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STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br /> <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br /> <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832-8106 <br /> <br /> <br />April 30, 2012 John W. Hickenlooper <br /> <br />Governor <br /> <br />Mike King <br /> <br />Executive Director <br />Foster Kirby <br /> <br /> <br />Office of Surface Mining Loretta E. Pineda <br /> <br />Director <br />Western Regional Coordinating Center <br /> <br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320 <br /> <br />Denver, CO 80202 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Re: Peabody Sage Creek Mine (Permit No. C-2009-087) <br /> <br /> Technical Revision No. 4 (TR-4) <br /> <br /> Facilities and disturbance area update. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Kirby: <br /> <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on April 30, 2012 an <br />application to revise coal mining operations at the Peabody Sage Creek Mine was considered <br />complete for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Peabody Sage Creek Mining <br />LLC. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from <br />this date of filing. <br /> <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mining, LLC. proposes to expand the current disturbance area specifically <br />associated with the operation of the underground mine. The mining associated disturbance area <br />will increase by 77.2 acres to a total of 355.8 acres to allow construction of an improved drainage <br />system and the potential expansion of the upper pad coal handling facilities. <br /> <br />The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles sotheast of <br />Hayden, CO. The permit area is further described as follows: <br /> <br />Township 5 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, <br />15, 16, 21 and 22; Township 6 North, Range 87 West, all or portions of Sections 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, <br />34, 35 and 36 <br /> <br />The above-mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Mount <br />Harris, Milner, Rattlesnake Butte, and Dunkley. <br /> <br />The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been <br />deemed complete. At the time of publication of this notice, the applicant is additionally required to <br />Office of Office of <br /> <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />