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<br />1.0 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY <br />Introduction <br />Peabody Coal Company (PCC) owns and operates the NUCLA <br />•MINE, a surface coal mine, located approximately 2 to 3 miles <br />northwest of Nucla, Colorado (Figure 1). The existing mining <br />operation uses scrapers to remove the coal. As required by <br />the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (rrrc.un), five <br />small ponds (001, 002, 004, 005, and 006) control run-ofP and <br />water from pit dewatering, and store water for use at the <br />NUCLA MINE. PCC plans to expand the operation to include an <br />additional area, called NUCLA EAST, located southeast of the <br />• existing pit. The NUCLA EAST pit operation will initially <br />use scrapers, which may be replaced by a dragline in a few <br />years. PCC also plans to build an additional pond, Pond 007, <br />to service the NUCLA EAST mining area. <br />The Colorado Co-operative Company owns and manages an <br />extensive unlined ditch system consisting of the Colorado <br />Co-operative ditch (also known as the Highline Canal) and <br />laterals, which convey water from a diversion point on the <br />san Miguel River (Figure 1) to the lands adjacent to the <br />NUCLA and NUCLA EAST mining areas. The water is primarily <br />used for irrigation and secondarily for stock watering, <br />municipal and domestic purposes. PCC owns twenty-seven (27) <br />shares of the Colorado Co-operative Company. <br />1 <br />I• <br />GE07RAN5, INC. <br />xsvisEDMnacxzooc Attachment 2.05.6(3)(b)(v~1-6 <br />