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• • iii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmenl of Natural Resources <br />131 3 Sherman 51., Room _'15 <br />Deneer. Colorado BU?Ol <br />Phone: IJ031 tl66-756? <br />FA%: U03) 83? 81116 <br />November 30, 1998 <br />Mark Davis <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />State Board of Land Comtnissioners <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 620 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: .Energy Mine No. 3 (Permit No. C-SJ-062) <br />Technical Revision Application No. 9 <br />Diversity Standard Modification <br />Dear Mr. Davis: <br />~I~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Rov Romer <br />Governor <br />lames 5. Lochhead <br />Eaecmive Director <br />Michael 8. Long <br />Division Dvetlor <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 1 ]6, <br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 27, 1998, an application to revise coal mining <br />operations at the Energy Mine No. 3 was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was <br />submitted by Colorado Yampa Coal Company. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and [he <br />Regulations initiate tram this date of filing. <br />This revision revises the required diversity standard for the post-mining land use of pasture, from the <br />Shannon-Weiner index to one based upon species composition. <br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 10 miles southwest of Steamboat Springs, <br />Colorad. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />in Portions of Sections 1, 2, 12, l3 and 24, TSN, R86W; and Sections 18 and ]9, TSN, R85W. <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Cow Creek. <br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Routt County Courthouse, Box <br />773598, Steamboat Springs, CO 80477, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide <br />written comments, contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, <br />Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that <br />comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will <br />proceed on the assumption that you have/no concerns with, or objections to, [he applicant's proposal. <br />Sincerely, <br />~ ~ ~~~ . . <br />--+~- ~ <br />\ ~. w , <br />Janet H. ~mns <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />i <br />I <br />IHBIJRC <br />M"OSSV RC\TE.~I P\ROJOtCC0J.111^ <br />