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From a biological standpoint, I mapped the details of the revision and consulted with our district wildlife biologist (Dennis <br />Garrison) and also the contract biologist that Mountain Coal utilizes (John Monarch). Their only concern was with timing <br />limitations for nesting raptors. There was an active nest (Cooper's hawk) to the south of the proposed road that will <br />access the E3-18.5 mdw pad in 2010 about 200 yards south of the proposed road corridor. In addition there is another <br />Cooper's hawk nest that was not active in 2010 but has been active in past years that is just to the north of the E3-45 and <br />E3-48.5 proposed mdw locations. John Monarch will survey these nests again this coming spring (May) and if the nests <br />are active it might trigger the timing limitation for development. What I am doing today is producing a map with the nest <br />locations and measuring the distances from the proposed development to the nest locations and determining if they are <br />even close enough to trigger timing limitations. All of the revision activity is occurring in Coal lease COC-1362 which has <br />a 1/4 mile buffer and a timing limitation of February 1-August 15 for disturbance. When I finish the map I will forward a pdf <br />version of it to you. Call me or email me today if you have any questions. <br />Thanks <br />Dan