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facilities will be located on a portion of the W'/z of Section 2 and the E'/z of Section 3, T6N, <br />R87W, and in the W'/2 of Section 35 and the E'/z of Section 34, T6N, R87W. <br />During the initial first two years of the permit support facilities such as but not limited to Mine <br />security buildings, parking lots, bathhouse, substations, material equipment and storage yards, <br />Mine portals, coal handling and drainage control, shops, and treatment facilities will be <br />constructed. Initial coal recovery from the Wadge seam will start sometime in the second year of <br />the five-year permit term using continuous miners at a rate of approximately 0.5 million tons per <br />year and increase to approximately 2.0 million tons per year during year three. If mining and <br />market conditions are favorable production could reach 12.0 million tons per year during the life <br />of the Mine. <br />Canada lynx <br />The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), is a medium-sized cat with long legs, well furred paws, long <br />tufts on the ears, and a short black tipped tail. Adult males average 22 pounds and thirty-three <br />inches in length head to tail. Adult females average nineteen pounds and measure thirty-two <br />inches in length. Suitable habitat includes primary habitat of coniferous forests of spruce and fir <br />or lodgepole pine, and secondary habitat of aspen or Douglas-fir mixed with the primary habitat <br />at elevations between 8,000 and 11,500 feet. Lynx also periodically traverse other forested and <br />non-forested habitats including lower elevation woodlands and shrublands. <br />Suitable or potentially suitable habitat that would support lynx, based on existing vegetation, <br />does not exist on or adjacent to the permit area. Therefore, OSM has determined that the <br />proposed Sage Creek Mine will "not effect" the continued existence of the Canada lynx. <br />Colorado pikeminnow <br />The Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) is a torpedo-shaped fish with an olive-green <br />and gold back, silver sides and white belly. The Colorado pikeminnow thrives in swift flowing <br />muddy rivers with quiet, warm backwaters and are primarily piscivorous, but smaller individuals <br />also eat insects and other invertebrates. These fish spawn between late June and early September <br />when they are 5 to 6 years old and at least 16 inches long. Spawning occurs over riffle areas with <br />gravel or cobble substrate. The eggs are randomly splayed onto the bottom, and usually hatch in <br />less than one week. <br />Humpback Chub <br />The humpback chub (Gila cypha) is a streamlined minnow with a concave skull and a proMinent <br />nuchal hump at the occiput, the back end of the head marked by a line separating scaleless and <br />scaled portions of epidermis with a caudal peduncle thin but not long snout that overhangs the <br />upper lip and scales often minute or absent on keel. Adults are dark on top and light below and <br />fins rarely have yellow-orange pigment near base. Adults usually range from 12-16 inches long <br />and weigh % to 2 pounds. The humpback chub historically ranged in the mainstem Colorado