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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />AV Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Louis Head <br />New Elk Coal Company, LLC <br />12250 Hwy 12 <br />Weston, CO 81019 <br />August 7, 2017 <br />Re: Lorencito Canyon Mine (Permit No. C-1996-084) <br />Permit Renewal 4 (RN -04), Preliminary Adequacy Letter <br />Dear Mr. Head: <br />New Elk Coal Company (NECC) submitted an application to the Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety (the Division) for Permit Renewal on May 9, 2017. The application was found <br />complete on May 10, 2017. <br />The following adequacy items need to be addressed for the permit to be renewed by the Division. <br />1 <br />Adequacy Item 1 <br />As necessary, please update the list of owners and controllers in the PAP (Section 2.03.4). <br />Adequacy Item 2 <br />On page 2.05-30a, last paragraph, it appears that Pond 6a is within the 100 -foot stream buffer <br />zone required by Rule 4.05.18, and this pond should be added to the text. Also, change "two <br />ponds" to "three ponds" in the paragraph as necessary. <br />Adequacy Item 3 <br />Page 2.05-60 of the PAP states, "Revegetated areas will be grazed at an approved level during <br />the last two years of the 10 -year reclamation liability period. Vegetation sampling will be <br />conducted on the reclaimed and extended reference areas prior to grazing each year." However, <br />page 2.05-71a has conflicting text. It states that revegetated areas and extended reference areas <br />"will be grazed at an appropriate level for at least two years of the last five years of <br />responsibility. Grazing will be conducted so that it does not preclude" vegetation sampling. <br />NECC needs to correct the text to bring the pages into agreement. <br />CIF: COLO <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http://mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Robert W. Randall, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />