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