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PROPOSED PUBLIC NOTICE <br />Technical Revision No.45 (TR -45) - Southfield Mine — Permit No. C -81 -014 <br />Revision Request to Modify Vegetation Standards <br />Energy Fuels Coal Inc. (EFCI), 115 E. Main Street, STE 10, P.O. Box 459, Florence, Colorado 81226, <br />has fled an approval request for Technical Revision No.45 (TR -45) with the State of Colorado, Division <br />of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS). All mining operations subject to this permit have ceased, <br />and only reclamation and monitoring activities are occurring. <br />Prior to establishing coal mining operations, Vegetation Reference Areas are established in undisturbed <br />areas of the mine as a means of providing a comparison basis for future reclaimed, re- vegetated areas <br />pursuant to mining (post mining) operations. Approved Vegetation Standards are set prior to mining based <br />on these undisturbed Reference Areas, however, previous baseline vegetation monitoring data collected <br />from the Reference Areas has identified that the Approved Standards that were set are unobtainable even <br />within the undisturbed Reference Areas themselves. Accordingly, this Technical Revision is to modify the <br />Vegetation Standards to verify successful re- vegetation and better enhance the approved Post Mining <br />Land use which is approved for rangeland livestock grazing and wildlife habitat at the Southfield mine <br />and loadout site. <br />The Southfield Mine area is located approximately eight miles south of Florence, Colorado, on County <br />Road 92. The Mine area is bounded on the south and west by the base of the Wet Mountains, and Newlin <br />Creek bisects the mine area from southwest to northeast. <br />The Southfield Mine permit area is located on portions of the following sections: <br />Sections 19, 30, and 31; Township 20S, Range 69W, 6b Principal Meridian <br />Sections 23, 24, 25, 26 and 36; Township 20S, Range 70W, 6`h Principal Meridian <br />These sections are shown on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Rockvale quadrangle map (Mine <br />Area). <br />The Southfield Loadout site is located approximately one mile west of Florence, Colorado, on <br />County Road 79. The Loadout area is bounded on the west by Oak Creek, and County Road 79 <br />bisects the Loadout site from south to north. <br />The Southfield Loadout permit area is located on portions of the following sections: <br />Sections 17 and 18; Township 19S; Range 69W, 6th Principal Meridian <br />These sections are shown on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 minute Canon City quadrangle map. <br />A complete copy of the Southfield Permit Revision Application is on file and available for public <br />inspection in both the Clerk and Recorders Office in the Fremont County Courthouse, Canon City, <br />Colorado, and the DRMS offices located at the following address: <br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />