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I asked kent from your office for this information on the revegetation and reference areas for two years. <br />Linda <br />Subject: RE: Questions on EF Revision request to repond to you on Monday. <br />Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:47:21 -0600 <br />From: Janet.Binns @state.co.us <br />To: saunders615 @live.com <br />Hello Linda, <br />I will try to briefly address your questions. As to how the Division can evaluate a proposed technical revision, please refer <br />to the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining, regarding our review <br />process. Please remember, an application for a revision to the permit is just that, an application. The <br />Division will review the applicant's proposal, based upon the regulation and Act. We may ask the <br />applicant for additional information, the applicant may provide us additional information. Other agencies, <br />and interested parties, landowners, may provide comments. The Division considers all this information, as <br />well as the approved permit when evaluating the revision application. We are currently reviewing and <br />evaluating the proposed revision. We have not made any proposed decisions at this time. Scheduling to <br />take this to the board before the Division has even evaluated the proposal and had the opportunity to <br />comment is premature. <br />The Division will continue to include you in communications regarding this revision. I have not had the <br />opportunity to evaluate the proposal or compare the proposed reference area data to the baseline data. <br />The State regulations pertinent to this revision would be found in Rule 4.15. <br />I hope this helps you understand the process the Division follows when evaluating revisions to permits. <br />Janet Binns <br />From: Linda Saunders [mailto:saunders615 @live.com] <br />Sent: Sat 6/25/2011 1:12 PM <br />To: Binns, Janet <br />Subject: RE: Questions on EF Revision request to repond to you on Monday. <br />Hi Janet, <br />Thank you for sending the technical report. It was what I needed to respond to the revision. <br />I am in St George, Utah (address 2353 E 2405 St George Utah 84790 and received the technical revision yesterday or <br />June 24th. <br />My cell phone number is (303)304 -0194. I appreciate you following up. <br />Since the deadline to reply is Monday, I need an early answer via email on Monday morning to these questions. <br />1. How can a mining company request a revision for a reference area that is established at the beginning of the <br />reclamation process at the end of the process when they are requesting a release of their bond. A reference area is the <br />standard and baseline data to evaluate the revetation. I am surprised there is a process that would even allow this or the <br />Division of Mining would even consider this. This this a decision the staff can decide or is it a decision made by the <br />board? If necessary, I am requesting to be on the agenda of the Board meeting in July. When will they meet? <br />2.Doesn't any new reference area have to be comparable to the old reference area after 20 -30 years. The original mine <br />portal reference area is not comparable to the new reference area. The portal area was a hillside originally with <br />Ponderosa Pine (5 %) and juniper (10 %)(Keenan Oct 1, 1980). The proposed new reference area has no ponderosa pine <br />(0 %) and less juniper (3.7 %). The draw where the old reference area is was not disturbed and more comparable and the <br />2 <br />