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application form and proposed newspaper public notice. The application was deemed complete on January
<br />18, 2001, and notices were provided to various local, state, and federal agencies on that date.
<br />Public notice of the renewal application was initially published in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel once a
<br />week for four consecutive weeks beginning February 1, 2001. The public notice was additionally run in the
<br />Glenwood Post once a week for four consecutive weeks beginning on October 30, 2001, and again in the
<br />Grand Junction Daily Sentinel once a week for four consecutive weeks beginning on October 31, 2001.
<br />Proof of publication was provided to the Division on March 7, 2001, December 10, 2001, and July 8, 2002.
<br />The Division received only one written comment and one phone comment during the review period.
<br />The Division's adequacy review was conducted with the following sequence of notification letters,
<br />adequacy review letters, response submittals, and associated correspondence. There was a substantial delay
<br />in the review period, which was due to the bankruptcy of LEI, and subsequent delays associated with
<br />transfer of federal coal leases from LEI to CAM.
<br />January 18, 2001-Notices of availability for review and request for comments provided to Bureau of
<br />Land Management Grand Junction Resource Area (BLM), Associated Governments of Northwest Colorado,
<br />Garfield County Commissioners, Colorado Dept. of Health Air Pollution Control Division, Garfield County
<br />Planning Department, Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado Division
<br />of Water Resources, Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Colorado
<br />Natural Areas Program, State Boazd of Land Commissioners, Office of Surface Mining Western Regional
<br />Coordinating Center (OSM), Natural Resources Conservation Service Glenwood Springs Field Office
<br />(NAGS), Colorado Dept. of Health Water Quality Control Division, Colorado River Water Conservation
<br />District, Colorado Historical Society/Historic Preservafion Officer (SHPO), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
<br />Service.
<br />February 5, 2001-DMG received a comment letter from SHPO indicating that approval of the renewal
<br />application would not affect cultural resources. DMG also received a phone comment from Susan Nall, of
<br />the Army Corps of Engineers. Ms. Nall voiced no objecfion to the renewal, but she did request that the
<br />operator be advised that any proposals to place fill in intermittent drainages would require a permit from the
<br />Army Corps of Engineers.
<br />March 14, 2001-The Division's initial, Preliminary Adequacy Review letter (PAR) was sent to LEI.
<br />Comments received from SHPO and the Army Corps of Engineers were forwarded to LEI with the PAR.
<br />Clarifications, updates and corrections were requested in regard to the following items: Erzoneous
<br />information presented on the application form; unacceptable wording of the cancellation clause of the
<br />insurance certificate; ownership and control information inconsistencies or deficiencies, and outdated
<br />compliance information (based on Applicant Violator System checks); outdated right-of--entry information;
<br />outdated operation plan information; narrative inconsistencies regazding generation and disposal of coal and
<br />non-coal waste materials; narrative inconsistencies regarding haul road reclamation; outdated narrative and
<br />appendix information relating to the hydrologic monitoring plan and probable hydrologic consequences
<br />projections; absence of narrative commitment to provide six month notice to property owners prior to
<br />initiation of undermining.
<br />May 18, 2001-The Division's reclamation cost estimate indicating the need for a reclamation bond
<br />increase of $79,026.00, based on a total estimated reclamation liability of $271,563.00, was sent to the
<br />operator. The cost estimate was subsequently revised to $265,431.00, in association with TR-12.
<br />Juue 14, 2001-The Division sent a letter to the operator expressing concern with how the March 30, 2001
<br />bankruptcy filing would affect LEI's ability to post required additional bond and maintain compliance, and
<br />requesting prompt submittal of responses to the PAR letter.
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