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01/20/95 10:49 '503 6195 PTLD. FIFLD STA. 1006 .-within the park and from Amazon Creek. The, site is located to the east of bus " station and,Amazon Parkway. .The site•will be filled,' graded, and.paved. :The. mitigation is comprised of two separate areas;., separated by Amazon Creek. The 4.33 -acre mitigation areas are located north and east of the•impact area The 3.92 -acre Area .A is located northeast of the impact area and is separated from the impact .area by Amazon Creek and concrete bike paths: Another 0.41 - acre Jg g P mitigation site is located north of the impact area and intervening . • bark- ove ,c red jo in path. Both areas should receive flood waters from..Amazon �; Creek and drainage -after existing fill is excavated.•-The primary purposes., of, `' the mitigation sites are mitigation impacts and provision 'of . . additional habitat for L, bradshawii III., EFFECTS. QE THE PROPOSED ACTION - . The proposed. project will fill approximately 0.45 - acres of disturbed wet prairie remnant near Amazon Park in Eugene, Or.egon.,.The direct: effect of the. • proposed action on L. bradshawii will be the removal or burial of 5 non= flowering plants and loss. of 0.45 'acres of existing habitat. The project includes the restoration of 4.33 acres of wetlands to their historic wet prairie condition. The restoration will include. the planting of - native herbaceous species,including L. bradshawii: If this restoration is successful, the overall amount of habitat available in Amazon Park will be • increased from approximately 7 acres to more than10 acres. - IV. CUMULATIVE EFFECTS Cumulative effects are those effects of'futurenon- Federal (State, local. governinent, private, or any other non - Federal entity) activities on•..endangered or threatened species or critical habitat that are reasonably certain to.occur in the action FutureFederal actions are subject, to the consultation requirements established in section 7. and therefore,` are not considered to be cumulative effects. • The continued loss of habitat for this species is likely to continue, • • particularly in non - wetland or small wetland• areas -which do not require .Federal permits for fill. Development continues in many areas "inhabited by L: bradshawii.. In addition, L. bradshawii'often occurs in urban wetlands which are affected'by contamination and degradation of habitat. For example, L. • bradshawii plants on Short Landf•iil,-near Eugene, .receive irrigation water, which may contain leachate the landfill, the effect•of.which is not known. However, in most cases, the :destruction of L. bradshawii habitat..Will occur in jurisdictional wetlands and will require Federal:and State .permits - • under section 404 of tie. Clean Water Act (33 U :S.C.%1344), for discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States and section 401 of. the Clean Water Act (P.L.. 95 -217). All such projects which :may affect L. bradshawii will require consultation under section 7 of the Act. Conservation agreements (i:e., Memoranda of Understanding Cooperative Agreements) between .non- Federal landowners and the Service are currently in development.' Green Mountain Resort near LaCamas Washington has, agreed to'prepare'a conservation agreement and management plan to protect a L. •