APPCOR10872

• Permit No: C1982056
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 9/23/1982
• Doc Name: COMPLETENESS REVIEW ON FOIDEL CREEK PR
• From: MLR
• To: COLO YAMPA COAL CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
D. Monte Pascoe, Executive Director
ML~VED LAND RE(;LAMA'TION
423 Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street
Denver, Colorado 80203•Tel.[phone]
David C. Shelton .
Director
September 23, 1982
hfr. Larry Damrau
Colorado Yampa Coal Company
Box 772129
Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477
RE: Completeness Review on Foidel Creek Permit Revision
Dear Mr. Damra u:
The Division has received your application for a permit revision. Our initial
review indicates that seven items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Pfining
Reclamation Act, C.R.S. 1973 34-33-101 et seq. and the regulations promulgated
pursuant to the Act have not been submitted; thus year application has been
deemed incomplete for the purposes of filing on this date.
The completeness review identified deficiencies in the application where re-
quired data was not submitted or insufficient information was presented for
the Division to continue the review process. Since it is the Division's intent
to complete the review of the this application within the statutory time frame
of 120 days any data gaps which exist where collection and/or analysis of
data could extend beyond the 120th day must be identified upon permit submittal.
With this in mind several sections were identified as incomplete. Colorado
Yampa Coal Company (CYCC) may have the data currently available which could be
submitted or could state that the data is shortly forthcoming to complete the
application. The following requirements must be addressed and sufficient in-
formation presented so that the Division can progress with the adequacy review.
1. Rules 2.05.2(2) and 2.10.3(I)(c) - Estimated Area for Life of Operation
Colorado Yampa Coal Company has not identified on a map or in the text
the estimated area for~the life of the operation. Zn past meetings,
CYCC has said the Foidel Creek Mine is a pilot project which may or
may not be developed. The application states, however that the planned
mining at the Foidel Creek operation will "involve approximately thirty
(30) years at mining beyond this property."
The designation of the Zife of the mine permit boundary will have
implications on the Probable Hydrologic Consequences (PHC)and the Cumulative
Nydrolgoic Impact Statements (CRIB). If this is only a 5-year pilot
project on the Ti eken Lease the PHC and CHIS can be limited in nature.