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DRMS Permit Index
Permit No
C1980007
IBM Index Class Name
Permit File
Doc Date
10/7/2005
Doc Name
Methane Drainage Wells Project Plan Drill Hole 19-06
Section_Exhibit Name
Exhibit 80 Drilling Activities - TR102
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Methane Drainage Wells Project Plan <br />Technical Revision 102; MDW 19-06 <br />Page 6 of 13 <br />sites, and managed to minimize conflicts with the deer and elk on winter range and user <br />conflict during big game hunting seasons. <br />The report entitled, "Box Canyon West Methane Drainage Wells, Wildlife Habitat <br />Evaluations and Inventory for T&E, Sensitive and Management Indicator Species" <br />prepared by Michael Ward Outdoors and Monarch & Associates dated June 2005 was <br />prepared pertaining to a nearby azea (within approximately one-half mile). This report <br />summarizes, "No Federally-listed or State-listed Threatened and Endangered Species that <br />could potentially occur within this portion of the Gunnison National Forest would be <br />adversely impacted by construction of drill site locations and access roads because little <br />or no suitable habitat would be affected. The only management indicator species <br />observed were red-naped sapsuckers and elk. Sapsuckers were commonly observed in <br />aspen stands and elk, or evidence of their presence, was always observed throughout the <br />project azea." The report further concludes, "There aze no Endangered or Threatened <br />plant species known to occur in the project area." <br />LAND USE <br />The present land use of the proposed methane drainage project area consists of domestic <br />grazing, wildlife habitat, watershed, recreational lands, and big game hunting. No <br />agricultural areas exist within the area. <br />Coal mining has a long history in the North Fork Valley. Mountain Coal Company has <br />operated the West Elk Mine as a viable mine since 1981 with an underground longwall in <br />operation since 1992. Currently there are three mines in the North Fork Valley; the Elk <br />Creek Mine operated by Oxbow Mining, Inc.; the Bowie No. 1 and No. 2 Mines operated <br />by Bowie Resources Limited; and the West Elk Mine. Other mines that have existed in <br />the valley include Bear Mine Nos. 1, 2, and 3; Oliver Mine Nos. I and 2; Hawks Nest <br />Mine; the Somerset Mine; and the Edwazds Mine. <br />CULTURAL RESOURCES <br />Previous Class III cultural inventories were conducted in the methane project area. The <br />results of the surveys were negative and were submitted to the USFS. Cultural <br />inventories have been conducted on the adjoining Ravens Gulch Exploration Area (COC- <br />60622; expired). The list of studies includes six Class III surveys and two Class II surveys <br />(Metcalf Archeological Consultants, Inc., 1987, 1989, 1993, 7/94, 8/94, 11/94, 1996, <br />1997) and (Archeological Environmental Reseazch Corp., 1990). The surveys were <br />completed under the Federal Exploration License Numbers COC-51751, COC-5381, <br />COC-53793, COC-58219, COC-60622, and those described in the 1996 revision of the <br />West Elk Mine, CDMG Permit No.C-80-007. No cultural resources were identified in <br />those investigations. Additional cultural resource reports titled, "Mountain Coal <br />Company's West Elk Mine Gob Vent/De-gas Boreholes Class III Cultural Resource <br />Inventory T13S, R90W, Sections 23, 26, 27, 34, and 35 Gunnison County, Colorado, <br />
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