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CNAPTERONE Purpose and Need ' Wildlife • impacts to fish in the Colorado River • effect on wildlife, including displacement and habitat losses • effect on sage grouse leks from the proposed pipeline • effect on wintering and migrating mule deer and wintering habitat • effect on nesting raptors and nesting sites from construction and operation activities; raptor surveys recommended • effect on migratory birds from ingestion of or landing in evaporation ponds containing hyper saline water • compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act • effects on aquatic life and habitats, pazticulazly from changes in water quality and quantity Wetlands • effect on wetlands and jurisdictional drainages during construction and operation • compliance with relevant provisions of the Clean Water Act 404(b)(1) Guidelines Threatened and Endangered Species • effect on threatened, endangered, or sensitive species at the Piceance Site and along the product pipeline corridor, particulazly bald eagles and threatened plant habitats in the Thirteen-Mile Tongue of the Green River Formation • avoidance of known populations of threatened, endangered, or sensitive plants through project facility siting • effect of water depletion and decreased water quality on endangered fish in the Colorado River • effect of project activities on the Dudley Bluffs and Ryan Gulch Areas of Critical Enviromnental Concern (ACECs) 1 Cultural and Paleontological Resources • effect on archaeological, historical, or paleontological resources, and Native American traditional cultural properties at the Piceance Site and along the product pipeline corridor r • avoidance of known azchaeological, historical, or paleontological sites, and Native American traditional cultural properties through project facility siting Land Use and Recreation • effect of potential conflicts with and/or exclusion of recreational activities, pazticulazly hunting, at the Piceance Site and along the product pipeline corridor 1-7