2020-06-25_REVISION - C1981035 (31)

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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, Appendix 16; Technical Resources Report, Section 2.4, and Appendix 17; Finding of No Significant Impact, for descriptions and conclusions concerning wildlife resources, threatened and endangered plant and animal species, vegetation and soils information for the parcels added by PR-10. These documents often refer to E.A. DOI-BLM-CO-SO10-2011-0074-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." Dunn Ranch LBA E.A. (King II Appendix 15, Section 3.3): "There are no plant species of concern known to occur in the surface disturbance areas of the Project Area. No additional species have been listed by either the USFWS, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, or BLM. As previously described, the Proposed Action would be a continuation of the action described in BLM and OSMRE 2017 and as such, the Proposed Action would have negligible to minor impacts to those species. Consultation with the USFWS was initiated on February 23, 2019, with a determination that the Proposed Action would not adversely affect federally listed species. The USFWS agreed with this determination and responded with a concurrence letter on April 29, 2019." Dunn Ranch LBA E.A. (King II Appendix 15, Section 3.3): "Information on vegetation presented in the previous EAs has not changed and is still applicable. Additionally, as the Proposed Action under review in this document is a continuation of the previous 2017 action, impacts previously described would generally be similar over an extended period of time (BLM and OSMRE 2017, Section 3.7). The construction of the low-cover crossing would disturb up to 10 acres of bottomland habitat." Dunn Ranch LBA E.A. (King II Appendix 15, Section 3.3): "Information on soils presented in the previous EAs has not changed and is still applicable. Additionally, as the Proposed Action under review in this document is a continuation of the previous 2017 action, impacts previously described would be similar over an extended period of time (BLM and OSMRE 2017, Section 3.5). Any soils disturbed through the construction of the low- cover crossing would be restored through the implementation of the design features." GCC Energy, LLC King II Mine Section 2.05.6 Page 3A June 12, 2020 (PR-10)