2013-12-03_REVISION - C1980007 ‎(3)‎

• Permit No: C1980007
• IBM Index Class Name: REVISION
• Doc Date: 12/3/2013
• Doc Name: Public Notice
• From: Savage & Savage Environmental
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: SL6
• Email Name: JRS
• Email Name: DIH
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Savage and Savage Environmental
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November 29, 2013
Harris Orion Investment, LLC
Lazy H Ranch
c/o Lisa Escher, Ranch Manager
44960 Highway 133
Paonia, Colorado 81428
Re: Notice of Application for Phase III Final Bond Release of Selected Areas of the
Mountain Coal Company, LLC West Elk Mine (CDRMS file C -1980 -007)
Dear Harris Orion Investment:
Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC) is applying for a Phase III final liability and bond
release for portions of the West Elk Mine (Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining,
and Safety permit C- 1980 -007) in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. The
subject of the bond release is a release from liability and reclamation bond for areas
where it has been demonstrated that MCC has successfully completed all surface coal
mining operations in accordance with the approved reclamation plan (CDRMS Rule
3.03.1(2)(c)). The application for final release includes areas located at the former Lone
Pine facilities, former Thermal Event Area and adjacent drill holes, and the former West
Point area within the mine site encompassing approximately 24.2 acres located in
portions of Sections 18, 19, 20, 27, and 29, TI 3S, R90W, Gunnison County, Colorado.
The mine permit area entrance is located approximately two miles east of Somerset,
Colorado, and is accessed from Colorado Highway 133.
As required by Colorado law, whenever bond release is requested, all interested or
affected parties with a valid legal interest must be notified and afforded the opportunity to
comment or request an informal conference on the bond release in accordance with Rule
3.03.3 of the Regulations of the Colorado Mined Land_ Reclamation Board for Coal
Mining