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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 C O L O RA D O <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 P I V I S l o N o f <br />RECLAMATION <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />MINING <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 —&— <br />SAFETY <br />29 November 2012 <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Bob Postle <br />Office of Surface Mining Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Loretta Pineda <br />Director <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br />RE: Trapper Mine; C- 1981 -010; Permit Renewal (RN6) Fish and Wildlife; Section 7 Consultation <br />Dear Mr. Postle, <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) received a permit renewal application for the <br />Trapper Mine; DRMS File No. C- 1981 -010. The application was received on June 20, 2012 and called complete for <br />review on June 29, 2012. The application does not add additional lands to the permit area; it simply renews the <br />permit for next five year term. On November 16, 2012, Trapper provided the Division with updated threatened and <br />endangered species information. Trapper identified Greater Sage- Grouse has been deemed a candidate for <br />threatened and endangered status and have added this species to section 2.4.2; the Threatened and Endangered <br />Species section, of the permit. The last section 7 consultation conducted at the Trapper Mine was in June of 2009 <br />during the Permit Revision No. 6 application process. The Division would like to confirm that a section 7 <br />consultation is necessary for this permitting action, and if so would formally request to initiate this process with your <br />office. <br />Fish and Wildlife species at the site are discussed in section 2.4 of the permit and the Wildlife Mitigations Plan is <br />located in section 4.6. Enclosed with this letter are the proposed revised pages Trapper submitted to the Division in <br />regards to threatened and endangered species. <br />Should you have any questions, please feel free to call me at (303) 866 -3567 ext. 8120 or e -mail me at <br />Jared.Ebert( state.co.us <br />Sincerely, <br />Jared Ebert <br />Environmental Protection Specialist, <br />DRMS <br />Enclosures: 1.) Revised Pages 2 -121 (T &E Plant Species Discussion) and Pages 2 -141 through 2- 143(T &E <br />Animal Species Discussion) <br />CC: Dawn Pacula, OSM <br />Foster Kirby, OSM <br />Forrest Luke, Trapper Mining Inc. <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />