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occasional basis, primarily due to lack of habitat. There is no suitable nesting <br />habitat for species such as tricolored blackbird and least Bell's vireo. <br />There is no well-developed riparian forest vegetation or scrub -shrub vegetation <br />for riparian brush rabbit. The site does not provide suitable aquatic habitat for <br />any species of fish, western spadefoot, California red -legged frog, California tiger <br />salamander, or western pond turtle and due to its ephemeral flow regime, <br />Bieghle Drain does not contain suitable aquatic habitat for these species. There <br />are no vernal pools or seasonal wetlands in the site for vernal pool branchiopods <br />(i.e., fairy and tadpole shrimp). There are no blue elderberry shrubs in the site, <br />precluding the potential occurrence of valley elderberry longhorn beetle. <br />CRITICAL HABITAT: The site is not in designated critical habitat for California red - <br />legged frog (USFWS, 2006), federally listed vernal pool shrimp or plants <br />(USFWS, 2005a), California tiger salamander (USFWS, 2005b), valley elderberry <br />longhorn beetle (USFWS, 1980), delta smelt (USFWS, 1994), Central Valley <br />steelhead (NOAA, 2005), or any other federally listed species (Attachment E). <br />SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MULTI -SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE <br />PLAN (HCP): The project will participate in the HCP (SJCOG, 2000), which <br />involves the payment of fees and implementation of ITMMs to avoid impacts on <br />nesting birds and other special -status species. The site is mapped as <br />"Agricultural Habitat Open Spaces" in the HCP and the 2022 per -acre fee is <br />$19,561.00 per acre (Attachment F). <br />Conclusions and Recommendations <br />• The site consists of a small home site and a disked grassland field that is <br />biologically unremarkable. <br />• No jurisdictional Waters of the U.S. or wetlands were observed in the site. <br />The site is a leveled field that has been subject to intensive farming for <br />2706 Pock Lane: Biology 23 November 23, 2021 <br />