PERMFILE101156

• Permit No: X200522700
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 9/28/2005
• Doc Name: Adequacy Response Letter/Revised Application
• From: Juniper Coal Co/Peabody
• To: DMG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Juniper Coal Co.
29515 Routt County Road #27
Oak Creek, CO 80467
970.879.3800
September 26, 2005
Mr. James Burnell
Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: [phone]
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SEP 2 8 2005
pivision ~f Minerals and Geology
Re: Juniper Coal Company -Responses to 06/07/05 Completeness Letter on Big Elk Notice of
Intent to Explore (ref. NOI CX-2005-227-00)
Dear Mr. Burnell:
Thank you for your timely review and comments on our recent NOI submittal for our Big Elk
Property. The following respond to the two comments raised in your comment letter:
1) Rule 4.07.3 states that an abandoned drillhole "shall be marked". The applicant indicates
that GPS coordinates will be recorded. The Division requests that, in addition to the GPS,
that a physical marker be placed on the abandoned drillhole. This can be something as
simple as a brass cap marker at ground level.
Response: Juniper Coal Company (JCC) will provide a simple permanent marker at ground level,
with identifying number, to mazk the location of each borehole. The NOI text has been modified
to reflect this commitment (copy attached for your reference and file).
2) Secondly, the applicant has provided a selection of seed mixes for various land uses, but has
not indicated which land use is appropriate for the disturbed sites. Please indicate which of
the seed mixes is proposed. The Division has concerns about the seed mix listed for
pastureland.
Response: Conversations with the local permitting contact (John Weinman) for the Hayden
Gulch Mine property indicate that the proposed drill-sites all fall within the boundaries of the HG
reclaimed area, which is designated for a dual postmining land use of rangeland/wildlife habitat.
Therefore, the Rangeland/Wildlife seed mix will be utilized in reclaiming the proposed drilling
disturbance. The NOI text has been modified to reflect this clarification (copy attached for your
reference and file).
I have contacted our bonding coordinator, who will secure the necessary surety documentation
and forward it directly to Johanna Cramer. A copy of the NOI will be filed, consistent with
public access requirements, at the Routt County Courthouse this week, and required progress
reports will be prepazed and filed as project work proceeds.
We appreciate your consideration and cooperation in facilitating timely review and approval of
this submittal. Please feel free to contact me at 970-870-2712 with any further questions relating
to the proposed exploration activities.