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T ~~I 1~~'~II~~"II'~~ STATE OF COLORADO DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Department of Nowral Re,ources 1 S11 Sherman 51., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80?03 D i v i S I o N O F Phone: (303) 86fi-3567 MINERALS' ~ FAX: (3031 8328106 ~ GEOLOGYi 1une1,2000 0.ECLAMATiONi HI NING•5 °.FE7Y James A. Kiger eau o.,e^~ Colowyo Coal Company L.P. eo~e.^er 5731 State Highway 13 eregE.w~l<ner Etecmlve D~roaor Meeker, Colorado 81641 hhchael B. Long Division Director Subject: Technical Adequacy, Technical Revision 50, Permit C-81-019 Dear Mr. Kiger: This application includes an important reconciliation of the status of wells and drill holes, and represents a significant effort on the part of Colowyo Coal Company L.P. staff. An adequacy review of the Technical Revision 50 (TR-50) application has been completed by the Division of Minerals and Geology (Division), from which the following questions and guidance have been derived. Item 1. Information provided in the application identified 13 monitoring wells permitted with the Office of the State Engineer, Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR). If these wells (holes) were drilled for the purposes of coal exploration or coal development, they also fall under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. Please inform the Division whether these 13 wells were drilled for the purposes of coal exploration or coal development. If these wells were drilled for the purposes of coal exploration or development, then the reclamation of these 13 wells/coal exploration or development holes needs to be described and bonded for, even if they are permitted by CDWR. The Division finds no duplication of (State) bonding requirements (none is required by the CD WR). Such bonding can be released (in this case, not bonded) if the wells aze transferred under the provisions of Rule 4.05.14. In the event these 13 wells holes were drilled for the purposes of coal exploration or development holes, please include them in a revision to one of your exploration Notice of Intents (NOIs) or a new NOI application. In such event, please include costs of reclamation (the holes and associated disturbances) for bonding under the provisions of Rule 2.02. In the event that the drilling of these 13 holes was not associated with coal exploration or development, pease add them to the Drawing "Well Locations" dated 12-10-96 of your Permit C-81-019 under the requirements of Rule 2.04.7(4). Item 2. The TR-50 application proposes the transfer of exploration holes within the permit boundary to NOI-X-95-109-05. Please submit a revision to one of your NOI(s) (or a new application if more appropriate) to be processed concurrently with, and as a prerequisite to approval of, Technical Revision 50 to the Permit. The NOI revision or new application needs to be complete with regard to requirements of Rule 2.02. Your concurrent application for complete bond release of NOI bonds may be processed following inclusion of all exploration holes identified in the TR-50 application.