REV02323

• Permit No: C1982055
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 5/31/2005
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DMG
• To: State & Federal Agencies
• Type & Sequence: TR22
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman 6t., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
May 31, 2005
CazlJohnston
Office of Surface Mining
Western Regional Coordinating Center
P.O. Box 46667
Denver; CO 80201-6667
Re: Raton Creek Mines (Permit No. C-1982-055)
Technical Revision Application No. 22 (TR-22)
Request Revegetation Standards
Dear Mr. Johnston:
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
0.ECLANATION•NINING
SAFETY•SCIENCE
Bill Owens
Governor
Russell George
Executive Director
Ronald W, Cattany
Division Dlrectof
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on May 31, 2005, an application to revise coal mining operations at the Raton Creek
Mines was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Energy Fuels Mining Company. All
review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
The operator is proposing to modify the revegetation standazds regazding the shrub density at the mine. Shrubs aze not a
significant component of the vegetation on the reclaimed area. Limited establishment of shrubs over the revegetation period
should not negatively impact the implementation of the post-mining land use.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 3 miles South of Trinidad, Colorado. The permit azea
is further described as follows:
T33S, R63W, SWl/4 of Section 31; T33S, R64W, all of Section 36 except portions of the Wl/2 WI/2; T34S, R63W, all of
Section 6 and Nl/2 NEl/4, NEl/4 NW I/4 of Section 7;
T34S, R64W, El/2 of Section 1 of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land aze shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Trinidad East, & Starkville
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Las Animas County
Courthouse, 200 East First Street, Room 104, Trinidad, CO 81082, and at the Division office. For additional information or to
provide written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
Colorado 80203, [phone]. th order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be
submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed on the assumption that
you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincere) ,
~2
Kent A. Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist
KAG/Ahd
C-TR-6jf{fAeR1655 KAG 20050531_IZZ~az rM Office of Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey