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~ ~=~~ <br />~A,, wir.m.ve <br />~nviCe <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />;~' FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 0~3~O~JOOJ <br />~.. ~ .. Mountain-Prairie Region <br />w xFr~r avFx ro: MAILING ADDRESS: STREET LOCATION: <br />Poa Office Boa ?Sa86 134 Union Blvd. <br />Denver Federal Center Lakewood, Colorado 80'.:3 <br />F W S/R6 Denver, Colorado SOUS ,_ . <br />GJ-6-CO-99-F-034 1' 1 ' q ` .FycENEp ~-~ '~ -~ <br />C' ~~ _.. <br />Southern Ecosystem FtE == -, <br />i :; - <br />9 ti OED 2~ 1999 N <br />9 ~ 'f - <br />^ - ~ ~ 1 ~ ~- ~ of Mit~etals & Geo1o4Y ~ N c~ <br />pivision ~ - <br />Memorandum <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 final 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} (Ptvchocheilus Lucius), humpback chub L cvoha}, bonvtail Ala 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 pikeminnow, humpback chub, bonytail, and razorback <br />