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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 Paonia, CO 81428 <br />FAX 970-527-4151 <br />File Code: 2820-4 <br />Date: August 14, 2009 <br />Joe Dudash <br />CDRMS <br />1313 Sherman St, Rm 215 <br /> <br />Denver, CO 802034 <br />Dear Joe, <br />The Paonia Ranger District has finished its review of Bowie Resources', MR-108, for placing a <br />Quonset but on the Hubbard shaft site. In accordance with procedures outlined in 30 CFR 906.30, <br />Appendix B, the Forest Service reviewed the Revision for post-mining land use consistency with land <br />use plan (GMUG Forest Plan), and the adequacy of measures to protect non-mineral surface <br />resources, as proposed by Bowie in their application. <br />According to Bowie's Mine Permit, the post-mining land use is "rangeland and wildlife habitat". This is <br />consistent with the Forest Plan. <br />Regarding the adequacy of measures to protect Federal resources not covered by the coal lease, by <br />evaluating current Forest Service direction and various resource specialist input, the activities <br />proposed in MR-108 must be conducted consistent with measures listed in below in order to <br />adequately protect surface resources on NFS lands: <br />• The quonset but and associated facilities should be painted in the Standard Environmental <br />Color- Juniper Green. <br />Also, the FS requests that the future project related documents (e.g. decision and public notices) <br />DRMS acknowledge that protections for non-mineral resources brought forward by the GMUG as the <br />land management agency are included in the DRMS decision / documentation. <br />Sincerely, <br />11X11_444 <br />LEVI K. BROYLES <br />District Ranger <br />cc: Art Etter <br />mp,-fag <br />A PPRov(?? <br />9/ l y/a 7 <br />Caring for the Land and Serving People <br />Printed on Recycled Paper