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F ~_~. <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAx:(303)832~8106 <br />May 2, 1994 <br />Habitat Resources Division <br />Division of Wildlife <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, CO 80216 <br />Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-81-012) <br />Technical Revision No. 37 (Stipulation 53 - Soils and Vegetation) <br />I~~~~ <br />DEPA[iTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Romer <br />Govemar <br />Ken Salazar <br />Fxecuove Dueciar <br />Michael B. Long <br />Drviuon Director <br />Pursuant to Title 34, Article 35, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised <br />Statutes, the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on <br />April 25, 1994, a technical revision application for a permit to conduct coal <br />mining operations by Basin Resources, Inc., 14300 Highway 12, Weston, <br />Colorado 81091, was deemed complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews <br />and comment periods as provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated <br />thereunder initiate from this day of filing. <br />The applicant proposes to clarify reclamation plans at the New Elk Mine. The <br />technical revision addresses vegetation performance standards and topsoil <br />requirements, as they relate to reclamation. <br />The New Elk Mine permit area is located approximately 25 miles west of <br />Trinidad, Coiorado, in the following sections: <br />Sections 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35 <br />and 36 of Township 33 South, Range 68 West; Sections 1 <br />and 2 of Township 34 South, Range 68 West; Sections 30 <br />and 31 of Township 33 South, Range 67 West; and Section 6 <br />of Township 34 South, Range 67 West. <br />All sections are partially or fully projected by Basin Resources <br />due to the unsurveyed nature of the Maxwell Land Grant. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle <br />maps of Vigil, Tercio and Stonewall. <br />Because the above referenced technical revision application might alter <br />previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are <br />requesting your agency's evaluation of the proposal as it relates to fish and <br />wildlife considerations, including potential impacts to threatened or <br />endangered species. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is enclosed. In order for us to <br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted to <br />the Division of Minerals and Geology at the above address by 5:00 p.m. on <br />May 20, 1994. If no comments are received by this date, we will proceed on <br />