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Colowyo Coal Company 573 State Highway 13 Meeker, Co 81641 fteCeN September 23, 2011 SEP 6211 a eon. DiNAston OA Wrtn9 an Mr. Robert D. Zuber Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 RE: Colowyo Coal Company L.P. (Colowyo) Permit Number C- 1981 -019, Pond Outfall Inspections — First Quarter and Second Quarter 2011 Dear Mr. Zuber, On September 20, 2011, Colowyo received a letter from CDRMS regarding Pond Outfall Inspections for the first and second quarters of 2011. The letter states that inspection results for PD1, PD2, NTEP1, and EP1 were not submitted. The letter also lists general maintenance items CDRMS has found during its monthly inspections. The Environmental Department at Colowyo has experienced personnel change during the fourth quarter of 2010 and first quarter of 2011. The department lost two individuals to job transfers, and were replaced by Tony Tennyson and myself, Chip Brown. Tony began work on December 27, 2010 and I began on January 4, 2011. During this time, TR -87 (which brought about inspections for PD1, PD2, NTEP1, EP1, and eventually EP2) was in the process of approval. The individuals who were involved with TR -87 had moved on by the time of its approval on March 28, 2011. The details pertaining to pond inspections of TR -87 structures were missed as the new Environmental Staff for Colowyo were learning their roles and responsibilities. Respectfully, Colowyo would like to apologize for not submitting inspection reports for PD1, PD2, NTEP1, and EP1 for the first and second quarter of 2011. It is Colowyo's self imposed goal to ensure that all inspections are conducted diligently and timely to maintain compliance as required by our permit. Moving forward, Colowyo would like to reassure CDRMS of our dedication to ensuring that routine quarterly inspections of all outfalls and ponds are completed and reports are submitted diligently and in a timely manner to CDRMS as required by our permit. The required inspections have been incorporated into the inspection and reporting forms to ensure continued proper function of these structures in the future. Previous onsite inspections conducted by CDRMS found several maintenance items related to the ponds. Status of the maintenance items are as follows: • Work Area Pond — repair discharge pipe. o The area around the pipe has been excavated. Repairs are expected to be complete the week of September 26, 2011. • Loop Pond — clean flume.