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i <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (3031 866 3567 <br />FA x. (3071 872-B 106 <br />October 13, 1994 <br />Assistant State Supervisor <br />Fish and Wildlife Enhancement <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />764 Horizon Drive, South Annex <br />Grand Junction, CO 81506-3946 <br />Re: Bear Mine (Permit No. C-81-033> <br />Permit Revision No. 02 (Mine Plan Revision) <br />Dear Assistant Supervisor: <br />~~~~~~~ <br />DEPARTMEN'T' OI <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCE` <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5. Lochhead <br />Exec wive D~renor <br />Michael 8. Lang <br />Division Director <br />Pursuant to Title 34, Article 35, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised <br />Statutes, the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on <br />October 11, 1994, an application to revise a permit to conduct coal mining <br />operations by Bear Coal Company, Inc., P.0. Box 518, Somerset, CO 81434, was <br />deemed complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews and comment periods <br />as provided in .the Act and Regulations promulgated thereunder initiate from <br />this day of filing. <br />The applicant proposes to revise underground coal mining operations at the <br />Bear Mine. The proposed revision will add 112.9 acres to the current permit <br />area and provide for mining in the northeast portion of Section 20 and the <br />western half of Section 16. The Bear Mine permit area is located immediately <br />southeast of the town of Somerset, Colorado, within the following sections: <br />Township 13 South, Range 90 West. 6th P.M <br />Section 8: <br />Section 9: <br />Section 16: <br />Section 17: <br />Section 20: <br />Section 21: <br />S/2 <br />S/2 <br />All <br />All <br />NW/ <br />N/2 <br />N/2 <br />SE/4 South of River <br />S/2 South of River <br />except portions of the N/2 NW/4, <br />7 NE/4, W/2 SW/4 <br />N/2 NW/4, NE/4, E/2 NW/4 <br />NE/4. N/2 NW/4. SW/4 NW/4 <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map <br />of Somerset, Colorado. <br />Because the above referenced permit revision application would incorporate <br />additional lands into the permit area or might otherwise alter previously <br />approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your <br />agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to threatened or endangered <br />species of plants or animals, or wildlife species otherwise protected by <br />federal law. <br />