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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman 5t., Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />July 23, 2012 <br />Tom Bird <br />Manager of Coal Services <br />GCC Energy, LLC <br />6473 County Road 120 <br />Hesperus, Colorado 81326 <br />Re: Ding Coal Mine, Permit No. C- 1981 -035 <br />Permit Renewal No. 6 (RN" -6) <br />Preliminary Adequacy Review <br />Dear Mr. Bird: <br />COLORADO <br />D IV IS I ON OF <br />RECLAMATION <br />MINING <br />SAFETY <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Mike King <br />Executive Director <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />The Division received GCC Energy, LLC's (GCCE's) application for Permit Renewal No. 6 for <br />the Ding Coal Mine on February 14 2012. The application was submitted in advance of the <br />February 20, 2012 date required by the Division's November 17, 2011 letter, which notified <br />GCCE that the mine's five-year permit will expire on August 18, 2012. <br />The application was initially deemed to be incomplete, for the reason detailed in the Division's <br />February 24, 2012 letter. A revised public notice was submitted, and the Division considered the <br />application to be complete, for purposes of filing, on February 28, 2012. The following agencies <br />and entities were notified by the Division of the application's completeness: <br />• Ute Mountain Ute Tribe <br />• Office of Surface Mining — Western Regional Coordinating Center <br />• U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br />o Colorado State Office and Tres Rios Field Office <br />• Natural Resources Conservation Service — Durango Field Office <br />• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — Durango Regulatory Field Office <br />• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service — Grand Junction Office <br />• Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment <br />o Air Pollution Control Division and Water Quality Control Division <br />• Colorado Division of Wildlife — SW Regional Service Center <br />• Colorado Division of Water Resources — Denver <br />• Office of Archaeology & Historic Preservation (SHPO) <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand f unction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />