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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />999 <br /> <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 51.. Room 21 i <br />Denver, CO 60207 <br />Phone: (303i 866-3567 <br />FAX: 13031832-81 J6 <br />pF CO[Q <br />,c <br />h~ <br />tw>~ <br />~ r816 ~ <br />April 13, 1993 <br />Mr. Perry D. Olson, Director <br />Division of Wildlife <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, CO 80216 <br />RP; Cyprus Yampa Valley Coal Company (Colorado Yampa Coal Co.) <br />Permit No. C-81-071, Alternate Land Use Revision, PR-03 <br />~~N rr>~, <br />Dear M~if~1`s4 <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />.4t~chael B. Long <br />Division Director <br />As anticipated, Colorado Yampa Coal Company (CYCC) has submitted a request for a formal <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board hearing concerning the recent denial of their revision (PR-031 <br />reyuestiny an aiierltaiive land use of pastureland for all remaining rangeland within the <br />disturbed area of iviine No. 1 ,Mine No. 2, and Eckman Park. The board hearing will be held <br />on May 26 and May 27, 1993 at the Centennial Building in Denver. <br />CYCC contends that the current 3.7 square miles of reclamation at Eckman Park is as <br />valuable as a grassland as it was prior to mining, and that the key species identified in the <br />CYCC permit have not been impacted. We would like the DOW to provide the technics! <br />arguments and expertise related to the reasons for reestablishment of shrubs and the <br />importance of such measures to wildlife. <br />I would like to recommend that Jim Morris coordinate with your staff and arrange to meet <br />with the members of my staff who have been ::a. dling t!3e issue hore at the Division of <br />Minerals and Geology (DMG). <br />We feel that successful defense of our decision is critical to the future of shrubs and native <br />grass species as a key element of wildlife habitat restoration, not only at Eckman Park but <br />at other large surface mines in western Colorado. Your staff's involvement and participation <br />with this issue is esserrtial to receiving the Board's support. - <br />We look forward to working with the DOW to quickly and decisively put an end to this <br />issue. If you have questions or concerns, please cal! mc. <br />Sincerely, <br />~~_~f. <br />Michael B. Long <br />Director <br />MBL/bjw <br />cc: hSteve Renner, DMG <br />m:\oss\bjw\mbl <br />