2011-10-06_REVISION - C1981025

• Permit No: C1981025
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/6/2011
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: US Army Corps of ENgineers
• Type & Sequence: TR26
• Email Name: BFB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
October 6, 2011
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Colorado /Gunnison Basin Office
400 Rood Avenue, Room 142
Grand Junction, CO 81501 -2563
Re: North Thompson Creek Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -025)
Technical Revision Application No. 26 (TR -26)
Replace Discharge Pipeline with Open Ditch from Pond T -2 to NPDES Outfall 001
Dear Sir or Madam:
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 October 5, 2011 an application to revise coal mining operations at the
North Thompson Creek Mine was considered complete for the purposes of filing The revision was submitted by MINREC,
Inc.. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
The North Thompson Creek Mine has submitted a Technical Revision to their permit to add a section of open ditch along the
discharge line from treatment pond T -2 to NPDES outfall 001. This revision will replace the current discharge pipe with a
discharge ditch in the same location. No new lands are proposed for disturbance and the present outfall will not change. There
will be no change in the mine's liability as a result of this revision.
The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 10 miles Southwest of Carbondale, Colorado. The
permit area is further described as follows:
T8S, R89W; Portions of Sections 21, 22, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35
T9S, R89W; Portions of Sections 2, 3 and 4
T7S, R88W; Portions of Sections 20, 29, 30 and 32
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Stony Ridge.
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 Garfield County Clerk
and Recorder, 109 8th Street, Suite 200, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, 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, (303) 866 -3567. 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,
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Brock F. Bowles
Environmental Protection Specialist
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Office of
Mined Land Reclamation
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
D I V I S 1 O N OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
— &—
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
Office of
Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines