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mitigation and monitoring plan in cooperation with the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the <br /> Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Fish and Game. <br /> E.3 Potentially Significant Impact: Potential loss of special-status plants. <br /> Finding: <br /> Changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the project that avoid or <br /> substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the Final EIR. <br /> Statement of Fact: <br /> This impact will be reduced by the following: <br /> • Conduct summer surveys for late-blooming special-status plants. <br /> • Avoid special-status plant populations by redesigning the project's excavation boundaries. <br /> • If avoidance is not practical, KRC shall compensate for unavoidable loss of special-status <br /> plant populations by retaining a botanist to develop and implement a mitigation plan in <br /> cooperation with the USFWS and DFG. <br /> E.4 Potentially Significant Impact: Loss of potential habitat for vernal pool fairy shrimp and vernal pool <br /> tadpole shrimp. <br /> Finding: <br /> Changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the project that avoid or <br /> substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the Final EIR. <br /> Statement of Fact: <br /> This impact will be reduced by the following: <br /> • Continue to conduct protocol surveys and prepare a Conservation Plan for vernal pool <br /> fairy shrimp and vernal pool tadpole shrimp. If either species is located in a seasonal <br /> wetland that will be impacted by excavation, KRC Aggregate will be required to develop <br /> a habitat conservation plan, as specified under Section 10 of the Federal Endangered <br /> Species Act. <br /> E.5 Potentially Significant Impact: Potential loss of an active raptor nest in and near the excavation <br /> area. <br /> Finding: <br /> Changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the project that avoid or <br /> substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the Final EIR. <br /> Statement of Fact: <br /> This impact will be reduced by the following: <br /> San Joaquin County OX-94-2/KRC Aggregate <br /> Community Development Page 25 <br />