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N t United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING Reclamation and Enforcement P.O. Box 46667 Denver, Colorado 80201-6667 Jan IN REPLY REFER TO: September 25, 2007 Mr. Al Pfister - Assistant Field Supervisor U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Ecological Services CO-0027 RECEIVED Western Colorado Office SEP 2 6 2001 764 Horizon Drive, Building B Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-3946 Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety RE: Formal Section 7 Consultation, Minrec, Inc. "Blue Ribbon" mine, Permit C-81-047, Permit Renewal RN-5 Dear Mr. Pfister: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Western Region is initiating formal section 7 consultation for the above subject mine at the request of the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CO-DRMS). During the processing of Permit. Renewal RN-5 for the Blue Ribbon mine, CO-DRMS requested Minrec, Inc. to reevaluate the mine's potential effects to threatened and endangered species. The Blue Ribbon underground coal mine is located in Delta County, Colorado, approximately seven miles northeast of the town of Paonia, Colorado, on U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and private lands in all or part of; Township 13 South, Range 91 West 6`h P.M. Section 2, portions; Township 12 South, Range 91 West 6th P.M. Section 35, portions. These lands encompass approximately 341 acres and are found on the USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map of Bowie, Colorado. The Blue Ribbon mine began operations in 1977 to recover Federal coal from the E seam at a rate of approximately 192,000 tons per year. Mining operations affected approximately 240 acres and disturbed approximately thirty-four (34) private surface acres. The mine went into permanent cessation in 1985. The portals have been sealed and all surface disturbances with the exception of two sedimentation ponds, the access road and the Hubbard Creek crossing have TAKE PR1DE6 --, I NAM E R I C.A