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<br /> <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 | Mike King, Executive Director | Virginia Brannon, Director <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RE: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM), DMRS Permit No. C-2009-087 <br /> Partial Phase III Bond Release (SL-4) Adequacy Items <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Nettleton, <br /> <br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) conducted the Mine Site Inspection <br />of the proposed SL-4 area of the Sage Creek Mine on August 3rd, between 9am and 2pm. Present at the <br />inspections were as follows: <br /> <br />Tabetha Lynch, Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) <br />Miranda Blomquist, Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC <br />Christine Belka, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) #182 <br />Steve Freese, Colorado State Board of Land Commissioners <br />Alan Goldrich – Routt County Planning Department <br /> <br />The following items were noted as needing follow-up action prior the Division completing the SL-4 Bond <br />Release Findings document. <br /> <br />1. Remove area within the disturbance boundary from the bond release, as this area has no history of <br />reclamation and does not appear to have been reclaimed. Coarse road gravel is still present and <br />topsoil does not appear to have been placed. No history or seeding has been found within the <br />bond release documentation or previous Annual Reclamation Reports. Please provide updated <br />maps and acreage information after removing this parcel. <br /> <br />2. Erosional down-cutting was observed along the right side of Road F1 within Section 2. Please <br />place rip rap to prevent further erosion of this drainage channel. <br /> <br /> <br />3. Patches of toadflax were noted and referenced below as well as thistle, which should be mitigated <br />at an appropriate time to effectively manage these weeds. Large toad flax patch at 322,010.6 <br />4,476,639.2 Meters. <br /> <br />August 15, 2017 <br /> <br />Jerry Nettleton <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC <br />36600 Routt County Road 27 <br />P.O. Box 250 <br />Hayden, CO 81639 <br /> <br />