2011-10-11_REVISION - C1980005

• Permit No: C1980005
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 10/11/2011
• Doc Name: Comment Response
• From: Seneca Coal Company
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: RN6
• Email Name: JDM
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Seneca II Mine
RN -6 Adequacy Response
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3. Volume 14, Rule 2.03, pg 2.03 -4 identifies surface ownership as Sage Creek Coal Company, LLC.
This needs to be revised to Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC. Please revise and update all surface
and mineral ownership information.
Response: The surface owner is actually Sage Creek Holdings, LLC. The text on page 2.03 -4 has been
revised.
4. Volume 14, Rule 2.03.5(3), pg 2.03 -6 state that Attachment 2.03 -A5 lists the Notice of Violations
received during a three - period prior to June 1, 2010. Please update this information to the current
date and, if needed, revise attachment 2.03 -A5 to reflect any changes.
Response: Page 2.03 -6 and Attachment 2.03 -A5 has been updated to reflect current information.
S. Volume 14, Rule 2.03.10, pg 2.03 -8 lists a water well permit, 22647 -F, as a Seneca II supply well.
Please acknowledge if this well permit remains under the Seneca II Mine permit or if the well has
been transferred and is in use at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine.
Response: Well Permit 22647 -F is still in Seneca II's name and will remain so until the well is upgraded
or replaced, then the well will be registered in Peabody Sage Creek's name.
6. The CPDS permit No. CO- 0000221 for the Pond 008 discharge currently in the Seneca II PAP expires
on October 31, 2011. Please provide a renewed CDPS permit or provide the Division with proof that
an application for renewal is currently or will be on file with CDPHE.
Response: The CDPHE Permit No. CO- 0000221 renewal application was submitted in April 2011.
Andrew Neuhart (CDHPE) indicated that the permit will most likely be put into an `administrative
extension' until the next Upper Colorado Basins Standards Hearing in 2014. Attached to this response
letter are copies of the transmittal letter and the renewal application which will serve as `proof' that the
renewal is currently on file with CDHPE.
7. Per Rule 2.04.4, please update any description of the cultural and historic resources listed or eligible
for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and any new significant known archaeological
sites existing within all areas proposed by surface activities.
Response: There have been no additional studies or discoveries made since the original baseline surveys
were conducted.
8. Per Rules 2.04.11(4) and 2.05.6(2), please update T &E species and discuss potential impacts to
current State and Federal Threatened and Endangered plant and animal species lists. The Federal
and State listed species of concern may have changed since the last revision. To find the most up to
date lists, the following websites may be helpful: http: / /www.fws.gov /mountain- prairie /endspp /County
Lists /Colorado.pdf and
http:/ /wildlife. state. co. us/ WildlifeSpecies / SpeciesOfConcern /ThreatenedEndankeredList /Pages /ListOf
ThreatenedAndEndangeredSpecies .aspx
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