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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 C O L O RA D O
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<br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 D IV IS I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 MINING
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<br /> SAFETY
<br />December 22
<br />2010
<br />, Bill Ritter, Jr.
<br /> Governor
<br />Dick Wolfe
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<br />Department of Natural Resources Mike King
<br />Executive Director
<br />Division of Water Resources
<br />1313 Sherman Street
<br />Room 818 Loretta E. Pineda
<br />,
<br />Denver, CO 80203 Director
<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. Wolfe:
<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33, Section 116,
<br />Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 22, 2010, an application to revise coal mining operations at
<br />the Peabody Sage Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Sage Creek
<br />Coal Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of
<br />filing.
<br />The operator proposes to modify the facility plans in the area near the approved portal site. The application proposes the
<br />relocation of the coal handling facilities pad and access road, and relocation of the upper coal stockpile sump to an area closer
<br />to the new pad. No changes are proposed to the total amount of material to be removed for portal excavation and no additional
<br />disturbance is proposed.
<br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles Southeast of Hayden. The permit area is
<br />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 22; Township
<br />6 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36
<br />Approximately 9 miles south and east of the town of Hayden, CO to the East of Routt County Road 27 at an approximate
<br />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, attlesnake
<br />Butte and Dunckley. ' ---R
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the time of
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the Office at Clerk and
<br />Recorder, Routt County, 552 Lincoln Ave, P.O. Box 773598, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 and at the Division office.
<br />For additional information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 866-3567. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames, we
<br />request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we will proceed
<br />on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />Jason D. Music
<br />Environmental Protection Specialist C-TR-03_C2009087_JDM_I2222010074816.do,
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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