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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Nesources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Rohm '!15
<br />Denver. Colorado 80_'03 D t v t 5 1 0 N o r
<br />Phone: (3071 86h-356: MINERAL S
<br />FAX: (3071 87?-n I Ofi &
<br /> GEOLOGY
<br />March 22, 1999 RECLAMATION
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<br />Moffat County Planning Department
<br />Planning Director B'll o,"e"'
<br /> eovemor
<br />221 W Victory Way
<br />Crain CO 816?~
<br />~, ~ Greg E. Walc her
<br />E.ecuave Director
<br />~. 6lichael B. Lung
<br />Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C-81-019) Division Direcbr
<br />Technical Revision Application No. J7 (TR-a1)
<br />Reduction in the Frequency of Monitoring Revegetated Areas
<br />Dear Planning Director:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology (Division) hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section ! 16,
<br />Paragraph4, 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 far 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 revegeta[ed ores from the I st, 2nd, and every 3rd year
<br />thereafterafter seeding until bond release inspectionsto 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 of Sections 2, 3, 4, 3, 9, 10, I I, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 and T3N, R93 W; 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 />AcopyofthetechnicalrevisionapplicationisavailableforpublicinspectionattheMoffa[Coun[yCourthouse,221 W Victory
<br />Way, Craig, CO 81625, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the
<br />Division of MineralsandGeology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, 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 (15) 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 G. Walker
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
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