2010-01-12_REVISION - C1982056 (3)

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STATE OF COLORADO Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF WILDLIFE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Thomas E. Remington, Director 6060 Broadway Denver, Colorado 80216 Telephone: (303) 297-1192 wildlife. state. co. us January 02, 2010. Janet H. Binns Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denverl Colorado-80203 - RE: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056) Technical revision Application No. 70 (TR-70) 18-Left Mine Water Transfer Pipeline Dear Ms. Binns: RECEIVED JAN 12 2010 Division of meclamatio_n, ~4 Mining and Safety OF ` For Wildlife- For People The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) has reviewed the Foidel Creek Mine Technical Revision Application #70 (TR-70) request to install a waterline from the 18-left borehole to the mine water system at the Fish Creek borehole. This underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 23 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. In portions of Sections 7,8,9, T4N, R86W; Sections 32 and 33, T6N, R86W; Sections 23 through 27, 34, 35 and 36 in T5N, R87W; and all of T5N, R86W with the exception of Sections 34,35 and 36. General Information The Foidel Creek Mine is an area that has existing facilities from current mining activity. Existing vegetation is predominantly sagebrush, grassland, mountain shrub, mined and reclaimed mine. -----The Twenty=Mite-Parkarea-has-be"en-historically-important-for-greater-sage-grouse-, Columbian sharp-tailed-- grouse, elk, mule deer and antelope as well as numerous small mammals and raptors. Reclamation The following identifies reclamation recommendations for the pipeline and associated roads and equipment access points. The performance standard for reclamation success is the establishment of a self-sustaining, vigorous, and diverse plant community on the site with a density sufficient to control erosion and non-native, plant invasion: . Reclamation efforts on disturbed areas should include the-following: • On non-cropland, establish a uniform vegetative cover that reflects pre-disturbance-or reference area forbs, shrubs and grasses. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James B. Martin, Executive Director WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Brad Coors, Chair • Tim Glenn, Vice Chair • Dennis Buechler, Secretary Members, Jeffrey Crawford • Dorothea Farris • Roy McAnally • John Singletary • Mark Smith • Robert Streeter Ex Officio Members, James B. Martin and John Stulp