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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 />March 8, 2011 <br />Ron Thompson <br />New Elk Coal Company, LLC <br />122 West First Street <br />Trinidad, CO 81082 <br />Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012) <br />Technical Revision No. 55 (TR-55) <br />Bates Portals <br />Dear Mr. Thompson: <br />COLORADO <br />D IV IS I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (Division) has completed an <br />adequacy review of the materials received for Technical Revision No. 55 (TR-55) <br />for the New Elk Mine. Please respond to the issues noted below in bold text as <br />soon as possible. <br />1. Page v, List of Figures (1/23/11) is included in the list of revised pages but <br />was not found in the revised materials. Please provide the referenced <br />page. <br />2. The "Weigh Bin (removed)" appears improperly spotted east of the coal <br />silos on Map 11, Sheet 3. Please review and correct as necessary. <br />3. Again, on Map 11, Sheet 3, west of the East Portal substation, the <br />annotation "MgCl removed" and "reclaimed oil storage tanks" are shown <br />near a polygon highlighted in light blue. These features seem to be <br />located in a native area. Please review and correct as necessary. <br />4. The Division understands that the two new dewatering holes are located <br />south of Pond 7 at the far east end of the disturbed-area. If this 1"ot <br />the case, please clearly annotate the location of the two a holes <br />and include a reference to their location in the permit text narrative. - <br />5. Proposed Map 12 for the West Portal does not show all of the information <br />that approved Map 12 is currently showing. Specifically, SAE areas and the <br />archeology areas do not appear on the proposed map. Also, please ensure <br />that all areas are identified accurately (diesel tank storage?). The topsoil <br />borrow area seems oversized and is over-plotting the West Portal <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines