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+;§rr <br />Climax Mol ybdenum COLORADO OPERATIONS <br />APhelpsDodgeCampany Climax Mine <br />~ ~ ~_ ti :, • • • Highway 91, Fremont Pass <br />- Gimax, CO 80461 <br />MAY 2 ~ 2005 / Phone (719) 486-2150 <br />Fax (719)486-2251 <br />May 20, 2005 <br />A ~5~ <br />Oivisian of Minerals & Gavlopy <br />Mr. Allen Sorenson <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology / <br />1313 Sherman Street; Rm. 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Wildlife monitoring for Climax Mine surface <br />Molybdenum Company, Climax Mine <br />Dear Allen: <br />water bodies; Permit M-T7~93. Climax <br />Pursuant to the request you made of the Climax Molybdenum Company during your September <br />29, 2004 inspection of the Climax Mine, this letter provides a plan for monftoring wildlife use of <br />surface water impoundments on the affected land area of the above referenced permit. This plan <br />presents an approach that will be initiated within the next month. Please provide comment on this <br />proposal as soon as possible. <br />The greater than 14,000 acre property position of Climax is unique in many respects. Straddling <br />the Continental Divide, it forms the headwaters of three major drainages -Arkansas River, Eagle <br />River, and Tenmile Creek. Elevations cover approximately 3300 vertical feet and range from <br />10,260'msl at the property boundary on Tenmile Creek to over 13,550'msl atop Bartlett Mountain. <br />The elevation extremes coupled with historic and present land use on the properly have created a <br />wide mosaic of somewhat fragmented habitats that makes the property unique. The site is not <br />situated on a primary migratory flyway for waterfowl, however there is an abundance of diverse <br />fauna that occupy the land on which the Climax Mine resides. Wildlife are not confined to the use <br />of specific water pools based on an abundance of water at the site. <br />There are ten (10) open water bodies on the Climax property. These bodies include seven (7) <br />process or contact water uriits- TtSe water bodies include: <br />• Arkansas Gravel Pond <br />• Chalk Mountain Reservoir <br />• Buffhers Lake <br />Process/Contact Water. <br />• Robinson Reservoir <br />• Warren's Pumpstation <br />• Tim's Pond <br />• Robinson Tailing Impoundment <br />• Tenmile Tailing Impoundment <br />• Mayflower Tailing Impoundment <br />• Concrete Ponds Below 5-dam (a.k.a. Mayflower Clear Pond) <br />