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Peabody <br />Peabody Energy <br />Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC <br />October 7, 2010 <br />Mr. Jason Musick <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining & Safety (DRMS) <br />1313 Sherman Street, Rm 215 <br />Denver CO 80203 <br />29515 Routt County Rd. #27 <br />Oak Creek, CO. 80467 <br />(970) 879-3800 <br /> <br />OCT '15 2010 <br />D?Vtu;.,, '.'Ulafnaflksn' <br />Wnhig and Si J <br />Re: Sage Creek Coal Company - Peabody Sage Creek Mine (Permit No. C-2009-087) Minor <br />Revision (MR10-01) for installation of a new monitoring well <br />Mr. Musick: <br />Sage Creek Coal Company (SCCC) requests CDRMS approval of a Minor Revision (MR10-01) to the <br />approved permit for installation of a groundwater monitoring well (COV 11) to augment baseline <br />information that will be required for mining future coal reserves. <br />SCCC is currently involved in permitting activities to secure the rights to mine Federal coal reserves to <br />the northwest of the currently permitted mining area under an LBA application with the BLM. SCCC <br />understands the DRMS will require additional groundwater information for baseline purposes from these <br />more distant reserves before any plans to mine beyond the 5-year permit term are approved. <br />This submittal includes the following: <br />• Transmittal letter <br />• Application Form <br />• Text revisions <br />• Summary of revisions <br />• Reclamation cost estimate <br />• Well log <br />• Surface owner consent <br />• Location Map <br />This location coincides with exploration hole ccu011, drilled in 2007. A detailed lithology description <br />and down-hole geophysical logs collected at the ccu011 site will provide accurate information for <br />developing monitoring well completion logs. <br />We would appreciate your consideration and cooperation in facilitating timely review and approval of this <br />submittal. Once you have had opportunity to review this submittal package, please feel free to contact me <br />at 970-870-2751 with any questions or comments. <br />Best regards, <br />B. Scott owman <br />Senior Environmental Specialist <br />Sage Creek Coal Company <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine