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Class III Inventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project 3 <br />1.2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION <br />Colowyo proposes to excavate a new open pit coal mine and to construct an access road, support <br />facilities, and related work areas on private, state, and BLM- administered land approximately 20 mi <br />(32 km) southwest of Craig, Colorado (Figure 1.2). The proposed open pit mine would encompass <br />approximately 1,800 acres (1,672 acres for the mining operation and 124 acres for the access, for a <br />total of 1,796 acres), but the proposed project area land lease surrounding the proposed mine is <br />approximately 20,290 acres. Approximately 10,838 acres of the project area were previously <br />surveyed, leaving approximately 9,452 acres within the project boundary that required a Class III <br />cultural resource inventory. <br />The Colowyo mine permit area includes federal and state leases totaling about 20,290 acres, ofwhich <br />a total of 10,838 acres has had a Class III inventory. This project included the Class III inventory <br />of most of the remaining 9,452 acres in the Colowyo mine permit area. A Class III inventory was <br />conducted in the Colowyo mine permit area, so that the boundary of the Collom lease area could be <br />drawn to minimize adverse effects to cultural resources. Using the cultural resource information, <br />the lease area boundary was identified and included 1,796 acres. The Class III inventory was <br />completed in the entire lease area. <br />The boundary for the Colowyo mine permit area was expanded after completion of the Class III <br />inventory, leaving approximately 360 acres unsurveyed. This change did not affect the BLM lease <br />area and access, which is the federal authorization for this project (see Appendix A). Colowyo <br />indicates that no disturbance is planned for this area. However, if required, a Class III inventory of <br />this acreage will be conducted, with an addendum report to follow. The file search conducted for <br />the current project as initially proposed revealed that there are no previously recorded prehistoric or <br />historic cultural resources within Sections 6 and 7, T3N, R93W, and Sections 28, 29, and 32, T4N, <br />R93W. The file search results are presented in Section 3.0. <br />47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc. <br />