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<br /> us <br /> P169 w WIIDLVL <br />semra <br /> <br />• <br /> ,~ <br />.,,, s .r` <br /> W RFPLY REFFR 70: <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />F1SH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />Mountain-Prairie Region <br />F W S/R6 <br />ES~OSi`i <br />GJ-6-CO-99-F-034 <br />Southern Ecosystem <br />MAILING ADDRESS: <br />Post Office Box 3386 <br />Denver Federal Center <br />Denver, Colorado EO2'_5 <br />99_~ 2`17- ~ <br />Memorandum <br />~X.~:- <br />SiREE-1' LOCA770N: <br />133 Union Blvd. <br />Lakewood, Colorado 80228 <br />~,_.. ~ r., ..~,,liy <br />r 1 i 17 I~J•.. _.: <br />VES <br />- ~ -- <br />.7 .. <br />RECEI _ <br />r~:i -' - <br />~ 2 ~ 1999 -'_ -~ <br />pE <br />(n <br />als & t;eolo9Y ~ N -~, <br />=~ <br />pNision of Miner cn <br />J <br />To: Assistant Director, Western Support Center, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, <br />and Enforcement, Denver, Colorado <br />From: Regional Director, Region 6 <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />• Denver, Colorado <br />Subject: Bowie Resources Limited Number 1 Mine Technical Revision 32 and Number 2 <br />Mine Permit Revision Number 3 Final Biological Opinion <br />In accordance with section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. <br />1531 et seq.), and the Interagency Cooperation Regulations (50 CFR 402), this transmits the Fish <br />and Wildlife Service's fmal biological opinion for impacts to federally listed endangered species <br />for the subject projects. Copies of this opinion should be provided to the applicant because the <br />Service has incorporated reasonable and prudent alternatives that should be included as <br />conditions of any permits issued by the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement <br />for this project. <br />Reference is made to your September 10, 1999, correspondence requesting initiation of formal <br />consultation for the subject project. The Service concurs that the annual depletion of water from <br />the Colorado River Basin "may affect" the endangered Colorado pikeminnow (formerly <br />squawfish) (Prichocheilus Lucius), humpback chub (Gila cvnha), bonytail LGila elegans), and <br />razorback sucker (Xvrauchen texanus) and "may affect" their critical habitat. <br />BIOLOGICAL OPINION <br />• Based upon the best scientific and commercial information that is currently available, it is the <br />Service's biological opinion that the proposed project, as described below, is likely to jeopazdize <br />the continued existence of the Colorado pikemittnow, humpback chub, bonytail, and razorback <br />T,2-3 "~ <br />z~ S'/o 0 <br />