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RULE 2 PERMITS <br />2.05.6 Mitigation of Impacts of Mining Operations <br />2.05.6 (1) Air Pollution Contol Plan <br />Air quality will be protected in accordance with the procedures outlined in Volume 1, Section 2.05.6. Air <br />quality information including the CDPHE air permits are available onsite and can be reviewed by request. <br />2.05.6 (2) Fish and Wildlife Plan <br />Procedures specified in the permit document starting in Volume 1, Section 2.05.6 will be followed by <br />Colowyo to ensure minimal impacts to fish and wildlife in the proposed mining areas. At the conclusion <br />of mining activities in the Collom area, disturbed lands will be restored in accordance with the <br />reclamation plan. Colowyo is continuously working with the regulatory community to improve habitat <br />restoration practices and minimize disturbances to fish and wildlife. As discussed, the Collom Mining <br />area should not impact any species currently listed as threatened or endangered. Big game animals <br />endemic to this area utilize habitat regionally and reclamation efforts will not target them specifically as <br />multiple off-site habitat improvement initiatives are on-going in cooperation with CPW to improve big <br />game animal habitat. As impacts to sagegrouse habitat are going to be an area of high interest for the <br />foreseeable future, it is prudent and appropriate to manage reclamation activities to mitigate impacts to <br />this species specifically, if not exclusively. Efforts to increase the diversity and forage productivity of <br />reclamation units in both the existing operation and Collom area should provide a great benefit to all <br />species impacted by by the physical disturbance of mining related activites. Livestock grazing and <br />hunting activities will be reinitiated after full bond release has been granted in the future. These tools will <br />assist in further development of an already diverse reclamation landscape post -mining. <br />Impacts of Mining Operations on Wildlife Resources Within the Mine Plan Area <br />Impacts to wildlife in the Collom expansion area can be found in Volume 1, Section 2.05.6 <br />Range and Wildlife Management Programs <br />Range and wildlife management programs are described in Volume 1, Section 2.05.6. <br />Disturbed Areas <br />Please refer to Volume 1, Section 2.05.4 for a further description of disturbed acreages within the permit <br />boundary. <br />Habitat Improvement Program <br />Please refer to Volume 1, Section 2.05.4 for detailed information on historical habitat improvement <br />programs previously undertaken at Colowyo Mine. <br />Many individual habitat improvement initiatives have been completed through the efforts of the CPW and <br />the Morgan Creek Ranching for Wildlife operation. These efforts will be continued into the future. The <br />Collom area reclamation plan (collectively Volume 15, Section 2.05.4 and 4.15 and referenced sections <br />from the existing Coloywo permit) specifically target improved shrub establishment over all future <br />reclamation units and focus on the creation of sagegrouse brood rearing habitat that will improve habitat <br />availability and value for other sagebrush obligate species as well. <br />Collom — Rule 2, Page 105 Revision Date: 11/16/16 <br />Revision No.: MR -166 <br />