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Fab. 7, 1940 <br />Hr. Arthur C. Towaend. <br />State I:istoric Preservation Officer <br />1300 P.roadvay <br />nenvcr, Co. 50203 <br />Dear Ttr. Tovnoendt <br />The Office of Surface }lining {OSlf) is reviewing Lnergy fuels Energy 1 sad 2, <br />and Lckraan Perlce Hine Plan, under the Surface Hining Control end Aeelacution <br />Aet of 1977. As a result of this review, ve rill be ua::ing recomendatlone to <br />rife Secretary of the Interior. Thie Off lee requests Sour review nad <br />concurrence with our Intent to approve the nine plan with ecipulatione. Our <br />revicv has deterrined that three cultural resource surveys vote perfotned one <br />Marto of the sine plan area. Thcec reports have been subciited for your <br />revicv under separate cover along with naps of the sine plan and site <br />locations. These survoye do not conatltute a 100;, cultural resources <br />inventory of the sine plan egos. Dowever, both the Lnbrntory of Public <br />Archeology (LOPA) eurvep'and the Bureau of Lend }fnnaEeoen[ (BL`1) surveys . <br />indicated [ha[ dense cegeta[Son and steep topography prohibited as <br />lnvcsilgation of all areas within the rvrveys. Since tl:erc rconine some <br />uncerteln[y ea to the adequacy of the cultural ICaOIICCC9 coverage for the mine <br />plan, this office will propose [I~at the nine plan soprovol coa[aln a <br />scipulstfon ae follo~es <br />"If durinE mining operations, previously unidentified cultural reeoureee <br />should be discovered, the operator shall Se:-ediatcly interrupt . <br />operations vlthla [he vicinity of the site and notify the regulatory <br />authority. Operations shall not reouoc until OS!:, tlic land oanaging <br />nP,ency sad the SRFO have had adequate opporcunity to aoaose the cultural <br />resource and appropriate mitigating measurer have hero developed, <br />approved, and foplenented." (See 36 CF^ A00.7) <br />trine Y~Setoric and archeological sites <br />nine plan ogee. It ie our opinion [h+ <br />inclusion nn tlic llntional IteTioter of <br />SP.T 24 SRT <br />SRT 33 SRT <br />SAT 3G SP.T <br />arc located vi[hir, tf~c perimeters of tl,e <br />t[ seven sites are not eligible for <br />}ifstorlc Place: <br />3S 5!'T 115 <br />111 <br />112 <br />`:uppor[Ing docuecntatlon for Snellgib111[y of Clieec cites le ettac}~ed <br />It is our opinion that two sites of the original vine meet the criteria for i <br />inclusion on the flational Register of I;intorlc Placer. LIC believe that the <br />Fo1de1 Canyon School is e11,^,ible for nocinatian to [he t:ntlnnal P.eRinter. We <br />also believe that site SRT 32, an archeological Dire, ir, eligible for i <br />irclusion on the llatlonnl Register. Should you concur with our evaluation of ` <br />~ `;: <br />- `::h <br />... <br />~..', <br />i ~i .~~ :"~i:': <br />' ..~r'.~.':~.~........ ~ ..... .......... .. <br />