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rne~0 <br />energy fuels coal, inc. <br />southfield mine post office boz 459 florence, coloratlo 87226 (719) 784-6395 <br />May 12, 2004 <br />Mr. Mike Boulay <br />Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology <br />1313 Sherman Street -Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />i <br />RECE9VED <br />MAY 131004 <br />Division a! Minerals and Geology <br />RE: REQUEST FOR MINOR REVISION - KERR (MARK) MINE (Permit No. C-80-006) <br />Kerr Coal Company, Jackson County, Colorado <br />SUBJECT: CATTLE GRAZING PLAN -'YEAR 2004 <br />Dear Mr. Boulay: <br />Accompanying this transmittal are three copies of Kerr Coal Company's application for a <br />Minor Revision concerning the Grazing Plan for the Kerr mine site for the current year, 2004. <br />Last year's grazing schedule, October, 2003, was cut short due to the respective cattle <br />ranch rotating other BLM pastures adjacent to the Kerr Mine which placed grazing the Kerr site <br />at the end of the season. Consequently, due to limited forage, the cattle passed through the site <br />for only a couple of days as compared to the 11 days scheduled. This season (2004), the rancher <br />intends to graze the Ken site at the beginning of the season and is scheduled to graze Kerr the <br />first part of June (2004). Accordingly, Kerr intends to use the grazing recommendations provided <br />by the Route and Jackson County agents, CJ Mucklow and Brenda Brown respectively, from their <br />July, 2003 evaluation. <br />Their letter of recommendation is enclosed for your review and file. In summary, their <br />recommendation is for 188 Animal Units per Month (AUMS) and to graze the site in a short <br />period of time as we have done in previous years. Given that the herd of cattle available from the <br />neighboring ranch is 500 head and based on 188 AUMS as rer~mmended, grazing time converts <br />to11.4 days. Accordingly, Kerr intends to graze the site for a period of l ldays with 500 head of <br />cattle commencing the first part of June, 2004. <br />If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact me at your <br />convenience. <br />Sincerely, <br />org .Patterson <br />Gen Mine Mgr <br />cc: RA Munson -Energy Fuels <br />JC Mossman -Hydrologic Supervisor <br />