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United States Department of the Interior <br /> <br />r ~ <br />LJ <br />IN REPLY REFER lU <br />ES/OSM <br />GJ-6-CO-96-F-011 <br />CO/KS/NE/UT <br />Memorandum <br />Mountain-Prairic Rcgion <br />MAILWG ADDRESS: STREET LOCATION: <br />Post Office Box 25486 134 Union Blvd. <br />Denvcr Federal Ccnter Lakcwood, Colorado 80228-1807 <br />Denvcr, Colorado 80225-0486 <br />NOU 1 ~ i996 <br />To: Assistant Director, Western Support Center, Office of Surface <br />Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement, Denver, Colorado <br />Attention: Acting Chief, Biological Sciences Branch <br />From: '~~~ Regional Director, Region <br />', Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Denver, Colorado <br />Subject: Amendment to Final Biological Opinion for Bowie No. 2 Mine, Bowie, <br />Colorado <br />This is in regard to our September 3 Biological Opinion for the depletion of <br />121.8 acre-feet of water annually from the North Fork of the Gunnison River <br />caused by the Bowie No. 2 Coal Mine in Bowie, Delta County, Colorado. In a <br />letter dated October 2 (copy attached) the Army Corps of Engineers initiated <br />formal section 7 consultation on an additional depletion of 1.8 acre-feet of <br />water caused by evaporation from two proposed sedimentation ponds. <br />Technically, it is the responsibility of the Office of Surface Mining, as the <br />lead Federal agency for the project, to consult on this additional depletion <br />of water which was previously overlooked. However, in this case the issue can <br />be adequately addressed based on the Corps of Engineers correspondence. This <br />memorandum amends our September 3 Biological Opinion for the Bowie No. 2 Mine <br />to include this additional depletion of 1.8 acre-feet. <br />With respect to the depletion charge, the applicant must make an additional <br />one-time payment calculated by multiplying the project's additional average <br />annual depletion (1.8 acre-feet) by the depletion charge in effect at the <br />time payment is made. For Fiscal Year 1997 (October 1, 1996, to <br />September 30, 1997), the depletion charge is 513.41 per acre-foot water <br />depletion. Therefore, an additional payment of 524.14 is required. Please <br />refer to our September 3 Biological Opinion for payment instructions. <br />~~ <br />Y/ ,2~7 i~ <br />/~ <br />• <br />Attachment <br />" 11- <br />cc: Corps of Engineers <br />400 Rood Avenue, Room 142 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81501-2563 <br />(Attn: Randy Snyder) <br />J.E. Stover & Associates <br />2768 Compass Driver, Suite 101 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 <br />(Attn: Jim Stover) <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />