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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 />April 26, 2011
<br />Foster Kirby
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Regional Coordinating Center
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202
<br />Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (Perm-it No. C-2009-057)
<br />Technical Revision Application No. 2 (TR-2)
<br />Hydrology Monitoring Plan Changes
<br />Dear Mr. Kirby:
<br />COLORADO
<br />D I V I S I ON OF
<br />RECLAMATION
<br />MINING
<br />SAFETY
<br />John W. Hickenlooper
<br />Governor
<br />Mike King
<br />Executive Director
<br />Loretta E. Pineda
<br />Director
<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 April 26, 2011 an application to revise coal mining operations at the
<br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Sage Creek Coal
<br />Company, LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
<br />The operator proposes to modify the hydrologic monitoring plan approved in the Peabody Sage Creek Mine permit. This
<br />revision requests removal of a number of parameters for surface water and groundwater along with a modification in monitoring
<br />schedule for surface water and groundwater.
<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. Approximately 9 miles south and east of
<br />the town of Hayden, CO to the East of Routt County Road 27 at an approximate elevation of 6800 feet.
<br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Milner, Mount Harris, Rattlesnake
<br />Butte, and Dunkley.
<br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been deemed complete. At the ti
<br />publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to place a copy of this application at the OfEc Clerk and
<br />Recorder Routt County, 552 Lincoln Avenue, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477, and at the Division office. For additional
<br />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
<br />JDNVJdm
<br />Office of Office of
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines
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