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Attention: Western Colorado Supervisor <br />U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service <br />Ecological Services <br />Western Colorado Office <br />764 Horizon Drive, Building B <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 -3946 <br />Dear Western Colorado Supervisor: <br />Township 5 North, Range 90 West <br />Portion of Sections 5 and 6 <br />Township 5 North, Range 91 West <br />Portions of Section 1, 4, and 5 <br />Sections 2 and 3, ALL <br />Township 6 North, Range 90 West <br />Portions of Section 30 and 32 <br />Section 31, ALL <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 />February 28, 2013 <br />RECENED CO -0013 <br />MAR 51011 <br />„ • Safety <br />RE: Informal section 7 consultation for the Trapper Mine owned and operated by Trapper <br />Mining Inc., Colorado State Permit C- 1981 -010, Permit Renewal Application No. 6 (RN- <br />6) <br />The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Western Region is initiating <br />an informal section 7 consultation for the above subject facility at the request of the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (CO -DRMS) due to the fact that two new candidate <br />species have recently been listed in Moffat County, Colorado. <br />Federal leases C07519 and CO79641 are located in Moffat County, Colorado near the city of <br />Craig, which is six miles north of Trapper Mine. The project area is described as: Portions of <br />Sections 1, 2, and 3, Township 5 North, Range 91 West of the 6 P.M. Portions of Sections 30 <br />and 31, Township 6 North, Range 90 West of the 6 P.M. Portions of Section 25, 26, 28, 33, 34, <br />35, and 36, Township 6 North Range 91 West of the 6 P.M. The permit area is further <br />described as follows: <br />