2010-04-08_REVISION - C1981019 ‎(4)‎

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 4/8/2010
• Doc Name: 2nd Incompleteness/Adequacy Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: PR3
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: SB1
• 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]
COLORADO
D I V I S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
8 April 2010
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Mr. Kurtis Blunt James B. Martin
Colowyo Coal Company, LP Executive Director
5731 State Highway 13
Meeker, CO 81641 Loretta E. Pineda
Director
Re: Colowyo Mine C-1981-019
Permit Revision 03 (Collom Expansion)
Dear Mr. Blunt:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has received the Colowyo Coal
Company's (Colowyo) responses to the Division's 5 February 2009 incompleteness review letter
for Permit Revision 03 (PR-03). The responses were received by the Division on 29 March 2010.
The Division's review of the additional materials submitted indicates that not all preliminary
items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-33-101 et
seq., have been submitted. Thus, your application for PR-03 has been considered incomplete for
the purposes of filing on 8 April 2010. The numbering in this letter follows that of the Division's 5
February 2009 incompleteness letter (please note that question 38 is a new incompleteness
question). The following materials and information are required for completeness.
Rule 2.03.4 - Identification of Interests
This item is considered complete. The Division agrees that the ownership and
controller information required by Rule 2.03.4 was updated with the approval Minor
Revision 98 (proposed decision date of 30 October 2009). Based on the timing of the
responses to this incompleteness letter and the length of the PR-03 review the
Division may request that this information be updated again prior to proposing a
decision on PR-03.
2. This item remains outstanding. Rule 2.03.4(4) requires each application to identify
the property ownership and right of entry information. In the introduction to PR-03,
Colowyo indicates that there is a portion of unleased and unassigned Federal coal in
the Collom area. Based on a review of Map2 - Coal Ownership and Map 23B - Mine
Plan Collom Area, it appears that most of the coal in Section 24 and all of the coal in
Section 19 in the Little Collom X Pit is unleased BLM coal. While this lease is not
required for completeness, it will be required before a proposed decision can be
issued for PR-03. Please provide the status and timing of the lease application in this
office of Office of
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