2010-10-01_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2010088 (3)

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STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866-3567 FAX: (303) 832-8106 October 1, 2010 Shina Duvall Colorado Historical Society The Colorado History Museum Office Archeology & Historical Preservation 1560 Broadway, Suite 400 Denver, CO 80202 Re: Fruita Loadout (Permit No. C-2010-088) New Permit Application Dear Ms. Duvall: COLORADO D I V I S I O N OF RECLAMATION MINING SAFETY Bill Ritter, Jr. Governor Mike King Executive Director Loretta E. Pineda Director The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October 1, 2010, an application for a permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Fruita Loadout was considered complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act and the Rules and Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining initiate from this date of filing. The applicant CAM-Colorado, LLC, proposes to operate a coal loadout facility (Fruita Loadout) on land located approximately 3.5 miles west of Fruita in Mesa County, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: Township 1 North, Range 3 West, Ute Prime Meridian Section 2: Portions of the SWA, W/2SW/4SE/4 Section 3: Portions of the SEA Section 10: Portions of the N/2NE/4 Section 11: Portions of the N/2NW/4, W/2NW/4NE/4 CAM-Colorado, LLC has submitted an application for a permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado for its proposed Fruita Loadout. The proposed loadout will tie into the Union Pacific mainline west of Reed Gulch. The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Mack. In order for us to approve this application, we are required to make a finding that "the proposed operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing, as determined by the SHPO, on the National Register of Historic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or place." We request your evaluation and concurrence in order to make this finding, pursuant to the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies. Please refer to the MOU when undertaking your review. Enclosed are pertinent portions of the application, including a mine plan map. Please advise us if you require additional information. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted to Michael Boulay, Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, at the above address by 5:00 p.m. on November 25, 2010 If no comments are received by this date, we will proceed on the assumption that your Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines