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~ III IIIIIIIIIIIII III ~ ~'~ `~ `s~~, o. ,4 999 s ~,~„ ", ~ a~ °=~ ` ~= United States Department of the Interior T111~- wnoE~1~ ~~ o OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING ~~ . . Reclamation and Enforcement ~ ~~ ,, ~~„o BROOKS TOWERS ~ ~ 1020 I STH STREET DEYVER, COLD R.4 D0 30202 In Reply Refer Tu: llalr aa33 s(Ti-Z~ June 15, 1987 AtE:110,~U\~YDUM ~~--A T0: Robert Ruesink, Field Supervisor Endangered Species Office J~~i',` 1 ti la~% U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Salt Lake City, Utah i'r.iAi~%;~.;,;:; FROtt: Robert H. Sc~hueneman, Chief Biological Sciences Branch SUBJEC'C: Biological Assessment for the Edna Mine, Routt County, Colorado This assessment was prepared pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as amended. In previous assessments For other actions in Routt County, the Office of Surface Ptining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has addressed impacts on four terrestrial species and the listed fish species of the Upper Colorado River Basin. These suecies are t„c bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocepi:alus), the peregri,^^.~ falcon (Falco pere rinus), the whooping crane Grus americana), the black-footed ferret hhlstela nigripes), the Colorado squawfish Ptychocheilus lucius) and the hwnpback ccY~iuFiTGila cypha). A phone conversation with Ro e~r~ Leachman of the U. S. Fis~z and Wildlife Service (USF'.VS), Grand Juncr"ion, Co l:;ra:1o on June 15, 1937 verified this list as accurate. Proposed Action and background Information T'ne proposed action is a permit renewal for the Pittsburg and midway Coal .Mining Company (PF,PI) to continue its existing surface coal mining and reclamation operation at the Edna p1ine in Rout County, Colorado. 'Che mine is located approximately five miles northeast of Oak Creek, Colorado in an area dominated by aspen, mountain shrub and sagebrush habitats. A total of 1120 acres of land would be disturbed and reclaimed inr,rementalLy in parcels. The postmining landscape would include restored rangeland and wildlife habitat. 1'he mining would not disturb 100 percent of any habitat and reclaimed lands would support many of the wildlife species associated with the premising conditions. Basically, minirn~ and reclamation would not preclude use of the site by any of the listen species.