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COLORADO PARKS & WILDLIFE <br />6060 Broadway • Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Phone (303) 297 -1192 <br />wildlife.state.co.us • parks. state. co. us <br />September 25, 2013 <br />COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 83:2 -8106 <br />Leigh D. Simmons <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Leigh. Simmons@state.co.us <br />Re: New Elk Mine (permit No. C- 1981 -012) <br />Permit Renewal Application No.6 (RN -6) <br />Leigh Simmons, <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 3 0 2013 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining & Safety <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this renewal application for the New Elk Company, <br />LLC. <br />New Elk Coal Company, LLC proposes to continue underground coal mining and /or reclamation <br />operations on land located approximately 25 miles West of Trinidad, Colorado. The permit area is <br />further described as follows:T33S, R68W, Portions of Sections 24, 25 and 26 All sections are <br />partially or fully projected by New Elk Coal Company due to the unsurveyed nature of the <br />Maxwell Land Grant. The abovementioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute <br />Quadrangle maps of Vigil, Tercio and Stonewall. <br />Since this renewal application does not propose revisions to the approved mining and reclamation <br />plan, nor is there any proposed surface disturbance outside of the currently approved disturbance <br />area Colorado Parks and Wildlife does not have any objection to the renewal. CPW has a <br />positive working relationship with the New Elk Coal Company and will continue to work in <br />concert with the administration and staff to protect and enhance wildlife habitat on the New Elk <br />Coal Company and its interface with the Bosque del Oso State Wildlife Area. <br />Sincerely, <br />Michael Trujillo <br />Area Wildlife Manager- Pueblo <br />Colorado Parks and Wildlife <br />600 Reservoir Road <br />Pueblo, CO 81005 <br />(719) 561 -5303 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor • Mike King, Executive Director, Department of Natural Resources <br />Steven M. Yamashita, Acting Director, Colorado Parks and Wildlife <br />Parks and Wildlife Commission: Robert W. Bray • Chris Castilian • Jeanne Home <br />Bill Kane, Vice -Chair • Gaspar Perricone • James Pribyl • John Singletary, Chair <br />Mark Smith, Secretary • James Vigil • Dean Wingfield • Michelle Zimmerman <br />Ex Officio Members: Mike King and John Salazar <br />