2013-06-10_REVISION - C1981019

• Permit No: C1981019
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 6/10/2013
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review Letter
• From: DRMS
• To: Colowyo Coal Company
• Type & Sequence: SL7
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

DIVISION OF RECLAMATION, MINING AND SAFETY
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman St., Room 215
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
STATE OF COLORADO
COLORADO
ID IV I S I O N O F
RECLAMATION
MINING
SAFETY
June 10, 2013 John W. Hickenlooper
Governor
Mike King
Chris MCCOurt Executive Director
Colowyo Coal Company L.P.
Loretta E. Pineda
5731 State Highway 13 Director
Meeker, CO 81641
Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C- 1981 -019)
Bond Release Application No. 7 (SL -07), Adequacy review
Dear Mr. McCourt:
The application for SL -07 was deemed complete for the purposes of filing on May 14, 2013, and the
bond release inspection of the site was conducted on May 21, 2013. DRMS staff has reviewed your
bond release application and the results of the inspection to determine whether the items you have
submitted are adequate in terms of meeting the requirements of the Act and Regulations. During the
inspection, adequacy issues were identified in the bond release area. Some reclamation features are in
the West Pit parcels (WP018 and WP019) that are proposed for Phase I release. These include a pile of
rocks, a scraper road, and a topsoil stockpile (perhaps two).
Within parcel WP018, there is a pile of rocks that have been stockpiled for constructing channels, and
there is a topsoil stockpile that needs to be spread on the reclamation area.
Within parcel WP019, there is a scraper road that includes berms that must be knocked down, and there
may be a topsoil stockpile that needs to be spread on the reclamation area. It is unclear to Division staff
if this topsoil stockpile is indeed within parcel WP019; it appears to be on the edge of the parcel. We
ask that Colowyo Coal Company clarify this with your own survey.
Please remove the areas that contain these features from the maps in the bond release application.
Furthermore, the channels in the West Pit area (West Pit Fill Ditch and West Pit Coal Road Ditch) have
not been constructed, and it should be clear in the application that they are not included in the area to be
released.
Sincerely,
Robert D. Zuber, P.E.
Environmental Protection Specialist
Office of Office of
Mined Land Reclamation Denver • Grand Junction • Durango Active and Inactive Mines