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~.: __ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ __ STATE OF COLORADO MIMED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION oF.~or Department of Natural Resources ~, _ op c„~ ~~'"a 7373 Sherman St.. Room 215 g Denver, CO 80203 . ~~= •~ ~ ~~ 303 866-3567 •.ri,~,~. Fax: 303 832.8706 Roy Romer, Governor FreO R. Barna. Division Director October 30. 1991 Las Animas County Assessor First & Maple Streets Trinidad, Colorado 81082 RE: Post-Mining Land Use Change at the Trinid6td Basin Mine (Our File No. C-81-048, TR - OS) Dear: This letter is written to notify you of a proposed decision by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (the Division) to approve a request to change the post-mining land use from rangeland/wildlife to residential on the western half of the Trinidad Basin Mine. The land subject to the proposed land use change includes the west 1/2 of section 15 and the west 1/2 of section 22, T31S, R65W of the 6th P.M. in Las Animas County, Colorado. More specifically the area in questions includes portions of lots 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39 and 64 of the Del Agua Canyon Ranches. This decision is based in part on Rule 4.16.3 (Alternative Land Use) of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining. Two sections of this rule which pertain directly to this change include: 4.16.3(1) The proposed post-mining land use is compatible with adjacent land use and, where applicable, with existing local, state or federal land use policies and plans: any required approval, including any necessary zoning or other changes required for land by local, state or federal land management agencies, shall be obtained and remain valid throughout the surface coal mining operations. 4.16.3(3) The proposed use will not present actual or probable hazard to public health or safety nor will it pose actual or probable threat of water flow diminution or pollution contrary to state or federal laws, rules or regulations.