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Mountain Coal Company <br />July 18, 2014 <br />Mr. James R. Stark <br />Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety <br />Office of Mined Land Reclamation <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC <br />West Elk Mine <br />P.O. Box 591 <br />Somerset, CO 81434 <br />Kathleen G. Welt <br />Environmental Engineer III <br />kwe I t(a)a rc h coa I . co m <br />phone: 970.929.2238 <br />Re: Mountain Coal Company, LLC, West Elk Mine; Permit No. C- 1980 -007; <br />Technical Revision No. TR -13, Revised Longwall Panel E6 MDW Pad and Road <br />Locations <br />Dear Mr. Stark: <br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC) submits the attached application form, proposed <br />public notice, and map in application of Technical Revision No. TR -135 to revise the location <br />of four methane drainage well (MDW) pads located within the east half of longwall panel E6. <br />MCC and Forest Service (FS) personnel recently conducted field reviews of these pad and <br />road locations previously approved in PR -14 for MDWs E6 -59 (now E6 -5), E6 -55 (now E6- <br />6), E6 -51.5 (now E6 -7) , E6-48 (now E6 -8) and E6-44 (now E6 -9) and determined that <br />these locations should be shifted northerly about 200' to 400'. <br />The roads and pads approved in PR -14 are shown in pink and green on the attached map. <br />The new pads are yellow and new road segments are red lines. With the elimination of the <br />road between former pads for E6-48 and E6-44 and the cumulative smaller pad sizes, <br />overall ground disturbance will be reduced by approximately 0.80 acre. The pads for MDWs <br />E6 -5, E6 -6, and E6 -7 will be approximately 0.50 acre. The pad for MDWs E6 -8 & 9 (to be <br />directionally drilled) will be about 0.25 acre. The following table provides the planned pipe <br />diameter and total depth for each well. <br />Old # <br />New# <br />Pipe diam. <br />TD <br />E6 -59 <br />E6 -5 <br />9 <br />1,210 <br />E6 -55 <br />E6 -6 <br />9 <br />1,222 <br />E6 -51.5 <br />E6 -7 <br />9 <br />1,265 <br />E6-48 <br />E6 -8 <br />9 <br />1,030 <br />E6-44 <br />E6 -9 <br />9 <br />1,025 <br />The new locations were evaluated by the FS to identify any previously undocumented <br />cultural resources, T &E species and other resources of special interest. The FS will <br />document the findings of these evaluations during this revision process. <br />