2010-12-13_REVISION - C1980004 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1980004
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/13/2010
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: RN7
• 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]
December 13, 2010
Shina Duvall
Colorado Historical Society
The Colorado History Museum
Office Archeology & Historical Preservation
1560 Broadway, Suite 400
Denver, CO 80202
Re: McClave Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1980-004)
Permit Renewal Application No. 7 (RN-7)
Dear Ms. Duvall:
COLORADO
D I V I S ION 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 December 13, 2010, an application to renew an
existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the McClane Canyon Mine was considered complete for the
purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act
and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
McClane Canyon Mining, LLC has submitted an application for renewal of a valid existing permit to conduct coal
mining and reclamation for its McClane Canyon Mine, Permit No. C-1980-004. McClane Canyon Mine is an
operating underground mine on land located approximately 19 miles north of Loma, Colorado along State
Highway 139. The current permit will expire on July 6, 2011. McClane Canyon Mining, LLC proposes to
continue underground coal mining and/or reclamation operations and the application requests successive renewal
of the permit for an additional five year permit term. 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 map of Howard Canyon & Garvey
Canyon.
No additional surface disturbance and no new lands will be incorporated into the permit area as a result of this
permit renewal application. As a result the Division does not anticipate additional 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 fmding 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." Therefore, we request that you submit
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