2014-10-01_REVISION - C1981044 (2)

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Rule 2.04.10 — Vegetation Information 1) The first sentence of the currently approved Page 2.04 -34 has been cut off on revised Page 2.04- 34. Please submit a revised page with the first sentence at the top of the page. a. MCM Response: Page 2.04 -34 has been revised to include the missing text, and the revised page is included with these responses. b. DRMS Response: This item is resolved. Rule 2.04.11— Fish and Wildlife Resource Information 1) The Division has received comments back from Colorado Parks and Wildlife in regards to MCM's proposed TES listing. Colorado Parks and Wildlife finds that the list of species for Moffat County is accurate except for one Candidate Species, the Greater Sage Grouse. Please add the Greater Sage Grouse to the TES listing. a. MCM Response: MCM has revised the listing and discussion of potential TES species to include current information on the known occurrence and status of the Greater Sage Grouse. The revised TES information accompanies these responses for replacement in the PAP. b. DRMS Response: The Division is required to forward updated TES information to the Office of Surface Mining (OSM) to determine if a Section 7 consultation is required. The Division has forwarded the revised pages in regards to this item to the OSM on May 13, 2014. The Division will notify MCM if any revisions to the information submitted are required. DRMS Response: On July 14, 2014 the Division received a memorandum dated July 8, 2014 from the Office of Surface Mining regarding the section 7 consultation. This memorandum is enclosed for your review. The memorandum indicates that a Section 7 consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service is not necessary at this time. This item is considered resolved. 2) Please revise Page 2.04 -34 and 2.04 -40 to indicate additional threatened and Endangered Species information can be found in Exhibit 15a. 3) With the submittal of TR36, a map was included that depicts the Greater Sage- Grouse and Columbian Sharp- tailed Grouse active and inactive/historic leks. Also, a copy of an e -mail from the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife was included. It is unclear if this information was to be included in the permit document. It would be appropriate to add this information Exhibit 15a. Please add these documents to Exhibit 15a with a brief introductory statement of the purpose of this information. a. MCM Response to items 2 and 3: reference Exhibit 15a, and the revise d referenced map and CPW e-mail are a Exhibit 15a. Pages 2.04 -34 and 2.04 -40 have been revised to pages are included with these responses. The al b. DRMS Response: i. Item #2 is resolved. ii. Item #3 is resolved. included with these responses for insertion in