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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 8663567 FAX: (303) 832-8106 September 22, 2006 Greg Wolff Colorado Historical Society The Colorado History Museum 1300 Broadway Denver, CO 80203 Re: Northfield Mine (Permit No. C-2006-085) New Permit Application Dear Mr. Wolff: COLORADO DIVISION O F RECLAMATION MINING - &- SAFETY e;n Owens Governor Russell George Executive DIrMOr Ronald W. Cattany Division Director Natural Resource Trustee The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I l8, Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on September 22, 2006, an application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Northfield Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing. The applicant Northfield Partners, LLC, proposes to conduct underground coal mining operations on land located approximately 3 miles south of Canon City. The permit area is further described as follows: Portions of Sections l 1, l2, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24, Township 19 South, Range 70 West. Areas to be affected by proposed surface and underground operations are encompassed by the proposed Northfield permit area located in south central Colorado in Fremont County. The Northfield permit area is located approximately three miles south of the incorporated Canon City. A limited area for mine support facilities and portals, located within the permit area, will be constructed on the north side of Chandler Creek. The proposed mine access and haul road leading to the facilities area will intersect the right-of--way of County Road 79 a distance of 0.52 miles east of the junction of County Road 79 and County Road 11A. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Canon City. The mine permit area contains approximately 1,430 acres, bounded on the west by County Road 77 and its northern limit approaches the south edge of the town of Brookside. Chandler Creek and County Road 79 bisect the permit area from southwest to northeast. The eastern permit boundary crosses County Road 79 approximately 250 feet east of the entrance to the aforementioned mine access road. In order for us to approve this application, we are required to make a finding that "the proposed operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing, as determined by the SHPO, on the National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or place." Northfield Partners has already communicated with you on the project and your recommendation was to survey the proposed disturbed area (see attached). We expect a survey to be completed during [he next few months and will forward the survey to you upon receipt. A copy of the application is also available for public inspection at the Fremont County Courthouse, 615 Macon ~/Enne, Rnnm R_5, C'.annn Cite C(l RI~I'J and at the Ilivicinn nffir•.e Fnr additional infnrmarin ~ to nrnvide wA(ht?n~Eomments, or request an informal conference, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining an~Be#'e[y, Mined Land Reclamation Ac£ve and Inactive Mines