2013-10-18_REVISION - C1981014 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/18/2013
• Doc Name: Addition Information submitted on 10/7/13 Proposed Change to Ponderosa Pinyon -Junipor Reference
• From: DRMS
• To: Energy Fuels Coal, Inc
• Type & Sequence: TR39
• Email Name: DAB
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: JHB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
COLORADO
Denver, Colorado 80203
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RECLAMATION
Phone: [phone]
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FAX: [phone]
SAFETY
October 18, 2013
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mr. George Patterson
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Mike King
Executive Director
Energy Fuels Coal, Inc.
Southfield Mine
Loretta E Pineda
Director
Florence, CO 81226
Re: Southfield Mine, C1981014, TR39, Additional information Submitted on
October 7, 2013, Proposed Change to Ponderosa - Pinyon- Juniper Reference Area
Dear Mr. Patterson:
Thank you for your efforts in resolving the objections and request for a Mined Land Reclamation
Board hearing received in response to the Division's Proposed Decision to Approve Technical
Revision No. 39. As of October 17, 2013, the objections are resolved, and the previously
requested hearing is cancelled. The following permit page edits are requested to clarify details
associated with the objection resolution. Upon receipt of adequate page edits, the Technical
Revision No. 39 will be considered final and issued.
On October 7, 2013, and in response to comments and objections received following the
Division's Proposed Decision to Approve Technical Revision No. 39, Energy Fuels Coal, Inc.
submitted a revised page, 2.04.10 -5, retaining the previously approved Ponderosa- Pinyon-
Juniper reference area (Plot B), as well as incorporating the new Pinyon- Juniper reference area.
The previously approved grassland reference area (Plot A) remains unaffected by this revision.
The previously approved Ponderosa - Pinyon- Juniper reference area is generally northwest facing.
The proposed Pinyon- Juniper reference area is generally east and southeast facing. EFCI
proposes to combine data from both woodland reference areas and the respective vegetation
sample data.
EFCI proposes, "Combining the two reference areas also offers a larger area of reference for
comparison of the reclamation success criteria. TR39 is amended to combine the vegetation
sample data of both reference areas as one study unit."
The Division believes that utilization of both the Ponderosa - Pinyon- Juniper (Plot B) reference
area and the proposed Pinyon- Juniper reference area addresses concerns raised by both groups of
landowners of the portal area property.
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Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines