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III IIIIIIIIIIIII III 999 DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY Depanmem of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman 8t., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: 1303) 8663567 FA%: 1}031 832-8106 Interoffice MEMORANDUM to: Jim Burnell from: Byron G. Walker ~y``~ subject: TR-50 date: August 25, 2000 reference: Your memo of 18 April 2000 ~~ DIVISION O F MINERALS GEOLOGY RECLAMATION MINING•SAFE TY B~II Owens Gm ernor Greg E. bValche. EeecuYve Dbenor Michael B Long Division Dvcclor By Technical Revision (TR) 50 to Permit C-81-019, a number of exploration wells are transferred from Permit C-81-019 (permit) to NOI-X-95-109-OS (NOI). The purpose of this memorandum is to provide you, as requested under the reference, information on these holes being transferred. As of this date, a number of these holes will need to be added to Colowyo Coal Company, L.P.'s (Colowyo) request to you to modify the NOI, and a number of questions still need to be resolved. Answering your second question first, all surface disturbances associated with an exploration hole aze being transferred with the hole. As part of the TR-50 process, Table 1 of the application is being revised to identify all the holes to be transferred. The following is an overview of the holes on the current table. The Minor Revision (MR) files referenced have information on the holes and surface disturbances. Table 1 indicates the MR associated with each hole. Please let me know if you need assistance in reviewing these files or duplicating them for your NOI records. Perhaps your NOI files can include the MR file by reference. Holes 1, 3through 8, 26, 27, 33, 35, 37, 45, 46, 101 and 102 were permitted in the original Permit C-81-019. They are shown on Map 10 and aze referred to on page 2.04.7-5 of the Permit Application Package (PAP). Reclamation liability was released in MR 12 for these holes. Holes IP#1, IP#2 and IP#3 were permitted under MR 34 and were mined through. In my draft letter to Colowyo I ask that these holes be added to Table 1. In a draft letter to Colowyo, I ask Colowyo to identify a number of holes permitted under MR-44 that have not been identified to date. MR-44 indicates that they were to have been mined through. How the Division is going to proceed with 13 wells licensed with the Office of the State Engineer is still in question. Colowyo as a permittee wishes to transfer these wells to Colowyo as a landowner, and be relieved of any reclamation liability (no bond) for these wells under Permit C- 81-019 or any NOI. These wells are MJ 95 O1, MJ 95 02, M1 95 03, MT 95 Ol, MT 95 02, MW 95 O1, MW 95 02, UL 95 O1, UL 95 40, UL 95 45, W 95 02, W 95 l 1, and W 95 l5. These wells STATE, OF COLORADO