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TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233-0695 303-452-6111 <br />November 4, 2016 <br />Mr. Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 �' `�' @� <br />RE: New Horizon Mine 140V o <br />Permit No. C-1981-008 <br />SL -18 Adequacy Review DIVISION OF ? " 70N <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) has received your <br />adequacy review letter for SL -18 dated August 30, 2016, and provides the following responses to <br />your comments on behalf of the Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation, New Horizon Mine. <br />1. Comments were received from Ms. Turner in a fax dated April 16, 2016 Ms. Turner's <br />comments were largely centered on the theme that `haul roads should not have a ten year <br />bond period in a farming community.' The Division replied to Ms. Turner's comments in <br />a May S, 2016 letter. Although the Division did not agree with Ms. Turner's <br />interpretation of the haul road Rules, it did recognize that requiring the NE Haul to go <br />through the 10 year liability period could create an obstacle to a landowner managing <br />their property. A meeting was held with Ms. Turner to discuss options. The Division <br />proposed that the NE Haul Road can remain as a permanent feature giving vehicle <br />access to farmer's property and can then be released with the adjoining property during <br />the upcoming Phase III bond release. Ms. Turner felt this was an adequate solution. The <br />NE Haul Road is being requested as a permanent feature in TR -75. <br />Response: The Division is correct that the NE Haul Road is being requested to be retained as a <br />permanent feature under TR -75. TR -75 is still under review by the Division. <br />2. A section of the BB Detour Road, north of the BB Road has not been fully reclaimed. <br />This section of the road provides access to the CCC ditch headgate, is surfaced with <br />asphalt and crosses two properties, WFC and Richards. It is unclear in the permit if the <br />property owners want this section of the road to remain in place and surfaced with <br />asphalt. Please provide letters from the landowners stating that the headgate access <br />road can remain in its current configuration. <br />Response: Letters have been obtained from Richards and Kirkwood indicating that retention of <br />the road to the CCC ditch headgate is to remain as a permanent feature on their respective <br />properties. Both surface owner consent letters have been submitted within this adequacy <br />response to document their requests under the SL -18 bond release application. Further, they <br />have also been submitted under minor revision 103 (MR -103), to document this request in the <br />permit application package. <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY /AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER <br />A Touchstone EnereCooperative <br />CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. BOX 698 <br />CRAIG, CO 81626-1307 PREWTTT, NM 87045 NUCLA, CO 814244696 <br />970-824-4411 505-972-5200 970.864-7316 <br />