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<br /> <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor | Robert W. Randall, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br />November 9, 2016 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Assistant State Supervisor <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Ecological Services <br />445 W. Gunnison Ave, Suite 240 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-5711 <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Williams Fork Mines (Permit No. C-1981-044) <br /> Technical Revision No. 37 (TR-37) <br /> Vegetation Sampling Modification. <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 9, 2016 <br />an application to revise coal mining operations at the Williams Fork Mines was considered <br />complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Moffat County Mining, LLC. <br />All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date <br />of filing. <br /> <br />This permit revision proposes a modification to the vegetation sampling methodologies and <br />vegetation success standards for the Williams Fork Mines. The applicant is not proposing <br />additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. <br /> <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles Southwest of <br />Craig, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />All or portions of Sections 4, 5, 6 and 8, T5N, R91W; part of Section 1, T5N, R92W; and Sections <br />17, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, T6N, R91W; portions of Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36, T6n, <br />R92W; 6th Prime Meridian. <br /> <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the following USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle <br />map(s): Round Bottom, Castor Gulch.