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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 29, 2018 <br />Mr. Brock Bowles <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety CE'v�p <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 RE <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />NOV 2 9 2018 <br />RE: New Horizon Mine (Permit No. C-1981-008) <br />Technical Revision No. 86 (TR -86) Division of & Sam yian, <br />Public Comment Objection Response Mining <br />Dear Mr. Bowles: <br />Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association (Tri-State) has received a letter of <br />objection, dated November 8, 2018, from GW46 Irrevocable Trust for TR -86 and provides the <br />following response on behalf of the Elk Ridge Mining and Reclamation's New Horizon Mine. <br />"GW46 Irrevocable Trust owns land adjacent to, and downstream of the proposed SPI <br />and has concerns with the design, construction and impoundment of SP1... " <br />Response: After consulting with Mark Ragsdale, Lead Water Commissioner, District 60 <br />of the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR), New Horizon has revised the <br />design of SPI to comply with CDWR Non -Jurisdictional Water Impoundment Structure <br />criteria. Additionally, a Non -Jurisdictional Water Impoundment Structure notice will be <br />submitted to CDWR as required per Section 37-87-125, C.R.S. <br />Also included with this adequacy response package are materials revised in response to your <br />comments and a change of index sheet to ease incorporation of this material into the permit <br />document. If you have any questions regarding the enclosed adequacy review responses, please <br />contact Tony Tennyson at (970) 824-1232 or ttennyson(&tristate .org. <br />Sincerely, <br />1;Zr Daniel J. Casiraro <br />Senior Manager <br />Environmental Services <br />DJC:JSS:der <br />Enclosures <br />cc: Frank Ferris (via email) <br />Chris Gilbreath (via email) <br />Jason Storey (via email) <br />Tony Tennyson (via email) <br />File: G474 -11.3(21)b-4 <br />AN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY /AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER CRAIG STATION ESCALANTE STATION NUCLA STATION <br />P.O. BOX 1307 P.O. BOX S77 P.O. BOX 698 <br />A Touchstone Energy' Cooperative CRAIG, CO 81626.1307 PREWITT. NM 87045 NULLA, CO 81424.06M <br />�� 970-824-4411 505-876.2271 970.864-7316 <br />