REV13897

• Permit No: C1996084
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 3/12/2004
• Doc Name: Incompleteness Letter
• From: DMG
• To: Peak Project Management
• Type & Sequence: TR12
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Sf„ Room 215 ~` Q L ~ ~ ~ ~
Denver, Colorado 80203 DIVISION O F
Phone: [phone] MIN & A I. $

FAX: [phone] Ci E O L C! G Y
0.ECLAMATION•M INING
March 12, 2004 SAFETY•SC IENCE

Ron Thompson Bill Owens
Govern°.
Peak Project Management Russell George
34115 Co. Rd. 20.8 exe~neve Director
Trinidad, Colorado 81082 Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
RE: Technical Revision No. 72 (TR-12)
Lorencito Canyon Mine, #C-96-084
Reclamation Plan Modification
Dear Mr. Thompson:
We have received your application for a technical revision to your permit to conduct coal mining
in Colorado. Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by Rule 2.08.4(5)
have not been submitted. Thus your application is incomplete for purposes of filing as of March
12. 2004.
In accordance with Rule 2.07.3(1), you have the opportunity to amend, review, or otherwise
make your application complete. In order to call the revision complete, please address each of
the questions listed below.
Rule 2.05.4 Reclamation Plan
Rule 2.05.4(2)(a) requires a detailed timetable of each step of the reclamation plan. This
timetable should describe each step of the plan in detail and should relate directly to the
reclamation cost estimate in Section 3.0. With regard to the redistribution of topsoil, the
DMG finds the application deficient in the following areas.
The permit refers to subsoil and topsoil. No distinction is made as to the nature of
subsoil or its location at the site. The permit should clearly describe the plan for
removal of topsoil from specific stockpiles or borrow locations. These locations should
be identified on a map. Reclamation calculations should refer to each of these locations
and identify locations for re-application. Based on the fertilizer recommendations,
subareas of the disturbed area are described (i.e. Fill 9, Fill 8, saddle above Fill 8, etc.)
These subareas should be identified on the map also with regard to topsoil redistribution.
Volume information of topsoil in stockpiles and borrow areas should be sufficient to
ensure that all areas will achieve the .85 feet of topsoil material, if that is the proposed
plan. The permit should not refer to these proposed activities in the past sense,
although the DMG understands that some of the topsoiling work has been completed at
this time. Permit commitments such as chisel plowing prior to seeding should be
modified if LLC does not intend to conduct this task. Two revised pages were submitted,
2.05-35 and 2.05-59. Page 2.05-39 is titled Topsoil Recovery and Placement. Page
2.05-59 is titled Topsoil Redistribution. Again, the plan must be detailed and precise
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