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CNAPTERTHREE Enuironmen~it Consequences Parachute Site Federal Endangered or Threatened Species Bald Eagle. With the netting of all active process ponds, potential effects to bald eagles from eating waterfowl exposed to hypersaline waters would be eliminated under tb~e Agency Preferred Alternative. Peregrine Falcon. With the netting of all active process ponds, potential effects to peregrine falcons from eating waterfowl exposed to hypersaline waters would be elimn~ated under the Agency Preferred Alternative. Colorado River Fish. Four species of endangered fish occur in the Colorado River downstream from the Parachute Site: Colorado squawfish, razorback sucker, humpback chub, and bonytail chub. The Colorado squawfish (as named in the Draft EIS) has been renamed the Colorado pikeminnow. Impacts to Colorado River fish would be primarily the same as those described for the Proposed Action. However, the effects of impingement of fish and entrainment of larval fish at the existing Colorado River water intake structure were not evaluated in the Drat EIS, and these effects aze described below. This analysis applies to both the Proposed Action and the Agency Preferred Alternative. The primary source of water for American Soda's Pazachute Site would be l~nocal's existing alluvial wells located neaz the confluence of the East Fork and West Fork Parachute Creek with the Middle Fork Parachute Creek. However, American Soda also intends to re-activate Unocal's existing water intake system, which pumps water directly from the middle o1'the Colorado River about 1 mile northeast of the town of Parachute. Water is gravity fed from the mid-channel crib to an onshore sump through a pair of 48-inch pipes and is then pumped to an adjacent 5.5-acre settling basin located on a river terrace 20 feet above the river bank. Another set of pumps can deliver water from the settling basin to the Parachute Site through an existinl; buried pipeline. American Soda intends to replace the pumps and electrical hazdwaze at the pumping station and to perform general maintenance activities. Maintenance would not involve heavy equipment construction in the channel or on the banks. Although the Rifle to Debeque section of the Colorado River is designated as critical habitat, it is likely that there aze currently no populations of endangered fish species and no spawning activity in that section. However, this reach of the Colorado River is scheduled for recovery activities (stocking) of razorback sucker and Colorado pikeminnow this yeaz or next as part of a lazger stocking effort. Two size classes aze to be released (4-6 inches and 10-12 inches), with an objective of building an adult population as soon as possible. The effects of'the intake structure on fish would depend on fish size, future spawning, where spawning occurs relative to the intake structure, and when water is taken from the river. As described in the BO (Appendix L), water velocities across the trash rack: would be low and would have little potential for impinging fish on the trash racks. The 2- to 6-inch screen opening of the trash racks may not prevent larval oryoung-of-the-yeaz razorback sucker and Colorado pikeminnow from being diverted into the intake pipes in the Colorado River and survive passage 3-18 Threatened and Endangered Species