_PERMIT FILE - C1981008A ‎(19)‎

• Permit No: C1981008A
• IBM Index Class Name: PERMIT FILE
• Doc Name: Engineers Report
• Section_Exhibit Name: Tab 16 Attachment 6-1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

1. 0 INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
Introduction
Peabody Coal Company (PCC) owns and operates the NUCLA
MINE, a surface coal mine, located approximately 2 to 3 miles
northwest of Nucla, Colorado (Figure 1) . The existing mining
operation uses scrapers to remove the coal. As required by
the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (CMLRD) , five
small ponds (001, 002 , 004 , 005, and 006) control run-off and
water from pit dewatering, and store water for use at the
NUCLA MINE. PCC plans to expand the operation to include an
additional area, called NUCLA EAST, located southeast of the
existing pit. The NUCLA EAST pit operation will initially
use scrapers, which may be replaced by a dragline in a few
years. PCC also plans to build an additional pond, Pond 007 ,
to service the NUCLA EAST mining area.
The Colorado Co-operative Company owns and manages an
extensive unlined ditch system consisting of the Colorado
Co-operative ditch (also known as the Highline Canal) and
laterals, which convey water from a diversion point on the
San Miguel River (Figure 1) to the lands adjacent to the
NUCLA and NUCLA EAST mining areas. The water is primarily
used for irrigation and secondarily for stock watering,
municipal and domestic purposes. PCC owns twenty-seven (27)
shares of the Colorado Co-operative Company.
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GEOTRANS, INC.