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€_€ <br />H I S TO R <br />jay 14, 2011 <br />Berhan M. Keffelew <br />Environmental Protection Specialist /�' <br />Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 7 V <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Rm. 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: GCC Rio Grande, Inc., Red Rock Plant and Limestone Mine (Permit No. M- 2002 -004) (CHS <br />#38265) <br />Dear Mr. Keffelew: <br />Thank you for your correspondence dated July 7, 2011 (received by our office on July 12, 2011) <br />regarding the subject project. <br />A search of the Colorado Cultural Resource Inventory database indicates that several cultural resource <br />inventories have been conducted within or near the proposed permit area including a 564 -acre survcv <br />for GCC Rio Grande, Inc. by Greystone Environmental in 2002.'Ilus survey identified Site 5PE4236, <br />a historic lime processing center, which was determined eligible for the National Register of Historic <br />Places (NRHP). We recommend that the operator avoid this site or that additional inventors be <br />conducted to determine the effect of the proposed project on this resource. If site avoidance is not <br />possible, we recommend further consultation with our office in order to identify options to avoid, <br />minimize, or mitigate the adverse effect to the sites. <br />Should human remains be discovered during mining activities the requirements under State law CRS <br />24 -80 part 13 apply and must be followed. <br />Thank you for the opportunity to commehfl elf we may be of further as'sis'tance, please contact Mark <br />Tobias, Section 106 Compliance as agnM e:, at (303) 866 -4674 of mark.tobiasat chs.state.co.us. <br />(Sincerely, <br />4u, Edward C. Nichols <br />State Historic Preservation Officer <br />ECN /M: \ "f <br />F14 <br />CIVIC CENTER PLAZA 1560 BROADWAY SUITE 400 DENVER COLORADO 80202 www.historycolorado.org <br />