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1111 Peabodq
<br />Twentymile Coal, LLC
<br />Mr. Jason D. Musick
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety
<br />1313 Sherman Street - Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />(970) 866 -3567 X8134
<br />RECEIVED
<br />JAN 3 0 2015
<br />Division of & Sa e y ion,
<br />Mining
<br />29515 Routt County Road 27
<br />Oak Creek, CO 80467
<br />970.879.3800
<br />January 28, 2015
<br />Re: Twentymile Coal, LLC (TC) - Foidel Creek Mine (C -82 -056), 2014 Annual Reclamation Report
<br />Dear Mr. Musick:
<br />Enclosed are duplicate copies of the 2014 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR) for the Foidel Creek Mine.
<br />During 2014, a number of permitted activities occurred under Permit, Technical, and Minor Revision approvals
<br />(summarized as follows), with most of the permitted activities occurring within existing disturbance areas (no
<br />change in acreage unless otherwise noted):
<br />PR14 -10, WCR Development and Mining (prepared during 2014, submitted 01/06/15)
<br />TR13 -83, WCR Slope Construction and initial Development (submitted 01/23/14, approved 11/17/14)
<br />MR14 -274, Employee Coal Loading Area (submitted 01/29/14, approved 02/12/14)
<br />MR14 -275, TRO Coreholes 011 - 014 (submitted 02/11/14, approved 02/27/14, +1.0 acre Disturbed)
<br />MR14 -276, WCR Supplemental Coreholes 015 - 025B (submitted 04/04/14)
<br />MR14 -277, WCR Supplemental Coreholes Disturbed Area Expansion (submitted 05/21/14, approved
<br />05/28/14, +15.7 acres Disturbed)
<br />MR14 -278, WCR Supplemental Coreholes 026 - 027 (submitted 05/27/14, approved 06/12/14, +6.0 Acres
<br />Disturbed)
<br />MR14 -279, Monitoring Well 013 Relocation (submitted 08/14/14, approved 08/18/14)
<br />MR14 -280, WCR Offset Drill Zones - 10 Holes (submitted 08/22/14, approved 09/04/14, +16.3 acres
<br />Disturbed)
<br />MR14 -281, Monitoring Well 008 Relocation and Corehole 028 (submitted 08/25/14, approved 09/08/14,
<br />+6.2 acres Disturbed)
<br />MR14 -282, WCR Construction Evaluation and Staging (submitted 08/27/14, approved 09/17/14)
<br />MR14 -283, 5MN Cement Borehole (submitted 10/09/14, approved 10/15/14, +4.0 acres Disturbed)
<br />MR14 -284, Loadout Area Drainage Modifications (submitted 11/17/14, approved 12/04/14)
<br />MR14 -285, Modification to 5MN Cement Borehole (submitted 11/17/14, approved 12/02/14)
<br />Changes in permitted disturbed and affected area acreages during 2014 included increases in the permitted
<br />disturbed and affected acreage of 49.2 acres (MR's 14 -275, 277, 278, 280, 281, and 283). Additional permitted
<br />surface disturbance during 2014 resulted in a cumulative total for permitted surface disturbance of
<br />approximately 711.6 acres. Please refer to the revised maps and text associated with the revisions referenced
<br />above, for specific details.
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