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~`~ `{~ <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />7373 Sherman 5t., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8706 <br />July 8, 2002 <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />Wildlife Manager <br />West Regional Service Center <br />711 Independent Ave. <br />Grand Junction, CO 81505 <br />Re: Munger Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-020) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 14 (TR-14) <br />Construct Waste Disposal Pile <br />Deaz West Regional Wildlife Manager: <br />D IV(StON OF <br />MINERALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING•SAfETY <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Greg E. Walther <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Acting Division Director <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, <br />Pazagraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 8, 2002, an application to revise coal mining operations <br />at the Munger Canyon Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by <br />Lodestar Energy, Inc. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from <br />this date of filing. <br />This revision would allow for construction of a small (4.9 acre) coal mine waste disposal azea, to handle waste <br />material from the operator's McClane Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1980-004) located adjacent to the Munger <br />Canyon Permit azea. The proposal includes plans for diversion ditches, a sediment pond, and re-located road <br />segment. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 18 miles north ofLoma, Colorado. The <br />permit area is further described as follows: <br />Mine site: Portions of Sections 21, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, and 34, T7S, R102W, 6th P.M., all in Garfield County. <br />Portions of Sections 2 and 3, T8S, R102W, 6th P.M., all in Garfield County. The proposed disturbance associated <br />with this revision is located within the SW 1/4 Sec. 28, T7S, R102W, 6a P.M. (see enclosed location maps). <br />The revision disturbance area is shown on USGS 7.5 minute Howazd Canyon Quadrangle Map. <br />The technical revision application would incorporate a small additional disturbance within big sagebrush and <br />pinyon juniper habitat adjacent to the existing access road, within the approved permit area, but would not <br />otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures relating to the revegetation or <br />wildlife plans. <br />Site location maps are enclosed. Please advise us if you require additional information. <br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. <br />