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C' Z <br />ooS_ 09 C0 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />Ecological Services <br />764 Horizon Drive, Building B <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-3946 <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />ES/CO:OSM/CDRMS <br />TAILS 65413-2008-TA-0164 <br />August 7, 2008 <br />Michael P. Boulay RECEIVED <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 AUG 0 8 2008 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Division of Reclamation. <br />Mining and Safety <br />Dear Mr. Boulay: <br />The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Western Colorado Ecological Service Field Office <br />received your July 3, 2008, letter providing notice for and requesting comments on the proposed <br />Redcliff Mine expansion project in Mesa and Garfield counties, Colorado. The project proposed by <br />CAM-Colorado, LLC; includes underground coal mining operations and associated electric and rail <br />lines on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and private lands north of Loma, Colorado. A number <br />of permits will be required for this project including permits from the Colorado Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety; the Federal Office of Surface Mining (OSM); and the BLM. <br />The primary concern of the Service regarding construction and operation of the proposed pipeline is <br />avoidance of impacts to the threatened, endangered and candidate species, as well as species-at-risk <br />and their habitats within the project areas. The Service provides the following list of federally listed <br />threatened and endangered species that could be impacted by the proposed project. <br />Bonytail Gila elegans E <br />Canada lynx Lynx canadensis T <br />Colorado pikeminnow© Ptychocheilus lucius E <br />De Be ue hacelia Phacelia submutica C <br />Humpback chub Gila cypha E <br />Mexican spotted owl Strix occidentalis lucida T <br />Parachute beardtongue Penstemon debilis C <br />Razorback sucker© Xyrauchen texanus E <br />Uinta Basin hookless cactus Sclerocactus laucus T <br />Ute ladies'-tresses orchid S iranthes diluvialis T <br />Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus C <br />(T = federally listed threatened, E = federally listed endangered, C = Federal candidate species) <br />© There is designated critical habitat for the species within the county <br />The list above was compiled from an inventory for Mesa and Garfield counties in Colorado, and <br />therefore, it may be that some or all of the species do not presently occupy or use the proposed <br />project area, and/or that habitats for these species do not exist within the project area. The four <br />federally-listed fishes are included on the list in the event that project actions cause measurable water <br />depletions to the Upper Colorado River system, and therefore affect listed species and/or off-site