2010-03-18_APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE - C2009087

• Permit No: C2009087
• IBM Index Class Name: APPLICATION CORRESPONDENCE
• Doc Date: 3/18/2010
• Doc Name: Second Adequacy Response
• From: Peabody Energy
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Peabody Energy
March 16, 2010
Mr. Tom Kaldenbach
Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, CO 80203
701 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101-1826
314-342-3400
RECEIVED
MAR 18 7010
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RE; Second Round Adequacy Response and Permit Application Update Package, Sage
Creek Coal Company, Peabody Sage Creek Mine
Dear Mr. Kaldenbach;
On behalf of Sage Creek Coal Company (SCCC), Peabody Energy hereby transmits three (3)
copies of the second round adequacy response and associated updates to the permit application
package (PAP) for the proposed Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM), The original PAP was
submitted to the Division on June 12, 2009. The PAP was deemed complete on June 30, 2009.
The Division's preliminary technical adequacy review was issued on August 28, 2009 with
additional adequacy comments forwarded by the Division on September 11 and September 25,
2009. Colorado Division of Wildlife comments were forwarded to SCCC on January 4, 2010.
These comments were addressed in a response and PAP revision package submitted to the
Division on January 21, 2010. The review of this response and revision package by the Division
resulted in a second round of comments which were forwarded to SCCC by letter on February 11,
February 16, March 2, March 5, and March 11, 21010.
The enclosed response package addresses all second round adequacy comments in detail.
Responses to adequacy comments are addressed in the attached SCCC response document and
correspondingly in revised or updated PSCM PAP sections. Map 3.02.2-M1, Bond Release
Status Map has been updated to address disturbance acreage clarifications for the existing Seneca
II disturbance within the PSCM permit area, new PSCM disturbances, and the combination of
these resulting in the total PSCM disturbance. This map also shows the revised PSCM
disturbance boundary associated with the proposed underground operations. Map labels to meet
the requirements of comment 63.b. are included in this response package. Detailed insertion
instructions have been developed to aid in updating the PAP. The adequacy comment responses
and insertion instructions for the updated PAP materials are included as separate attachments to
this letter.
As stated in the January 21, 2010 transmittal letter, the mine plan contains no references to
longwall mining. Only facilities construction, mine development, and mine operations using
continuous miners and room and pillar methods are planned for the current life of mine (5 year
term). If mining conditions, coal quality and acquisition, and customer markets continue to prove