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. _._~ J:: ' • • ' i~ • >!r. 2.rthur C. To•+nsend. SCate Historic Preservation Officer 1300 Crandvay ;r_nver, Co. 50203 ?eb. ~, t~~n ?ecr :Ir. Tovnsend~ T?:e Office of Surface "lining (OS![) is reviewing Lner~y Pue1s Cnergy 1 and ?, sr.A CcScaan Perks Mine Plnn, under the Surface Hieing Control and Reclsaatlon net of 1977. Ae a result of this review, ve will be caking recoo=endatior.a to tl~u Secreesry of the Interior. :'hie Office zeGuests your review and ccncur:ance with our intent to epprove the nine plan with etipulationa. Our review has deterrairied that tlirea cultural resource surveys were perforced on parts of the clae plan eren. Theec reports have been aubn![ted for your review under separate cover along with naps of she amine plan and Bite locstious. Theca sutvoya do w t constitute a 100x cultural rcaourcca Snveatory of the vine plan aroa. OoNever, both the Lnbratory of Public ~,rchcology (LO PA) survey and the Suzeau oC Lend `fenaEecent (SLu) aurvcys liidicnted that den¢e vebetation and steep topography prohibited an ~nvestisation of all aresa within tl:e rv rveye. Since t}:ere rcaaine earn ncortainty ee to the adeGuncy of the cultural reaourc ee cove rn ge Cor the ~!ne plan, this office will propose [lice the nine plan approval contain a stipulntion as follows: 'It during mining operaclona, previously unideatifled cultural rea0u:ces should be dfscoveraA, [hn operator shall Sacedletely interrupt ~operatlona within the vicinity of she cite and notify the regulatory authority. Operacioru ahnll not rasuac until OS1', rite land canaging agency snd the S!iF0 have had adequate opportunity to aaaeea the cultural resource snd spproprlnte aiti~ating aeasurca hove been Aeveloped, approved, and lop'_even[ed.' (See J6 C?:: x00.7) .1ne !:Sstor!c and archeoln,c,icnl sites arc loceted vithtn [fie peri,~eters of t:~e ~ir.e plan Wren. I[ is our opinion that seven sites ire cot eligible for inclusion nn rite l:ational i:c„later of Historic Plnces: SP.T'.4 5 ? 35 S'.T 1l 5 SRT 33 SnT 11'. :aT 3; Sr: 112 !:upnorting docuaaatation for Sneligibility of these circa is ettacVied .c fa our opinion [hat two sltr.s of the ucigtnr.l nl r.^_ c?^_t [~c criteria fn: ir.c iusiou on the :+a tionnl ~e;;Ister of IS storic 7laces. .:e belie•.•e t!:at [he oidel Canyo^ School Ss cll;ible for no:inatinn to the ':aclonal ^.^glater. ':%e se believo that site :I'.T 32, an arc huoioglcal nice, is eligible for inclusion on t1~e :~ationel P.ee!ster. Shou1C you concur •rith our evaluation ~f ~ •:.: i ~