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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Depanmem n( Natural Resources
<br />I J I l Sherman St .Room 215
<br />Denver, COoradU 80'1)3 DIVISION O F
<br />Phone: OU31 8fi6-3567 MINERAL S
<br />FAX: 1303) 812-8106 &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br />March 22, 1999 RECLAMATION
<br /> MINING•SAFETY
<br />Lawrence Kline
<br />eat owes:
<br />Office of Surface Mining euvemor
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center Greg E. Walther
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 Execmive Ducnor
<br />Denver, CO 80202-57;3 Michael B. Long
<br />Dinsion Director
<br />Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C-81-019)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 47 (TR-47)
<br />Reduction in the Frequency of Monitoring Revege[a[ed Areas
<br />Dear Mr. Kline:
<br />The Uivision of Minerals and Geology (Division) hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section I I6,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 22, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Colowyo Coal Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Colowyo Coal
<br />Company L.P. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This technical revision provides for a reduction in the monitoring of revegetated ores from the Ist, 2nd, and every 3rd year
<br />thereafterafter seeding until bond release inspectionsto the I st, 2nd, and 4th year after seeding until bond release inspections.
<br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 28 miles south of Craig. The permit area is further
<br />described as follows:
<br />All or portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, I I, 14, I ~, 16, 17, 20, 21 and T3N, R93 W; and Sections 13, I5, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27,
<br />23, 33 and 34, T4N, R93W; 6th Prime Meridian.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of AXial & Ninemile Gap.
<br />AcopyofthetechnicalrevisionapplicationisavailableforpublicinspectionattheMoffatCounryCourthouse,221 WVictory
<br />Way, Craig, CO 81625, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the
<br />Division ofMineralsand Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 30203, (303) 866-3567. In order for
<br />us [o comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (I5) days of this letter. If no
<br />comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the
<br />applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />lY/~
<br />Bvron~G. Walker
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />BG 1V;IRC
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