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iiiiiiiiiiiniuiii STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department of Nawral Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: 1303) 866~356i FA% (303) a3'_-8106 October 31, 2000 ~~ DIVISION O F ~ MIN ERALSi GEOLOGY 0. EC LAMATION MINING•SAf ETY~ Jim Green Bill D..en~ Governor Colorado Historical Society crer; e. w,lcher The Colorado History Museum E.ecul~ve D~reclor 1300 Broadway Michael B. LOnR Division Dueclor Denver, CO 80203 Re: Keenesburg Strip Mine (Permit No. C-1981-028) Technical Revision Application No. 33 (TR-33) Incidental Boundary Chauge Dear Mr. Green: The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 30, 2000, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Keenesburg Strip Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Coors Energy Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. This technical revision deletes approximately 217 acres from the Permit area. This area, within, and adjacent to the southern border of Section 36, T3N, R64W, was not disturbed by the mining or mine-related activity. There is no change to the environmental monitoring or reclamation activities at the site. The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles north of Keenesburg, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: All or portions of Sections 2, 11 and 14, T2N, R64W; and Sections 25, 35 and 36, T3N, R64W; 6th Prime Meridian. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Klug Ranch and Tampa. Because the above-referenced technical revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to cultural and historic resources. In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have your concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a finding that "the proposed operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing, as determined by the SHPO, on the National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or place." Therefore, we request that you submit comments regarding your concurrence with, concerns with, or objections to [his proposal. In order that we may comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) days of this letter. Please refer to the MOU when undertaking your review.