2011-10-27_REVISION - C1981012

• Permit No: C1981012
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/27/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Division of Wildlife
• Type & Sequence: TR61
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
October 27, 2011
Dan Prenzlow
SE Regional Wildlife Manager
Colorado Division of Wildlife
SE Regional Service Center
4255 Sinton Rd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80907 -4233
Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -012)
Technical Revision Application No. 61 (TR -61)
Expansion of Bathhouse and addition of 1.8 acre small area exemption
Dear Mr. Velarde:
Office of
Mined I and Rarlamatinn
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D I V I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
— &—
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 26, 2011 an application to revise coal
mining operations at the New Elk Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was
submitted by New Elk Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the
Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
The operator proposes an expansion to the existing approved bathhouse located on the southeast corner of the
facility area and the addition of a 1.8 acre small area exemption south of Pond 7 in the facility area for material
storage.
The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 25 miles West of Trinidad, Colorado.
The permit area is further described as follows:
Township 33 South, Range 68 West, Portions of Sections 24, 25, and 26. All sections are partially or fully
projected by New Elk Coal Company due to the unsurveyed nature of the Maxwell Land Grant. The above -
mentioned tracts of land are shown on the USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Vigil, Tercio, and Stonewall.
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Vigil, Tercio, Trinidad,
and Stonewall
Because the above referenced technical revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit area
or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting your
agency's evaluation of the proposal. Your comments and concerns relating to the adequacy of fish and wildlife
resources information, the fish and wildlife plan, and the reclamation plan as it relates to fish and wildlife
considerations, including potential impacts to threatened or endangered species, are requested. If wildlife habitat is
the proposed postmining land use, we request your evaluation of proposed woody plant stocking levels, planting
arrangements, and methods for mitigation of potential adverse impacts.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete.
Office of
Denver • Grand function • Duraneo Active and Inactive Mines