2025-11-14_PERMIT FILE - M2025056 (32)

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Highbury Resources, Inc. DOE Uranium Leases 15 Environmental Review • Table 6-1. Summary of Environmental Consequences and Mitigation Measures for the Proposed Reclamation Activities. Resource/Impact Mitigation Gunnison Sage-grouse • Timing stipulations are likely at these two sites. The JD-9 Water Treatment site abuts potential sage-grouse habitat;the JD-9 Portal is within 1 mile of designated critical habitat. Other Threatened and Endangered Species: • No mitigation needed. No other threatened or endangered species are expected within the lease areas. Raptors • No mitigation needed unless an active raptor nest No raptors were observed flying,roosting,or is located within 1 mile or 0.5 mile of a site,in nesting on the lease sites or within a 1-mile which case activities should occur only outside buffer of the proposed disturbance sites. the nesting season(May 1 through July 30).The 1-mile buffer is for golden eagles and ferruginous hawks;all other species have a buffer area of 0.5 mile. Big Game • No mitigation needed. The lease sites are used by elk,mule deer and, • possibly,mountain sheep. Passerine Birds No mitigation needed but minimizing removal of shrub habitat during the nesting season would Pinyon juniper and sagebrush species are decrease the potential loss of active nests. expected;habitat is plentiful in area. Bats • Discussion on mitigation measures concerning Guano was found in all three mine portals;bats are portal closure methods. expected at all three locations. Other Mammals • No mitigation needed. Typical species found in pinyon juniper and sagebrush habitats are expected; habitat is plentiful in the area. Amphibians and Reptiles • No mitigation needed. Habitat is absent for amphibians,but reptiles that utilize rocky outcrops, pinyon juniper and sagebrush habitats is present. Fish • No mitigation needed. No bodies of water are found within the lease areas. • March 2024 Real West Natural Resource Consulting