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1.0 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY <br />Introduction <br />Peabody Coal Company (PCC) owns and operates the NUCLA <br />MINE, a surface coal mine, located approximately 2 to 3 miles <br />northwest of Nucla, Colorado (Figure 1). The existing mining <br />operation uses scrapers to remove the coal. As required by <br />the Colorado Mined band Reclamation Division (CMLRD), five <br />small ponds (DO1, 002, 006, 005, and 006) control run-off and <br />water.from pit dewatering, and store water for use at the <br />NUCIA MINE. PCC plans to expand the operation to include an <br />additional area, called NUCZA EAST, located southeast of the <br />existing pit. The NUCLA EAST pit operation will initially <br />use scrapers, which may be replaced by a dragline~in a few <br />• years. PCC also plans to build an additional pond, Pond 007, <br />to service the NUCLA EAST mining area. <br />The Colorado Co-operative Company owns and manages ~an <br />extensive unlined ditch system consisting of the Colorado <br />Co-operative ditch (also known as the Mighline Canal) and <br />laterals, which convey water from a diversion point on the <br />San Miguel River (Figure 1)~~to the lands adjacent to the <br />NUCZ1+ and NUCLA EAST mining areas. The water is primarily <br />used for irrigation and secondarily for stock watering, <br />municipal and domestic purposes. PCC owns twenty-seven (2~) <br />shares of the Colorado Co-operative company. <br />1 <br />GE07RAN5, tNC <br />• REVISED MARCH 2006 Attachment 2.05.3(3)-16-46 <br />