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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman SL, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />December 24, 2008 <br />J.E. Stover, P.E. <br />J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc. <br />P.O. Box 60340 <br />Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 <br />Re: Proposed Red Cliff Mine (Permit No. C-2008-086) <br />Office of the State Engineer Response Letter <br />Dear Mr. Stover: <br />COLORADO <br />D I v I s 1 0 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 DRMS received a letter from the Division of Water Resources (DWR) on December 18th in <br />response to your November 18, 2008 letter to DWR regarding groundwater discharge from the <br />proposed Red Cliff Mine. Enclosed please find one copy of the recent letter from Dr. Mark <br />Vanarelli of the DWR. The DWR indicates that CAM-Colorado LLCs' proposal to pump <br />groundwater from the Red Cliff Mine would require either a dewatering permit from the State <br />Engineers Office or a demonstration that the groundwater is non-tributary as defined in CRS 37- <br />90-103(10.5). Otherwise the SEO has no objections to the proposed permit application. <br />The DRMS hereby incorporates the DWR's review comments regarding the need for a <br />dewatering permit or groundwater demonstration as described above into our preliminary <br />adequacy review for the Red Cliff Mine new permit application. At the time that CAM provides <br />responses to the DRMS preliminary adequacy review, please include a written response and <br />supporting documentation regarding the dewatering permit/groundwater demonstration as <br />required by the DWR. <br />Thank you for your cooperation. Please call me if you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />1'4; dA F &17 <br />Michael P. Boulay <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Enclosure <br />C: Corey A. Heaps, Rhino Energy LLC <br />Sandra Brown, DRMS <br />Denver Project File <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver - Grand Junction - Durango Active and Inactive Mines