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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />February 7, 2014 <br />Chris Gilbreath <br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />1100 West 116th Avenue <br />Westminster, CO 80234 <br />Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -019), MR- 131 adequacy issues <br />Dear Mr. Gilbreath: <br />COLORADO <br />ID IV I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />We received your minor revision application (MR -131) to revise the location of the haul road to South <br />Taylor Pit and revise the spoil grading map in your Permit Application Package, and your application <br />was deemed complete on February 7, 2014. <br />I do have an adequacy issue. Please revise the spoil grading plan or explain why the years for <br />completion on several parcels on the grading map have been pushed back to year 2024 or later. I have <br />discussed this with Tony Tennyson, but am not convinced that these dates make sense in light of Rule <br />4.13, Contemporaneous Reclamation. Perhaps smaller parcels could be graded at later dates for such <br />things as road corridors and storage areas, but some of the parcels (for example, the 2025 - 2026 parcels) <br />are very large, as much as a half -mile wide. <br />As for hydrology, the current grading and reclamation schedule was shown in hydrologic analyses to be <br />sufficient for the channels and ponds, but if you need to increase channel or pond sizes or add an <br />additional pond higher in the watershed we can discuss this. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me at extension 8113 (phone number above) or <br />Rob.Zuber @state.co.us. <br />Sincerely, <br />Robert D. Zuber, P.E. <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />