to and during activities associated with the east-west access road to the Tow Creek Borehole/Shaft Area. The need for such monitoring will be evaluated when the exact route and specific activities associated with that access road and are available. sandhill Cranes To prevent or limit impacts to nesting sandhill cranes on the permit area • TCC will: 1) if possible, locate shaft areas and access roads at least C.5 mi (0.8 km) from all known nest sites; 2) if possible, locate shaft areas and access roads so that no nesting habitat is destroyed; and 3) limit from May 1 to June 30, employee access to areas designated as sandhill crane nesting areas or suitable nesting habitat. fish Species Several species of threatened and endangered fish species are known to exist in the lower Colorado River Basin. Because water depletions in the upper basin may impact the habitat of these species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service developed the Windy Gap Process which is a procedure for the assessment of these impacts. TCC has analyzed the Foidel Creek Mining Project for the requirements of this process. This analysis is contained in Exhibit 43, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Windy Gap Process. • The Fish and M'ildlife Plan for the Fish Creek Tipple is included within Volume VIII, pages 2.05-65 through 2.05-77 of the Fish Creek Tipple Appendix. 2.05-86 kevised 12/08/89