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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Deparbnent of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Raom 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Plsorle: (303) 8663567 <br />FAX: (303) 632-8106 <br />November 4, 2005 <br />Mr. Henry Bazbe <br />Mountain Coal Company LLC <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit C-80-007) <br />Permit Revision 10 (PR-10) <br />Dear Mt. Bazbe: <br />COLORADO <br />DIVISION O F <br />MINF~RALS <br />GEOLOGY <br />RFCLANATION•M ININf. <br />SAFETTSCIENCE <br />Bill Owens <br />Governor <br />Russell George <br />Executive Director <br />Raruld W. catm,y <br />Divi:ion Director <br />Natural Resource Trusses <br />The Division has reviewed the responses to the Division's comments in your letter of June 13, <br />2005. We have the following comments. A list is attached showing responses that aze acceptable <br />as submitted. <br />Al. The table of potential impacts is what was needed. The following items require some <br />discussion and/or clarification. <br />c) Please add an explanation of why subsidence will not prevent restoration of the crop <br />productivity of renewable resource lands to premising levels. <br />d) Wherever "renewable resource(s)" occurs in the sections of the permit application <br />related to subsidence, please change it to "renewable resource land(s)". <br />e) Please change monitoring frequencies in Table A-1 to reflect those changes made as a <br />result of comments 86c and 86d, below. <br />f) Please change the annual reporting frequencies in Table A-1 to semi-annual. <br />g) Please quantify in the permit application the thresholds of impact for the following <br />items: renewable resource lands, the three alluvial floors mentioned in comment 112 <br />(below), vegetation damage, and wetlands. A threshold may be quantified by describing <br />examples of impacts that indicate the threshold has been exceeded. <br />38. The Division requested that MCC resume monitoring this season; MCC's response referred <br />to the old text. The Division maintains the original request to resume monitoring on those <br />sites where it had been suspended, as follows: <br />Office of Office of Colorado <br />Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey <br />