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''This document is the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NOAA Fisheries) biological opinion on Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP) long-term operations as described in the Long-term CVP and SWP Operations, Criteria, and Plan (OCAP) Biological Assessment (BA), hereinafter referred to as the Project, on federally-listed endangered as Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon (winter-run Chinook salmon; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), threatened Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon (CV spring-run Chinook salmon; O. tshawytscha), threatened Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast coho salmon (SONCC coho salmon; O. kisutch), threatened Central Valley steelhead (CV steelhead; O. mykiss), threatened Central California Coast steelhead (CCC steelhead, O. mykiss), and critical habitat for Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon and SONCC coho salmon in accordance with section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The request for formal consultation was received on March 15, 2004. This biological opinion supercedes the 1993 Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon biological opinion (WRO) for the operation of the Federal CVP and California SWP (NOAA Fisheries 1993a), as amended on August 2, 1993, October 6, 1993, December 30, 1994, May 17, 1995, and August 18, 1995, and all previous interim and supplemental OCAP biological opinions for the effects of CVP and SWP operations on spring-run Chinook salmon and steelhead.'' [...]