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<br />~~I II~II~~~~II~~ I~~ <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />IN REI`I.Y REFER TO <br />ES/C0: CDMG <br />MS 65412 GJ <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />ecological Services <br />Wrs¢rn Colorado Of1'me <br />764 Horirun Drrvr, Saurh Annec A <br />Grand Junction, Colorado BISOG-3946 <br />RECEI\/EC <br />December 17. 1997 DES 19 1997 <br />Michael P. Boul ay livicien or ~,ilnerals K Geol,, <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />CO Division of Minerals and Geology <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: Bear Mine (Permit No. C-81-003), Technical Revision Application No. 25, <br />Add Design of Mine Water Treatment Pond to Permit <br />Dear Mr. Boulay: <br />The Fish and Wildlife Service has reviewed your December 3. 1997, correspondence <br />concerning the revision of a mine permit to allow the construction of a <br />sedimentation pond to control runoff. The runoff is the result of a slide that <br />occurred in November 1997. The water is presumed to be coming from old mine <br />workings. The construction of the pond will assure that suspended solids are <br />settled before the water is discharged to the river. <br />To comply with section 7(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. <br />Federal agencies or their designees are required to obtain from the Service <br />information concerning any species or critical habitat, listed or proposed to be <br />listed, which may be present in the area of a proposed construction project. <br />Therefore, we are furnishing you the following list of species which may be <br />present in the concerned area: <br />FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES <br />Bald eagle Haliaeetus Ieucocephalus <br />Mexican spotted owl Strix occidentalis Iucida <br />Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus <br />Humpback chub Gila cypha <br />Bonytail Gila elegans <br />Colorado squawfish Ptychocheilus Lucius <br />Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus <br />Bald eagles are common winter visitors to Colorado. Bald eagles are known to fly <br />up to 18 miles from night roosts to feeding areas and it is likely that even <br />greater distances are traveled searching for food and the species may therefore <br />occur in the project area. <br />The Fish and Wildlife Service believes that major causes for the decline of the <br />Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, razorback sucker and bonytail include the <br />