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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
<br />May 20, 2011
<br />Shina Duvall
<br />Colorado Historical Society
<br />The Colorado History Museum
<br />Office Archeology & Historical Preservation
<br />1560 Broadway, Suite 400
<br />Denver, CO 80202
<br />Re: Edna Strip Mine (Permit No. C-1980-001)
<br />Permit Renewal Application No. 6 (RN-6)
<br />Dear Ms. Duvall:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />- SAFETY
<br />John W. Hickenlooper
<br />Governor -?
<br />?Mike King
<br />Executive Director
<br />Loretta E. Pineda
<br />Director
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
<br />Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 20, 2011, an application to renew an
<br />existing permit to conduct coal mining operations at the Edna Strip Mine was considered complete for the
<br />purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Colorado Surface Mining Reclamation Act
<br />and the Rules initiate from this date of filing.
<br />Chevron Mining, Inc. has applied for a permit renewal (RN6) for the Edna Mine. The mine is a reclaimed surface
<br />mine on land located approximately 5 miles Northwest of Oak Creek, Colorado. The permittee has previously
<br />applied for frtal (Phase III) bond release for the remaining portions of the mine. No additional mining is proposed
<br />for this permit term. The applicant is only proposing maintaining the current reclamation. The permit area is
<br />further described as follows:
<br />T5N, R85W, Portions of Sections 31, 32
<br />T5N, R86W, Portions of Section 36
<br />T4N, R86W, Portions of Sections 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25
<br />T4N, R85W, Portions of Sections 7, 8, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Oak Creek, Rattlesnake
<br />Butte, and Cow Camp.
<br />In accordance with the May 1991 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, we must have
<br />your concurrence in order to approve this proposal. We are required to make a finding that "the proposed
<br />operations will not adversely affect any publicly owned park or place listed on or those places eligible for listing,
<br />as deteirained by the SIIPO, on the National Regisier of Histoiic Places, unless approved jointly by the Board and
<br />the Federal, State, or local agency with jurisdiction over the park or place." Therefore, we request that you submit
<br />comments regarding your concurrence with, concerns with, or objections to this proposal. In order that we may
<br />comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within thirty (30) days of this letter.
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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