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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1373 $hermam $L, Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 8663567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />January 12, 2007
<br />Greg Wolff
<br />Colorado Historical Society
<br />The Colorado History Museum
<br />1300 Broadway
<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. Wolff:
<br />COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />~-
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />Russell George
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cottony
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, [hat on January 12, 2007, an application to revise coal
<br />mining operations at the Edna Strip Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
<br />submitted by The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act
<br />and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This Technical Revision permits elimination of wells 215W, 215L, 218W, 218L, M892S and M892L from the
<br />monitoring program.
<br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles northwest of Oak Creek, Colorado.
<br />The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />TSN, R85W, Portions of Sections 3l, 32
<br />TSN, R86W, Portions of Section 36
<br />T4N, R86W, Portions of Sections 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25
<br />T4N, R85W, Portions of Sections 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Cow Creek, Oak Creek
<br />and Rattlesnake Butte.
<br />The above-referenced technical revision application does not incorporate additional lands into the permit area or
<br />otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures. In accordance with the May 1991
<br />Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have your concurrence in order to approve
<br />this proposal. We are required to make a finding that "the proposed operations will not adversely affect any
<br />publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing, as determined by the SHPO, on the
<br />National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and the Federal, State, or local agency
<br />with jurisdiction over the park or place." Therefore, we request that you submit comments regarding your
<br />concurrence with, concerns with, or objections to this proposal as it pertains to cultural and historic resources. In
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines
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