2020-06-25_REVISION - C1981035 (9)

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Excavation Construct King III Portals at the Coal Seam Outcrop Along the East Side Slope The Colorado Natural Areas Program (CNAP) at Colorado State University conducted a search of their database of natural heritage elements ("occurrences of significant natural communities and rare, threatened or endangered plants and animals") for the area within and 1.5 miles outside the permit area. The results of that search identified the wolverine (presumed extirpated in Colorado since 1979) and the Townsend's big-eared bat (a species of concern for the BLM and Forest Service). No candidate or federally listed species were identified within or adjacent to the permit area. The June 15, 2017 CNAP report can be found in Appendix 8(3). Addition of PR-1 O Parcels (Federal Coal Lease COC-78825) PR-10 adds acreage to the PAP that was studied under the Environmental Assessment and Technical Resources Reports performed jointly by the Bureau of Land Management and the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement for the Dunn Ranch Lease by Application area (coal lease COC-78825). Please see Appendix 15; Dunn Ranch LBA Area Environmental Assessment, Section 3.3, and Appendix 17; Finding of No Significant Impact, Section 9, for descriptions and conclusions concerning wildlife resource information for the parcels added by PR-10. These documents often refer to E.A. DOI-BLM-CO- SO 10-2011-0074-EA which can be located in Appendix 18. Dunn Ranch LBA E.A. (King II Appendix 15, Section 3.3): "Information presented in the previous EA (BLM and OSMRE 2017, Section 3.8) regarding wildlife resources in and around the Project Area has not changed and the information on aquatic species, game species, raptors, and migratory birds that was previously described is still relevant and applicable. Additionally, as the Proposed Action is a continuation of the action presented in BLM and OSMRE 2017, impacts discussed in that document, are still applicable and the Proposed Action along with the Applicant-committed design features would have negligible to minor impacts to wildlife resources." GCC Energy, LLC King II Mine Section 2.04.11 Page 4 June 12, 2020 (PR-10)