2011-04-11_REVISION - C1981035

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 4/11/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Division of Water Resources
• Type & Sequence: TR18
• Email Name: TAK
• 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 C O L O R A D O
Phone: [phone] DIVISION O F
RECLAMATION
FAX: [phone] M I N I N G

SAFETY
April 11, 2011
Dick Wolfe
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 818
Denver, CO 80203
Re: King Coal Mine (Permit No. C-1981-035)
Technical Revision Application No. 18 (TR-18)
Install Water-Supply Line
Dear Mr. Wolfe:
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, Article 33,
Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 4, 2011 an application to revise coal mining
operations at the King Coal Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by
GCC Energy, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date
of filing.
The mine operator proposes to install a buried water-supply pipeline. One segment of the pipeline will be on State land
inside the existing mine permit area. One segment of the pipeline will be on private land that will be added to the permit
area. Installation of the pipeline will require boring underneath La Plata County Road 120. The pipeline will connect to
a segment of the pipeline recently approved in Minor Revision 33 for installation inside the existing mine permit area.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 7 miles southwest of Hesperus, Colorado. The
permit area is further described as: Portions of Sections 5 through 8, Township 34 North, Range 11 West; portions of
Sections 28 through 32, Township 35 North, Range 11 West; and portions of Sections 35 and 36 Township 35 North,
Range 12 West; New Mexico Principal Meridian. These tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle map
of Hesperus.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the
time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the La Plata
County Clerk and Recorder, 1060 E Second Ave, Durango, CO 81301, and at the Division office. For additional
information or to provide written comments, contact the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, Room 215,
1313 Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, [phone]. In order for us to comply with regulatory time frames,
we request that comments be submitted within fifteen (15) days of this letter. If no comments are received by then, we
will proceed on the assumption that you have no concerns with, or objections to, the applicant's proposal.
Sincerely,

Tom Kaldenbach
Environmental Protection Specialist
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand )unction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines