2009-12-16_REVISION - C1981014

• Permit No: C1981014
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/16/2009
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: WQCD & US Army Corps of Engineers
• Type & Sequence: TR37
• Email Name: KAG
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
December 16, 2009
Janet Kieler
Colorado Department of Health
Water Quality Control Division Permit Section
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80222-1530
Re: Southfield Mine (Permit No. C-1981-014)
Technical Revision Application No. 37 (TR-37)
Terminate Loadout Water Monitoring
Dear Ms. Kieler:
COLORADO
D I V I S 10 N OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Harris D. Sherman
Executive Director
Ronald W. Cattany
Division Director
Natural Resource Trustee
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 15, 2009, an application to revise coal mining operations at
the Southfield Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Energy Fuels Coal,
Inc.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
The applicant proposes to cease water monitoring at the reclaimed coal loadout along Oak Creek.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles South of Florence, Colorado. The permit area
is further described as follows:
Mine Area:
Portions of Sections 19, 30, and 31; Township 20S, Range 69N of the 6th P.M.; Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, and 36; Township 20S,
Range 70 W of the 6th P.M.
Loadout:
Portions of Sections 17 and 18; Township 19S, Range 69W of the 6th P.M.
The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Canon City.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Fremont County Clerk
and Recorder, 615 Macon Avenue, Room B-5 (100), Canon City, CO 81212, and at the Division office. For additional
information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,
1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we
request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed
on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincere y,
Ke . Gorham
Environmental Protection Specialist
KAG/Ahd
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