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The pages and maps that were revised in Permit Renewal No. 1 were placed into the permit application
<br />through Minor Revision No. 21. This minor revision was approved on May 7, 2002.
<br />The application for Permit Revision No. 7, dated February 27, 2003, was received at the Division on
<br />February 28, 2003. With this revision, BRL proposed to construct the B-2 coal seam portal bench and
<br />entry portals. The submittal was called complete on March 10, 2003. Completeness letters were sent on
<br />March 11, 2003 and the completeness public notice was published. Only one comment letter, from the
<br />Colorado Historical Society, was received at the Division concerning Permit Revision No. 7.
<br />The Division conducted an Applicant Violator System (AVS) check on May 6, 2003. The system and
<br />Office of Surface Mining recommendations were for a conditional issue.
<br />The Division sent its preliminary adequacy review letter on April 14, 2003. BRL submitted its
<br />preliminary adequacy review responses in a submittal dated April 24, 2003. Additional information was
<br />sent by BRL in a submittal dated May 1, 2003.
<br />The Division sent its final adequacy letter to BRL on May 7, 2003. The Division included the
<br />reclamation cost estimate in the amount of $370,186.00 for the activities proposed in Permit Revision No.
<br />7. BRL responded on May 12, 2003. All outstanding issues were resolved.
<br />The application for Permit Revision No. 8, dated February 27, 2003, was submitted by BRL on February
<br />28, 2003. In this revision, BRL proposed the initial five year B-2 coal seam mine plan within fee coal and
<br />Federal Coal Lease COC 61209. The permit revision was called complete on March 1Q, 2003. Letters of
<br />completeness were mailed to the appropriate federal, state, county and local government agencies, water
<br />user associations and environmental organizations. The public notice that informed the public of the
<br />submittal was published four times in the Delta County Independent, in the March 12, 19, 26 and April 2,
<br />2003 editions.
<br />The Division sent BRL its preliminary adequacy review questions in a letter dated April 10, 2003. BRL
<br />responded to the Division's adequacy questions in a submittal dated July 22, 2003 and received at the
<br />Division on July 24, 2003. All but two of the Division's concerns were answered satisfactorily to the
<br />Division in BRL's responses. The Division sent a second adequacy review letter, dated September 15,
<br />2003. BRL replied with their second response letter, dated September 17, 2003. All of the Division's
<br />concerns were resolved with that second response letter from BRL.
<br />The Division received one comment letter for Permit Revision No. 8. In a letter dated April 21, 2003, the
<br />United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service (USDA-FS) expressed concerns about the effects
<br />of subsidence in the Sheep Corral drainage. BRL responded to the concerns of the USDA-FS in the
<br />adequacy review response letter dated July 22, 2003. In a reply letter dated September 24, 2003, the
<br />USDA-FS concun•ed with the approval of PR-08, provided that a commitment was added concerning
<br />visual subsidence monitoring in the Sheep Corral drainage. In a final submittal dated September 24, 2003,
<br />BRL added the commitment to the permit text.
<br />In Technical Revision No. 27, BRL proposed to construct a coal preparation wash plant with associated
<br />structures. The submittal was received June l9, 2003 and approved with Stipulation No. IS attached on
<br />August 22, 2003. Stipulation No. 15 was complied with upon the submittal of the necessary air emissions
<br />permits.
<br />A second coal waste disposal site was proposed in Technical Revision No. 30, received on November 13,
<br />2003. The capacity of the disposal site was to be about 2 million cubic yards of material and included
<br />pond F in the sediment control system. The revision was approved with conditions on March 23, 2004.
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