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7 0 <br />_ y <br />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 <br />November 15, 2007 <br />Henry Barbe <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 ,rRe: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1980-007) <br />Technical Revision No. 111 (TR-111) <br />E Seam Methane Drainage Wells <br />for Longwall Panel El (Conceptual plan) <br />Dear Mr. Barbe: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Harris D. Sherman <br />Executive Director <br />Ronald W. Cattany <br />Division Director <br />Natural 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(1)) 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 EIS titled "Deer Creek Shaft and E Seam Methane <br />Drainage Wells Project", which is subject to an appeal period. <br />2. 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 />3. The revision in which exact well and road locations will be identified 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 DRMS received from the USFS. <br />a) On page 7, under Proposed Low-volume Road and Ingress/Egress, MCC should <br />recognize that except for mobilization/demobilization of the drill rig, low-boy for <br />heavy equipment, and other large equipment, all project traffic (including <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 #3, this should also include roads. On page 11, point #7, should read <br />something to the effect of, "The low volume roads (which will be temporary), if <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines