2011-03-02_REVISION - C1981033

• Permit No: C1981033
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 3/2/2011
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Comments
• From: DRMS
• To: Bear Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: MR33
• Email Name: JJD
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]F,
-3156,7
FAX: (31?AQCj1? G,-GO11
Mr. Daniel Bear
Bear Coal Company
1326 War Emblem Lane
Rock Springs, Wyoming
82901-7713
RE: Bear No. 3 Mine, Permit No. C-1981-033, Bear No. 3 Mine
Minor Revision No. 33, SL-4 Permit Application Updates
Dear Mr. Bear:
COLORADO
D I V IS I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
- St-
SAFETY
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (Division) has finished its adequacy review of
Minor Revision No. 33 (MR-33) for the Bear No. 3 Mine and has the following comments:
1. Item number 1 of the MR-33 submittal cover page concerns the retention of the power pole and
mentions the DMEA letter and the Mountain Coal Company letter. However, only the DMEA
letter is referenced on revised page 2.05-27. Please revise page 2.05-27 to also reference the
Mountain Coal Company letter and its location in the permit application.
2. Item number 2 of the MR-33 submittal cover page mentions revised page 2.05-32. However, this
revised page was not included in the MR-33 submittal. Please submit revised page 2.05-32. Also,
if not already done, please reference the Mountain Coal Company letter and its location in the
permit application in the discussion of the bridge on revised page 2.05-32.
Item number 3 of the MR-33 submittal cover letter concerns a discussion of the reclamation of
the hillside spring water treatment pond, which was added to revised pages 2.05-31 and 2.05-35a.
Unfortunately, the Division forgot to request in the January 5, 2011 letter to the Bear Coal
Company that the disposition of the hillside spring should also be mentioned. Please add a
statement to revised pages 2.05-31 and 2.05-35a that the hillside spring water will be channeled
to the river after the CDPHE finds that the hillside spring water treatment pond is no longer
needed and after appropriate channel designs are submitted to and approved by the Division.
If you have any questions, please call me.
Sincerely,
r VDuCal
Joseph
environmental Protection Specialist
cc: Jim Stover P.E. (J.E. Stover & Associates)
Bill Bear (Bowie Resources LLC)
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