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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Deparrmenl of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman 51 ,Room ' 15
<br />Denver, Colorado 80?03
<br />Phone: (303) 866556;
<br />FAX: 1307) 832-810fi
<br />March 22, 1999
<br />Rio Blanco County Plannin, Department
<br />Planning Director
<br />P.O. Box i
<br />Meeker CO 81641
<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[ated Areas
<br />Dear Planning Director:
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />R EC LA MA710N
<br />HINING•$AFETY
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />GreK E. Walther
<br />Executive Dnecmr
<br />Michael a. Long
<br />Division Direnor
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, [hat 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 Is[, 2nd, and every 3rd year
<br />thereafterafter seeding until bond release inspec[ionsto the 1st, 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 ofSections2,3,4,8,9,10,11,14,15,16,17,20,ZIand T3N,R93W;and Sections 13, 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27,
<br />28, 33 and 34, T4N, R93 W; 6th Prime Meridian.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Axial & Ninemile Gap.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 W Victory
<br />Way, Craig, CO 81625, and at the Division office. For additional infortna[ion or to provide written comments, contact the
<br />Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Stree[, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for
<br />us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (I 5) 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 />Byroti G. Walker
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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