PERMFILE129530

• Permit No: X200714210
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/27/2007
• Doc Name: Completeness and Adequacy Review
• From: DRMS
• To: Western Fuels Association Inc
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

project may require traversing fee (privately-owned) surface lands. For example, access
to drill hole NHTP06-78, located in the SW '/4 of the SE'/< of Section 4, T47N, R16W,
appears to require traversing fee land located in the S W '/a of the S W '/a of Section 3, fee
land located in the SE '/o of the SE '/e of Section 4, and fee land located in the NW '/4 of
the NW '/4 of Section 10. Additionally, access from the locations of drill holes
NHTP06-96 and 97 (in the S %Z of the S % of Section 15) to the location of drill hole
NHTP06-29 (in the SE'/< of Section 17) appears to require traversing fee lands located
in Sections 15, 16, and 17.
In accordance with Regulation 2.02.2(2)(e), please verify, and revise the Notice of
Intent to reflect, that exploration activities proposed by this project that will cross fee
(privately-owned) surface lands will do so via public roads only, and as such will not
require access agreements, such as ingress/egress agreements, from the fee surface land
owners. If proposed exploration activities crossing these fee lands will require access
agreements or waivers, please provide copies of these agreements or waivers as part of
the Notice of Intent.
3. In accordance with Regulation 2.02.2(2)(g), please provide a "statement, with
appropriate references from the relevant State or Federal agencies or published sources,
which determines that the exploration and reclamation describe will not jeopardize the
continued existence of an endangered or threatened species listed pursuant to Section 4
of the Endangered Species act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533) or the Nongame, Endangered
or Threatened Species Conservation Act (Section 33-8-101 et seq C.R.S.) or result in
the destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat of those species". It is
possible that such a statement may be obtained from the US Fish and Wildlife Service
(or perhaps from the US BLM in conjunction with their environmental assessment
processes) for the federally-listed T & E species and their habitats, and from the
Colorado Division of Wildlife for the state-listed species and their habitats. Please
include in this statement (or statements) any restrictions placed upon the proposed
exploration activities as a result of these agencies' concerns, such as limitations of
operations to certain times of the calendaz year or prohibitions of operations from any
particulaz ecological communities (such as riparian areas) or geographic azeas.
Determination of Substantial Natural Land Surface Disturbance [Regulations 2.02.2(3) and
1.04(127)]
The exploration activities described will "substantially disturb" the natural land surface, as defined at
Regulation 1.04(127).
Adequacy Review
4. Regulation 2.02.2(2)(b) requires Notices of Intent to include the "name, address, and
telephone number of the representative who will be present at (emphasis added) and
responsible for conducting the exploration activities". If the representative who will be
present at the exploration activities will be someone other than the persons identified as
the "Permittee" and the "Inspection Contact", please provide the name, address and