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Project Title: <br />A Cultural Resource Historic Properties Treatment Plan for Sites MK -1- <br />082317 and MK -2-82317 as part of Colowyo Coal Company's Collom <br />Expansion Project, Moffat County, Colorado <br />Agency(-ies): <br />Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement (OSMRE); <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS), and <br />Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (OAHP) <br />Tetra Tech No.: <br />114-520420 <br />Colowyo Mine <br />C-1981-019 <br />Permit <br />Site Location: <br />The discoveries are located within Sections 21 and 22 of T4N, R93W, <br />6th Principal Meridian (7.5' USGS quadrangle Axial, Colorado (2000)). <br />Landownership: <br />Privately Held <br />Abstract: <br />The Colowyo Coal Company (Colowyo) is constructing the facilities <br />associated with their Collom Expansion Project (the Project). As part of <br />the Project, Tetra Tech has been contracted to provide Archaeological <br />Monitoring services for Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation (Elk Ridge) <br />on the behalf of Colowyo. The archaeological monitoring has been <br />conducted in accordance with Exhibit 5, Item 3 -Cultural Resource <br />Protection Plan for the Collom Mine Expansion filed by Colowyo to <br />OSMRE as part of their mine permit. The current cultural resource <br />monitoring conformed to the High Potential Areas (HPA) Monitoring <br />section outlined in the Plan. <br />The following Historic Properties Treatment Plan (HPTP) was <br />developed in response to the discovery of two prehistoric sites (Sites <br />MK -1-082317 and MK -2-082317) on August 23, 2017. The sites cannot <br />be avoided by the Project and face complete removal. The HPTP <br />outlines the evaluative testing that will be conducted to determine each <br />discovery's full horizontal and vertical extent; provides a research <br />design that will direct data recovery measures; and outlines the <br />methodology that will be employed to collect data in support of the <br />research design. <br />