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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 />December 22, 2010 <br />Ron Velarde <br />NW Regional Wildlife Manager <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />NW Regional Service Center <br />711 Independent Ave. <br />Grand Junction, CO 81505 <br />Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (Permit No. C-2009-087) <br />Technical Revision Application No.1 (TR-1) <br />Portal Area Facility Modification <br />Dear Mr. Velarde: <br />COLORADO <br />D IV IS I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />- SAFETY <br />Bill Ritter, Jr. <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, <br />Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 22, 2010, an application to revise <br />coal mining operations at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The <br />revision was submitted by Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the <br />Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />The operator proposes to modify the facility plans in the area near the approved portal site. The application <br />proposes the relocation of the coal handling facilities pad and access road, and relocation of the upper coal <br />stockpile sump to an area closer to the new pad. No changes are proposed to the total amount of material to be <br />removed for portal excavation and no additional disturbance is proposed. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of Hayden. The permit <br />area is further described as follows: <br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21 and _ <br />22; Township 6 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34,35 and"3 <br />Approximately 9 miles south and east of the town of Hayden, CO to the East of Routt County Road 27 at an <br />approximate elevation of 6800 feet AMSL Mount Harris/Milner Quadrangle Map <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Milner, Mount Harris, <br />Rattlesnake Butte and Dunckley. <br />Because the above referenced technical revision application would incorporate additional lands into the permit <br />area or might otherwise alter previously approved permit conditions or mitigation measures, we are requesting <br />your agency's evaluation of the proposal. Your comments and concerns relating to the adequacy of fish and <br />wildlife resources information, the fish and wildlife plan, and the reclamation plan as it relates to fish and wildlife <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand )unction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines