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PROJECT SUMMARY SHEET <br /> PROJECT TITLE: Coal Basin Watershed Sediment Control Project <br /> NAME,ADDRESS, PHONE OF LEAD PROJECT SPONSOR: <br /> Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br /> Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> PHONE: (303) 866-3567 <br /> FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br /> PROJECT MANAGER <br /> Steven Renner <br /> Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br /> 101 South 3`d Street, Room 301 <br /> Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 <br /> PHONE: (970)241-0336 <br /> FAX: (970)241-1516 <br /> STATE CONTACT PERSON: <br /> Bill McKee, Water Quality Control Division <br /> PHONE: (303)692-3583 FAX: (303) 782-0390 <br /> E-mail: bill.mckee@state.co.us <br /> STATE: COLORADO WATERSHED: UPPER COLORADO <br /> HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE: 14010004 <br /> HIGH PRIORITY WATERSHED ( eses/no) <br /> TMDL Development 0 and/or X Implementation (Check any that apply) <br /> PROJECT TYPES WATER BODY TYPES NPS CATEGORY <br /> [] STAFFING & SUPPORT [] GROUNDWATER [] AGRICULTURE <br /> [X] WATERSHED [] LAKES/RESERVOIRS [] URBAN RUNOFF <br /> [] GROUNDWATER [X] RIVERS [] SILVICULTURE <br /> [] I & E/DEMO [X] STREAMS [] CONSTRUCTION <br /> [X]WETLANDS [X] RESOURCE <br /> [] OTHER EXTRACTION <br /> [] STOWAGE/LAND <br /> DISPOSAL <br /> [] HYDROLOGIC <br /> MODIFICATION <br /> PROJECT LOCATION: LATITUDE 390 11' LONGITUDE 1070 20' <br /> SUMMARIZATION OF MAJOR GOALS: <br /> The goal of this Project is to reduce the contribution of iron bearing sediments from mining related <br /> disturbances to Coal Creek and Dutch Creek in Coal Basin. This will be accomplished by <br /> establishing a vegetative cover on erosion prone slopes, and by establishing vegetative sediment <br /> barriers below the erosion prone slopes as conditions allow. <br /> PROJECT DESCRIPTION: <br /> This is a continuation of the 1999 Coal Basin Watershed Non-Point Source Project. The Coal <br /> Basin Mine was a complex of five underground coal mines located at elevation 10,000 feet in Coal <br /> Basin in western Pitkin County. Coal and Dutch Creeks drain the Basin. Coal Creek is tributary to <br /> the Crystal River at Redstone. Long, steep and highly erosion prone unconsolidated slopes were <br />