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�00-Ni OF Ty OFSURFgL+F <br />United States Department of the Interior o �, <br />1 <br />OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING v �g <br />RECLAMATION AND ENFORCEMENT arvv`` °t�' <br />Western Region Office <br />19" Broadway, Suite 3320 <br />Denver, CO 80202 -3050 <br />July 5, 2013 <br />CO -0013 <br />Sandy Brown, Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />The Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman St., Rm. 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Trapper Mine; C- 1981 -010; Permit Renewal (RN6) Fish and Wildlife; Section 7 Consultation; <br />Fish and Wildlife Biological Opinion <br />Dear Ms. Sandy Brown: <br />The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's Western Region (OSM) conducted a <br />section 7 biological assessment (BA) on the Trapper Mining Inc., Trapper Mine as requested by the <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. OSM coordinated with the U.S. Fish and <br />Wildlife Service (USFWS) for Federally listed protected species within Moffat County, Colorado. <br />The concluding determinations of effects of Trapper Mining Inc., Trapper Mine RN6 proposed <br />actions on Threatened and/or Endangered and/or their critical habitats were as follows: <br />Bonytail chub (Gila elegans) <br />• due to the occurrence of Bonytail chub in the Yampa River, which the project area's annual <br />water depletion of the Yampa River is estimated at 150.2 acre- fecdyear, Trapper Mine Inc. <br />mining activities may affect, is likely to adversely affect the Bonytail chub <br />Humpback chub (Gila cypha) <br />• due to the occurrence of Humpback chub in the Yampa River, which the project area's <br />annual water depletion of the Yampa River is estimated at 150.2 acre- feet/year, Trapper <br />Mine Inc. mining activities may affect, is likely to adversely affect the Humpback chub <br />Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) <br />• due to the possible occurrence of Colorado pikeminnow in the Yampa River, which the <br />project area's annual water depletion of the Yampa River is estimated at 150.2 acre - <br />feet/year, Trapper Mine Inc. mining activities may affect, is Iikely to adversely affect the <br />Colorado pikeminnow <br />Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) <br />