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Logan Wash Mine Annual Report <br /> Permit No. M-1977-424 <br /> debilis species. Should construction associated with replacement of the Evaporation Pond liner <br /> commence in 2016,disturbance of previously undisturbed ground is not anticipated. <br /> 8.0 Threatened Species Designation <br /> On July 27, 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 along 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 finalized on February 3, 2015. The AOD allows for OOSI to mitigate impact to <br /> P. debilis habitat while conducting reclamation obligations under the DRMS mine permit. <br /> A site plant survey conducted by BLM, USFWS,CPW(Colorado Natural Areas Program <br /> [CNAP]), and WWL in September,2014 resulted in a number of P. debilis locations being <br /> mapped on both OOSI and BLM lands from the Research Mine to the Lower Bench(Figure 8). <br /> On March 25,2015, 39 P. debilis plants were transplanted from the Lower Bench Road to nearby <br /> slopes that are undisturbed by vehicle/equipment traffic(Figure 9).The transplanted P. debilis <br /> were monitored for production and mortality on a monthly basis throughout 2015 providing <br /> access was achievable and snow cover negligible. Results from monitoring of the transplanted P. <br /> debilis indicate a mortality rate of approximately 15 percent. <br /> Western Water& Land, Inc. 10 <br />