2009-02-13_REVISION - C1981018

• Permit No: C1981018
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/13/2009
• Doc Name: Comment Letter
• From: DOW
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: RN5
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WILDLIFE
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Thomas E. Remington, Director
6060 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80216
Telephone: [phone]
wildlife. state. co. us
RECEIVED
OF
For Wildlife-
For People
FF.8 13 7009 Meeker Service Center
T.jivision 01 Heclamation, 73485 Highway 64
Mining and Safety Meeker, CO 81641
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
February 4, 2009
Jason D. Musick
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
RE: Deserado Mine (Permit No. C-1981-018) permit renewal application no. 5 (RN-5)
Dear Mr. Musick:
On behalf of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide comment
on Deserado Mine's permit renewal application number 5 (RN-5). I have reviewed the proposed permit renewal
for any possible impacts to wildlife resources in the areas described therein.
Deserado Mine's proposed renewal of their current permit falls under the management guidelines provided in, "A
Cooperative Plan for Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction and Management, Wolf Creek and Coyote Basin
Management Areas, Moffat and Rio Blanco Counties, Colorado. " Pursuant to that plan, the areas that Deserado
Mine has requested for pen-nit renewal are specifically designated as being outside the Wolf Creek and Coyote
Basin Ferret Management Areas. Furthermore, Deserado Mine's proposed permit renewal specifically states that
no additional surface disturbances are being proposed. As such, we find there to be no significant potential for
negative impacts on current efforts to restore black-footed ferret populations resulting from the approved renewal
Deserado Mine's permit. We also do not foresee any negative impacts on other threatened or endangered species
or other wildlife in the area.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposal. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact
Joe Nicholson at [phone].
Sincerely,
Bill de Vergie
CDOW. Area Wildlife Manager {
Cc Joe Nicholson, CDOW District Wildlife Manager
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Hams D. Sherman, Executive Director
WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Tom Burke, Chair. Claire O'Neal, Vice Chair • Robert Bray, Secretary
Members, Dennis Buechler • Brad Coors • Jeffrey Crawford • Tim Glenn • Roy McAnally • Richard Ray
Ex Officio Members, Hams Sherman and John Stulp