2014-07-01_REVISION - C1980007 (2)

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INDEPENDENT 401 Meeker St. P.O. Box 809 Delta, CO 81416 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF COLORADO COUNTY OF DELTA I, Randal Sunderland, do solemnly swear that I am managing editor of the Delta County Independent; that the same is a weekly newspaper printed, in whole or in part, and published in the County of Delta, State of Colorado, continuously and uninterruptedly in said County of Delta for a period of more than fifty -two consecu- tive weeks prior to the first publication of the annexed legal notice or advertisement; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second -class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, and all amendments thereof, and that said newspaper is a weekly newspaper duly qualified for publish- ing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado; that the annexed legal notice or adver- tisement was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said weekly newspaper for the period of one con- secutive insertion; that the first publication of said notice was in the issue of said newspaper dated June 18th, A.D., 2014, and that the last publication of said notice was in the issue of said newspaper dated June 18th, A.D., 2014. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day of June, A.D., 2014. General manager of said Delta County Independent Subscribed and sworn before me, a Notary Public in and for the County of Delta, State of Colorado, this 18th day of June A -D., 2014. Notary Public My commission expires 12/24/2017 900 Cypress Wood Lane Delta, CO 81416 PATRICIA SUNDERLAND NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO My Commission Expires 12-24 -2017 PUBLIC NOTICE Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929 -5015, has filed a complete application for Technical Revision No. TR -134 to MCC,a Mining and Reclamation Permit No. C- 1980 -007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (Board), under the provi- sions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, and subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993 (effective August 1991), July 1996, July 2001, April 2007 (effective July 2006), and November 2011 (effective July 2011.) The current five -year per- mit term expires July 31, 2016. The West Elk Mine five -year permit area contains lands in Sections 9 -11, 13.36, T13S, R90W, 61 PM; and Sections 23 -26, T13S, R91W, 61 PM, and Sections 1 -5 , 8 -12, T14S, R90W, 61^ PM in Delta and Gunnison Counties. The loca- tion of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current permit area encompasses approxi- mately 17,154.9 acres. This Technical Revision is to revise the location of two longwall panel E6 MOW pad locations, shifting both about 400' to the west along a previously approved road. Copies of the technical revision application are available for review at the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) office, Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866 -3567, and the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230. Comments or objections concerning the revi- sion application should be directed to the CDRMS at the above address not later than 10 days after the date of publication of this notice in order to be considered. Published in the Delta County Independent June 18, 2014.