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<br />• <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />iii iiiiiiiiiim iii <br />United States Department of the I~ti~'i[t~Y'°`'~,' ~`"`" <br />ti ~: 3 ~ <br />FLSH AND WII,DLIFE SERVICE -+ <br />Ecological Servicu <br />Weatem Colorado Once <br />529 2541 Rwd. Suite &1I3 <br />Onnd lunclion, CO 81505fi 199 <br />Phone: (303) 243-2778 <br />ES/CO:OSM-Twentymile Coal Co <br />MS 65412 GJ <br />June 14, 1993 <br />Memorandum <br /> <br />FAX (307) 245fi973 <br />To: Acting Chief, Biological Sciences Branch, Office of Surface <br />Mining, Denver, Colorado <br />From: Assistant Colorado State Supervisor, Ecological Services, Fish <br />and Wildlife Service, Grand Junction, Colorado <br />Subject: Twentymile Coal Company's Foidel Creek Mine <br />This is a follow-up to our May 11, 1993, memorandum regarding the proposal <br />• by Twentymile Coal Company to expand its Foidel Creek Mine in Routt County, <br />Colorado. The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) concluded in the May 11 <br />memorandum that enough information did not exist to concur with the Office <br />of Surface Mining's "no affect" conclusion for the federally listed fish <br />species. The letter requested additional information regarding water use. <br />Twentymile Coal Company has provided additional information to Service <br />hydrologists in our Denver Regional office. Based on the evaluation by <br />Service hydrologists, the Service now agrees that a depletion from the <br />upper Colorado River basin is highly unlikely for the proposed Foidel Creek <br />Mine expansion. .Consequently, the Service concurs with OSM's "no affect" <br />conclusion for this activity. Further consultation under authority of the <br />Endangered Species Act is not required for this action unless the project <br />is modified, new species become federally listed that may occur in the <br />area, or new information reveals effects of the action not previously <br />considered. <br />We appreciate your attention to the potential impacts to the federally <br />listed fishes. Please contact me or Bob Leachman at the above address if <br />there are any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />• ith L. Rose <br />ssistant Colorado State Supervisor <br />