2014-08-28_REVISION - C1982056

• Permit No: C1982056
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 8/28/2014
• Doc Name: Premlinary Adequacy Review Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Twentymile Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: MR280
• Email Name: JDM
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

AVCOLORADO
Division of Reclamation,
Mining and Safety
Deoaurrwnt of Natural Resour,rs
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
August 28, 2014
Jerry Nettleton
Twentymile Coal Company
29515 Routt County Road #27
Oak Creek, CO 84067
RE: Twentymile Coal Company, Permit C- 1982 -056
Minor Revision No. 280 (MR -280), Preliminary Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Nettleton:
The Division received Twentymile Coal, LLC's (TC's) application for a minor revision (MR -280) on August
25, 2014. The application was determined to be complete on August 28, 2014. The Colorado Division of
Reclamation, Mining and Safety has completed its adequacy review of the proposed minor revision.
Please respond to the following comments or concerns as necessary:
The cover letter of MR280 and proposed permit page 2.04 -9.1 references the Class III Cultural
Resources Inventory of Proposed Coal Sand Strips in Routt County, Colorado submitted as a part
of Exhibit 52. The submittal to the cultural resources inventory is incomplete. Appendices B, C,
and D are not included in the submittal. The Division understands that, according to TC, Metcalf
Archaeological Consultants is under the direction of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to
withhold the confidential information that may be associated with the referenced appendices;
however, this information is required by the Division per Rule 2.04.4. Please submit the absent
referenced appendices as a part of the cultural resources inventory and proposed Exhibit 52.
The information found in the appendices can be filed as confidential at the request of the
operator. If this information was provided to the BLM, TC can request that the BLM provide
that information directly to the Division for review.
No discussion was submitted identifying the proposed activities affects on possible threatened
and endangered species and fish, wildlife, and the related environmental values. In order to
comply with Rules 2.04.11 and 4.18 please provide information to the Division discussing the
effects of the proposed activities with regard to the protection of fish, wildlife, and the
related environmental values in addition to any threatened or endangered species. The
Division understands that coorespondance is on -going with the Steamboat Springs, CO office
of the CPW. Please submit concurance from CPW upon receipt.
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John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director
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