2012-11-20_REVISION - C1981041 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1981041
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 11/20/2012
• Doc Name: Completeness Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: WQCD
• Type & Sequence: TR63
• Email Name: MPB
• Email Name: SB1
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

STATE OF COLORADO
DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
November 20, 2012
Janet Kieler
Colorado Department of Health
Water Quality Control Division Permit Section
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Denver, CO 80222 -1530
Re: Roadside Portals (Permit No. C- 1981 -041)
Technical Revision No. 63 (TR -63)
Ditch Design for Flow through Sediment Pond 9
Dear Ms. Kieler:
COLORADO
ID IV I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Executive Director
Loretta E. Pineda
Director
The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on November 20, 2012
an application to revise coal mining operations at the Roadside Portals was considered complete
for the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Snowcap Coal Company, Inc.. All
review and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of
filing.
With this Technical Revision Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. (SCC) proposes a new design for the
drainage ditch H -H that crosses reclaimed sediment Pond 9. The revision also provides a
discussion of the flow variations in the French drain system at the South Portal for incorporation
into the permit document. The operator has requested no new disturbed acreage with this revision
application and the revision application would not incorporate additional lands into the permit area.
The Underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 5 miles North of
Palisade, Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
Portions of Sections 26, 27, 28, 34, and 35, T10S, R98W, 6th PM; Portions of Sections 1, 2, 11,
12, and 13, T11S, R98W, 6th PM; Portions of Section 7, T11S, R97W, 6th PM; all in Mesa
County.
The above - mentioned tracts of land are shown on USGS 7.5 minute Quadrangle map of Cameo
and Palisade.
The applicant is required to publish notice in a local newspaper that this application has been
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