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20 formally designated as threatened or endangered under state and federal endangered species legislation, others have been designated as “candidates” for such listing, and still others have been designated as “species of special concern” by the CDFW. The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) has developed its own set of lists of native plants considered rare, threatened, or endangered (CNPS 2017). Collectively, these plants and animals are referred to as “special status species.” A number of special status plants and animals occur in the vicinity of the site (Figure 5). These species and their potential to occur in the study area are listed in Table 2 on the following pages. Sources of information for this table included California’s Wildlife, Volumes I, II, and III (Zeiner et. al 1988), California Natural Diversity Data Base (CDFW 2017), Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (USFWS 2017), State and Federally Listed Endangered and Threatened Animals of California (CDFW 2017), and The California Native Plant Society’s Inventory of Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants of California (CNPS 2017). This information was used to evaluate the potential for special status plant and animal species to occur onsite. A search of published accounts for all relevant special status plant and animal species was conducted for the Livermore USGS 7.5” quadrangle in which the project site occurs and for the eight surrounding quadrangles (Diablo, Tassajara, Byron Hot Springs, Dublin, Altamont, Niles, La Costa Valley, and Mendenhall Springs) using the California Natural Diversity Data Base (CNDDB) Rarefind (CDFW 2017). These species and their potential to occur in the study area are summarized in Table 2 below. Figure 5 depicts documented occurrences of special status species within 3 miles of the site and Figure 6 depicts documented occurrences of San Joaquin kit fox within 10 miles of the site. All plant species listed as occurring in these quadrangles on CNPS Lists 1A, 1B, 2, or 4 were also reviewed. Special status species with potential to occur on the project site itself or in the immediate surrounding vicinity are discussed further below.