2010-11-10_REVISION - C1980004 ‎(5)‎

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 11/10/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: PR2
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 10, 2010
Shina Duvall
Colorado Historical Society
The Colorado History Museum
Office Archeology & Historical Preservation
1560 Broadway, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80202
Re: McClane Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1980-004)
Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2)
Expansion of Surface Facilities and Mining Plan
Dear Ms. Duvall:
COLORADO
D IV IS I ON 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 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 10, 2010, an application to revise
coal mining operations at the McClane Canyon Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The
revision was submitted by McClane Canyon Mining, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the
Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
McClane Canyon Mining, LLC has submitted Permit Revision Application No. 2 (PR-2) to provide for expansion
of surface facilities and the mining plan. McClane Canyon Mining proposes to increase production to 500,000
clean tons per year and build a cleaning plan and associated facilities. The proposed revision PR-2 would provide
for new coal cleaning facilities, a new coal mine waste pile, sediment pond and topsoil and construction material
stockpiles south of the existing McClane Canyon Mine facilities.
The underground coal mining operation is located approximately 19 miles north of Loma, Colorado. The permit
area is further described as follows:
Portions of Sections 3, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, and 34, T7S, R1 02W, 6th PM, all in Garfield County.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Howard Canyon and
Garvey Canyon.
Because the above-referenced permit revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit area
or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your
agency's evaluation of the potential for impacts to cultural and historic resources.
In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have
your concurrence in order to approve this proposal. 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,
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