2008-01-03_REVISION - C1980004 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 1/3/2008
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR16
• 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]
January 3, 2008
Assistant State Supervisor
Fish and Wildlife Enhancement
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
764 Horizon Drive, South Annex A
Grand Junction, CO 81506-3904
Re: McClave Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1980-004)
Technical Revision Application No. 16 (TR-16)
Coal Mine Waste Disposal Site Plan
Dear Sir or Madam:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on January 3, 2008, an application to revise coal
mining operations at the McClane Canyon Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision
was submitted by McClane Canyon Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
This technical revision would allow for construction of a coal mine waste disposal site within the McClane
Canyon Mine permit area, in the vicinity of the existing sediment pond and soil stockpiles, within the current
permit boundary. Final capacity of the disposal site would be approximately 38,000 cubic yards. Additional
disturbed area would be approximately 4.75 acres and would include relocated soil stockpiles and a new
sedimentation pond.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 20 miles north of Loma, Colorado. The
permit area is further described as follows:
Portions of Sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, and 28, T7S, R102W, 6th PM, all in Garfield County.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Howard Canyon and
Garvey Canyon.
The new disturbance is limited to small areas of big sagebrush/greasewood, and pinyon juniper woodland habitat,
immediately adjacent to previously disturbed areas at the mine. Based on the limited size of the disturbance and
location immediately adjacent to previous disturbed areas, and further based on the Biological Assessment for the
McClane Canyon and Munger Canyon Mines completed in 2006 (see Memorandum of June 16, 2006 from
USFWS to OSM), we believe that no input from USFWS will be required with regard to protection of threatened
and endangered species.
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