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COLORADO <br />Division of Reclamation, <br />Mining and Safety <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br />December 22, 2014 <br />Colorado Parks and Wildlife - Area 16 <br />Gunnison Service Center <br />300 W. New York Ave <br />Gunnison, CO 81230 <br />Re: West Elk Mine (Permit No. C- 1980 -007) <br />Technical Revision No. 136 (TR -136) <br />Revised MDW E6 -14 -16 Pad Locations <br />Dear Sir or Madam: <br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34, <br />Article 33, Section 116, Paragraph 4, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on December 18, 2014 <br />an application to revise coal mining operations at the West Elk Mine was considered complete for <br />the purposes of filing. The revision was submitted by Mountain Coal Company, LLC. All review <br />and comment periods as provided in the Act and the Regulations initiate from this date of filing. <br />The Mountain Coal Company, LLC has submitted a Technical Revision to the West Elk Mine <br />Permit. The revision proposes to update the locations of degas well pads and roads for longwall <br />panel E6. The proposed changes would decrease the mine's disturbance acreage. There will be no <br />changes to the mine's permitted or affected acreages. There will be a change to the mine's bond <br />liability, which will be calculated during technical adequacy. The applicant is not proposing <br />additional surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance. <br />The underground coal mining operation is on land located approximately 9 miles East of Paonia, <br />Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows: <br />All or portions of: Sections 9 through 36 (inclusive), Township 13 South, Range 90 West; Sections <br />23 through 26 (inclusive), Township 13 South, Range 91 West; and Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, <br />and 12, Township 14 South, Range 90 West; all of the 6th Principal Meridian. Located in <br />Gunnison and Delta Counties <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203 P 303.866.3567 F 303.832.8106 http: / /mining.state.co.us <br />John W. Hickenlooper, Governor I Mike King, Executive Director I Virginia Brannon, Director <br />O�:e410 <br />O <br />* <br />1876 <br />