2018-11-26_REVISION - C1981008

• Permit No: C1981008
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/26/2018
• Doc Name: Correspondence
• From: Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: TR86
• Email Name: BFB
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

€ca OFFICE of ARCHAEOLOGY and HISTORIC PRESERVATION
RECEIVED
Brock R. Bowles
Environmental Protection Specialist NOV 26 2018
Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety NOV 2 Q 2018
Department of Natural Resources Division of Reclamation,
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Mining & Safety
Denver, Colorado 80203
Re: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-008),'fechnical Revision No. 86 (TR -86), Goforth Stock Pond
Reconstruction (HC#67409)
Dear Mr. Bowles:
Thank you for your correspondence dated October 30, 2018 and received by our office on November 8, 2018
initiating consultation with our office pursuant to the Colorado State Register Act - Colorado Revised Statute (CRS)
24-80.1 - as amended.
After review of the documentation provided, we note that in accordance yr ith the 1991 Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between our agencies, because the technical revision may incorporate additional lands into
the permit area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, concurrence
between our agencies is required due to the potential for impacts to cultural and/or historic resources, After review
of the MOU, we note that not only was it signed 27 years ago, but the only amendment (containing categorical
exclusions) was made 15 years ago. We suggest that our offices collaborate in the near future to assess the
continuing usefulness of the MOU and the possibility of terminating the MOU and creating a Programmatic
Agreement or several Programmatic Agreements tailored to the specific needs of the various resource types
managed by your office.
This technical revision will reconstruct a stock pond on the Goforth property which existed prior to mining. The
pond will be reconstructed within the area of currently approved for disturbance. A search of the Colorado Cultural
Resource Inventory Database indicates that I cultural resource inventory has been conducted in the vicinity of the
proposed area, and I I cultural resources which have not been evaluated for listing to the National Register of
Historic Places have been recorded therein. Our files contain incomplete information for this area and there is the
possibility that as yet unidentified cultural resources exist within the proposed permit area
If the proposed mining plan revision involves Federal oversight please note that it is the responsibility of the Federal
agencies involved to comply with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act as set forth in 36 CFR Part
800 ("Protection of Historic Properties"). This includes the identification of any historic properties within the area
of potential effects and determining whether the undertaking will have an effect upon such properties. The State
Historic Preservation Office, Native American tribes, representatives of local governments, and applicants for
Federal permits, licenses or other approval are entitled to consultative roles in this process
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. If we may be of further assistance, please contact Lindsay Johansson,
Section 106 Compliance Manager, at [phone] or lmdsay johanssonfa,tate.co.u,.
Sincerely,
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State Historic Officer
OFFICE OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
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