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SUR LEVINE•FRICKE August S, 2003 LFR 003-09025-05 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service San Joaquin Valley Branch Attention: Mr. Adam Zerrenner 2800 Cottage Way W-2605 Sacramento, California 95825 Subject: Pre-construction San Joaquin Kit Fox Survey, Tracy Tire Fire Site, San Joaquin County,. California Dear Mr, Zerrenner: LFR Levine-Fricke (LFR) has prepared this letter report on behalf of the California Integrated Waste Management Board, which provides the results of a protocol-level pre-construction survey("the survey") for determining the presence or absence of San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica; kit fox) at the Tracy Tire Fire Site ("the Site"; APN # 253-120-26). The Site is located at 29425 South MacArthur Drive, approximately 3 miles south of Tracy in San Joaquin County, California. The geographic coordinates for the Site are 37° 41' 12" north latitude and 12'V 25' 21" west longitude (Section 9, Township 3 south, Range 5 east of the Mount Diablo Base Meridian). The approximately 50-acre Site consists of an abandoned gravel pit. The Site was used to store automobile tires in large piles until a grass fire ignited the tire piles during August 1998. The survey was performed July 29 through August 1, 2003. Remediation of the remaining tire burn areas is scheduled to begin during September 2003. The purpose of the survey was to identify kit fox habitat features, to evaluate use by kit fox, and assess the potential impacts to kit fox by the proposed activity. The kit fox is California state listed as endangered and federally listed as endangered and therefore protected under the California Endangered Species Act(CESA) the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Act requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(USFWS)to protect individual animals and to provide listed species with functioning ecosystems. State law under the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA) requires a "finding of significance" if substantial adverse impacts to biologically threatened or endangered species are likely to occur during a project. Habitat Description Tracy, California is centrally located in the San Joaquin Valley approximately 60 miles east of San Francisco and 60 miles southwest of Sacramento near the intersection of Interstate 205 (1-205) and I- 5 (Figure 1). The climate is semi-arid with warm, dry summers and mild winters. 1900 Powell Street, 12th Floor, Emeryville, California 94608-1827 • (510) 652-4500 • fax (510) 652-2246 • www.ifr.com Offices Worldwide