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<br />Mountain Coal Company <br />West Elk Mine <br />Past Oflce Box 591 <br />Somen,M, Colorado 87434 <br />Telephone 970 9235015 <br />Fax 970 9235595 <br />July 24, 1996 <br />Mr. David Berry <br />Colorado Division of Minerals & Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />o~rEIVED <br />' JUL 2 ~ }g96 <br />Division of Minerals 8 Geology <br />RE: Minor Revision No. 187; West Elk Mine; Permit No. C-80-007 <br />Dear David: <br />III IIIIIIIIIIIII III <br />sss <br />~~ `' <br />Mountain Coal Company (MCC) has received the Division's adequacy letter regarding the above <br />referenced minor revision to conduct exploratory drilling on a site designated as EE-twin. MCC <br />provides the following additional 'information: <br />1. The additional "road improvement" work will consist of brush crushing and minor grading to <br />allow a track mounted drill rig to access EE-twin. <br />Approximately 12 inches of topsoil will be removed from the drill pad and road corridor and <br />stockpiled on the upslope side of the drill pad and will remain undisturbed during drilling. The <br />stockpile will be signed, but not seeded due to the short duration of storage. <br />MCC will utilize alternate sediment control measures on the drill pads, such as silt fence or <br />straw bales to control sediment from the pad. <br />Please find enclosed the threatened and endangered species survey that was completed by <br />Greystone in June 1996. Please find enclosed a letter from the Division of Wildlife dated June <br />18, 1996 and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service dated July 23, 1996. <br />The approval of Minor Revision No. 183 stipulated that drilling could not be initiated at site II <br />until concurrence was given by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Please consider this <br />stipulation complied with through Minor Revision No. 187 with the inclusion of the letter <br />from the Service dated July 23, 1996. <br />Please find enclosed a cultural resource survey completed by Metcalf Archaeological <br />Consultants, Inc. in June 1996. Please find enclosed a letter dated June 14, 1996 from the <br />State Historic Preservation Office, which states their concurrence with the Metcalf report. <br />