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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />July 6, 2015 <br />Bob Postle <br />Office of Surface Mining <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />RE: Foidel Creek Mine; C-1982-056; Permit Revision No. 10 (PR10); Fish and Wildlife; Section 7 <br />Consultation <br />Dear Mr. Postle, <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) received a permit revision application <br />for the Foidel Creek Mine; Permit No. C-1982-056; operated by Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC). The <br />application was received on January 8, 2015 and called complete for review on February 3, 2015. The <br />application request to add 160 acres to the permit area and also revises their mine plan to include <br />progressive development and longwall mining in the Wolf Creek Coal Seam Reserve (WCR). TC <br />submitted a revised mine plan in response to the Division's adequacy review of the PR10 application which <br />was received by the Division on July 6, 2015. The plan proposes to mine five panels within the WCR. The <br />Division would like to confirm that a section 7 consultation is necessary for this permitting action, and if so <br />would formally request to initiate this process with your office. <br />Fish and wildlife species at the site are discussed in section 2.04. 11 of the permit and the wildlife impact <br />mitigation plan is located in section 2.05.6(2). Additional information regarding threatened and endangered <br />species is located in Exhibit 23 and water depletion at the site is discussed in Exhibit 43. Enclosed with this <br />letter are the revised pages TC submitted to the Division in regards to threatened and endangered species <br />with PR10. Should you have any questions, please feel free to call meat (303) 866-3567 ext. 8120 or e- <br />mail me at Jared.Ebertkstate.co.us <br />Sincerely, <br />C <br />Jared Ebert <br />Environmental Protection Specialist, DRMS <br />Enclosures: 1.) Revised Page 2.05-127.1 (Updated Wildlife Mitigation Plan for PR10) <br />CC: Nicole Caveny, OSM via e-mail <br />Jerry Nettleton, TC via e-mail <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />