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NEW ELK COAL COMPANY LLC <br />122 WEST FIRST STREET <br />TRINIDAD, CO 81082 <br />(719) 845-0090 <br />New Elk Mine <br />Lorencito Canyon Mine <br />?°1_ p <br />May 8 2010 ? ? ^ `L 0?0 , <br />Mr. Kent Gorham <br />Colorado Division Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Re: New Elk Mine: Permit No. C-81-012 <br />Quarterly Sediment Pond Inspections <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />Ron Thompson <br />Mine Manager <br />Enclosed are copies of the First Quarter 2010 Quarterly Sediment Pond Inspection <br />Reports conducted to comply with CDMR Rule 4.05.9(17). All embankments were <br />found stable and vegetated. <br />Mine water continued to be pumped to Pond 1 intermittently during the quarter. <br />Discharge averaged less than 200 GPM throughout the quarter. No other ponds <br />discharged. Clean-out of Pond 8 was completed in the first quarter with an estimated <br />90% of sediment removed. Pond will be surveyed for next quarterly inspection report. <br />Please contact me if you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />1?m cl_ J <br />MSHA Certified - Impoundment Inspections