REV01839

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/29/1995
• Doc Name: Review Letter
• From: Janet Binns
• To: Harry Ranney
• Type & Sequence: TR28
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman SL, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
December 29, 1995
To:
From:
Re:
Harry Ranney
Janet Binn
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DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Roy Romer
Governor
James S. Lochhead
Executive Director
New Horizon Mine, C-81-008, Western Fuels-Colour®a3~.~o„s
responses to Technical Revision No. 28 Adequacy Conce~"Yi~'.Director
Z have reviewed Western Fuels-Colorado's responses to the adequacy
concerns I had identified in a letter dated November 28, 1995,
regarding Technical Revision No. 28. Western Fuels has addressed
the majority of the concerns I had identified in the November 28,
1995 letter. I have numbered the responses in the same format as
the original adequacy concerns.
1. Western Fuels proposes to eliminate hedgerow plantings between
pastures. This commitment was originally included in the
permit for wildlife habitat mitigation. References to
hedgerow plantings are found on pages 2.05.4(2)(e)-2 and 11,
as well as, 2.05.6(2)-1 and 4. Postmining land use has been
approved as irrigated pasture and dryland pasture, with no
designation for postmining land use of wildlife habitat. No
critical wildlife habitat was identified within the permit
area.
Although Rule 4.18(5)(j) calls for creation of hedgerows or
plantings in areas that will be returned to cropland, the
operator has stated that planting of hedgerows would be
inappropriate for the proposed crop management practices.
Reviewing the permit, it is unclear to me if there was a
specific concern identified either by DMG or by the Colorado
Division of Wildlife requiring mitigative measures for
wildlife habitat. If there was no specific need for the
hedgerows and the elimination of them is not counter to
recommendations of DOW, then DMG agrees with their
elimination.
2. Western Fuels response addressed the Division's concern. WF-C
has revised page 2.05.4(2)(e)-4 accordingly.
3. All responses to the items identified in concern number 3a-d
have been addressed.
e) Western Fuels presented an acceptable justification for
the inclusion of the three additional introduced species in
their Cover letter. The Division does not have a problem with