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Appendix H (Report prepared for W.R. Grace and Company by the 3R Corporation, June <br />1977). <br />3. Consultation with the CDOW, CDRMS, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) <br />during the course of preparing HGTI's permit application package £or C-92-081. <br />9. Comprehensive review of faunel distribution lat/long studies in Colorado (see text for <br />literature citations. <br />5. Studies of fish and wildlife made in association with Seneca Coal Company's Seneca II- <br />W Mine and the Tie-Across haulroad. <br />6. Site reconnaissance by qualified biologists from Peabody Western Coal Company on <br />behalf of HGTI conducted on October 7 and October 23, 1992. <br />7. Comprehensive literature review of CDOW and Bureau o£ Zand Management databases for <br />plant and wildlife species of special concern in conjunction with RN-03. <br />Wildlife Habitats <br />This section describes habitats identified within and surrounding the permit area during <br />field reconnaissance conducted on October 7 and 23, 1992. The distribution of the wildlife <br />habitats is shown on Exhibit 11-1, Fish and Wildlife Habitats. Acreages are given in Table <br />11-i, Habitat Types and Acreages Existing in the Hayden Gulch Coal Handling Facility Permit <br />Area. Soils and vegetation information related to each habitat may be found in Tabs 9, Soil <br />Resources, and 10, Vegetation, respectively. <br />TABLE 11-1 <br />Habitat Types and Acreages Existing in the Hayden Gulch <br />Coal Handling Facility Permit Area <br />Habitat Type Acreage <br />Saline/Alkaline Wet Meadow 5.4 <br />Saline/Alkaline Shrublands 37.1 <br />Disturbed Area 132.6 <br />A uatic Areas 1.2 <br />Saline/Alkaline Wet Meadow. This habitat: occurs as a narrow ribbon along the banks of Dry <br />Creek and surrounding two existing sediment ponds (see Exhibit 11-1). It corresponds to the <br />RN-03 2 Revised 06/08 <br />