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TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233-0695 303-452-6111 <br />November 15, 2016 <br />Mr. Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215°' <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />c ny rF RECLAMATION <br />C'` <br />RE: New Horizon Mine f;,;;,;,;� r"!'� SAFETY <br />Permit No. C-1981-008 <br />Minor Revision 103 (MR -103) Adequacy Responses <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) has received your <br />adequacy review letter for MR -103, dated November 14, 2016, and provides the following <br />responses to your comments on behalf of the Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, New Horizon <br />Mine. <br />1. Page 2.05.3(3)-38 of the permit needs to be updated to include a statement about <br />Richards and Van Kirkwood requesting that the section of the BB Road Detour crossing <br />their property remain and include a reference to the landowner's letters. <br />Response: Text has been inserted as requested on Page 2.05.3(3)-38 as requested. <br />2. Starting on page 2.05.3(3)-42 through -45 of the permit, there is a discussion of the CCC <br />West Lateral Ditch. Please add a statement to this discussion about the retention of the <br />BB Road Detour to be utilized as a headgate access road on Richards and Van <br />Kirkwood's property and include a reference to the landowner's letters. <br />Response: The text included in Section 2.05.3(3), Section Q, Item 10 Roads is sufficient <br />to document retention of the road to the CCC Ditch headgate. Therefore, no updates <br />have been made in response to the comment. <br />3. Page 2.05.4(2)(c)-6 of the permit needs to be updated to include a statement about <br />Richards and Van Kirkwood requesting that the section of the BB Road Detour crossing <br />their property remain and include a reference to the landowner's letters. <br />Response: Text has been inserted as requested on Page 2.05.4(2)(c)-6 has requested. <br />AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. BOX 698 <br />A Touchstone Energy Cooperative 41A <br />CRAIG, CO 81626-1307 PREMT, NM 87045 NULLA, CO Bu24.0698 <br />�., 970-824.4411 505-972-5200 970-864.7316 <br />