RECEIVED
<br />DELTA COUNTY
<br />INDEPENDENT
<br />MAY 282014
<br />Reclamation,
<br />Division of
<br />Mining &Safety
<br />401 Meeker St.
<br />P.O. Box 809
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION
<br />The Colorado Division of Reclama-
<br />AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
<br />tion, Mining and Safety proposes
<br />to approve Technicat Revision Ap-
<br />pllcation No. 132 (TR -132) for the
<br />West Elk Mine (Permit No..0 -1980-
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />007), submitted by Mountain Coal
<br />Company, I.I.C. The Mountain Coal
<br />ISS.Technical
<br />Company, LLC has submitted a
<br />COUNTY OF DELTA
<br />RevieIon to the West Elk
<br />Mine's permit. This revision pro -
<br />poses to change the'location of sev-
<br />eral drill pads and light -use_ roads
<br />I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly wear that I am managing
<br />y g g
<br />for the methane drainage wells to
<br />longwall panel E6. Thq original pad
<br />editor of the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly
<br />and road locadons'were approved
<br />newspaper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County
<br />In Permit Revision 14. This revi-
<br />sion proposes to decrease the drill
<br />of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in
<br />pad disturbance by approximately,
<br />said County f Delta fora period of more than fifty-two consecu-
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<br />7.0 acres end decrease the road
<br />disturbance by approximately 0.1
<br />tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice
<br />acres. There will be no change in
<br />or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the
<br />the mine's permit boundary but
<br />, there will be a change in the mine's
<br />United States mails as second -class matter under the provisions
<br />disturbance boundary as a result
<br />of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that
<br />of this revisionin thhe e There will also be
<br />a change n mine's reclamation
<br />said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish-
<br />liability, which will be calculated by
<br />ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws
<br />the Division following any techni-
<br />cal adequacy issues.
<br />of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or adver-
<br />The west Elk Mine is elan under-
<br />was published in the regular and entire issue of eve
<br />P � every
<br />ground coal mine located in Delta,
<br />Gunnison County, approximately 9
<br />number of said weekly newspaper for the period of one Cori-
<br />miles 6 of Peonie, Colorado. coal
<br />secutive insertion; that the first publication of said notice was in
<br />surf ederal affected and private, Psi ate,
<br />and the is
<br />the issue of said newspaper dated May 21st, A.D., 2014, and
<br />oral and private land. The permit
<br />that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of
<br />P
<br />area encompasses approximately
<br />17,164.90 acres.
<br />said newspaper dated May 21st, A.D., 2014.
<br />This proposed decision Is based
<br />on a finding that the proposed
<br />operation will comply with all re-
<br />In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this
<br />quirements of the Colorado Sur -
<br />21st day f May, A.D., 2014.
<br />y oy
<br />face Coal'Mining Reclamation Act,
<br />Section 3433101, at'seq„ C.R.S.,
<br />and the regulations promulgated
<br />thereunder.
<br />Copies of the proposed decision;
<br />Including stipulations, are on file
<br />for public inspection at the Colo-
<br />rado Division of Reclamation, Min -
<br />General manager of said Delta County Inde endent
<br />p
<br />Ina and Safety, Room Sherman Stfe t,
<br />nisi Building, 1313 Sherman Stfeet,
<br />Denver, Colorado 80203. Persons
<br />Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary Public in and for
<br />with interest that may ad-
<br />versely effected by the propp osed'
<br />the County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 21st day of May A.D.,
<br />decision may. requast a formal
<br />2014.
<br />hearing ' before the Mined Land
<br />Reclamation Board on the pro-
<br />posed decision. Such request must
<br />be made within tan (10) days of the
<br />initial publication of this notice,
<br />must be in writing, and must state
<br />Notary Public
<br />with reasonable specificity the rea-
<br />sons for the request and the objec-
<br />tions to the proposed decision.
<br />My commission expires 12/24/2017
<br />. Published In the
<br />Independent May 21, iota. county
<br />900 Cypress Wood Lane
<br />Delta, CO 81416
<br />PATRICIA SUNDERLAND
<br />NOTARY PUBLIC
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />My Commission Expires 12 -24 -2017
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