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- COLORADO HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Colorado Heritage Center 1300 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80203 April 17, 1980 Don L. Manning Plant Ecologist The Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company 1720 South Bellaire Denver, CO 80222 Dear Mr. Manning: This office fias received and reviewed the Oak Creek .Expansion: Cultural Resources Inventory for Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Company. There are several points that we feel need to be clarified and corrected in order for this office to adequately assess the impacts • to cultural resources and to aid in our review of the report. 1. This report has not,been paginated, and future reports should be to expedite our review process. 2, In the first paragrapfi, under Site Evaluation, Determina- tions of Eligibility and Effect and Piitigation Recommendation, the term "National Park Service" is incorrect. Properties that may possess any historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural value are to be evaluated by the federal Agency Official in consultation with the State Historic Preservation Officer. .The final determination of eligibility is then made by the Secretary of the Interior at the re- quest of the Agency Official (36 CFR 800.4). 3. The report should include an overall description of the types of impacts (such as construction activities, increased vehicu'_ar traffic, etc.) that will occur within the area of the undertaking. 4. Please define the areas of direct and indirect impacts. It is not necessary to make determinations of effect for properties which are not eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. In addition, determinations of effect are not required for properties deterained to be outside the impact area of the proposed undertaking. [~~nat type of construction activities will affect the . eligible resources in the area of direct impact? 5, Covering of eligible archaeological resources in the area of