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_. :.. 3400 (CO-130) BL~RE.~I~ OF L_t\l7 ~~9.1V'.~(;1:AII?\T Grand Junction Field Office 2815 H Rd Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 www.co. b lm.gov/gj ra/gjra. html July 25, 2007 Tonya Hammond J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 60340 Grand Junction, Colorado 81506 Re: Snowcap Coal Company, Inc. Coal Canyon Road Road Culverts, Permit No. C-81-041 Dear Ms. Hammond: TAKE PRIDE` ~Nf~MERICA This is in response to your October 6, 2006 request to remove two culvert crossings located along Coal Canyon Road within the coal mine permit. Specifically, culverts at crossings numbers 2 and 3 (middle and upper crossings) w`oiild be removed and graded into low water crossings, which would be maintained by Snowcap until bond release. :, ~S.~f ~~ ~~ ~~~ ~ ~~~~ e~2M.f- - Unirecl States Deparunenl of the Interit>r The BLM engineer has inspected the culvert crossings. Although we acknowledge the continued maintenance and cleaning problems associated with these culverts, graded low water crossings are also an ongoing maintenance issue. Our goal is to have along-term solution to the drainage crossings. As funding allows, the low water crossings on the Coal Canyon Road above the mine permit will be replaced with culverts. The engineer has also determined that the current road alignment at the culvert dip section should not be changed. It is our understanding that the mine permit specifies that the drainage just below the culvert section will be re-routed toward the base of the refuse stockpile, but the road itself would not be affected by this change. The culvert section should eventually be replaced with a box culvert, but the design of the existing culvert section does allow water to run over the top should plugging occur. Regarding the 6-foot culvert on the side drainage, you indicated that the plugging problem may be resolved by re-setting the culvert to the proper height.