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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1373 Sherman St., Room 275
<br />Denver, Colorado 80303
<br />Phone. (303) 866-3567
<br />FA?(: (3031 83?-8106
<br />October 19, 1999
<br />Scott Balcomb
<br />Balcomb and Green
<br />DIVISION O F
<br />MINERALS
<br />GEOLOGY
<br />R E C L A M A T I O N
<br />M INING•SAFETY
<br />Bill Owens
<br />Governor
<br />P.O. Box 790 Greg E. Walche.
<br />GlenwOOd Springs, CO 81602 EKecunve Director
<br />Michael B Long
<br />Re: North Thompson Creek Mine (Permit No. C-81-025) Division Director
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 21 (TR-21)
<br />Addition of Coal Ownership Map, Reclassification of Bridges, Cleanings Disposal Site, Retention of Rmad,
<br />Delete Topsoil Stockpile, & Abandon a Spillway
<br />(Kaiser Sievers Ditch)
<br />Dear Mr. Balcomb:
<br />The Division of Minerals and Geology hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4,
<br />of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on October t9, 1999, an application to revise coal mining operations at the North
<br />Thompson Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by MINREC, Inc. All
<br />review and comment periods as provided N the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />This technical revision adds Drawing Number D-3-20, Coal Ownership Map, to the Permit. It reclassifies bridges to foot
<br />traffic, provides for a pond cleanings disposal area, incorporates a letter requesting retention of roads, recognizes the
<br />elimination of a topsoil stockpile, and recognizes an abandoned emergency spillway of Pond T-2.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 10 miles southwest of Carbondale, Colorado. The
<br />permit area is further described as follows:
<br />TSS, R89W; Portions of Sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35
<br />T9S, R89W; Portions of Sections 2, 3 and 4
<br />T7S, R88 W; Portions of Sections 20, 29, 30 and 32
<br />The above-mentioned ttacu of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle maps of Stony Ridge & Carbondale.
<br />A copy of the technical revision application is available for public inspection at the Garfield County Courthouse, 109 8th St, Ste
<br />200, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, and at the Division office. For additional information or to provide written comments,
<br />contact the Division of Minerals and Geology, Room 215, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In
<br />order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (I S) days of this letter
<br />or within 10 days after the publication in the Glemvood Post, whichever is later. If no commenu are received by then, we will
<br />proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
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<br />Byrdn G. Walker
<br />Envvonmental Protection Specialist
<br />M ~\OSSV RCSEM PJt0J03506
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