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Mike Boulay <br />-3- July 8, 2011 <br />Please amend the narrative sections and map to be internally consistent, and <br />revise the map to clearly delineate boundaries between the designated land use <br />types. Separate maps for premine and postmine land use may be warranted for <br />clarity, if the land use boundaries or categories differ between premine and <br />postmine. For example, if premine management of all or a portion of the non- <br />industrial part of the permit area included livestock grazing, the appropriate <br />designation would likely be combination Rangeland/Wildlife Habitat, but if planned <br />postmining use would not include livestock grazing, the appropriate designation <br />would be Wildlife Habitat. <br />We presume that premine and postmine land uses for all areas to the east of Reed <br />Wash within the permit area are identified as "Industrial ", as stated in the narrative, <br />based in part on the Mesa County land use classification. However, for the <br />purposes of the DRMS permit and associated reclamation requirements and <br />standards, it may be appropriate that the boundary between "Industrial" and "Fish <br />and Wildlife" land use be defined by the perimeter of the lands that have been <br />physically disturbed by past industrial activity. Given that the soils and vegetation <br />conditions, and reclamation practices within the currently undisturbed greasewood <br />habitat on either side of Reed Wash are the same, it would seem logical that land <br />use (and associated reclamation success standards) should also be consistent. <br />Please give this matter consideration and either define the Previously Disturbed <br />Lands perimeter as the land use boundary, or provide justification for inclusion of <br />the undisturbed greasewood habitat east of Reed Wash as "Industrial ". <br />CAM Response: Typo corrected on page 2.04 -2, changed Reed 'Gulch' to Reed <br />'Wash'. Page 2.05 -40, changed land use types east and west of Reed Wash. <br />Map -07 has been revised to show a clear delineation between industrial and fish & <br />wildlife land use types on the east side of Reed Wash. Page 2.04 -1 removed the <br />'commercial' land use type as it is not applicable to the DRMS permit, the type was <br />used based on Mesa County land use types. 'Rangeland' was added as a land <br />use type on page 2.04 -1. <br />Division Response: The content of this item has been resolved; however, the <br />Division requests that CAM update Map -07 to more clearly delineate between Fish <br />& Wildlife and Industrial land uses east of Reed Wash. Please add the <br />delineation feature to the legend on Map -07 since it is an important feature of <br />the map and make it clearly identifiable by highlighting or changing its color. <br />Please also correct the typo on page 2.05 -42 in the second sentence of the <br />second paragraph add "will be disturbed" in place of "will disturbed ". <br />CAM - A hatch was added to Map -07 to clearly identify the industrial land use <br />classification. Page 2.05 -42 was amended as requested. <br />4. Division Response: Response accepted. <br />