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^ r <br />Peabody <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine <br />29515 Routt County Road 27 <br />Oak Creek, CO 80467 <br />970.879-3800 <br />March 30, 2009 <br />Mr. Jason Musick <br />Colorado Division of Mining Reclamation and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St., Room 215 RF-COVED <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />Phone: (303) 866-4928 APR 7 NO0 <br />Re: Notice of Intent to Explore Amendment DiviS«r, of Kcc'a,nation, <br />File No. X-2009-231-00 Mining and Safety <br />Dear Mr. Musick: <br />Peabody Sage Creek Mine is submitting this Amendment to Notice of Intent to Explore (NOI) <br />No. X-2009-231-00 to provide for phased geotechnical investigations and subsequent reclamation <br />of the associated disturbance in a seventeen acre area designated for the Sage Creek Mine <br />facilities and portal, as shown on the accompanying maps. The proposed exploration activities, <br />which would occur over a three-month period from August 1 to October 30, will provide Sage <br />Creek with important supplemental geologic and geotechnical information needed to assess <br />ground conditions for potential mine facility and portal placement. <br />This NOI Amendment submittal includes the following: <br />• Transmittal letter <br />• Explanatory text, tables, figures, and maps <br />The proposed amendment involves: <br />• Phased geotechnical investigations within a twenty acre site involving drilling of up to 30 <br />shallow drillholes <br />• Abandonment (plugging and sealing) of drillholes and reclamation of the associated <br />exploration disturbance (mud pits)