PERMFILE110029

• Permit No: X199316827
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/3/1993
• Doc Name: Adequacy Letter
• From: DMG
• To: PEABODY WESTERN COAL CO
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St.. Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX:130J1832-8106
May 3, 1993
Robbie Willson
Peabody Western Coal Company
1300 South Yale
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
RE: 1993 Dry Creek Project; Permit Number X-93-168-27
Dear Mr. Willson,
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The Division of Minerals and Geology received your Notice of Intent
to Explore for Coal for the 1993 Dry Creek Project. Under Rule
2.02(2) the Division finds your application complete for purposes
of filing.
The Division has a few adequacy concerns that Peabody needs to
address before the Division can make a decision regarding the
application.
1. Peabody states in the application that existing roads
will be utilized for access to the exploration drill holes and
monitoring well. Please state if Peabody plans to significantly
alter the roads for access to the drill sites including change of
grade, change of route or widening of the roads. Refer to Section
4.21.4(3)(c) for further clarification of this requirement.
2. Please state how Peabody plans to conduct coal
exploration in a manner which minimizes disturbance of the
prevailing hydrologic balance. Such sediment control measures are
listed in 4.05.5 of the Colorado Rules and Regulations,
3. Peabody states that topsoil will be salvaged prior to
drilling the exploration holes and monitoring well. Please state
how topsoil will be stored and stabilized to prevent erosion.
4. Reclamation of the monitoring well does not address the
removal of the PVC pipe. Please address how Peabody will cut or
remove the portion of the PVC pipe in accordance with Rule 4.07.
5. Please state if blasting operations will be conducted
within 1,000 feet of any building or 500 feet of an active or
abandoned underground mine. The use of explosives must comply with
Section 4.08 of the Colorado Rules and Regulations.