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TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: PO BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233-0695 303-452-6111 <br />August 3, 2015 <br />Mr. Rob Zuber <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining & Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />RE: Colowyo Coal Company L.P. <br />Mine Permit No. C-1981-019, <br />Permit Revision No. 04 (PR -04), Collom Mine Plan Revision <br />Dear Mr. Zuber: <br />RECEIVED <br />AUG 0 7 2015 <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining & Safety <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State), is the parent <br />company to Axial Basin Coal Company, which is the general partner to Colowyo Coal Company <br />L.P. (Colowyo). Therefore, Tri-State on behalf of Colowyo is submitting these adequacy <br />responses for the preliminary review of PR -04 on behalf of Colowyo. <br />Volume 1 <br />Section 4.05.15 <br />ITEM 1. Regarding water rights, please address the comments by the SEO office (letter of May <br />6, 2015 from Ivan Franco in the DRMS Laserfiche system). <br />Response: Although the projected disturbance acreage has increased from PR -03, the amount of <br />water that will be captured by the mine pit and sediment control structures has decreased. This is <br />a result of diversion of fresh surface water from up gradient of the Collom pit into existing <br />drainages and the elimination of the Little Collom X Pit from the mine plan. <br />All required State Engineer Office permits will be acquired prior to construction of dewatering <br />system. No wells that will be used for dewatering have been constructed to date. <br />Volume 15 <br />ITEM 2. The Table of Contents pagination is incorrect. Page iv is repeated. Please correct this <br />error. <br />Response: The pagination issue for the table of contents has been corrected. <br />CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 PO. BOX 577 P.O. BOX 698 <br />CRAIG, CO 81626-1307 PREWITT, NM 87045 NUCLA, CO 81424-0698 <br />970-824-4411 505-972-5200 970-864-7316 <br />