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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 <br />Colorado 80203 C O L O R A D O <br />, DIVISION O F <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 RECLAMATION <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING <br /> <br /> SAFETY <br />5 May 2010 Bill Ritter, Jr. <br /> Governor <br /> <br />Mr <br />Kurtis Blunt James Marti <br />. Executive e Director <br />Colowyo Coal Company, LP Loretta E. Pineda <br />5731 State Highway 13 Director <br />Meeker, CO 81641 <br />Re: Colowyo Mine C-1981-019 <br />Preliminary Adequacy Review' Technical Revision 84 <br />Dear Mr. Blunt: <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has received the Colowyo Coal <br />Company, LP (Colowyo) submittal of Technical Revision 84. The submittal was received on 29 <br />December 2009 (dated 22 December 2009) and was deemed complete on 8 January 2010. The <br />Division has reviewed the submittal and has the following comments and adequacy question. <br />Background <br />Colowyo Submitted Technical Revision 84 to comply with Stipulation 13, which reads <br />STIPULATION 13 <br />NO LATER THAN 4 JANUARY 2010 THE OPERATOR WILL SUBMIT A <br />COMPLETE TECHNICAL REVISION APPLICATION ADDRESSING <br />ESTABLISHMENT OF TALL SHRUB AND ASPEN PLANTING AREAS IN <br />APPROPRIATE SITE LOCATIONS OF THE POST-2008 ORIGINAL PERMIT AREA <br />AND THE SOUTH TAYLOR RECLAMATION AREA. THE REVISION <br />APPLICATION SHOULD ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING: <br />• MINIMUM SIZE OF INDIVIDUAL PLANTING AREA (NOT LESS THAN 1 <br />ACRE); <br />• MINIMUM CUMULATIVE PLANTING AREA ACREAGE (NOT LESS THAN <br />20 ACRES FOR ASPEN/TALL SHRUB PLANTING SITES ON THICK SOILS, <br />AND NOT LESS THAN 20 ACRES FOR TALL SHRUB/BITTERBRUSH <br />PLANTING SITES ON THIN SOIL). BOTH ASPEN AND TALL SHRUBS CAN <br />BE PLANTED WITHIN THE SAME THICK SOIL PLANTING SITES; <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />Denver • Grand Junction • Durango <br />Office of <br />Active and Inactive Mines