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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 />February 2, 2018 <br />Mr. Zach Trujillo <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />Permit No. C-1981-019 <br />Technical Revision No. 116 <br />Second Adequacy Response <br />Dear Mr. Trujillo, <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc. (Tri-State), is the parent company to <br />Axial Basin Coal Company, which is the general partner to Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo). <br />The Colowyo Mine operates under Permit No. C-1981-019. Tri-State received your adequacy letter dated <br />February 1, 2018, and is providing the response below to your adequacy concern on behalf of Colowyo, <br />It should be noted that all adequacy comments that have been deemed resolved, the original comment has <br />not been retained under this cover. Adequacy comments that have not be resolved only the most recent <br />comment has been included with these responses. <br />1. This item is resolved. <br />2. The text was updated to remove the reference, however on further review a similar reference was <br />found in the first paragraph on proposed reuised page 118. Please reward tl�e text to remove the <br />second reference to the deleted figures. <br />Response: The references to Figures 2.05.6-1 and -2 have been removed on Rule 2, Page 118 as <br />requested. <br />3. This item is resolved. <br />4. This item is resolved. <br />5. At the request o, f'Colonyo Coal Company, and in recognition of the potential conflicts between <br />their construction schedules and the permitting schedules of other state agencies, stipulations 19 <br />and 20 are proposed to be modified, and stipulation 23 is proposed to be added. The proposed <br />text of the stipulations is as follows: <br />ST 19: OBTAIN DEWATERING WELL PERMITS AND SUBMIT A MINOR REVISION. <br />DEWATERING WELL PERMITS MUST BE IN PLACE, AND A MINOR REVISION BE <br />SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY THE DIVISION TO UPDATE SECTION 2.03. 10 OF <br />VOL UME 1 OF THE PERMIT APPLICA TION PA CKA GE, BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION OF <br />ANY DEWATERING WELLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLLOM PIT IS ALLOWED TO <br />OCCUR. <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITYIAFF/RMATIYEACTION EMPLOYER CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. COIF 1307 P.O. BOJ( 577 P.O. 9071699 <br />A Touchstone Energy'Cooperative� CRAIG, co 91626.1307 PRLWJTT, NM 87045 NULLA, CO 61474.0698 <br />970.824.4411 505-876-7271 970.864-7316 <br />