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<br />III IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />999 <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF MINERALS AND GEOLOGY <br />Depanmem of Natural Resources <br />131 J Sherman 51.. Room 215 <br />Denvcr, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: 13031 866-7567 <br />FA\: (3071 872-8106 <br />Peter J. Nielsen <br />NorWest Mine Services, Inc. <br />Tenth Floor, Walker Center <br />175 South Main Street <br />Salt Lake City UT 84111 <br />2 March 1998 <br />II~~~ <br />DEPARTMENT OF <br />NATURAL <br />RESOURCES <br />Roy Ramer <br />Governor <br />Tames 5. Lochhead <br />Execwive Director <br />huchael8 Long <br />Division Director <br />Dear Mr Nielsen: <br />The Division of Minerals and Geology acknowledges receipt of your Notice of Intent for coal <br />mining related activities neaz Hayden, Colorado. The Notice of Intent has been designated NOI <br />CX-98-223-00. After initial review of the document, we have determined that the NO[ is <br />incomplete for the reasons listed below. With the information provided Division is unable to <br />make a determination as to whether the activities will "substantially disturb the natural land <br />surface" as required by Rule 2.02.2 (3). <br />The activities do constitute exploration for coal, and not coal mining. <br />Further, in accordance with Rule 2.02.2 (5), the person proposing the exploration must post a <br />performance bond prior to initiation of the activities. The total of this bond will be determined <br />by the number and nature of drillholes proposed and by additional information concerning exact <br />drill site locations that is requested in the letter below. <br />Comments aze as follows, refering to the rules and regulations of the Colorado Mined Land <br />Reclamation Board. <br />Response regazding rules 2.02.2 (2)(a) through 2.02.2(2)d) aze sufficient. <br />Regazding rule 2.02.2 (e), please include copies of the appropriate access agreements with the <br />current NOI (X-98-223-00). For those agreements you already have for the existing NOT, please <br />include with them an indication that they aze legally applicable to the new NOI, since the <br />applicant for NOI X-98-223-00 is Juniper Coal Company and the cleazances for the related NOts <br />are obtained for the Cottonwood Land Company. Do those same access agreements legally <br />apply to both entities? <br />Regazding rule 2.02.2 (~, more information is required to satisfy the requirements and allow the <br />Division to make the appropriate evaluations. A description of each drill site with respect to its <br />location and its proximity to other features would be very helpful. You make the point that all <br />sites aze easily accessible and no road construction will be required, but the included map doesn't <br />enable us to make that determination. Obviously all the wells will be drilled in alluvium, but we <br />