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Logan Wash Mine Annual Report <br />Permit No. M- 1977 -424 <br />for plants located on the Lower Bench Road; plants will be moved to the fill slope area adjacent <br />to the road. <br />OOSI anticipates submittal of several revegetated areas for reclamation (warranty) release in <br />2015. <br />7.0 Anticipated Disturbance in the Year 2015 <br />OOSI is in the process of evaluating final mine closure alternatives, focusing on mine water <br />management. No new disturbance is anticipated to occur in 2015 at this time within the mine <br />permit area associated with OOSI mine permit activities. <br />8.0 Threatened Species Designation <br />On July 27`x', 2011, the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW), listed the <br />plant Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue or P. debilis) as "threatened" status under the <br />Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act). The critical habitat for the plant is in Garfield County and <br />the Logan Wash Mine site falls within this critical habitat. Numerous P. debilis plants have been <br />observed growing within and long the flanks of the Upper Access Road from the Research Mine <br />portal area to the north on the Upper Mine Bench Road and Lower Mine Bench Road. An Article <br />of Designation (AOD) was signed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), OOSI, and Oxy WTP <br />in early 2015 and is slated for state approval in March, 2015. The AOD allows for OOSI to <br />mitigate impact to P. debilis habitat while conducting reclamation obligations under the DRMS <br />mine permit. A site plant survey conducted by BLM, USFWS, CPW (Colorado Natural Areas <br />Program [CNAP]), and W WL in September, 2014 resulted in a number of P. debilis locations <br />being mapped on both OOSI and BLM lands from the Research Mine to the Lower Bench (Figure <br />6). <br />Western Water & Land, Inc. 9 <br />