2025-08-01_PERMIT FILE - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 8/1/2025
• Section_Exhibit Name: Rule 2 Permits -ST
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

RULE 2 PERMITS

South Taylor – Rule 2, Page 48 Revision Date: 7/21/25
Revision No.: MR-267
provide important habitat for big game species, predators, and small mammals including deer mice, voles,
shrews, and squirrels.

Bottomland grass habitats provide limited habitat for wildlife. However, it does provide foraging habitat
for some species, including sage grouse, turkey vulture, horned lark, American robin, song sparrow,
vesper sparrow, and western meadowlark. Elk and deer also use this type for foraging through out the
year.

Habitats within the general project area are same as the above except for burned and reclaimed habitats.
These habitats are similar and provide habitat for similar species. Typical species include mourning dove,
American kestrel, red-tailed hawk, mountain bluebird, vesper sparrow, song sparrow, Brewer’s blackbird,
golden eagle, western kingbird, horned lark, and house wren.

2.04.11(4) Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Species

Please see Volume 1, Section 2.04.11 for a discussion on threatened and endangered wildlife species
within the permit area.

2.04.11 (5) Threatened and Endangered Plant Species

Please see Volume 1, Section 2.04.11 for a discussion on threatened and endangered plant species within
the permit area.

2.04.12 Prime Farmland Investigation

The presence of potential prime or important farmlands within the disturbed areas associated with the
South Taylor mine areas was determined based on a reconnaissance inspection. Results of the
investigation indicate that all of the area potentially disturbed by surface operations or facilities associated
with these areas can be excluded as prime or important farmland, since the land has not historically been
used as cropland. Colowyo requested a prime farmland determination for the permit revision area from
the U.S Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in 2002. The
NRCS responded to the request in a letter dated October 9, 2002 which indicated that no areas of prime
farmland are present in the expansion area. A copy of the letter is presented in Exhibit 9, Item 4 of the
existing permit document. Based also on soil survey information, no soil surveys encountered within the
disturbed area associated with the areas of impact of the permit revision area have been designated as soil
map units classified as prime or important farmland. Based upon the information presented in this
section, Colowyo recommends a negative determination for prime farmland within the permit boundary.

2.04.13 Annual Reclamation Report

Please see Section 2.04.13 in Volume 1.

2.05 OPERATION AND RECLAMATION PLANS

2.05.1 Objectives

The planned operations and reclamation will be similar to those presented in Volume 1, Section 2.05.
Operational changes and information specific to the South Taylor pit are described in the following
sections of this permit revision application.