2015-12-18_REVISION - C1981041 ‎(2)‎

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 12/18/2015
• Doc Name: Letter & Application and Public Notice
• From: DRMS
• To: J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc
• Type & Sequence: TR68
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

MINE ENGINEERING
MINE RECLAMATION
J. E. STOVER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
2352 NORTH 7T" STREET, UNIT B
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501
PHONE: [phone], FAX: [phone]
RECEIVED
December 16, 2015 DEC 1 E6 2015
Division of Reclamation,
mining & Safety
Mr. Brock Bowles
Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman Street, Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
Re: Snowcap Coal Company, Inc.
Technical Revision Application
Postmining Land Use Change — Pond 8
Permit No. C-1981-041
Dear Mr. Bowles:
CIVIL ENGINEERING
CONST. MANAGEMENT
On behalf of Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. (SCC) enclosed is an application for a
technical revision to change the postmining land use at the reclaimed Pond 8 area,
containing approximately 0.5 acres. SCC is submitting this application as a "technical"
revision because the proposed land use is not subject to the Division's rule 2.05.5(2)(d).
The goal of this proposed revision is to change the postmining land use at this area from
fish and wildlife to commercial. The revised documents in this submittal are based on
the assumption that Technical Revision 67 (TR -67) submitted December 2, 2015, has
been approved.
All structures and associated facilities at Pond 8 have been removed and final grading
and revegetation was completed in October 2011. A portion of the reclaimed area was
reseeded in October 2014. Mesa County Department of Planning and Economic
Development approved a minor site plan for the use of the lands as a commercial
business in June 2006, as shown in Appendix 15-1, and no changes will be required.
With the premining land use being commercial, and the majority of the adjacent area
having previously been approved for a commercial postmining land use, we believe that
incorporating the 0.5 acres for additional parking and material storage for the existing
Kokopelli Farm and Produce agricultural business is appropriate.
Enclosed are the revised permit documents as follows:
Volume 5: Tab 14 - Revised Permit page 14-7; New Appendix pages A14-5-47 and
A14-5-48; and Revised Exhibits 6C and 6C -A
Volume 5: Tab 15 - Revised Permit page 15-1; New Appendix pages A15-1-8 and
A15-1-9; and Revised Exhibit 63