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NEW ELK COAL - <br />COMPANY <br />August 8, 2016 <br />Robin Reilley <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: New Elk Mine Permit Number CO -1981-012 <br />Permit Revision <br />The New Elk Mine needs to dewater Ponds 7 & 8 to facilitate sediment removal to <br />provide the required retention time for setting and reducing Settleable and <br />Suspended solids. Pond 8 has been intermittently discharging and the samples <br />show noncompliance with our NPDES discharge permit. <br />Initially, as in the past, pond water will be pumped from ponds 7 and 8 to pond 6. <br />When the capacity of pond 6 is reached, the water will be pumped to the Allen <br />Mine East Portal seals and allowed to free flow into the abandoned Allen <br />underground mine. This project is very similar to a previous approval by DRMS to <br />pump preparation plant slurry into the Allen Mine except this will not be a <br />permanent installation. <br />A proposed "Public Notice is included with the submittal in case a public notice <br />would be required by this revision. Please contact me if additional information is <br />required to deem this submittal complete. <br />R <br />e <br />gard <br />Ron Thompson <br />Agent <br />12250 Hwy 12 PHONE (719) 859-0111 <br />FAX ((719)868-0044 <br />Weston, CO 81091 E-MAIL ronthompson@newelkcoal.com <br />