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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 />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866 -3567 <br />FAX: (303) 832 -8106 <br />July 8, 2013 <br />Ron Thompson <br />New Elk Coal Company, LLC <br />12250 Highway 12 <br />Weston, CO 81091 <br />Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -012) <br />Technical Revision No. 68 (TR -68) <br />Responses to 2012 Midterm Review <br />Dear Mr. Thompson: <br />COLORADO <br />D I V I S 16 N 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 />We have received your application for a technical revision to your permit to conduct coal mining in <br />Colorado. Our initial review indicates that all preliminary items required by Rule 2.08.4(5) have <br />not been submitted. Thus, your application is incomplete for the purposes of filing as of July Stn <br />2013. <br />The itemized list of issues raised during the midterm review was paraphrased by Gorham Energy <br />Consultants LLC (GEC) in their letter of July 1st, 2013. For clarity that list is copied here with the <br />incomplete items highlighted: <br />1. Updates to Table 2 in section 2.03 <br />• Complete <br />2. Air permits in Table 2 <br />• Complete <br />3. Radioactive materials license <br />• Complete <br />4. Any changes to Map 1 and Map 2 regarding ownership <br />• The updated maps have not been received. Incomplete <br />5. NOV correction regarding termination date <br />• Complete <br />6. Update text with correct NECC address <br />• Complete <br />7. Update Table 4 and permit text narrative in section 2.04 regarding approved disturbed <br />acreage <br />• Complete <br />8. Current T & E species list <br />• Complete <br />9. Permit text narrative regarding the Arkansas River speckled chub and darter and water <br />consumption at the mine <br />• Complete <br />Office of Office of <br />Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines <br />