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R <br />ECEIVED .SUN 1 4 2410 <br />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: June 9, 2010 <br />Joe Dudash <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Rm 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Dear <br />The Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest (GMUG) has completed its review of <br />Oxbow Mining's TR -65. In TR -65, twelve (12) gob ventilation boreholes and about 2.2 miles of temporary <br />road would be constructed on National Forest (NF) Lands. <br />As a result of our review of the adequacy of measures to protect federal resources and the post mining <br />land use, we identified that the attached list of conditions are needed to protect federal resources and <br />support the post mining land use of aspen management, as defined by the GMUG forest plan. <br />Of note is that several conditions relate to operations in an inventoried roadless area (IRA). These are <br />needed to satisfy direction we received to minimize entry into, and alteration of the inventoried <br />roadless area. As part of our review, we assessed the configuration of the proposed temporary roads in <br />context of consistency with lease stipulations, terrain and the need to have minimal footprint in the IRA. <br />We believe the proposed road locations are in satisfactory locations to minimize the effects to roadless <br />values. <br />Please contact Ryan Taylor at 970 - 527 -4131 with any questions you may have. <br />Sincerely, <br />LEVI K. BROYLES <br />District Ranger <br />cc: Randy Karstaedt, Jim Kiger <br />Attachment <br />S <br />Caring for the Land and Serving People Printed on Recycled Paper <br />