2013-07-16_REVISION - C1982056 (2)

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Response: The referenced text has been reviewed and updated, as appropriate. Copies of the revised pages accompany these responses for replacement in the PAP. 6. It appears that proposed pages 2.04 -9.2 does not correspond with text on page 2.04 -10 Please revise the text. Response: The referenced text pages have been reviewed and revised, as appropriate for consistency and continuity. Copies of the revised pages accompany these responses for replacement in the PAP. 7. Minor Revision No(s). 256 and 261 were approved for developmental drilling within the Foidel Creek Permit Boundary. Per Rule 4.07.3(3) within 60 days after abandoning a drill hole the operator shall submit an abandonment report. If all drilling for the above referenced Minor Revisions or any other drillhole that has been abandoned, please submit the appropriate abandonment reports. Response: Not all of the subject drillholes were actually drilled. For the 2011 Drilling Program (MR11 -256), Drillholes TCW001, 003, and 007 were actually completed. For the 2012 Drilling Program (MR12 -261), Drillholes TCW008, 009, and 010 were actually completed. Copies of the abandonment reports for these drillholes accompany these responses for your files. 8. Per Rules 2.04.11(4) and 2.05.6(2), please update T &E species and discuss potential impacts to current State and Federal Threatened and Endangered plant and animal species lists. The Federal and State listed .species of concern may have changed since the last revision To find the most up to date lists, the following websites may be helpful: http://www.fi7,Y.gov/mountain- prairie% ndspp /C'ountyLists/Colorcido.pdf and hltp:Il wildlife. stat e. co. us /WildlifeShecies/SL�ecies OfC-oncern /ThreatenedEndangereciLi.st/ Pine, s/ Lis7OfThreatenedAndE,ndangeredSpecies. aspx. Response: The most recent Colorado list was reviewed, and contacts with Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed that no TES species, with known range of occurrence overlapping the Mine Permit Area, have been added to the List since the last permit update of the relevant section (2010). 9. Approved Maps 23, 23B, and 23C show the 5-year mining plan for the Foidel Creek Mine. An updated mine plan has not been approved by the Division since the previous 5-year plan. Please revise the proposed text or the proposed above - mentioned maps to reflect the approved mine plan, if needed Response: The referenced permit text and maps were recently updated to reflect current plans, and submitted to the CDRMS as part of the PR12 -09 and TR13 -82 submittals. 10. Approved page 2.05 -3 states that Map 23C identifies the proposed subsidence monitoring locations. These locations were not identified on Map 23C. Please revise the proposed page to identify the correct locations of'subsidence monitoring, or revise Map 23C to include subsidence monitoring locations. Response: TC conducted extensive subsidence monitoring during the initial longwall mining operations in the EMD and NMD to evaluate and verify the accuracy of the pre - mining subsidence evaluations. and to assess subsidence effects on area streams and surface structures, including roads. the rail spur. and powerlines. Subsidence monitoring results correlated very closely with the subsidence evaluations and projections, and verified that mining - related subsidence was not adversely impacting drainages, structures, or renewable resource lands.