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Regional Coordinating Center <br /> • U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Assistant State Supervisor <br /> • U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Little Snake Field Office <br /> • History Colorado, Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (run by the <br /> State Historic Preservation Officer or SHPO) <br /> • Colorado Department of Natural Resources <br /> • Colorado Parks and Wildlife,Northwest Region Manager(CPW) <br /> • Moffat County Commissioners <br /> • Moffat County Planning Department, Planning Director <br /> • Rio Blanco County Commissioners <br /> • Rio Blanco County Planning Department, Planning Director. <br /> The following lists subsequent correspondence with OSM: <br /> OSM (letter received August 21, 2025) - The letter indicates that OSM determined that the <br /> post-mining land use change does not constitute a mining plan modification <br /> requiring an approval from the Department of the Interior's Assistant Secretary of <br /> Land and Minerals Management. The proposed Post Mining Land Use (PMLU) <br /> change area— described as the Gossard rail loop area to Moffat County Road 51 — <br /> does not contain Federal Coal nor a federally owned surface. Having investigated <br /> past federal mining plan modifications in Colowyo and inspected available GIS layer <br /> that shows all Federal Coal Leases inside Colowyo Coal Mine, I can confirm that <br /> both the mineral estate and surface land ownership status is non-federal. Unless the <br /> proposal is significantly changed during the review process to the point that the <br /> PMLU change area comes to include Federal Coal or federal lands, OSMRE does <br /> not have any action. <br /> 3.1.3 Status of Permit Stipulations <br /> Beginning in 1998, and through the issuance of PR-04 (September 13,2016),the Division added <br /> 23 stipulations to the Colowyo Permit. Twenty-three stipulations (Stipulations 1 —23) have <br /> been complied with and terminated. No new stipulations are being added with the approval of <br /> PR-05. <br /> 3.1.4 Status of Permit Renewal <br /> The Division received CCC's application for Permit Renewal No. 8 (RN-08) on April 18, <br /> 2022. The RN-08 application was found complete on April 26, 2022. The Division sent <br /> CCC adequacy letters identifying concerns on July 25, 2022, August 29, 2022, and October <br /> 28, 2022. CCC provided responses to the Division's adequacy concerns on August 17, 2022, <br /> August 29, 2022, and December 20, 2022. The Division issued a proposed decision to <br /> approve RN-08 on January 5, 2023 and issued RN-08 on February 25, 2023. <br /> 7 <br /> Permit Revision No.5(PR-05),G 1981-019 <br />