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<br />?NgNT Op <br />? <br />p1Z, <br />i <br />9 <br />?4pCH 3 Aga <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING <br />Reclamation and Enforcement <br />Western Region Office <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202-3050 <br />6 <br />Q`simR? <br />CO-0109 <br />March 1. 1, 2010 <br />Mr. Al Pfister - Project Leader <br />U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service <br />RECEIVED <br />MAC 12 2010 <br />Ecological Services avjz,-, - ; x&ciamahw, <br />Western Colorado Office R,ti; _':. wnd Sa;ty <br />764 Horizon Drive, Building B <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-3946 <br />RE: Formal section 7 Consultation Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC, "Sage Creek" Mine, <br />Permit C-2009-087 <br />Dear Mr. Pfister: <br />The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Western Region is <br />processing a Mining Plan Modification for the above subject in conjunction with a permitting <br />action to be taken by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CO-DRMS). <br />The proposed Sage Creek underground coal mine is located in Routt County, Colorado, <br />approximately nine miles south of Hayden, Colorado, off Routt County Road 27 on Bureau of <br />Land Management, State of Colorado and private lands. The proposed permit area encompasses <br />approximately 10,163.7 acres, of which 391.0 acres are planned to be disturbed by surface <br />operations in; <br />Township 6 North, Range 87 West 6`' P.M. <br />Section 27: Portions of the S%2S'/2; <br />Section 28: S'hS%2, that portion of the NW'/4SE'/4 lying <br />west of Routt County Road 27, portions of the <br />SE'/4NW%4, portion of SE'/4SW'/4NW'/4 and <br />portions of the NY2SW'/4; <br />Section 29: Portions of the SE'/4SE'/4 and portions of the <br />NE'/4SE'/4; <br />Section 32: E%2E%z; <br />Section 33: All; <br />Section 34: All; <br />Section 35: W'/2, W'/2E'/2, and portions of the E'/2E'/2.