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Colowyo, C1981-019, PR3 adequacy 5 <br />February 25, 2011 <br />6. Appendix A - Tables, Charts & Plates does not contain the plates with pictures. Please submit <br />the plates as part of the Baseline Vegetation Survey. <br />7. Appendix B - Colorado Heritage Program - Database Search Results is not included in Exhibit <br />10, Item 6. Please submit the search results as part of the Baseline Vegetation Survey. <br />8. Appendix C - Vegetation Community Maps are not included in Exhibit 10, Item 6. Please <br />submit the maps as part of the baseline vegetation survey, or if the vegetation maps are the <br />maps included in the PR-3 permit, give reference to these maps in Appendix C with the permit <br />nomenclature for each map. <br />9. MapV 1 is not included in the Baseline Vegetation Survey. Please submit a copy of Map V1 or <br />if Map VI is included in the PR-3 permit, give reference to this map in Appendix C with the <br />permit nomenclature of the map. <br />Rule 2.04.11 Fish & Wildlife Resources Information <br />As per Rule 2.04.11(2), the applicant shall contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and <br />Safety to determine what fish and wildlife resources information will be required. While it <br />appears that a thorough fish/wildlife study and report of the Collom Permit Area are included in <br />the permit, there is not a discussion in the text about any pre-study contact with the Division to <br />determine the required data for the study. Please submit a copy of correspondence with the <br />Division as to the information required for a complete fish/wildlife study at the Collom Permit <br />Area and also include a discussion of these required data in the text. Any pre-permit <br />correspondence from the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) would also be helpful. <br />2. Incorporate the findings from the CDOW (letter dated Feb 17, 2011) into the text to add the <br />wildlife baseline knowledge of the Collom Expansion Area. <br />Rule 2.04.12 Prime Farmland Investigation <br />1. In Section 2.04.12 of the application, CCC states that the USDA-Natural Resource <br />Conservation Service (NRCS) made a negative determination in 2002 regarding the presence of <br />prime farmland in the permit expansion area. Please provide documentation, for inclusion into <br />the permit, from the NRCS regarding the negative determination of prime farmland. <br />2. Section 2.04.12 page 84 has been mis-numbered. The Division believes this should be labeled <br />"Rule 2, Page 87". Please correct it accordingly. <br />Rule 2.05 - Operations and Reclamation Plan <br />Colowyo Coal Company has informed the Division that significant changes to the mine plan for <br />the Little Collom X pit are anticipated. The Division has reviewed the original (1/23/2009) <br />Operations and Reclamation plan submitted by Colowyo and has questions more general in nature. <br />The Division acknowledges that a revised mine plan will be submitted by CCC during this PR3