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Hernandez, Alysha From: Burgmaier, Susan Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 11:43 AM To: Zuber, Rob Cc: Hernandez, Alysha; Hernandez, Daniel Subject: FW: Colowyo MR -116 Attachments: colowyomr116ays1.pdf Rob — I received follow -up information from OSM /AVS today, regarding the violation reported for Colowyo. The linking entity is Michael Barrett, via Rio Tinto America Inc, parent corporation of Rio Tinto White Horse Company and subsequently Colowyo Coal Company, LLC. Mr. Barrett is tied to an unpaid federal civil penalty associated with a subsidiary of Rio Tinto America, Inc. of which he is a controller. When AVS is updated to reflect the new ownership of Colowyo, this will no longer be an issue. In order to get the current ownership and control information for Colowyo updated in AVS, we are still in need of documentation from the appropriate Secretary of State (presumably Colorado) of the name changes for Rio Tinto White Horse and Kennecott Colorado Coal Company. Matt Guptill contacted Linda Keene this morning and told her that he did not have any documentation from the Secretary of State. She advised him to contact his legal department, that they would likely have the documentation. I emailed her this morning and told her that we would follow up with Colowyo to get her what she needed. In addition to the name change documentation, I need the correct Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) for Taylor Creek Holding Company; the approved permit application for Colowyo (Exhibit 2) includes two different numbers on pages 2 -3 and 2 -7. Please ask the operator to submit the name change documentation and FEIN for Taylor Creek Holding Company directly to the Division, and we will forward it to the AVS office. Please let me know if you have questions or need additional information. Susan L. Burgmaier Environmental Protection Specialist Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver CO 80203 303 - 866 -3567 x 8111 From: Burgmaier, Susan Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 2:25 PM To: Zuber, Rob Cc: Hernandez, Daniel; Hernandez, Alysha Subject: Colowyo MR -116 Rob — I have completed an AVS update based on the ownership and control information provided by Colowyo with MR- 116. 1 ran an AVS check after I did the updates, and the system reported 1 outstanding violation (report attached). I suspect that this violation is tied to former owner Rio Tinto and /or one its partners or subsidiaries. As you are aware, the AVS office has not updated the ownership and control information for Colowyo to reflect the new ownership (now Tri -State Generation & Transmission and its subsidiaries). I have inquired as to the progress of the AVS office in getting Colowyo's information updated; I will let you know what I hear back from them. Meanwhile, I would recommend holding off on making a decision on this revision until I can verify that the violation is not tied to any current owners or controllers of Colowyo.