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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />March 12, 2012 <br />Kurds Blunt <br />Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />5731 State Highway 13 <br />Meeker, CO 81641 <br />Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -019) <br />PR -3 application and SAE areas <br />Dear Mr. Blunt: <br />As the Division prepared our findings for PR -3, it came to the attention of my senior, Dan Hernandez, <br />that areas in your proposed plan for Collom that are proposed to be Small Area Exemptions (SAEs) are <br />relatively large areas (greater than one acre) and that two of these are over five acres in size. Dan <br />discussed this with David Berry, head of the DRMS coal program, and David decided that these two <br />larger areas are too large to be treated as SAEs. These two areas are the 9.8 -acre corner of the shop area <br />and the 7.2 -acre area outside Deer Draw. <br />Please develop an alternative plan to the current Collom design to remove these areas from the disturbed <br />area or route runoff from these areas to sediment ponds. You will need to resubmit the associated <br />figures, text, and SEDCAD runs. <br />Please contact me at Rob.Zuber @state.co.us or 303 - 866 -3567 (extension 8113) with questions or <br />comments. <br />Sincerely, <br />Robert D. Zuber <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />cc: Dan Hernandez, DRMS <br />Janet Binns, DRMS <br />Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S I O N O F <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />—&— <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />Office of <br />Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />