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STATE OF COLORADO <br />DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 <br />C O L O RA D O <br />D I V I S I O N o f <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RECLAMATION <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />M IN I NIN G <br />N <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />SAFETY <br />March 13, 2013 <br />John W. Hickenlooper <br />Governor <br />Tom Bird <br />GCC Energy, LLC <br />Mike King <br />6473 County Road 120 <br />Executive Director <br />Hesperus, CO 81326 -9633 <br />Loretta E. Pineda <br />Director <br />Re: King Coal Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -035) <br />Technical Revision No. 20 (TR -20) <br />Use of Coal Mine Waste for Backfilling King I Highwall Areas <br />Dear Mr. Bird: <br />We have received your technical revision application to revise your permit to conduct coal mining in <br />Colorado. Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by the Colorado Surface Coal <br />Mining Reclamation Act, Section 34-313-101 et seq., C.R.S., have been submitted. Thus, your <br />application has been considered complete for the purposes of filing as of March 13, 2013. All review <br />and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />Unless notification to the contrary accompanies this letter, the proposed newspaper advertisement <br />submitted with the application has been found to be satisfactory. You should publish this advertisement <br />as specified in Rule 2.08.4(6) of the Regulations. Proof of the publication of the advertisement must be <br />filed with the Division as soon as available after the publication date. <br />Coincident with the publication, a copy of the revision application, less confidential items, must be filed <br />for public inspection with the appropriate public office as specified by you in the notice. Any <br />subsequent changes or additions to the application must also be made in this copy, at the same time it is <br />submitted to the Division. <br />The Division is currently reviewing your revision application to determine whether the items you have <br />submitted are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. In accordance <br />with Section 34 -33- 116(5) of the Act, a proposed decision approving or denying this application will be <br />issued no later than May 12, 2013. <br />If you have any questions, please contact me. <br />Sincerely, <br />Marcia L. Talvitie, P.E. <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Enclosure <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />