FERC Project No. 2079 - PCWA Middle Fork American River Project ...

Application for New License Middle Fork American River Project (FERC Project No. 2079)
provide a list of the special-status species that are known or could potentially occur in
the vicinity of the MFP based on the USFWS Species List (USFWS 2011; BA/BE
Appendix A), Regional Forester’s List of Sensitive Plant and Animal Species for
Region 5 (USDA-FS 2007), forest-specific lists of sensitive plants (USDA-FS 2006a and
2006b), and the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) (CDFG 2010a).
Special-status plant and wildlife species identified in BA/BE Tables 1 and 2 as being
unlikely to occur in the vicinity of the MFP study (i.e., due to lack of suitable habitat, or
whose elevational or geographic range does not fall within the study area) are not
discussed further in this document. Special-status plant species identified in BA/BE
Table 1 that are not currently known to occur in the MFP (based on the results of
TERR 2 – Special-Status Plant Surveys Technical Study Report (TSR) (PCWA 2011a;
SD B), USDA-FS survey data (USDA-FS 2006c) and CNDDB records (CNDDB 2010)
are also not discussed further in this document. Those wildlife species that are known to
occur or could potentially occur in vicinity of the MFP based on habitat and elevational
and geographic range are listed below and addressed in this document. Wildlife
species identified as potentially occurring in the study area are species that have the
potential to nest, winter, forage, den, or roost in the study area.
1.1 DOCUMENT ORGANIZATION
The organization of this BA/BE is as follows:
• Section 2.0 of this BA/BE provides a consultation history and summary.
• Section 3.0 provides current regulatory management.
• Section 4.0 provides a description of the No-Action Alternative and the Proposed
Action.
• Section 5.0 provides a description of the existing environment.
• Section 6.0 provides the effects of Proposed Action and management
recommendations.
• Section 7.0 provides the effects of the No-Action Alternative.
• Section 8.0 provides the cumulative effects analysis.
• Section 9.0 provides the conclusions and determinations.
• Section 10.0 presents the literature cited.
• Section 11.0 provides a list of preparers.
Several supporting tables, figures, and appendices are attached to this BA/BE. BA/BE
appendices include the USFWS Species List (BA/BE Appendix A), detailed species lifehistory
and habitat information (BA/BE Appendix B), Proposed Action facility
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