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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />April 17, 2014 <br />Shannon V.Johnson <br />Division of Water Resources <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 <br />Denver, CO 50203 <br />Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 2009 -087) <br />Permit Revision Application No. 1(PR -1) <br />CM Extension and Longwall Mining. <br />Dear Ms. Johnson: <br />APR 222014 <br />WATER RtbUUR : <br />STATE ENGINES <br />C0l_0 <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 17, 2014, an <br />application to revise coal mining operations at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine was considered <br />complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and <br />the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Permit Revision No. 1 proposes a modification to the currently approved Peabody Sage Creek <br />Mining Permit No. C- 2009 -087 mine plan that includes the implementation of longwall mining <br />methods for coal extraction. The development of panels for longwall mining will require an <br />expansion to the existing approved permit area boundary and will overlay the existing Foidel <br />Creek Mine permit boundary, by approximately 400 acres in Section 22 & 23 of T5N R87W. No <br />addtional surface facilities are include in this revision. <br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of <br />Hayden. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, <br />15, 16, 21 and 22; Township 6 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, <br />34, 35 and 36 <br />CO� <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining. state. co. us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director *A��►�� <br />* 1876 <br />