REV01619

• Permit No: C1981033
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 5/22/2007
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Bear Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: MR28
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
May 22, 2007
Mr. Daniel Bear
Beaz Coal Company
P.O. Box 1754
Paonia, Colorado 81428
RE: Bear No. 3 Mine, Permit No. C-1981-033, Bear Coal Company
Minor Revision No. 28, Update Identification of Interests and Water Rights Listing
Deaz Mr. Beaz:
COLORADO
DIVISION O F
xECLAMArtoN
MINING
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SAEEi'Y
Rill Ritter, lr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. rattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has completed its adequacy
review of Bear Coal Company's (BCC) submittal of Minor Revision No. 28 (MR-28) for the Beaz No.
3 Mine. MR-28 was submitted as a response to several of the issues brought up in the Division's
Permit Renewal No. 5 adequacy review letter dated Mazch 27, 2007. The Division has the following
questions and comments:
Rule 2.03.6 - Rieht of Entry and Operation Information
In the first sentence on revised page 2.03-13, reference is made to two documents in support of
BCC's right of entry. Please include a description in this sentence of where these two
documents can be found in the permit application.
Rule 2.03.8 -Permit Term Information
2. On revised page 2.03-14, there is language that reads that the current mining permit will expire
in July 2002 and that the permit will be extended to 2012. Since this revised page would be
included in the permit application with a newly approved permit, please revise this language to
reflect that a new permit has been approved.
Rule 2.10.3 - Specific Information Requirements
3. Map 1, Surface Ownership Map, was revised to include a green line, part of which is dashed, in
the insert of the portal area detail. Please explain what the green line represents. Also, please
add an appropriate notation concerning the green line to the map legend. Finally, please explain
why the green line does not correspond to the dark blue line. For instance, if the green line
represents an ownership or lease area, why does a portion of the green line lie north of the mine
site entrance road and the bridge over the North Fork of the Gunnison River?
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