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NEW ELK COAL <br />IV <br />December 21, 2010 <br />COMPANY <br />Mr. Kent Gorham <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />ftaD <br />SEC 2 72olo <br />Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012) <br />Permit Technical Revision (TR-53) - Development Waste <br />Disposal Area <br />Response to Completeness Review <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />We have received the CDRMS completeness review item dated December 8 <br />and have revised the technical revision for the development waste disposal <br />area request to include the following responses where appropriate. <br />1. The Division is confused by the text narrative on page 2.05-44 when <br />compared to Figure I a. The text narrative states "Each 10 foot bench <br />will be placed in one foot lifts... Setbacks of 20 feet for each bench will <br />result in an overall slope of 1.5H: IV." Figure la shows no benching and <br />depicts a uniform slope. Also, the plan view shows a pile with a <br />minimum crest width of one foot, yet the cross-section indicates a <br />minimum 20 foot crest width which is no represented in the plan view. <br />Please correct all design text, figures, descriptions, etc. to be <br />consistent. <br />122 W. First Street PHONE (719) 845-0090 <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 FAX ((719) 845-0077 <br />E-MAIL ronthompson@newelkcoal.com