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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIV1510N Of MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmem of Natural Resources <br />131 } Sherman SI . Room ? 15 <br />Denver, Colorado 80201 <br />Phone. (3031 Rbb-3567 <br />FAX 1303) R12 8106 <br />June 6, 1996 <br />Mr. Jim Miller <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />711 Independent Avenue <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81505 <br />RE: Roadside Portals, Permit Revision Application No. 2 <br />File No. C-81-041 <br />Dear Mr. Miller: <br />~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5 LachheaA <br />Execun~e Direclar <br />Michael B lanL; <br />brvuion Dnector <br />As you pointed out in our phone conversation the week before last, <br />we had requested DOW review of relevant portions of the above <br />referenced permit revision application, and the notice you received <br />indicated that a copy of the permit revision was enclosed, but in <br />fact the revision was not enclosed. I have enclosed with this <br />letter portions of the revision application which would likely be <br />of concern to your agency. The entire permit revision application, <br />consisting of 6 large volumes, is on file at the Mesa County Clerk <br />and Recorder's Office, as well as at our Grand Junction Office <br />located at 2148 Broadway, #C-5. <br />The permit revision application was prompted in large part by a <br />mid-term permit review we conducted in August, 1995. Due to the <br />large number of issues generated by the review, the operator chose <br />to completely replace the existing permit application package with <br />a re-organized set of replacement volumes, rather than make <br />piecemeal changes to the existing application. <br />The application does not propose any additional surface disturbance <br />or expansion of underground workings beyond what has previously <br />been approved, nor does it propose modification of previously <br />approved wildlife mitigation plans or monitoring programs. The <br />application does include modification and clarification of <br />revegetation success comparison methods and revegetation success <br />standards, including modification of the woody plant density <br />success standard. The revision also includes refinements and <br />modifications with respect to subsidence and hydrologic impact <br />characterization, reclamation grading specifications, and soil <br />balance calculations. <br />