REV15956

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 7/6/2004
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Letter
• From: DMG
• To: Mountain Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: PR10
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman S[., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
DIVISION OF
MINERALS
GEOLOGY
0.ECLRMATION•MINING
TAFETY•TCIENCE
6 July 2004 Bill Owens
Governor
Mr. Henry Barbe Russell George

Mountain Coal Company Executive DirecYOr

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591 Ronald W. Cattany
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ox Division Director
Somerset CO 81434 Natural Resource Trustee
Re: Adequacy Review of Permit Revision No. 10
Dear Mr. Barbe:
The Division of Minerals and Geology (The Division) has reviewed the permit revision application
materials submitted by Mountain Coal Company (MCC), C-1980-007, for the purpose of adding 5,250
acres in the South-of-Divide permit azea addition. This revision will add the remainder of the existing
federal coal lease C-1362 (3430 acres) and private fee lease coal (1820 acres).
This letter presents the Divisions preliminary adequacy questions, organized by the pertinent sections
of the rules and regulations of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board. The Division's deadline
for PR-10 is August 6, 2004. The Division may, for good cause shown, extend the time for the
proposed decision up to an additional 60 days (October 5, 2004). Since additional data are being
collected by MCC at this point, it is anticipated that an extension will be needed to allow MCC
sufficient time to complete the data collection and time for the Division to complete the review of PR-
10. Please provide a timeframe in which MCC anticipates responding to this letter.
Comments regarding the PR-10 application have been received from the US Forest Service, the
Colorado Division of Water Resources, the State Historical Preservation Office, and the Minnesota
Canal and Reservoir Company. Copies of the letters aze attached for your information. The Division
has included questions regarding the concerns raised in these comment letters in the pertinent sections
of this letter.
2.03.6 Right of Entry and Operation Information
The maps showing the lease boundazies (Maps 1, 2, 51, 52) show Minnesota Reservoir Tying
within the boundary of lease C-1362. The lease specifically excludes the Minnesota Reservoir.
Please amend the maps to show the boundaries of lease C-1362 accurately.
2. In the summary of additions/deletions in the revision application packet many maps were listed
which were not included in the packet. These maps aze 2, 4, 5, 7, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 49,
Office of Office of Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Active and Inactive Mines Geological Survey