APPCOR10693

• Permit No: X199621900
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Name: Modified NOI Application
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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THE WHITEWOOD GEOLOGIC GROUP, INC. 7
P. O. Box 881215 3, W V C,

Steamboat Springs, CO 80488 .
' [phone]

1 February 26, 1996
Ms. Barbara L. Pavlik
' Environmental Protection Specialist
Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
Re: Notice of Intent to Explore for Coal No. X-96-219-00,
Cottonwood Land Company.
Dear Ms. Pavlik:
' This letter is in response to your February 8, 1996
correspondence addressing completeness and adequacy issues of the
above referenced Notice of Intent.
1) Completeness Review
a) Cottonwood Land Company is conducting continued efforts
to acquire right-of entry documentation for sites F and
G. We appreciate the Division's consideration of
' stipulating this requirement, if necessary.
b) Attached are letters from the Colorado Division of
Wildlife (2/19/96), and the United States Fish and
' Wildlife Service (2/8/96), which provide the necessary
Threatened and Endangered Species clearances as
required by Rule 2.02.2(2)(h).
' c) Attached is the response from the Office of Archaeology
and Historic Preservation. They have recommended that
"in the event there is Federal involvement
a
,
professional survey be conducted to identify any
Cultural resources in the project area". In the event
of that Cottonwood Land Company files for a Federal
' Coal Exploration License, this recommendation will be
followed.
' 2) Adequacy Review
1) Page 2 of the application is intended~to read "T5N".
' This correction is noted and hereby recorded.