2008-07-03_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2008086

• Permit No: C2008086
• IBM Index Class Name: APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE
• Doc Date: 7/3/2008
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State and Federal and County Agencies
• Email Name: MPB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources A-4Z
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
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Denver, Colorado 80203 V i S
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Phone: [phone] RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] MINING

SAFETY
July 3, 2008 Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Ron Velarde Harris D. Sherman
NW Regional Wildlife Manager Executive Director
Colorado Division of Wildlife Ronald W. Cattany

NW Regional Service Center Division Director

Natural Resource Trustee
711 Independent Ave.
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Re: Redcliff Mine (Permit No. C-2008-086)
New Permit Application
Dear Mr. Velarde:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 118, Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on July 3, 2008, an application for a permit to
conduct coal mining operations at the Redcliff Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All
review and continent periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and
Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of fling.
The applicant, CAM-Colorado, LLC, proposes to conduct underground coal mining operations on land located
approximately 14 miles North of Loma. The permit area is further described as follows:
The proposed mine facilities would be located east of State Highway 139 near mile marker 12. The Government
Highline Canal is located south of the mine facilities. The proposed mine permit area is located on the U.S.
Geological Survey 7.5 minute Highline Lake, Garvey Canyon, and Howard Canyon Quadrangle maps within the
following sections.
All of Sections 27, 28, 33, and 34, Township 7 South, Range 102 West, 6" P.M.
All of Sections 2 and 3, and portions of Sections 4, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19, Township 8 South, Range 102
West, 6 h P.M.
The proposal is for a new permit to conduct coal mining operations in Colorado. The proposed operation will
mine and ship up to eight million clean tons of coal per year. Most of the coal will be sent through a coal
preparation plant to remove rock and low quality coal from the clean coal stream. A coal mine waste disposal area
will be constructed to permanently store the rock and low quality coal. Clean coal will be transported from the
mine by a proposed rail spur that is not regulated by the DBMS.
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. If wildlife habitat is the proposed postmining land use, we
request your evaluation of proposed woody plant stocking levels, planting arrangements, and methods for
mitigation of potential adverse impacts.
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Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines