REV15118

• Permit No: C1981024
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 10/20/1993
• Doc Name: COLO COAL MINE 1 PN C-81-042 PERMIT RENEWAL 2
• From: DMG
• To: USFWS
• Type & Sequence: RN2
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Depanmenl of Natural Resources
131 3 Sherman 51., Room 215
Denver, CO 80201
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
October 20, 1993
Field Supervisor
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
730 Simms Street, Suite 290
Golden, CO 80401
Re: Colorado Coal Mine No. 1 (Our File No. C-81-024)
Permit Renewal No. 2
Dear Supervisor:
Pursuant to Title 33, Article 34, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised
Statutes, the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that
October 15, 1993, an application for renewal of a valid, existing permit
conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-81-024, by Kaiser Resources,
Inc., 8300 Utica Avenue, Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730, was deemed
complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews and comment periods as
provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from
day of filing.
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The applicant proposes to continue conducting reclamation operations at the
Colorado Coal Mine No. 1. The permit area is located in portions of
Section 25, Township 27 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., and is four
miles northwest of the town of Walsenburg, Colorado. The above-mentioned
tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Walsenburg North.
In order for us to approve this renewal application, we are required to affirm
that the original finding that "the activities would not affect the continued
existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or
adverse modification of their critical habitats as determined under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973..." remains valid. We request your review and
recommendation pursuant to this finding, as well as your evaluation of the
continued validity of the projections and assumptions of the mining and
reclamation plan which relate to federally protected wildlife species.
Applicable sections of the permit application are enclosed. Please advise us
if you require additional information.
In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that
comments be submitted to the Division of Minerals and Geology at the above
address by 5:00 p.m. on November 30, 1993. If no comments are received by
this date, we will proceed on the assumption that your agency has no concerns
with or objections to the applicant's proposal.