2009-02-04_REVISION - C1981019 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 2/4/2009
• Doc Name: Completeness Review
• From: Sandy Brown
• To: Jim Stark
• Type & Sequence: PR3
• Email Name: JRS
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
TO Jim Stark
FROM: Sandy Brown
DATE: February 4,207
RE: Colowyo PR-3, Collum Expansion Area
Completeness Review
COLORADO
D I V I S ION O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
I have reviewed the following sections of the Colowyo Permit Revision No. 3 for the Collum
expansion area for land use, soils, vegetation and wildlife. I bolded those sections I consider
incomplete. Please also note my general comment regarding pending Technical Revision No. 72
at the Colowyo Mine at the end.
Land Use - Rule 2.04.3, 2.05.5 and 4.16
2.04.3 Site Description and Land Use Information
This section is incomplete. Colowyo has designated the pre-mining land use as
rangeland for the entire Collum expansion area. No site specific details for the
additional 16,833 acres have been provided as required by Rule 2.04.3(1) and (2).
According to the Wildlife section, there is considerable wildlife use in the Collum
area including: Elk Resident Population area, Elk Winter Range, Elk Production
Areas, Mule Deer Critical Winter Range, Mule Deer concentration areas, Sage
Grouse Brood Areas, and Sage Grouse Winter Range. Pre-mining land uses in
the Collum expansion area must also address wildlife habitat. There are also
references in the permit revision application, (Exhibit 10) to recreational use for
big-game hunting, cropland and to coal exploration.
Narrative in the site description and land use section must describe the existing
land uses in the Collum 16,833 acre expansion area using the definitions of land
use in Rule 1.04(71) with the detail required by Rule 2.04.3.
2.05.5 Post-Mining Land Use
This section is incomplete. Colowyo refers to Volume 1, Section 2.05.5 for a
description of the post mining land use. This section has not been updated or
revised to take into consideration the 16,833 acre Collum expansion area. Rule
2.05.5(1) (a) requires a detailed narrative of the proposed use, following
reclamation for the expansion area. Rule 2.05.5(1)(b) requires comments from
the landowners concerning the proposed post mining land use description. Rule
2.05.5(1)(c) requires that a map prepared to the standards of 2.10 shall accompany
the plan and must include the Collum expansion area.
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