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United States Forest Paonia P.O. Box 1030 <br />USDA Department of Service Ranger District N Rio Grande Ave. <br />Agriculture PHONE NO. 970-527-4131 Paonin, CO 81428 <br />FAR 970-527-4131 <br />File Code: 2820-4 <br />Date: March 19, 2010 <br />Ms. Sandy Brown <br />Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear Sandy: <br />The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest (GMUG) has completed its <br />review of Oxbow Mining's TR-64. In TR-64, three (3) gob ventilation boreholes and about 0.37 <br />miles of temporary road would be constructed on National Forest (NF) Lands. <br />As a result of our review of the adequacy of measures to protect federal resources and the post <br />training land use, we identified that the attached list of conditions are needed to protect federal <br />resources and support the post mining land use of aspen management, as defined by the GMUG <br />forest plan. <br />Of note is that several conditions relate to operations in an inventoried roadless area (IRA). <br />These are needed to satisfy direction we received to minimize entry into, and alteration of the <br />inventoried roadless area. As part of our review, we assessed the configuration of the proposed <br />temporary roads in context of consistency with lease stipulations, terrain and the need to have <br />minimal footprint in the IRA. We believe the proposed road locations are in satisfactory <br />locations to minimize the effects to roadless values. <br />Please contact Liane Mattson at 970-874-6697 or Ryan Taylor at 970-527-4131 with any <br />questions you may have. <br />Sincerely, <br />LEVI K. BROYLES <br />District Ranger <br />S Caring for the Land and Serving People <br />O-d TSTi• LOS OL6 131HISIQ H30WHN HINOHd <br />Pnntfd on P9c.vded PauQr Q <br />60:6 0102 6T Jew