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10. Techniques employed Lo design and construct any 11. Iml'~lcts to endsnge:ad and threatened species, incl udl ng a formal request to the U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service for a llst of protecLed species whi ch iflay occur i n tile proj eot 12. Mitigation measures designed to avoid, eliminate, ~Ltb the proposed project. As di Scnssed during tile meeting, mitigation measures are an iraportant part. of an Environmental Assessment. Tile Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act; (16 ti.S.C. 661-667e)directs chat fish and wildlife and Vederal permit and license programs through effective and £ish and wildli£e resource conservation and rehab[lltation. In planni, ng a project~ such as the proposed reservo) r~ it is appropriate to plan for mitigation of tile adverse envi romaental impacts. Tile President ~s Council on gnvironmeatal Quality (CEQ) defines the term "mitigation" in the t~ational Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (a) avoiding the impact altogether by not taking certain actLon or parts of an action; (b) minimizing imlxtcts by lilaiting tile degree of magnitude of tile action and its implementa ti on; (c) recti fy the impact by repa iri ag, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected environment; (d) reducing or eliminating t;he imtmct over time by preservation and maintenance operations during' tile life of tile action; and, (e) compensating for tile impact by replacing tlr pcoviding substitute resuurce or environments. (60 CFR Part 1508.20(a-e)). 'the Service has adopted this definition of mitigation in its Mitigation Policy (Federal Register, 66(15):7656-7663, .lanuary 23, 1981) and believes that the specific el~mnts represent tile desi table sequence of steps in the mitigation planning process. At tile meeting, attendees were presented with a summary of reports anti of the April 1987 Preliminary Engineering Report for the prop{~sed Coddle Creek Reserw~ir. 'lhe Service requests copies of the pruposed project: i) Coddle Creek Dam and Rese rvoi r, Prel imins ry Rep,~rt September 1987.