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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br />February 16, 2010 <br />Mr. Jim Haskins <br />Area Wildlife Manager <br />Division of Wildlife <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, CO 80216 <br />Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (C-2009-087), Mine Permit Application <br />Division of Wildlife Comment Letter of August 27, 2009 <br />Dear Mr. Haskins: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />James B. Martin <br />Executive Director <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) forwarded your letter of August 27, 2009 to <br />Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC, the operator of the proposed Peabody Sage Creek Mine. <br />DRMS received an updated mine permit application package on January 25, 2010. The package included <br />updated mine permit application pages that responded to DRMS's own technical adequacy comments and <br />the comments in your letter. Enclosed are copies of pages from the updated package that relate to your <br />comments. Although our preliminary review of those pages has found that your previous comments are <br />adequately addressed, we ask that you verify that your previous comments have been resolved. <br />Please note that the updated mine permit application package reflects a mine plan that is reduced in scope <br />compared to the originally submitted mine permit application. The updated mine plan is a room-and- <br />pillar mine that would not remove coal pillars, which suggests minimal or no mine subsidence. The mine <br />operator may at a future time apply for a mine permit revision for a longwall mine if room-and-pillar <br />mining indicates favorable economics. <br />The deadline for the DRMS to issue a decision approving or denying the mine permit application is <br />March 15, 2010; therefore, we ask that you respond within this timeframe. <br />If have questions or need additional information, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />cc (via email, w/o attachments): <br />Dan Hernandez, DRMS <br />Janet Binns, DRMS <br />Vern Pfannenstiel, Peabody Energy Corporation <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />C20 07 ?a7