2010-05-07_GENERAL DOCUMENTS - C2009087

• Permit No: C2009087
• IBM Index Class Name: GENERAL DOCUMENTS
• Doc Date: 5/7/2010
• Doc Name: Proposed Decision and Findings of Compliance
• Permit Index Doc Type: Findings
• Email Name: TAK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Introduction
This document is the decision package prepared by the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining
and Safety (Division) for the Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM). This document includes: 1) the
proposed decision to approve the permit renewal application; 2) a summary which includes a history
of the review of the permit application, a description of the environment affected by the operation
and a description of the mining and reclamation plan; and 3) the written findings of compliance the
Division has made as required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining :Reclamation Act. Detailed
information concerning the findings of compliance can be found in the Regulations of the Colorado
Mined Land Reclamation Board for Coal Mining.
The Division has received an application for Permit No. C-2009-087 to conduct surface coal mining
and reclamation operations at the PSCM. The application was submitted by Sage Creek Coal
Company, LLC (SCCC), and the mine will be operated by SCCC. The mine is located on Federal,
State and privately owned lands within Routt County, Colorado. The legal description of the lands
included within the permit area is:
Township 6 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal r?Ieridian
Section 27: Portions of the S%S%2
Section 28: S%2S%2, that portion of the NW1/SE'/ lying
west of Routt County Road 27, that portion of
the SW'/aNE% lying west of Routt County
Road 27, portions of the SE%NW'/,, portion of
SE % SW'/NW % and portions of the N%2SW
Section 29: Portions of the SE % SE'/ and portions of the
NE'/SEY
Section 32: E%2E%2
Section 33: All
Section 34: All
Section 35: W'h, W%2E%2, and portions of the E''/:aE%
Township 5 North, Range 87 West of the 6th Principal Meridian
Section 1: W%2 and portions of the E%2
Section 2: All
Section 3: All
Section 4: All
Section 5: E%2E%2
Section 8: E%2E%2
Section 9: All
Section 10: All
Section 11: All
Section 12: S%, portions of the NW'/ and portions of the
S%NE'/
Section 13: N%2
Section 14: All
Section 15: All
Peabody Sage Creek Mine 1 May 7, 2010