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STATE OF COLOlZADO DIVISION OF h11NERALS AND GEOLOGY Dfpdrimenl nl Ndfu ra ResJ~rCeS ~ 131 S Sherman St., Room ?1 5 Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION OF Phone. (30.31 8L6 ?56i MINERAL S FAY. (3031 831-8106 & GEOLOGY RECLAMATION MININ G•SAFETY March 9, 2001 Bill Owens West Regional Wildlife Manager governor Colorado Division of Wildlife Greg E. ~n'aleher West Regional Service Center Executive D~reaor 71 I Independent Ave. M;cn,el e. Long Drvis~on D~reaw Gmnd Junction, CO 81505 Re: Eagle No. 5 and 9 Mines (Permit No. C-1981-044) Technical Revision Application No. 32 (TR-32) Suspension of Non-NPDES Hydrologic Monitoring Dear West Regional Wildlife Manager: The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on March 8, 2001, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Eagle No. 5 and 9 Mines was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by RAG Empire Corporation. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. The applicant proposes to suspend all hydrologic monitoring (except discharge permit monitoring) until the mines reactivate. The mines have been inactive since 1995, and it is not known when the mines will reactivate. The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles southwest of Craig, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: All or portions of Sections 4, 5, 6 and 8, TSN, R91 W; part of Section 1, TSN, R92W; and Sections l7, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33, T6N, R91 W; portions of Sections 25, 26, 35 and 36, T6n, R92W; 6th Prime Meridian. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Round Bottom. Because the above referenced technical revision application would alter previously approved permit conditions (the hydrologic monitoring program, as noted above), we are requesting your agency's evaluation of [he 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. Please advise us if you require additional information. The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of [his application at the Moffat County Courthouse, 221 W Victory Way, Craig, CO 81625, and at the Division office. For additional