PERMFILE61358

• Permit No: C1981038A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 6/29/2004
• Section_Exhibit Name: Volume 1 2.04 Environmental Resources
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

§2.04 APPLICATION FOR PERMIT FOR SURFACE OR
MINING ACTIVITIES -- MINIMUM
REQUIREMENTS FOR INFORMATION ON ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES.
§2.04.3 General Requirements: Site Description and Land Use Information.
(1) ( Cont'd .)
Harner & Associates, Inc. of Littleton, Colorado, was contracted to
complete detailed soils and vegetation analyses for the Orchard
Valley West Mine site. An Environmental Assessment was also
completed for rights-of-way from the Bureau of Land Management for
the Orchard Valley West haul road and 96KV powerline. See the
reports in the Vegetation Appendix in Vol- ume 9A and Soils Appendix
in Volume 9 for additional information.
With this background and the additional data generated specifically
for the present application, Colorado Westmoreland Inc. sets forth
in this Part 2.09 a description of the existing, pre-mining
environmental resources within the proposed mine plan area and
adjacent areas. A number of appendices, such as the BLM Technical
Evaluation and Environmental Assessment (see TE/EA Appendix in Volume
9A) are also supplied for convenient reference.
(2) No answer required.
(a)
The permit area to the North of Highway 133 is rugged
mountainous terrain predominantly covered with pinyon-juniper
and oak brush (see Vegetation Section 2.09.10 for specific
discussion of vegetative types) and is generally acceptable as
rangeland (see Map 9-1). Because of the low productivity of
these vegetative types, livestock grazing is usually
short-term. Livestock is moved to more productive grazing
allotment on Federal (U.S.D.A. Forest Service) lands north of
the permit area within a few weeks of being brought to the
area. The same short-term of grazing usually occurs as
livestock is moved during the Fall to lower, portions of the
permit area to be relocated for the winter.
Revised 08/01/84
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