REV97401

• Permit No: C1980001
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 8/16/2005
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal and County Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR44
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
August 16, 2005
Ron Velarde
NW Regional Wildlife Manager
Colorado Division of Wildlife
NW Regional Service Center
711 Independent Ave.
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Re: Edna Strip Mine (Permit No. C-1980-001)
Technical Revision Application No. 44 (TR-44)
Change The Permit Boundary
Dear Mr. Velarde:
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I V I S t O N O F
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Bill Owens
Govertwr
Russell George
E><eMive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 16,
Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on August 16, 2005, an application to revise coal mining
operations at the Edna Strip Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted
by The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
The revision revises the permit boundary. The area of the permit is reduced by withdrawing some 171.2 acres of
unaffected private land about the perimeter of the permitted area.
The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles Northwest of Oak Creek, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
TSN, R85 W, Portions of Sections 31, 32
TSN, R86W, Aortions of Section 36
T4N, R86W, Portions of Sections 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25
T4N, R85 W, Portions of Sections 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Cow Creek, Oak Creek,
and Rattlesnake, Colorado.
The above referenced technical revision application would not incorporate additional lands into the permit area or
otherwise alter, except for a reduction in the permit area, previously approved permit conditions or mitigation
measures. However, we are requesting your agency's evaluation of the proposal. Your comments and concerns
relating to the adequacy of fish and wildlife resources information, the fish and wildlife plan, and the reclamation
plan as it relates to fish and wildlife considerations, including potential impacts to threatened or endangered
species, are requested. If wildlife habitat is the proposed postmining land use, we request your evaluation of
proposed woody plant stocking levels, planting arrangements, and methods for mitigation of potential adverse
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