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~~ i <br />IN REPLY REFER TO: <br />L3023 <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />NATIONAL PARK SERVICE <br />CURECANTI NATIONAL RECREATION AREA <br />P.O. BOX 1090 <br />GUNNISON, COLORADO 81230 <br />January 23, 1984 <br />iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />999 <br />RECEIVED <br />Marv z s ~9s~ <br />Mr. Rocky Beaver <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board <br />Room 423 <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, CO 50203 <br />Dear Mr. Seaver: <br />MINED LAND RECLAMATION D1VISi0N <br />Colo. Dept. of Natural Resources <br />After review of the supplemental information to MLRB File No. 78-305 <br />from Formaz and Son, Inc., Gunnison, Colorado we wish to make the following <br />comments in regard to the application for mining and reclamation permits <br />within Curecanti National Recreation Area (see map): <br />1. In order to help maintain the visual aesthetics of the drive <br />along U.S. 50, we would like to have the southern rimrock barrier <br />along U.S. 50 preserved as it is presently. We will meet in Che <br />future with the operators regarding this point (see preliminary <br />survey map enclosed). <br />2. We will also be working with the operators in the near future with <br />regard to a NPS permit formalizing the methods and rights of ingress <br />and egress from the area and other aspects of the mining impacts <br />upon the surface areas and adjacent lands. Among these are assistance <br />in securing the appropriate archeological clearances in compliance <br />with Federal Executive Order No. 11593, Sec. lOb. <br />3. We concur with the Colorado Division of Wildlife's assessment of the <br />area providing critical winter range for not only deer, but elk <br />during severe winters such as the present. 'T'his year approximately <br />200 elk and 100 deer are utilizing the project location and neigh- <br />boring rangeland. The rim rock previously mentioned and old snags <br />below provide important perches for bald eagles during winter months <br />and other raptor species throughout the year. <br />4. We would also like to be included in the bond release request consul- <br />tation for the various phases of reclamation. <br />There is little question that the Federal surface managed by the National <br />Park Service is being mined, or that the land was acquired subject to a <br />~ ' <br />