2020-03-24_PERMIT FILE - C1981019A (9)

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RULE 2 PERMITS within the permit area, as long as mining activities are on-going, is highly unlikely due to current company policies. Aside from rangeland and limited amounts of cropland and pastureland, there are no viable economic changes in land use that can be made. Existing Land Use and Land Use Classifications Under Local Law The Moffat County Commissioners, in conjunction with the Moffat County Planning Commission, have designated the lands within the permit and adjacent area for uses of agricultural (rangeland). The land use in the permit area is rangeland used mainly for domestic livestock and wildlife use; no commercial forestry work has ever been conducted within the permit area. Colowyo currently holds special use permits from both Moffat County and Rio Blanco County to conduct mining and reclamation activities. 2.04.4 Cultural and Historic Resource Information The objectives of this section are to meet the requirements of the Colorado Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Rule 2.04.4 et seq. by furnishing cultural and historic resource information for the Collom permit expansion area in sufficient detail to determine the presence of cultural and historic resources listed or eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and known significant archaeological sites. All literature cited in this section, professional and academic, can be found in greater detail in Exhibit 5, Item 1, Volume 16. General Cultural and Historic Resources Information Existing Data and Literature Review —Cultural resources include historical or archaeological objects, sites, buildings, structures, districts, or traditional cultural properties. Significant historic properties include those sites or objects that are listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The permit expansion area is within the prehistoric context for the Northern Colorado River Basin (Reed and Metcalf 1999) and the Colorado Plateau Country Historic Context (Athearn 1976, Goetzmann 1966, Hayden 1879, Athearn 1976). Existing Data and Literature Review —Cultural resources within the Collom permit expansion area include historical or archaeological objects, sites, buildings, structures, districts, or traditional cultural properties. Significant historic properties include those sites or objects that are listed in or eligible for listing in the Register. The project area is within the prehistoric context for the Northern Colorado River Basin (Reed and Metcalf 1999) and the Colorado Plateau Country Historic Context (Athearn 1976, Goetzmann 1966, Hayden 1879, Athearn 1976). Prehistoric Context — Northern Colorado River Basin context encompasses the portion of western Colorado that is drained by the northern stretch of the Colorado River and includes several major tributaries of the Colorado River: the Green, Yampa, White, Gunnison, Uncompahgre, San Miguel, and Dolores rivers. Like many other regions, the vast majority of cultural resources recorded in this region are known only from surface evidence and lack temporally diagnostic artifacts or other evidence of age or cultural affiliation. Human settlement in the area is firmly documented from the earliest known inhabitants of North America, the Paleoindians, and continues through the Protohistoric period. A brief chronology summarized below (Reed and Metcalf 1999) describes the hallmarks of the major chronological divisions. Paleoindian Stage (11,500-6,400 years before present [B.P.]) Includes at least four traditions (Clovis, Goshen, Flosom, and Plano), each characterized by distinctive lanceolate projectile points. Most Collom — Rule 2, Page 8 Revision Date: 4/7/17 Revision No.: RN -07