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NEW ELK COAL COMPANY LLC <br />122 WEST FIRST STREET <br />TRINIDAD, CO 81082 <br />(719) 845-0090 <br />NEW ELK MINE <br />Ron Thompson <br />Mine Manager <br />November 14, 2010 <br />Mr. Kent Gorham <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />CAI W ""® <br />NOV 17 X010 <br />Re: New Elk Mine (Permit No. C-1981-012) <br />Permit Technical Revision (TR-53) - Development Waste Disposal Area <br />Response to Completeness Review <br />Dear Mr. Gorham: <br />We have received the CDRMS completeness review item dated September 16, 2010 and have <br />revised the technical revision for the development waste disposal area request to include the <br />following responses where appropriate. <br />DRMS REQUEST: A discussion of how surface water will be managed above, around, and on <br />the waste pile in accordance with Rule 4.10.2(2). This rule requires that "all surface drainage <br />from the area above the coal waste bank and from the crest and the face of the waste disposal <br />area be diverted in accordance with Rule 4.09.2(7)." Rule 4.09.2(7) requires that "surface <br />runoff from an area above the fill be diverted away from the fill and into stabilized channels <br />designed to pass safely the runoff from a 100 year 24 hour precipitation event or larger event <br />specified by the Division. Surface runofffrom the fill surface shall be diverted to stabilized <br />channels off of the fill which will safely pass the runoff from a 100 year, 24-hour precipitation <br />event. Diversion design shall comply with the requirements of 4.05.4. " Design information <br />regarding surface water control for the development waste pile is required.