2015-06-14_REVISION - C1981035

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/14/2015
• Doc Name: Preliminary Adequacy Review
• From: DRMS
• To: GCC Energy, LLC
• Type & Sequence: TR24
• Email Name: MLT
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

T. Bird, GCC Energy
C-1981-035 / TR -24 / AdegReview#1
14 -Jun -2015
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paragraph may be considered confidential for purposes of these rules if the requirements
of Rule 2.07.5 are met.)
DRMS 06/14: The text was updated, as requested, to include the lease modification
presently being sought by GCC. In the midterm review, the Division should also have
requested that the portion of existing Lease COC -63920 within the OSM permit area (Ute
Mountain Tribe surface) be described. Please expand 2.03.4(9) to address the lease and
permit currently held that is contiguous to the DRMS Permit Area.
2.03.5 Compliance Information
1. DRMS 02/18: For the violation (CV -2012-003) listed in Sections 2.03.5 of the permit, Rule
2.03.5(3)(a) requires the following information to be provided:
a. DRMS 02/18: the MSHA number and the name of the person to whom the violation
notice was issued. Please update both sections of the permit with this information.
b. DRMS 02/18: For the violation listed in Section 2.03.5 for the King I mine, the permit
indicates the required abatement is ongoing at this time. However, this section of
the King 11 mine indicates the violation was terminated on December 11, 2012.
Please update the King I Mine permit section 2.03.5 to reflect the current state of the
violation in accordance with Rule 2.03.5(d).
C. DRMS 02/18: For both sections 2.03.5 of the permit, please discuss the actions, if
any, that were taken by the applicant to abate the violation.
DRMS 06/14: Sections 2.03.5 were updated as requested. These items have been
satisfactorily addressed.
2.03.8 Permit Term Information
1. DRMS 02/18: King I and King II Sections 2.03.8 direct the reader to Sections 2.05.2 and
2.05.3 for the anticipated start of each phase of the mining activities. Section 2.05.2 of the
permit indicates the King I Mine started in 1941 and ended in 2009; however, Section
2.05.2 for the King II permit only states the expected life of the mine is 6 to 9 years. The
actual start date and anticipated termination date for the King II mine is not stated. Please
revise the King II permit to identify the actual starting date of the King II mine and the
anticipated termination date of the King II mine, in accordance with Rule 2.03.8(2).
DRMS 06/14: King II Section 2.05.2 was revised to incorporate the required information.
This item has been satisfactorily addressed.
2. DRMS 02/18: Affected areas are tabulated in Sections 2.03.8 of the permit; the Division
calculates the sum of the King I and King II Affected areas to be 2,374.89 acres. King I
permit maps appear to indicate that some affected areas lie outside the bounds of the
permit area. The Division expects that this configuration was developed in order to
identify any impacts due to angle of draw that may have resulted from removal of coal
right up to the permit / lease boundary. Mining at King I was completed in 2009, so GCC