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<br />Peabody <br />Peabody Energy <br />Colorado Coal Resources, LLC <br />September 2, 2009 <br />Mr. Tom Kaldenbach <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />RE: Spring and Seep Inventory - Peabody Sage Creek Mine <br />Dear Mr. Kaldenbach: <br /> <br />701 Market Street <br />St. Louis, Missouri 63101-1826 <br />314-342-3400 <br />RECEIVED <br />SEP 0 9 2009 <br />D1v1s,).. v, .,,?ciamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />I'm writing to confirm completion of a comprehensive spring and seep inventory performed <br />recently within and adjacent to the Peabody Sage Creek Mine (PSCM). The scope of the <br />inventory was bounded by a one-mile buffer around the proposed PSCM permit area as depicted <br />on Map 2.04.7_M2, Surface Diversions, Reservoirs, and Water Supply Wells in the PSCM PAP. <br />The inventory involved field visits of water-righted springs identified using data from the <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources website. In addition, areas within and adjacent to the <br />PSCM permit boundary were also searched for the presence of springs or seeps, focusing on <br />drainages coming out of the Tow Creek and Fish Creek Anticlines. <br />Field inventories of springs and seeps were conducted on August 20 and 25, 2009. Four springs <br />were found on August 20th, and two springs were found on August 25th. Two known springs <br />within the inventory area were not accessible due to posted gates. Personnel attempted to contact <br />the land owner for permission to visit these springs, but no response has yet to be received. Field <br />notes and photos were taken at each spring identified during the two days of inventories, and <br />locations were surveyed using GPS instrumentation. When sufficient water was found, field <br />water quality parameters were measured (Temperature, pH, and Electrical Conductivity) and <br />water samples were collected according to proper sampling procedures and delivered to the <br />contract laboratory (ACZ Laboratories in Steamboat Springs) for analyses that same day. Flow <br />rates were measured at those springs that were found to be flowing. <br />PSCM plans to update the PSCM PAP with information collected during the August spring and <br />seep inventory once the laboratory analyses are completed and made available, hopefully <br />sometime in October 2009. The information will include spring coordinates, summary notes, <br />field water quality parameters, and laboratory analytical results along with the appropriate text <br />narrative. PSCM also plans to perform another spring and seep inventory of the PSCM within the <br />same inventory area in May or June of 2010 in order to provide additional data for describing <br />seasonal variation. The results of the 2010 follow up spring and seep inventory will be <br />incorporated into the PSCM PAP after all laboratory analytical results become available. <br />Please don't hesitate to contact me via phone at 929.913.9218 or by email at <br />jcochran(2peabodyenergy.com if you have any questions.