2013-06-11_REVISION - C1982056

• Permit No: C1982056
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/11/2013
• Doc Name: Adequacy Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Twentymile Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: SL1
• Email Name: JDM
• Email Name: DIH
• 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]
June 11, 2013
Jerry Nettleton
Twentymile Coal, LLC
29515 Routt County Road No. 27
Oak Creek, CO 80467
Re: Foidel Creek Mine (Permit No. C -82 -056)
Bond Release No. 01 (SL -01), Adequacy Review
Dear Mr. Nettleton,
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 received Twentymile Coal LLC's (TC's) application for a Bond Release (SL -01)
on November 5, 2012. The application was determined to be complete on January 28, 2013. No
concerns have been received from other agencies regarding this proposed bond release as of the
date of this letter. A bond release inspection of the proposed areas was conducted on May 28,
2013. The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has completed its adequacy
review of the proposed technical revision. Please respond to the following comments or
concerns as necessary:
1. As a portion of the SL -01 application, TC requests release of a portion of an area known
as the "Brown Palace ", or CYCC Office Building. The bond release request for the
"Brown Palace" was to recover costs ($79,278) for demolition of the structure and did
not include a release for backfilling, regrading, and drainage control of the area
associated with the "Brown Palace." Rule(s) 3.03.1(2)(a), (b), and (c) addresses the
maximum amount under performance bonds applicable to an increment or a permit area
which may be released. These rules do not include the release of performance bonds
based solely on the demolition and reclamation of bonded structures.
Based on Rule 3.03, the Division cannot grant the release of the requested performance
bond associated with the "Brown Palace" until such time that reclamation of the area
associated with the "Brown Palace" meets the criteria set forth in Rule 3.03.1(2)(a), (b),
or (c). If TC believes that the Division's interpretation of Rule 3.03 is in error or
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