REV96959

• Permit No: C1989074
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 4/10/1995
• Doc Name: RIMROCK MINE PN C-89-074 PERMIT RENEWAL 01
• From: DMG
• To: USFWS
• Type & Sequence: RN1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1 J 13 Sherman Sl ,Room 215
Denver, Colorado B020J
Phone: (30J1 866-3567
fAx: [phone]
April 10, 1995
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DEPAR"I'MENT OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Field Supervisor Roy Romer
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cOVefnOr
730 Simms Street, Suite 290 Iames S. Lnchhrad
Go 1 d e n , CO 80401 F.rtulive Direcinr
Michael B. Long
Division Direclor
Re: Rimrock Mine (Permit No. C-89-074)
Permit Renewal No. Ol
Dear Supervisor:
Pursuant to Title 33, Article 34, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised
Statutes, the Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice that on
April 6, 1995, an application for renewal of a valid, existing permit to
conduct coal mining operations, Permit No. C-89-074, by Rimrock Coal Company,
c/o Landmark Reclamation, Inc., 4901 South Windermere Street, Littleton,
Colorado 80120, was deemed complete for the purposes of filing. All reviews
and comment periods as provided in the Act and Regulations promulgated
thereunder initiate from this day of filing.
The applicant proposes to continue conducting reclamation operations at the
Rimrock Mine, which is located approximately three miles east of Trinidad,
Colorado, and is described as follows:
N 1/2 of Section 29, Township 33 South, Range 63 West
of the 6th P.M., in Las Animas County.
The above-mentioned tract of land is shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle
map of Trinidad East.
In order for us to approve this renewal application, we are required to affirm
that the original finding that "the activities would not affect the continued
existence of endangered or threatened species or result in the destruction or
adverse modification of their critical habitats as determined under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973..." remains valid. We request your review and
recommendation pursuant to this finding, as well as your evaluation of the
continued validity of the projections and assumptions of the mining and
reclamation plan which relate to federally protected wildlife species.
Applicable sections of the permit application are enclosed. Please advise us
if you require additional information.
In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that
comments be submitted to the Division of Minerals and Geology at the above
address by 5:00 p.m. on June 5, 1995. If no comments are received by this
date, we will proceed on the assumption that your agency has no concerns with
or objections to the applicant's proposal.