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<br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />January 27, 2006 <br />Walter Whitledge <br />CAM Mining LLC <br />P.O. Box 98 <br />Loma, CO 81524 <br />RE: McClane Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1980-004) <br />Permit Renewal Application No. 6 (RN-6) <br />Additional Adequacy Review Comment <br />Dear Mr. Whitledge: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MIN SRALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECTA MATION•MINING <br />SAFETY•SU EN CE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cottony <br />Division Director <br />Natural Resource Trustee <br />After we sent out the preliminary adequacy review for the McClane RN-6 renewal <br />application, we received a comment letter from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />(USFWS). A copy of their letter is enclosed. In order for us to respond to the concerns <br />raised by the USFWS letter, we are requesting that sections of the permit application <br />addressing potential effects to threatened and endangered species be updated in the <br />context of the permit renewal review. We are requesting that potential effects to <br />candidate species be addressed as well, to ensure that any conflicts that might be posed <br />by future species listings can be identified and addressed. This request is set forth in <br />Adequacy Review Item 21, below. <br />21. Adequate information needs to be included in the application to support required <br />findings of the Division that the activities would not affect the continued <br />existence of endangered or threatened species of plants or animals, or result in <br />adverse modification of their critical habitats as determined under the Endangered <br />Species Act. <br />A current list of federal threatened and endangered species and candidates for <br />potential future listing is provided in the letter from USFWS. The list is from an <br />inventory of Garfield County. Please update Section 4.3.8 of the application to <br />address the current status of each of the listed (T&E) and candidate (C) animal <br />species, with respect to potential occurrence within the permit area and potential <br />for impacts associated with the operation. Please update Section 4.5.11 to provide <br />the same level of information for the listed and candidate plant species. <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Rxlamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />