2010-01-13_REVISION - C1982056 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1982056
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 1/13/2010
• Doc Name: Letter Regarding DOWs Response
• From: DRMS
• To: Twentymile Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: TR71
• Email Name: JHB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RMEMED
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Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
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1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
RE: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C-1982-056)
Technical revision Application No. 71(TR-71)
Western Mining District Mine Plan Modification
Dear Ms. Binns:
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) has. reviewed the Foidel Creek Mine Technical Revision Application .
#71 (TR-71) request to conduct underground coal mining operations on land approximately 23 miles SW of
Steamboat in all or portions of Sections 7,8,9 of Township 4 North, 86 West; and all or portions of Sections 32
and 33 of Township 6 North, Range 86 West; and all or portions of Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35 and 36 of
Township 5N, Range 87W; and all of Township 5N, Range 86W with the exception of Scetions 34, 35, and 36,
Routt County, Colorado. CDOW appreciates the opportunity to comment on this mining permit application and
would like to provide the following information.
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, and conservation reserve
program (crp) lands.
This coal mining operation is underground and therefore the majority of the impacts will exist around the
surface disturbance area(s). The majority of the surface disturbances are located at the Foidel Creek Twenty
Mile Mine Headquarters and all associated ventilation shafts and facilities. Although the permit area will
experience subsidence over time, this is anticipated to have negligible impact on the vegetative community, and
therefore the wildlife resources of the area.
Reclamation
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:
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