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
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Thomas E. Remington, Director
6060 Broadway
Denver, Colorado 80216
Telephone: [phone]
wildlife. state. co. us
January 02, 2010.
RECEIVED
IAN 12 2010
Division or rcaciamation,
Hning and Safety
Janet H. Binns
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
-- Denver, 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:
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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°Mile-Park-area-has-been historicaily-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