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Game Birds <br />Mourning Dove, Blue Grouse, and Band-tailed Pigeons <br />Water Foul and Other Birds <br />Mallards, Common goldeneye, Robin, Dark-eyed Junco, glue Gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow <br />Warbler, Green-tailed Towhee, and Rufous-sided Towhee <br />Amphibians and Reptiles <br />Gopher Snake, Wandering Garter Snake and Chorus Frog <br />Endangered or Threatened Species <br />Periodic review of T & E, Endangered Species and candidate species and their Delta County <br />habitats is required. The RN-5 review conducted in 2008 performed such a review with the <br />findings noted below. RN-5 reviewed these species in light of a routine Permit renewal <br />containing no plans to expand or modify the limited TCC facilities (13 acres) located on <br />former agricultural/orchard lands. <br />Bald eagles and golden eagles may utilize some of the surrounding areas in the North Fork <br />of the Gunnison River for occasional seasonal foraging, but there will be no impact with <br />respect to these species as a result of the coal handling facilities at TCC. <br />Canada Lynx -There is no suitable habitat for the Canada Lynx located at or near TCC and <br />no effect on the species. <br />Black footed ferret are associated with prairie dog colonies. No such suitable habitat or <br />species occurrence is known to exist in the vicinity of the TCC facility. <br />Yellow Billed Cuckoo -Populations of this species are known to occur only in the <br />southwestern U.S. and none located near the TCC facility. <br />Colorado pikeminnow, humpback chub, bonytail chub and razorback sucker are known <br />to exist in offsite areas in the lower 30-40 miles of the Gunnison river and Colorado river <br />near Palisade, Colorado. No populations are known to appear near TCC. <br />Clay-loving wild buckwheat is known to occur on alkaline clay soils and sparsely vegetated <br />badlands such as Mancos Shale. The only known populations are restricted to the adobe hills <br />area located between Montrose and Delta. The TCC operation will have no effect on this <br />species. <br />Uinta Basin hookless cactus is known to exist on exposed, gravel-covered, clay hills, <br />saltbush or sagebrush flats located between Grand Junction and Montrose. The TCC <br />operation will have no effect on this species. <br />Based on current information for these eleven species, the continued existence and operation <br />of the TCC facility will not adversely effect or contribute to a loss of viability of any of these <br />T & E or candidate species or their habitats. <br />RN-OS 2.04 -17 Rev. 5/OS <br />/~PPRov~~ <br />5~z3 /U$ <br />