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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department u( NauinJ Resources
<br />131 ]Sherman St . Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado gU203 DIVISION o F
<br />Phrine: (3031 866-3567 MINERAL S
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<br />GEOLOGY
<br />March 22, 1999 R E C L A M A T I O N
<br />MINING•SAFETY
<br />Susan Nall
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<br />U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gill Owens
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<br />RegUla[Ory Unll A envernor
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<br />402 Rood Avenue, Room 142 freg E Walche~
<br />Executive Dveaor
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81501-2563 Michael e. Long
<br /> Drv~s~on 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 Ms. NaIL
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<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 1st, 2nd, and every 3rd year
<br />thereafter after seeding until bond release inspectionsto the I st, 3nd, 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, E, 9, l0, I I, 14, I5, 16, 17, 20, 21 and T3N, R93 W; and Sections 13, 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27,
<br />28, 33 and 34, i4N, R93 W; 6th Prime Met idian.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Axial & Ninemile Gap.
<br />AcopyofthetechnicalrevisionapplicationisavailableforpublicinspectIonattheMoffatCountyCourthouse,221 WVictory
<br />Way, Craig, CO 81625, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 13 l3 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for
<br />us to comply with regulatorytime frames, we request [hat comments be submitted within fifteen (IS) 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,
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<br />Byron .Walker
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />BGW/JRC
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