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{tea. • J <br />United States Department of the Interior <br />BUREALt OF LAND NIANAGEMENT Truce PRio9' <br />ase,4•' Grand Junction Field Office ?HjD?MERICA <br />2815 H Rd <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 <br />w w w. c o. b l m. gov /g j ra/g, j ra. htm l <br />3400 (CO-130) DEC 14 Zpp7 <br />Memorandum <br />To: Henry Austin, Office of Surface Mining <br />From: Field Manager, Grand Junction Field Office <br />Subject: Roadside Portals (Permit No. C-1981-041) <br />Bond Release Application No. 3 - -? : ' - <br />Snowcap Coal Company submitted 'a request to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety (DRMS) for a release from liability (also referred to in the application as "bond release) <br />dated June 11, 2007 for areas overlying underground workings. In response DRMS initiated a <br />review process that included notifying the public, all interested parties, and all interested <br />government agencies, including the BLM. Bond release inspections were conducted on August 28 <br />and October 17 of 2007. The inspection process and observations made were documented and <br />presented in an inspection report issued on October 19, 2007. <br />DRMS then drafted a `Proposed Decision and Findings for a Release from Liability of Areas <br />Overlying Underground Workings for the Snowcap Coal Company Roadside North and South <br />Portal Mines, Permit No. C-81-041' dated October 31, 2007. In reviewing*these documents it <br />appears there are no significant subsidence related impacts to streams or springs in the area <br />requested for release from:liability. BLM staff also conducted a field inspection on December 12, <br />2007 to look at an approximate 1.75 mile segment of Cottonwood Creek in the eastern halves of <br />sections 12 and 13 (Township 11 S, Range 98 W) that was avoided during the previous DRMS <br />inspections due to thick riparian vegetation. No evidence. of subsidence was observed. <br />Based on our review of DRMS documentation of the area and our inspection it appears there are <br />no impacts to BLM-managed lands. It is recommended that the liability release request be <br />approved. If you have any questions, please contact Scott Gerwe at (970) 2443077. <br />Sincerely, <br />Catherine Robertson V? <br />Field Manager <br />cc: Dan Mathews, DMG