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Hernandez, Daniel <br />From: Hernandez, Daniel <br />Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 4:52 PM <br />To: 'Ron Thompson; Susan Patton; 'jestover @bresnan.net' <br />Cc: Musick, Jason; Berry, David <br />Subject: Adequacy Review -- Minor Revision MR96 -- New Elk Mine <br />Hello Ron, Susan and Jim - <br />We apologize for the amount of time our review of Minor Revision MR96 for the New Elk Mine has taken. Please accept <br />this e-mail as our adequacy review. As the deadline for our Decision regarding MR96 has passed, the Division <br />respectfully requests New Elk Coal Company submit a request for extension of the Decision Due Date to October 7th <br />2011 (or a later date if necessary) to allow time for New Elk Coal Co to respond to our review below and time for the <br />Division to review those responses. <br />1. Per Rule 2.05.3(2)(b), please provide a revised permit page (or a set of revised permit pages) describing the <br />purpose, areal location, and anticipated depth of this drill hole. <br />2. Please provide for insertion into the New Elk Mine permit a copy of any driller's logs, geophysical logs, or core <br />data describing the information discussed in Rule 2.04.6(3)(a)(iii) that will be obtained from this drill hole. <br />3. Per Rule 2.05.3(2)(b), please provide an updated map (or a set of updated maps) showing the type (monitoring <br />well, etc) and location of this drill hole. <br />4. Per Rule 2.05.3(2)(b), is it anticipated that the information obtained from this borehole will necessitate updating <br />any previously submitted geologic cross - sections? <br />5. Per Rule 2.05.4(2)(g), please provide for insertion into the Reclamation Plan section of the permit a description <br />of how this drill hole will be reclaimed in accordance with Rules 4.07.3(1) or (2). <br />6. Please commit to providing the report described in Rule 4.07.3(3) within 60 days following the sealing of this <br />drill hole. <br />7. Please provide an update to the permit's reclamation cost estimate to describe the anticipated cost to reclaim <br />this drill hole. <br />Thank you for your consideration of our review. Please contact me if you have any questions. <br />Sincerely, <br />Dan <br />Daniell. Hernandez <br />Daniel I. Hernandez <br />Senior Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />New Phone Number: 303 - 866 -3567 ext 8126 <br />Fax: 303 - 832 -8106 <br />Website: www.minino.state.co.us <br />1 <br />