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Any Ute lady's tresses that might be present within the proposed lease area would not be impacted by proposed operations. The only potential habitat for this species occurs along the floodplain of Fish Creek, outside the area proposed for mining-related disturbance (OSM, 1993). Wildlife Raptor Heats in the cliffs of the Twentymile Sandstone may be disturbed by rock falls or elides and increased spelling of the cliff face due to increased stress from subsidence.. TCC ie committed to working with the Colorado Division of Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (DSFWS) to conduct Heating surveys prior to mining under the cliffs if mining is to occur during any Heating aeneon (February to July). if nn active rnptor neat is identified for a species of interest, then the USFWS will be contacted so that a permit can be obtained to take the neat (Cyprus Twentymile Coal Co., 1993). Any activity affecting the neat, such as relocation, would then be supervised by USFWS, mitigating potential impacts to the fullest extent possible. Bald eagles that mny migrate through the proposed lease area would not be impacted by proposed operations. The only potential habitat for this species occurs along Fieh Creek, outside the area proposed for mining-related disturbance. The Colorado squawfieh, humpback chub, bonytail chub, and razorback Bucker do not occur within the proposed lease urea, but water depletion within the upper Colorado River basin ie thought to cause a negative impact to these fish species. Mining activities at the Foidel Creek Mine, including those anticipated for the proposed lease area, would consume up to 157.7 acre-feet of water from the basin each year. Proposed mining activities would have ^no affeet^ on the statue of the four endangered fish species because water augmentation and deep aquifer pumpage proposed by TCC would be sufficient to affeet any water loot during mining activities (OSM, 1993). No impact is expected to occur to habitat in Fieh Creek, big game or thickness of the overburden. (See coneequencee for Vegetation.) the greater sandhill crane grouse habitat due to the the section on environmental Cultural Assuming that areas within the lease covered by Quaternary and Recent sediment will indeed subside in a uniform manner, those portions of the lease area that have not been inventoried need not be inventoried at this time and no mitigative excavation of eligible open campsite SRT32 is needed at this time. The mine plan permit should stipulate that in the event that cracks are observed during the early stages of mine operatlon within the proposed lease area, mitigative excavation of SRT32 and additional surface inventory will be required. According to a stability analysis of the sandstone cliff in which rockehelter SRT345 is located, subsidence resulting from mine operation is likely to cause structural failure and ensuing downslope movement of rock debris. In order to mitigate the adverse affect of exfoliation of sandstone causing damage to the rock art, the rock art should be thoroughly mapped, drawn, and photographed to archival standards and cultural affiliation interpretetl. The rockehelter ie located at the base of a sandstone cliff in Hazard Zone 6 beneath an arcuate rock failure zone (ROee- 14