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<br />ir: icr:ri.v ar.rr:n To: <br />Uni• States Department of the T~nterior <br />I'itili .4ND 1VII,ULIFF; SF;RVICI: <br />cor.nlc;uu) t ntl.n nrF n c <br />i:ms.r.a¢rtrsnxs'r. <br />t,uu<u nun, rnr,uunun ~ir_x,; <br />~~ ~~~ <br />I~tanorandum <br />io: Shirley Lindsay, Office of .. rfacn. !Mining, Den:cr, CO <br />Fro~ai: Coal Coo rdinaCOr - Colorado <br />Subject: Sunflot~,er Energy Corporation.- (;luc °ibbon Rine <br />~~I'I~~I~II~~I~~ I~~ <br />sss <br />~ws <br />~~ <br />:tt the r'cy ues[ of Hr. Yen Schlagel of Sunf lo~:+cr [n~r~y, this ~i~_iao responds Lo <br />pu Cen[ial impacts to Ch rea [enud and endangered spsc ies nl [he 31 ue EiL'bon Kline, <br />PaOnl a, Colorado. . <br />To the bcsL of my I:nn~~:ledge, the bald eagle ':+ould be chc only threatened or <br />endangered specie; o-rith a likelihood of ingiac[ by preaenL or proposed activities <br />at Chin o.~.inc silo. <br />In this regard, hlr. Cick Sherman, Colorado Divisi~-~n of '.!ildlifc, through personal <br />u~rununiCaLiOns, indicates that he is thoroughly familiar o-+i t'n bo t'n the mine site and <br />ca~~lc activities within the area. 71i Sherman belinvcs that Lhc majority of bald <br />eagle activity is along the river, approximately th~ce. miles ;ouch of SunFlor:~er's mining <br />acLivi Ly. <br />the Fish and lJi ldlife SCI VICC has no infoi ma Cinn r+hich sunges[s Chat chc mine area is <br />any thiny other Chan an occasional feeding area For eagles. <br />I It ~:rould be helpFul if assurance aras provided by Sunflo~:~cr Energy that ~~.ny additional <br />information or sightings of eagles on the mine plan area a+nuld be reported [o the <br />regulatory authority. <br />:1t the prn_scnt lima none of [he plant species, listed as threatened or enrJanyered, <br />crc reported from the minr_ area. <br />Should any addi tioi;al information become avni labli <br />I ~:i I I be in con LacL ':+i Ch you <br />~~~ <br />t. P.oncl Finley er <br />?r <br />r. <br />r? <br />I~. l1C~i.~. .c~ , <br />~~' ~ <br />~ ,: > J <br />'~ . . ~ <br />