REV00445

• Permit No: C1981010
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/28/1995
• Doc Name: TRAPPER MINE PN C-81-010 TR 67 OAK 1 & 2 PONDS
• From: DMG
• To: DOW
• Type & Sequence: TR67
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl of Natural Resources
1.31 3 Sherman 51.. Room 215
Denver, Colorado 8020]
Phone: (3031 Bhb-3567
FA%:130]) A32-8106
April 28, 1995
Mr. Robert H. Caskey
Regional Wildlife Manager
Colorado Division of Wildlife
711 Independent Avenue
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Re: Trapper Mine (Permit Fo. C-81-O10>
Technical Revision No. 67 (Oak No. I and No. 2 Ponds>
Dear Mr. Caskey:
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
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hLChael B. Long
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Pursuant to Title 34, Article 33, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the
Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on April 28, 1995,
a technical revision application for a permit to conduct coal mining
operations by Trapper Mining Inc., P.O. Box 187, Craig, CU 81626, was deemed
complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews and comment periods as
provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from this
day of filing.
The applicant proposes to revise surface coal mining operations at the Trapper
Mine. The technical revision addresses the construction of two new sediment
ponds. Each pond embankment will be 14 feet high. Each pond wll have a
capacity of about 2 acre-feet of water before discharging. About 1.2 acres of
surface disturbance will occur for each pond.
The Trapper Mine is located approximately 6 1/2 miles south of Craig,
Colorado. The area to be affected by this revision is located in the SIJ 1/4
of Section 30, Township 6 North, Range 90 West. This tract of land is shown
on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Castor Gulch.
Because the above referenced technical revision application might alter
previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are
requesting your agency's evaluation of the proposal as it relates to fish and
wildlife considerations, including potential impacts to threatened or
endangered species.
A copy of the technical revision application is enclosed. In order for us to
comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted to
the Division of Minerals and Geology at the above address by 5:00 p.m. on
May 26, 1995. If no comments are received by this date, we will proceed on
the assumption that your agency has no concerns with or objections to the
applicant's proposal.