Exhibit E, Service Area or Credit Area

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0 • • Exhibit E Service Area (or "Credit Area") The Delhi sands flower -loving fly is found in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. This species is typically found associated with fine, sandy soils, generally classified as the Delhi series. -These soils cover approximately 40 square miles in irregular patches extending between the cities of Colton, Ontario and Chino in Riverside County and in the southwestern portion of San Bernardino County. There are three recognized recovery areas in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. These recovery, areas are the Colton Recovery Unit, the Jurupa Recovery Unit, and Ontario Habitat Recovery Unit. They are defined by the following boundaries: • Colton Recovery Unit: This unit is bounded to the west by Cedar Avenue, to the east by Pennsylvania Avenue in San Bernardino County, extending along a straight line to the west side of Interstate 215, to the north by Baseline Road, and to the south by the Santa Ana River. • Jurupa Recovery Unit: This unit is located in the Cities of Fontana and Riverside, and unincorporated areas of Riverside County. It is bounded to the north by Valley Boulevard, by Cedar Avenue to the east, Hemlock Avenue in San Bernardino County and Pedley Road in Riverside County to the west, and the Santa Ana River to the south. • Ontario Habitat Recove Unit: This unit located in the Cities of Cucamonga, Ontario, Chino, and Riverside, and in unincorporated areas of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. It is bounded to the east by Hemlock Avenue in San Bernardino County and Pedley Road in Riverside County, to the west by Central Avenue extending to Highway 71, to the north by Baseline Road, and _to the south by a line extending from the intersection of Central Avenue and Highway 71, east to the south bank of the Santa Ana River. While purchase of mitigation credits within the Bank can be to any entity or individual, the use of mitigation credits by that entity or individual to offset impacts of a particular development project is at the sole discretion of the USFWS. The Colton Habitat Conservation Bank may be used to offset impacts to the Covered Species anywhere in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, which involve Delhi Sands Flower -Loving Fly habitat, including but not limited to the Colton, Jurupa and Ontario Recovery Units as described above which units are defined in the USFWS' 1997 Recovery Plan for the Delhi Sands Flower -Loving Fly.