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j • • <br />~, <br />-, <br />~~ <br />~~ <br />TUTTLE APPLEGATE RINDAHL, INC. <br />Consultants for Land and Resource Development <br />5®atembe.r 9, 1968 <br />Mr•. Ed ~ischof:` <br />Mined Land Reclamation Division <br />1.312, Sh er•man Street, Room c15 <br />Denver, CO 60"c'~83 <br />RE: C+~al Creek. Resorlrces <br />Dear Ed: <br />III IIIIIIIIIillllll <br />999 <br />.. y.a p..-.je ki ~~ .t ^: ~.a <br />s~~r~ ~.~ sae <br /> <br />At the Tuly, Y968, Board meeting, we received approval for :~nases <br />A, fl. and C of our mininp plan. At the A+Sp+1st E~+~ard meet inn yo,1 <br />asked us to sudmit a letter outlining specificai iv what we are <br />requesting Por• the permit on the total Coal Creek. prroper•t ies. <br />Specifically, we are r•eduest ing the f~~l lowing items: <br />1. That Phases D and E of the mining plan be incurpor•at ed int+'? <br />the permit. t=or the saxe +df simpl icity, we snou to maKe t`re <br />permit and the anniver•sar•y date September. <br />'c'. Tnat Item i?to. 7 in the Environmental tanalysis Rddend.Sm be <br />deleted. ai Item fdo. 7 speaks to mininp being halted if the! <br />mitidati+,n measures prove unsaL'isPactti~r•v. As Vou know, we <br />fiave agreed to participate in a complex and exoanUed <br />scientific monit+]r'inq ang study +~f the c~~tt~~nwood trees. <br />Our• r•,~le will be to monitor the dr•o+lndwat er• and t~~ install. <br />many more m+~nit+?rlnq wells than we `rod +_?r•iginai ly <br />a1'lt is lQat ed 11'r o+Sr• +]Wn mOnltdr'11'rp plan. D+Sr lop th i5 St+1dy <br />of the trees, We will have a large amount ~~f scientific <br />expertise on the site which we would als+~ like to utilize irr <br />our• revepet at ion prop ram. in addition, the Board pas Heard <br />from the State Land Board aborlt their position on thrt> <br />cc?ttonw+~od trees. Specifically, the State Land B~~ar•o has <br />reiterated their desire to save as many cottonwood trees as:; <br />dossipie, but has tempered to is statement witn a realization <br />about the advanced age oY the trees, the Fact that wo trees <br />are being regenerated due to cattle grazing, the value and <br />scarcity of commercial sand r•esorSr•ces as compared to tfic+ <br />value and abundance of c•~t t+~nwood trees, and heir- own l+~np- <br />ranged plans for• bui iding development on to is property. <br />1199rP Grant Street Suite 41+D Denver, Col+~r•ad~~ ErDc33 45"c-GG11 <br />