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Summary The Review Process ~~ Lorencito Coal Company, LLC, submitted an application for a new permit on December 23, 1996. The mine will be developed on portions of 17,862 acres of the Hill Ranch, located approximately 22 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado in Las Animas County. The application was submitted by Greystone Development Consultants on behalf of Lorencito Coal Company. The application was reviewed by the Division and found complete on January 2, 1997, as required by Rule 2.07.3(1). Notification of the filing of a complete application was forwazded to the applicant and the appropriate governmental agencies. The Division queried the Applicant Violator System for the first time on December 27, 1996 on the applicant, Lorencito Coal Company, LLC. The system returned an "issue" recommendation. The system was again queried on January 9, 1997 and again returned an "issue" recommendation. On January 13, 1997, the Division received notification from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) that mining should not commence until all cultural resources in the areas to be affected have been identified, evaluated for National Register criteria, and avoidance or testing/data recovery has been completed. On January 13, 1997, the Division received notification from the Division of Water Resources stating that [hey have no objections to the mining application a[ the present time. The Division conducted apre-permitting inspection on January 15, 1997 to observe activities being conducted under an amendment to Notice of Intent CX-96-218 for the A.P. Maxwell Development Co. Test pits had been established at two locations in Cow Canyon where portal facilities will be established. Minor road improvements were noted as approved and disturbances were limited to approved aeeas. On February 4, 1997, the Division received notice from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that due to staffing constraints and workload, the Service would be unable to provide comments on the application. On February 7, 1997, the Division met with Lorencito Coal Company, LLC and their representatives to discuss mining plans, adequacy issues, and scheduling. The Colorado Division of Wildlife provided comments to the Division by FAX on February 26, 1997. Numerous concerns were cited including the importance of the habitat proposed to be affected, impacts to sensitive species, increased sedimentation to streams, and reclamation and revegetation of the surface mine disturbance. The Division forwazded an adequacy letter, incorporating all comments received, to the applicant's representative, Greystone Development Consultants on Mazch 3, 1997.