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12/20/22, 10:29 AM State.co.us Executive Branch Mail-Fwd: FW:[EXTERNAL]Section 7 Consultation <br /> . •` STATE OF <br /> ® COLORADO DRMS_CoalAdmin -DNR, DNR<dnr—drms—coal—admin@state.co.us> <br /> Fwd: FW: [EXTERNAL] Section 7 Consultation <br /> 1 message <br /> Reilley- DNR, Robin <robin.reilley@state.co.us> Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 2:42 PM <br /> To: LF scanning <dnr_drms_coal_admin@state.co.us>, Robin Reilley- DNR<robin.reilley@state.co.us> <br /> Hi Alysah, <br /> Would you please scan this letter to Trapper PR 11 as General Correspondence, with Doc Name Section 7 Consultation. <br /> Thank you. <br /> Robin Reilley, M.S. GISP <br /> Environmental Protection Specialist II <br /> COLORADO <br /> Division of Reclamation, <br /> Mining and Safety <br /> Department of Natural Resources <br /> P 303.866.3567 ext 8105 <br /> F 303.832.8106 <br /> Physical Address: 1313 Sherman Street St., Suite 215, Denver, CO 80203 <br /> Mailing Address: DRMS Room 215, 1001 E 62nd Ave, Denver, CO 80216 <br /> robin.reilley@state.co.us I http://mining.state.co.us <br /> ---------- Forwarded message --------- <br /> From: Clayton, Creed <creed clayton@fws.gov> <br /> Date: Mon, Dec 19, 2022 at 11:51 AM <br /> Subject: RE: FW: [EXTERNAL] Section 7 Consultation <br /> To: Reilley- DNR, Robin <robin.reilley@state.co.us> <br /> Cc: Broderdorp, Kurt<kurt_broderdorp@fws.gov> <br /> Thank you for the documentation you sent for the new ESA consultation/coordination process between CDRMS and <br /> the Service pursuant to the 2020 programmatic biological opinion between OSMRE and the Service. I am attaching <br /> the latest biological opinion (BO)that we issued to OSMRE in 2016 regarding the approval of a mining plan at the <br /> Trapper Mine. <br /> On page 2 of the 2016 BO there is a brief consultation history addressing water depletions from the mine. We issued <br /> to OSMRE streamlined consultations for water depletions from the Trapper Mine in 2009 and 2013.There were no <br /> additional water depletions planned in the 2016 BO. My question now is: are there new water depletions planned as <br /> a part of this new mine expansion above and beyond the 160.1 acre-feet that was involved in the 2013 consultation? <br /> If not,then further consultation/coordination on water depletions would not be necessary. If so, then, yes, we <br /> https://mail.google.com/mail/b/ALGkd0y8elLUpph0-cw_b4dRu9Vtn4AuagOgJnHOChhDjud92irb/u/O/?ik=deb7fOcd20&view=pt&search=all&permthid=t... 1/5 <br />