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STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
<br />Department of Natural Resources
<br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203
<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106
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<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S ION OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
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<br />INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
<br />Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br />Governor
<br />Harris D. Sherman
<br />Executive Director
<br />Ronald W. Cattarry
<br />Division Director
<br />Natural Resource Trustee
<br />TO: Johanna Cramer, Joe Dudash, Kent Gorham, Dan Mathews, Marcia Talvitie
<br />FROM: Mike Boulay M'5
<br />DATE: July 8, 2008
<br />SUBJECT: Red Cliff Mine (Permit No. C-2008-086)
<br />New Permit Application Adequacy Review
<br />The permit application for the proposed Red Cliff Mine was deemed complete July 3, 2008. The
<br />proposal is for a new permit to conduct coal mining operations in Colorado. The proposed operation
<br />will mine and ship up to eight million clean tons of coal per year. Most of the coal will be sent through
<br />a coal preparation plant to remove rock and low quality coal from the clean coal stream. A coal mine
<br />waste disposal area will be constructed to permanently store the rock and low quality coal. Clean coal
<br />will be transported from the mine by a proposed rail spur that is not regulated by the DRMS. The,
<br />proposed mining operation would be located approximately 14 miles north of Loma, east of Highway
<br />139.
<br />I am requesting review assistance as follows:
<br />1111 Identification of Interests, Compliance Information, and AVS review (Rules 2.03.4, 2.03.5)
<br />Permit Application Package Section 2.03 - Johanna;
<br />Surface water quality/quantity and sediment and drainage control (Rules 2.04.7, 2.05.6, 4.05.3
<br />through 4.05.7 and 4.05.9), Permit Sections Volume I - 2.04.7, 2.05.6, Volume III Exhibit No.
<br />3, and Volume IV - Joe;
<br />¦ Subsidence Survey, Monitoring and Subsidence Control (Rules 2.05.6(6) and 4.20), Permit
<br />Section Volume I - 2.05.6(6) and Volume III, Exhibit No. 15 - Kent;
<br />¦ Revegetation, Soils, and AVF Determination (Rules 2.04.9, 2.04.10, 2.06.8, 4.15, and 4.24.3),
<br />Permit Sections Volume I - 2.04.9, 2.04.10, 2.06.8, Volume III, Exhibit Numbers 5, 7,12, and
<br />17 - Dan; and
<br />¦ Engineering/Geotechnical including mine facilities, waste disposal area, roads, and stability
<br />analyses (Rules 2.05.3(3),2.05.3(8),4.03,4. 10, and 4.11), Permit Sections Volume I-2.05.3,
<br />Volume II Maps 16-1, 16-2, and 22, Volume M Exhibit 16, and Volume V - Marcia.
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