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ESPEY, HUSTON & ASSOCIATES, INC. III ~I~~IIII~~~~~ ~I~ <br />Engineering & Environmental Consultants <br />7800 EAST UNION AVENUE, SUITE 930 <br />DENVER, COLORADO 80237 <br />June 24, 1983 (303) 694~D808 <br />HOME OFFICE <br />P.O. e0% 519 <br />AUSTIN, TEXAS 787fi7 <br />U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service <br />Endangered Species Office <br />1406 Federal Building <br />125 South State Street <br />Salt Lake City, Utah 84138 <br />Attention: Mr. Fred Bolwahnn <br />Dear Mr. Bolwahnn: <br />Storm King Mines proposes to construct and operate an underground coal mine <br />approxmiately three miles east of New Castle in Gazfield County, Colorado. The project <br />site is located on approximately 5900 acres of which approximately 300-400 acres will be <br />disturbed for the construction of the mine portal, prep plant, rail loop and loadout, <br />access roads, ventilation shafts, and refuse disposal azea. These facilities will be <br />located in Sections 34 and 35 of T55, R90W and Sections 4, 5, and 6 of T6S, R90W. <br />At full production, the operation is expected to mine over two million tons per yeaz. The <br />operation will utilize hydraulic mining techniques with make-up water coming from <br />SKM's water rights on Canyon Creek, Refuse from the operation will be slurry pipelined <br />to the disposal azea and dewatered. A water treatment facility is also planned for the <br />operation to clean waste water for reuse in the mine. No water dischazge into azea <br />streams or rivers is anticipated. <br />To assemble a permit to mine for the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division, we aze <br />in the process of collecting and reviewing all pertinent information from the azea. We <br />aze especially interested in a list of plant and animal species which may occur in the <br />azea that your office is concerned with. As I mentioned during our telephone <br />conversation, we will be meeting with Jim Morris (Colorado Division of Wildlife) and <br />Robert Smith (U.S. Fish and Wildlife, Grand Junction) on June 29 in Grand Junction. <br />Thank you for your assistance in our literature review and should you have questions, <br />please do not hesitate to call. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jerry H.~li~ U <br />Project Manager <br />/bh <br />cc: Sam Arentz, Storm King Mines <br />