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U08KIN <br />PAPINA <br />IKAMPF <br />PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION <br />November 14, 2016 <br />Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Rm. 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Re: Roadside Mine (Permit No. C-1981-041) <br />Technical Revision 69 <br />Adequacy Review Comments <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />Gregory K. Hoskin <br />Terrance L Farina <br />Gregg K. Kamp[ <br />David A. Younger <br />David M. Scanga <br />Michael ►. Russell <br />John T. Howe <br />Laurie A. Cahill <br />David M. Dodero <br />Andrew H. Teske <br />John P.lusms <br />David A. Price <br />Anthony F. Prinster <br />Tammy M. Eret <br />L. Richard (Dick) Bratton <br />'• 1ttlliam A. Hillhouse a <br />'• Eliza F. Hillhouse <br />Michael H. Luedtke <br />Daniel F. Fitzgerald <br />Nicholas H. Gower <br />Kehanne Chamberlain <br />Karoline M. Henning <br />William H. Nelson <br />(1926-1992) <br />This letter is in response to your November 4, 2016 letter addressed to Tonya <br />Hammond of the Snowcap Coal Company ("SCC"). Through that letter, the Division of <br />Reclamation, Mining and Safety (the "Division") is requesting certain follow-up information <br />regarding SCC's Technical Revision 69 application ("TR -69"), including a `'letter from the <br />landowner stating that they concur with the proposed reclamation plan" for SCC's <br />hydrological repair. While we disagree that Rule 2.05.5(1)(b) requires SCC to provide such a <br />letter, Mr. Beckwith's comments submitted to the Division on October 27, 2016 on behalf of <br />the landowners (Rudolph and Ethel Fontanari as trustees of the Rudolph and Ethel Fontanari <br />Revocable Living Trust ("Fontanari')), confirm that it would be impossible to obtain such a <br />letter from Fontanari. Further, a letter indicating such approval or concurrence by the <br />"landowner" is unnecessary in this matter in any event because SCC reserved easement <br />rights on the pertinent property, prior to any conveyance to Fontanari or its predecessors, for <br />reclamation purposes, which evidence adequate prior consent by the "landowner" for <br />purposes of approving TR -69 and its associated reclamation plan. <br />Rule 2.05.5(1)(b) states that "[tlhe description shall be accompanied by a copy of the <br />comments concerning the proposed use by the legal or equitable owner of record of the <br />surface of the proposed permit area..." On its face, this Rule does not require SCC to provide <br />proof of landowner consent to SCC's proposed reclamation plan, instead only requiring a <br />200 Grand Avenue, Suite 400 <br />Gunnison <br />234 North Main rSuite 3A <br />Post Office BOX 40 <br />" Denver <br />Gunnison, Collooraadodo 81230 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81502 <br />Post Office Box 27419 <br />telephone 970.641.4531 <br />telephone 970.986.3400 <br />Denver, Colorado 80227 <br />fax 970.641.4532 <br />fax 970.986.3401 <br />telephone 720.663.1940 <br />fax 720.663.1941 <br />¢ www.hfalc.com + <br />TR -69 <br />A14-5-50 <br />12116 <br />EXIIIBIT C <br />