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<br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />• ~l•1 .~ . <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />FISH AND 1i'ILDLIFE SER~'ICF. <br />COLORADO FIELD OFFICE <br />3305. GARRISU~\ ST. <br />LAKEN'OIID, l'DLORADO 90226 <br />Son ter: frnr °n, 1 nf?,1 <br />`ls. Shirley Lindsay <br />Office of Surface '?inin4 :ecianation an%1 Fnfnrc4mnnt <br />!,I.S. '?eoartnen': of Intorior <br />120 ~`th ~tre->t <br />`leaver, C~ "n?n? <br />`.?ear '1s. Lindsay <br />I am ~•rritinn in re4ar~ to our' revie~•/ of Mlnr-adn '!estmoreland <br />InC.'S !'rchard ''al ley ail n~ n°r"li` 3n~l il:d tln( end alit aSSP_SS^ent <br />of the catentjal eff?cts of t'~isnine ^n \,;i1-!li`°. of air*,jcul~r <br />ronrprn ar° ^n.5S1 h1? lr)nart5 of *')n !lrr ha r~ \~allny ''lj nn nn A <br />breeding oalr of goldan eanlns an'' on t•~ln`nr-~rn cone°ntratlnns <br />of deer and elk. <br />On Anril 7~ 70p1, ir,emhers Of 1~~~ st9 FF rqn+ ,.li i.!1 '~1'/l5 inn Of ';~i ill"', <br />~~ IlUreall Of Llrni 'tana~elnent, dad `lrchar~ iL~11nY 'rln? n?rSnM°1 <br />~,. to xamin a holden and n_s. our in .h virini.y o ~h ilstinn <br />•`1rCllard. ':lallPY Slt/' `CnC. ;. `i. T?li, ~.nl.'.!'1. I* 15 nL'!' III;f!nr5tan({inn <br />follo\vinn that field review that min^ activity 1,'nul~± r.nt progress <br />tDl•lards the nest heyond current d?velonmen± houndaries lj.e. <br />l,n!10 feet fi•Dm thn eyrio; s°? mine alga sactjnn 7R'.21. (hl (?)). <br />The '•4rchard Palley Fish and '~ildiif~ gian, ho~~ev°r, states that <br />mitigation for nossihl? nest disturbanc° 41111 consist of limitinn <br />certain mine ar.tivities from within 1,;^n feet nF t!ln oast onld <br />during nesting periods ("arr,h 1 *.o •luly '?. niven the fact that <br />Sl1.^. C/'_5SfU1 hreo.'il!in has OCCUrrP~; 7!t +.hn fT.rp of nresAnt 1°VP15 <br />of ml nj nq a(tl Vlty, '•/° rnl inLin Yha``,hn .lost 75 "1!'nUa °ol`/ oral°,CrPd <br />a5 lOnO as all fOrr;S Of ;~i nlnn ~'°•J°'!nn^^C' am rnnfjrp~ t0 riJrrnn^ <br />hnundaries (nn less than l,nnn feet). le rmuld llk.e some clan *lca- <br />tl~Jn nn TUf.~Jre aldns fOr mine r?lat°r1 r.°,relnnment Yll thin thn <br />1,Mn fggt ea41e nest buffar znnP. <br />°ecause of the ohvinus jmnnrtancr of t'1° nrc!lard `Jalley 'line <br />area to bin game, \•rr f°el that mi`ina~inn °nr impacts `o do?r <br />and elk shnl.lld he niven nrincioai nrinrity. °ntentially s?vere <br />impacts *..o ';tin±erin4 deer ar.d P1L. may result frnm increased ~istlir- <br />b.ance, mine traffic and construction of a coal conveyor system. <br />•.•!e conulr ~~rith those recom~Tendatinns nrnvide~! jn the P?rmit ~nnlica- <br />tion, volume ~., Danes v-^ throunh '_1-5 renardinc miti4atjnn for <br />th? construction of a coal ronv^ynr, shculd one be built. ':!P <br />~~• <br />-~ ~i~ O ~- <br />~, <br />,~. r.;~ <br />= <br />