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5731 State Highway 13 ♦ Meeker, Colorado 81641 ♦ 970- 824 -1200 <br />October 18, 2013 <br />RECEIVE' <br />Mr. Rob Zuber <br />� n +ryF1 <br />Environmental Protection Specialist OCT Z 3 <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety ,, <br />Department of Natural Resources t)MSINI �� D �.,�,` v <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 1JIl�IIIPVQ'8<�f <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Colowyo Coal Company L.P., Mine Permit C -81 -019, Minor Revision No. 127 <br />(MR -127), South Taylor In -Pit Exploration Drilling <br />Dear Mr. Zuber, <br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P. received your adequacy letter dated October 18, <br />2013. Colowyo has the following responses to your concerns: <br />1. On page Exh. 23 -1, under the heading Sealing of Drilled Holes, the text "... <br />following mining these holes will be reclaimed ..." is misleading. In the case <br />of "rat holes" below the lowest seam to be mined, the reclamation (seeling) <br />(sic) will be performed prior to mining. Please update the text and re- <br />submit this portion of the exhibit to clarify this practice. <br />Response: Per the telephone conversation between Mr. Rob Zuber and Mr. <br />Tony Tennyson on October 17, 2013, it was decided to remove the words <br />'following mining" from the first paragraph in Section 11. The text narrative <br />has been updated accordingly and a new Exhibit 23 has been provided under <br />this cover with the indicated revisions. <br />2. We have sent our Reclamation Cost Estimate for MR -127 to your staff under <br />separate cover. The total increase in liability, as calculated by the Division, <br />is $36,222.00. To avoid confusion, please remove Colowyo's cost estimate <br />from Exhibit 23. <br />Response: Colowyo will accept the Division's cost estimate and has <br />removed Section IV Reclamation Cost Estimate from Exhibit 23 as requested. <br />A mining property of Western Fuels- Colorado, A Limited Liability Company <br />