2012-03-01_REVISION - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 3/1/2012
• Doc Name: Completeness Letters
• From: DRMS
• To: BLM & OSM
• Type & Sequence: TR94
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
COLORADO
D I V I S I ON OF
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
March 1 2012 John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Jennifer Maiolo Executive Director
U.S. Bureau of Land Management Loretta E. Pineda
Little Snake Field Office Director
455 Emerson St.
Craig, CO 81625
Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -019)
Technical Revision No. 94 (TR -94)
Revises the post- mining surface in the East Pit to ensure proper tie -in of reclamation
boundaries
Dear Ms. Maiolo:
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 March 1, 2012 an
application to revise coal mining operations at the Colowyo Coal Mine was considered complete
for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Colowyo Coal Company L.P.. All
review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of
filing.
This technical revision revises the post- mining surface in the East Pit to ensure proper tie -in of the
reclamation boundary between the East Pit and the West Pit. This revision will prevent the
disturbance of approximately 20 acres of reclamation that has established vegetation. It does not
change drainage alignments or elevations.
The Surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 28 miles South of Craig,
Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
All or portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21 and T3N, R93W; and
Sections 13, 15, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 33 and 34, T4N, R93W; 6th Prime Meridian.
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Abarr.
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 Moffat County Clerk and Recorder, 221 W Victory Way,
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines