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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: 1,303) 832-8106 <br />November 15. 2007 <br />Henry Barbe <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />Somerset. CO 81434 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) <br />Technical Revision No. 1.11. (TR411) <br />E Seam Methane Drainage Wells <br />for Longwall Panel Ell (Conceptual plan) <br />Dear Mr. Barbe: <br />COLORADO <br />s> i v c s r o u or <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />1341 Rifler, Jr. <br />G.,ver nor <br />Hafri D. SherMclri <br />executive Director <br />Ronald W. Carfany <br />Division Direcv)r <br />tiatura! Resource Trustee <br />'The Division has completed a preliminary review of the above-referenced submittal. and has <br />the following comments. <br />1. 'The right-of-entry requirement (2.03.6(l)) will be satisfied upon implementation of the <br />USFS decision to approve the proposed work, as set forth in their decision issued <br />November 8, 2007 regarding the PIS titled "Deer Creek Shaft and E Seam Methane <br />Drainage Wells Project", which is subject to an appeal period. <br />?. Please add to the submittal a print-out of the input and output data that were used for <br />generating the profile of the slope stability analysis for the well pad. <br />'The revision in which exact well and road locations will be iden.ti:fi.ed may need to be a <br />Technical (rather than Minor) Revision, depending on the road and pad designs. <br />4. Please resolve the following comments that DBMS received from the t_'SI S. <br />a) On page 7, under!"Egg js .. c w-volume Road and In&r?s.s; ' ress. N1C:°C should <br />recognize that except for mobilization dernobil.ization of the drill rig, low-beau for <br />heavy equipment, and. other large equipment, all project traffic (inc€uding <br />contractor traffic) will. be utilizing the Sylvester Gulch. Road. <br />b) On page 8, under Reclamation Plan, MCC should state that roads pads will be <br />decommissioned or reclaimed as specified. in the FS Decision on the associated <br />environmental analysis for activities on national forest system (NFS) lands. <br />under point '43, this should also include roads. On page 1.1, point 7, should read <br />sctl iet.hing to the effect of. .'The low volume roads (which. will be temporary), if <br />Office, of <br />Wried Land Reclamation Orfiac ti <br />Deaver - Grand.lunction Durango Active and Ircaclive Mines