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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Governor <br />Bill Ritter Jr. <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />4D <br />Mike King, Executive Director <br />Managing <br />State Trust Lands <br />Since 1876 <br />December 14, 2010 <br />Kurtis Blunt <br />Director of Environmental Affairs <br />Rio Tinto <br />5731 State Highway 13 <br />Meeker, Colorado 81641 <br />Subject: Reclamation Approval Colowyo Mine, Moffat County <br />STATE BOARD OF <br />LAND COMMISSIONERS <br />Tobin Follenweider, Deputy Director <br />1127 Sherman Street, Suite 300 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3454 <br />Fax: (303) 866-3152 <br />Dear Mr. Blunt: <br />The Colorado State board of Land Commissioners approves the reclamation standard to <br />restore the state lands to the pre -mining designated land use of Rangeland/Fish and <br />Wildlife Habitat. The board also supports focusing reclamation efforts on improving <br />shrub establishment on the reclaimed surfaces, and specifically targeting the <br />establishment of Greater sage -grouse brood rearing habitat, in addition to creating plant <br />communities that support livestock grazing and habitat benefits for multiple wildlife <br />species utilization. <br />If you have any questions please contact me at extension 3313. <br />Sincerely, <br />Mark W. Davis <br />Minerals Director <br />Figure 2.05.5-3 <br />COMMISSIONERS: Buck Blessing, Michele A. Bloom, Richard L. Downey, Thomas R. Hoyt, Sandra A. Leinsdorf <br />