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C/~ $o a o7 <br />Kaldenbach, Tom <br />From: Ryan Z Taylor [2taylor@fs.fed.us] <br />Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 2:05 PM <br />To: daniel.hernandez@state.co.us; jim.burnell@state.co.us; tom.kaldenbach@state.co.us <br />Cc: HBarbe@archcoal.com; Levi Broyles; Liane Mattson <br />Subject: Fw: PR-10 comments clarification <br /> <br />MCC <br />comments ]an-28-: <br />Gentlemen, <br />I'm in the process of reviewing PR-10 for the West Elk Mine and I have a <br />couple of concerns. Hopefully I'm missing something obvious, but it <br />appears that the Forest Service's comments, sent to the Division on Jan 28, <br />2005 (see email chain below) was not included with the Division's comments <br />for MCC to address. <br />I'm attaching a copy of that correspondence, which was also sent via postal <br />service <br />(See attached file: MCC PR-lO comments Jan-28-2005.docj (there is one <br />modification to this document related to a discrepancy with our <br />Aspen/SpruceFir mix) <br />The absence of our comments is somewhat disapointing, with the appearence <br />that our concerns were not included into the revision. This is especially <br />true for the items such as inclusion of USFS seed mixtures, which was <br />significantly modified through meetings and field inspections with the coal <br />company, USFS, and CDMG personel. Our main concern is that if these <br />changes are not included into the permit, the previous collaborative effort <br />of both agencies (as well as MCC) would be lost to personnel/management <br />reassignments. <br />I'm hoping that I am overlooking part of the revision package, although in <br />the newest iteration of PR-10 (received from MCC March 28, 2006J, none of <br />the included sections appear to have USFS comments addressed. <br />Our intentions are not to make the permit revision process more arduous for <br />the West Elk Mine or CDMG, and we would be comfortable if MCC is willing to <br />address our comments "on the fly" (inserting new pages without having to do <br />a formal iteration of comment-->response with the Division). We just want <br />to make sure our concerns are addressed, or at least provided reasoning why <br />they are not pertinent. <br />In the short term, we are continuing our review of PR-10 and hope to follow <br />up with CDMG in a few days. <br />Please let me know if you have any questions. <br />Regards <br />Ryan Z. Taylor <br />Geologist - USDA Forest Service <br />Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests <br />PO Box 1030, Paonia, CO 81428 <br />Office - 970.527.9131 Fax - 970.527.4151 <br />Forwarded by Ryan Z Taylor/R2/USDAFS on 09/18/2006 01:97 PM ----- <br />"Burnell, Jim" <br /><jim.burnell@stat <br />1 <br />