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<br />+4 v o g-O K <br />CK""G <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />IN REPLY REFER TO <br />ES/GJ-6-CO-08-F-008 <br />TAILS 65413-2006-F4151 <br />Memorandum <br />FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE <br />Ecological Services <br />764 Horizon Drive, Building B <br />Grand Junction. Colorado 81506-3946 <br />March 16, 2009 <br />1?AR 1 ? Z009 <br />p1v's?or? ciz Keciamation, <br />??nin9 and Safety <br />To: Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Grand Junction Field Office, Grand <br />Junction, Colorado <br />From: Acting Western Colorado Supervisor, d Wildlife Service, Ecological <br />Services, Grand Junction, Colorado <br />Subject: Request for More Information Regarding the Red Cliff Mine Expansion Project <br />This memorandum is in response information newly acquired by the Service, regarding the Red <br />Cliff Coal Mine. <br />On January 30, 2009, the Service issued the final biological opinion (BO) for the Red Cliff Mine <br />Expansion Project proposed by Central Appalachia Mining LLC (CAM). This BO assessed the <br />impacts of water depletions to the Colorado River system, associated with mining activities, on <br />the endangered Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), humpback chub (Gila cypha), <br />bonytail (Gila elegans), and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) and their critical habitats. <br />The BO was based on the information provided in your biological assessment (BA) for the Red <br />Cliff Coal Mine received in our office September 16, 2008. <br />The proposed action as described by the BA consisted of a new underground coal mine including <br />the construction of mine portals and associated processing facilities. Proposed facilities <br />assqc <br />iated_with the_mine_included,._ <br />• Portal conveyor transfer buildings <br />• Fuel oil storage/fueling stations <br />• Electrical transformers <br />• Bathhouse/office building/parking lot <br />• Outdoor material storage areas <br />• Equipment shop <br />• Warehouse <br />• Power line <br />• Non-coal waste storage <br />• Rock dust storage <br />• Pump house <br />• Conveyor transfer buildings <br />• Railroad <br />• Maintenance Road