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STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />Bruce McCloskey, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />wildlifestate. ca. us <br />January 25, 2007 <br />DECEIVED <br />JAN [ g 2001 <br />B on G. Walker Divis~c:~ of Reclamation, <br />Yr Mming and Safety <br />~_ _._,_ Environmental Protection Specialist <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 ~ - ~- - <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Edna Strip Mine (Permit No. C-1980-001) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 47 (TR-47) <br />Reduction in Monitoring Program <br />Dear Mr. Walker, <br />For ~ldlife- <br />ForPeople <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Technical Revision Application for the Edna Strip Mine. The <br />Technical Revision permit allows wells 215W, 215L, 218W, 218L, M892S, and M892L to be eliminated from the <br />monitoring program, which had historically been measuring ground water effects, water levels and soil stability, as <br />well as baseline water quality data. <br />Since the completion of mining activities at the Edna Mine 10 yeazs ago, the reclamation of the abandoned mine <br />has been progressively moving forward. Sealing/filling in these monitoring wells is simply the next step in the <br />reclamation process that will allow this land to be returned to productive wildlife habitat. This site supports a <br />vaziety of wildlife species including elk, deer, coyote, small mammals, raptors, waterfowl, and numerous aquatic <br />species in Trout Creek and Oak Creek. <br />We anticipate that there will be no impacts to wildlife from sealing these monitoring wells. <br />Thanks again for the opportunity to comment on the Technical Revision permit. If you have any further questions, <br />please contact District Wildlife Manager, Danielle Domson at (970) 846-3056. <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Ron D. Velazde <br />Regional Wildlife Manager <br />NW Region <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Hams D. Sherman, Executive Direcor <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Jeffrey Crawford, Chair • Tom Burke, Vice Chair • Claire O'Neal, Secretary <br />Members, Robert Bray • Brad Coors • Ridc Enstrom .Richard Ray • James McAnally .Ken Torres <br />Ex Offido Members, Hams Shennan and John Stulp <br />