2012-03-13_REVISION - C1981041 (5)

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DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY Department of Natural Resources 1313 Sherman St., Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: (303) 866 -3567 FAX: (303) 832 -8106 March 13, 2012 Tonya Hammond Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. P.O. Box 1430 Palisade, CO 81526 Re: Roadside Portals (Permit No. C- 1981 -041) Permit Revision Application No. 5 (PR -5) Demonstration for Approval to Remove Drainage Control Features at the North Portal, CRDA 1 & 2, CBA 1 & 2 and change in Reclamation Plan of Ponds 6, 10, 11 and other final drainage features. Dear Ms. Hammond: STATE OF COLORADO COLORADO D I V I S I O N O F RECLAMATION MINING — &— SAFETY John W. Hickenlooper Govemor Mike King Executive Director Loretta E. Pineda Director We have received your application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in Colorado. Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34 -33 -101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your revision application has been considered complete for the purposes of filing as of March 13, 2012. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement submitted with the application has been found to be satisfactory. You should commence publication of this advertisement as specified in Rule 2.07.3(2) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the advertisement must be filed with the Division no later than four weeks after the last publication date. Coincident with the initial publication, a copy of the revision application, less confidential items, must be filed for public inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any subsequent changes or additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is submitted to the Division. The Division is currently reviewing your revision application to determine whether the items you have submitted are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. Additional information may be required, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 34- 33- 118(5) of the Act, you will be notified no later than May 12, 2012, should that be the case. If you have any questions, please contact me. Sincerely, nohed,f 60-1411 Michael P. Boulay Environmental Protection Specialist Office of Office of Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines