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q HF Fps n�rc <br /> o�PSOT op <br /> United States Department of the Interior �srERVI.u���r: <br /> 0p <br /> O <br /> FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br /> 4RCH 3 16 v nx sew" <br /> COLORADO FIELD OFFICE/LAKEWOOD <br /> PO BOX 25486, DENVER FEDERAL CENTER <br /> DENVER,COLORADO 80225-0486 <br /> W REPLY REFER TO: <br /> ES/GJ-6-CO-16-F-005 <br /> TAILS 06E24100-2016-F-0050 <br /> March 22, 2016 <br /> Memorandum <br /> To: Supervisor, Program Support Division, Field Operations Branch, Office of Surface <br /> Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Denver, Colorado <br /> From: Acting Colorado Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish Wildlife c , cologic <br /> Services Field Office, Lakewood, Colorado <br /> Subject: Reinitiation of Consultation for the Trapper Mining Inc. Trapper Mine, Mining Plan <br /> Modification of Federal Coal Leases C-07519 and C-079641, Moffat County, <br /> Colorado <br /> This memorandum and the attached Biological Opinion(BO)responds to the Office of Surface <br /> Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE)request for reinitiation of consultation with the <br /> Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) on effects of the subject project to species and habitats listed <br /> under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; [Act]). <br /> OSMRE's request received December 9, 2015, included a biological assessment (BA) entitled <br /> Reinitiation of Consultation for the Trapper Mining Inc. Trapper Mine, Mining Plan <br /> Modification (OSMRE 2015a). OSMRE analyzed the effects from the subject project to a <br /> number of listed species identified in the BA; the final determinations of OSMRE are presented <br /> below. <br /> Species Listing status Determination <br /> Colorado pikeminnow(Ptychocheilus lucius) endangered, critical habitat likely to adversely affect <br /> Razorback sucker(Xyrauchen texanus) endangered, critical habitat likely to adversely affect <br /> Humpback chub (Gila cypha) endangered, critical habitat likely to adversely affect <br /> Bonytail(Gila elegans) endangered, critical habitat likely to adversely affect <br /> Western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus threatened not likely to adversely affect <br /> americanus) <br /> Western yellow-billed cuckoo proposed critical habitat not likely to destroy or <br /> adversely modify <br /> Greenback cutthroat trout(Oneorhynchus threatened no effect <br /> clarki stomias) <br /> Dudley Bluffs Twinpod(Physaria obcordata) threatened no effect <br /> Ute ladies'-tresses(Spiranthes diluvialis) threatened no effect <br />