2010-03-02_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2009087

• Permit No: C2009087
• IBM Index Class Name: Application Correspondence
• Doc Date: 3/2/2010
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review of Permit Application
• From: DRMS
• To: Peabody Energy Corporation
• Email Name: TAK
• 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]
March 2, 2010
Mr. Vern Pfannenstiel
Manager Environmental Services
Peabody Energy Corporation
3001 West Shamrell Boulevard, Suite 110
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (C-2009-087)
Adequacy Review of Permit Application
Dear Mr. Pfannenstiel:
Additional adequacy review comments 57 through 64 are provided below.
Section 2.03.10
COLORADO
D I V I S ION OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
James B. Martin
Executive Director
57. Please add to Section 2.03. 10 a description of any required specific approval that PSCM
has received from Routt County for hauling coal mine waste on the county road from
PSCM to the Foidel Creek Mine.
58. Has the Foidel Creek Mine received DRMS approval for disposing PSCM's coal mine
waste, as required by Rule 4.10(2)?
Sections 2.04.3
59. Please add to page 2.04.3 text that clarifies the meaning of "passive recreation".
Section 2.05.3
60. Please add to page 2.05-7 the swell factors required by Rule 2.05.3(6)for the temporary
overburden stockpile material during each phase of operations (for example, when the
portal face-up is excavated and when the stockpile is regraded to postmining contours).
61. Maps 2.05.3 M 1 A and M 1 B show two areas within the support facilities area south of
Pecoco Pond and northwest of culvert 31A that are proposed for new disturbance or
redisturbance by PSCM activities. Maps or text do not provide descriptions of the
support facilities (excavations, structures, or materials storage, etc) that are proposed in
these areas. Such information is needed for evaluating the adequacy of drainage control
(Rules 4.04 and 4.05) and for estimating reclamation costs (Rule 2.05.4(2)(b)). Rule
2.03.3(1) requires information in the application be presented clearly. Rule 2.05.3(3)
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