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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />June 17, 2009
<br />Ron Velarde
<br />NW Regional Wildlife Manager
<br />Colorado Division of Wildlife
<br />NW Regional Service Center
<br />711 Independent Ave.
<br />Grand Junction, CO 81505
<br />Re: Roadside Portals (Permit No. C-1981-041)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 59 (TR-59)
<br />Change to Reclamation Plan at Unit Train Loadout
<br />Dear Mr. Velarde:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I ON O F
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Governor
<br />Harris D. Sherman
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattany
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on June 17, 2009, an application to revise coal
<br />mining operations at the Roadside Portals was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
<br />submitted by Snowcap Coal Company, Inc.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
<br />Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />With this Technical Revision Snowcap Coal Company, Inc (SCC) proposes to amend the sediment pond
<br />reclamation plan at the unit train loadout. This revision is necessary to avoid recently identified jurisdictional
<br />wetlands. A secondary benefit of the revision will be a significant reduction in the number of mature trees that
<br />will need to be removed. The trees provide important visual screening for the future industrial use at the site.
<br />The operator has requested no new disturbed acreage with this revision application and the revision application
<br />would not incorporate additional lands into the permit area.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles North of Palisade, Colorado.
<br />The permit area is further described as follows:
<br />Portions of Sections 26, 27, 28, 34, and 35, T1 OS, R98W, 6th PM; Portions of Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, and 13, T11S,
<br />R98W, 6th PM; Portions of Section 7, T11 IS, R97W, 6th PM; all in Mesa County.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Cameo and Palisade.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete.
<br />At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at
<br />the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, 544 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO 81502, and at the Division office.
<br />For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and
<br />Safety, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with
<br />regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no
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