2008-06-12_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C1980007 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 6/12/2008
• Doc Name: Mining Plan Decision Document COC-67232
• From: OSM
• Permit Index Doc Type: Other Permits
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

• Previous surveys of the Dry Fork Lease area for cultural resources identified one site, a
segment of the Deep Creek Ditch, as potentially eligible for the National Register of
Historic Places. The site was determined ineligible for the National Register as
confirmed by the State Historic Preservation Officer's letter dated October 11, 2007.
More recent evaluations of the Dry Fork Lease area conducted by the USDA Forest
Service archeologist determined that the project has no potential to effect cultural
resources. The protection and preservation of previously unidentified prehistoric or
historic resources is ensured by both a condition of the CO-DRMS issued permit and the
Assistant Secretary Land and Minerals Management's mining plan approval.
The Final Environmental Impact Statement entitled, Dry Fork Lease-By-Application,
(COC-67232) (August 2005) prepared by the USDA Forest Service, with OSM and BLM
as a cooperating agencies, describes the impacts that may result from approval of this
mining plan modification and its alternatives. OSM, as a cooperator, has independently
reviewed the EIS and concludes that its comments and suggestions have been satisfied;
therefore, OSM adopts this EIS. A summary of the above described EIS is included in
this decision document. The full EIS is available from Charles Richmond, Forest
Supervisor, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison National Forests, 2250 Highway 50,
Delta, Colorado, 81416.
OSM's review of the proposed action did not identify any issues that required resolution
via the addition of special conditions to the mining plan modification approval.
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On November 28, 2007, Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. published in the Delta County
Independent the fourth consecutive weekly notice of the availability of an
administratively complete permit application package. During the review of Permit
Revision PR-12 CO-DRMS received five (5) public comments. An explanation of each
public comment can be found in the State Decision Document made a part of this
Mining Plan Modification Decision Document
On March 26, 2008, Mountain Coal Company L.L.C. published a newspaper notice in the
Delta County Independent notifying the public of CO-DRMS' proposed decision.
The CO-DRMS determined that a reclamation bond in the amount of $14,000,000.00 is
adequate for the total reclamation of Colorado Permit C-1980-007 associated with this
mining plan. The bond is payable to the State and the United States of America.
A chronology of events related to the processing of the PAP and this mining plan decision
is included with the decision document. The information in the PAP, and other
information identified in the decision document, has been reviewed by CO-DRMS staff
in coordination with the OSM Federal Lands State Coordinator.
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