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III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />~~""• United States Forest Paonia P.O. Box 1030 <br />Department of Service Ranger District N Rio Grande Ave. <br />Agriculture PHONE NO. 970-527-4131 Paonia, CO 81428 <br />FA\ 970-527-4151 <br />Mr. Jim Burnell <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Mr. Burnell, <br />File Code: 2$20-4 <br />Date: April 5, 2001 <br />RECEIVE® <br />APR 0 92009 <br />p,rislort trt lrMlitals & (1 <br />Attached is a Decision Memo (DM) from [he Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National <br />Forests that authorizes Mountain Coal Company (MCC) to access National Forest lands for [he <br />purposes of installing gob ventilation boreholes (GVB). This Forest Service decision allows <br />MCC to reopen an abandoned drill site access road, and drill and install GVB a[ locations <br />previously used for coal exploration drilling (96-27-1 and RAV-10). This action corresponds to <br />MCC's Minor Revision 273. <br />In addition to stipulations on the existing coal leases, we have included Conditions of Approval <br />as part of this decision. Please note we have specified a different seed mix to be used in <br />reclaiming National Forest lands than that proposed by MCC in their submittal for Minor <br />Revision 273. <br />Please contact Liane Mattson if you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />a.i jl~ ~y " ~ C.l~~~.ILI:~~~Qi1~ <br />~,~/ SUSAN J. SPEAR J <br />~f District Ranger <br />enclosure <br />Caring for the Land and Serving People Frmea o~ aearaiea aave~ ~~ <br />