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u <br />TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION ASSOCIATION, INC. <br />HEADQUARTERS: P.O. BOX 33695 DENVER, COLORADO 80233-0695 303-452-6111 <br />February 7, 2018 <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 (Permit No. C-1981-008) <br />Permit Renewal No. 7 (RN -07) <br />Adequacy Review Response <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />RECEIVED <br />FEB 1 A NAB <br />pivision Olt', <br />Mining & Safety <br />Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association (Tri-State) has received your adequacy <br />review letter for RN -07, dated January 26, 2018 and provides the following responses to your <br />comments on behalf of the Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation's New Horizon Mine. <br />Section 2.03.5 - Compliance Information <br />1. Violation CV -2014-004 is listed in the text but is no longer required by Rule 2.03.5(3) as <br />it is more than 3 years old. This violation may be removed. <br />Response: Section 2.03.5 has been revised to remove Violation CV -2014-004. <br />Section 2.03.8 - Permit Term Information <br />1. Please update this paragraph to state that the permit boundary is now 916.79 acres. <br />Response: Section 2.03.8 has been revised to indicate the total area within the New <br />Horizon Mine permit boundary is 916.79 acres. <br />Section 2.03. 10 - ID of Other Licenses <br />1. Update this section to show the DRMS permit effective date as May 26, 2018. <br />Response: Section 2.03.10 has been revised to indicate the DRMS permit effective date <br />as May 26, 2018. <br />2. Update any other license information that may be out of date. <br />Response: Section 2.03. 10 has been revised to update any out of date license and permit <br />information. <br />Section 2.04.3 - Site Description and Land Use <br />1. The `total' acres listed on Table 2.04.3-2 that was submitted with the RN -7 application is <br />not correct. Please correct this table. <br />Response: Table 2.04.3-2 has been corrected to correspond with Table 2.04.3-1. Table <br />2.04.3-1 has also been corrected by moving 2.87 acres from Irrigated Pasture (IP) to <br />Irrigated Cropland (IC). <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX 577 P.O. BOX 698 <br />A Touchstone Energy' Cooperative 0� CRAIG, CO 81626.1 69 <br />307 PREWITT. NM 87045 NULLA. CO 81424-08 <br />r �.,-� 970.824-4411 505-876.2271 970-864-7316 <br />