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STATE OF COLORADO <br />ONO <br />G?O <br />Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br /> y <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY E q <br />MPLOYER <br /> <br />Thomas E. Remington Director OF <br />6060 Broadway For' Wildlife- <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 For People <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />wildlife state.co us <br />2300 South Townsend Ave August 22, 2008 <br />Montrose, CO 81401 <br />Mr., Munai Shrestha <br />Western Fuels Association <br />PO Box 33424 <br />Denver, CO 80233 <br />Dean Murrai, <br />According to information relayed in a phone conversation you held with .Jim Garner on August <br />22, Western Fuels has implemented the DOW recommendations made in our August 1 letter regarding <br />the drilling of three test wells north of'Nucla., These recommendations included surveys for burr-owing <br />owls that maybe utilizing adjacent prairie dog colonies. My understanding is that only one of these <br />well locations fell within 300 feet of a prairie dog burrow and that no burrowing owls were observed <br />during the single site visit.. According to Jim, Western Fuels has submitted a verbal request for a waiver <br />on the standard timing restrictions (November 1) and would like to drill the well in late September <br />without initiating the full burrowing owl survey protocols.. <br />At this time it is our opinion that the potential for any adverse impact of the drilling activity to <br />burrowing owls is low during this timeframe.. The odds of this particular prairie dog burrow or series of <br />burrows hosting an active owl nest are small. Assuming there is or was a nest at this location; it is <br />probable that by late September any young that might be present will have fledged and thus be capable <br />of avoiding the disturbance posed by the well drilling activities.. <br />Based on these circumstances, the DOW will therefore waive the standard timing restrictions and <br />approves your request to drill the well in late September., <br />If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me.. <br />Sincerely, <br />Renzo DelPiccolo <br />Area Wildlife Manager - Montrose <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Hams D Sherman, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Robert Bray, Chair • Brad Coors, Vice Chair • Tim Glenn, Secretary <br />Members, Dennis Buechler • Jeffrey Crawford • Dorothea Farris • Roy McAnally . Richard Ray • Robert Streeter <br />Ex Officio Members, Hams Sherman and John Stulp