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V. 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 />June 22, 2016 <br />Jerry Nettleton <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC. <br />P.O. Box 250 <br />36600 Routt County Road 27 <br />Hayden, Colorado 81639 <br />RE: Peabody Sage Creek Mine — Permit No. C-2009-087 <br />2015 Annual Reclamation Report Review <br />Dear Mr. Nettleton: <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (Division) has reviewed the Peabody Sage <br />Creek Mine's (PSCM) 2015 Annual Reclamation Report (ARR). Below is a summary of the Division's <br />review of the report against Rule 2.04.13. Comments in bold lettering indicate an issue that will need to <br />be addressed. <br />2.04.13 <br />(1) The annual reclamation report was received by the Division on May 2, 2016 via e-mail and a hard <br />copy of the report was received on May 2, 2016. Peabody Sage Creek Mining had requested an <br />extension of time to submit the report. Previous Division reviews of PSCM's ARRs indicate the <br />report was to be submitted by March 30 each year in accordance with the PAP. However, I could <br />not locate in the PAP where PSCM committed to a date to submit the annual reclamation report. <br />The Division's Findings Document for the mine indicates the ARR will be submitted by February <br />15 of each year. This issue was discussed with Scott Cowman before he resigned his position <br />with Peabody Sage Creek Mining and it was agreed that the Annual Reclamation Report <br />section of the permit will be updated as part of the Permit Renewal revised pages to specify <br />that the report will be submitted by March 30 each year. This issue is still outstanding and <br />will need to be addressed. <br />a. The name and address of the permittee and permit number are indicated on the Annual <br />Reclamation Report form. <br />b. PSCM reported that zero acres were disturbed during 2015. See discussion below <br />regarding acreage accounting. <br />c. PSCM reported that zero acres were backfilled and graded during 2015. See discussion <br />below regarding acreage accounting. <br />pF COlO <br />H <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us I <br />John W. Hickentooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director ** <br />