PROOF OF PUBLICATION
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />COUNTY OF LAS ANIMAS} SS
<br />Reagen Rico, of lawful age, being first duly
<br />sworn upon oath, deposes and says that she is
<br />the authorized agent of The Chronicle -News,
<br />daily newspaper of general circulation which is
<br />published and circulated in the City of
<br />Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colorado, that
<br />said newspaper is a newspaper of general
<br />circulation complying with all of the requirements
<br />of Articles I to VII, Chapter 130, 1935,
<br />Colorado Statutes Annotated, and all other
<br />laws of said State, and that said legal / notice
<br />has been so published for the period of time
<br />prescribed in said newspaper proper and not a
<br />supplement.
<br />The attached Notice was published in said
<br />newspaper in its issue(s) dated
<br />58901 July 17,24, 2015
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<br />Subscribed and swo!T to before me this
<br />� day of J L
<br />A. D., 2015.
<br />Allyson L. S eumaker
<br />My commission expires on August 26, 2015
<br />RECEIVED
<br />AUG 032015
<br />Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining & Safety
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<br />NOTICE OF PROPOSED DECISION
<br />The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
<br />proposes to approve Permit Renewal Application No: 9
<br />(RN -6), submitted by New Elk Coal Company, LLC for a
<br />coal mining permit at the Golden Eagle Mine (Permittft
<br />C-1981-013). The proposed renewal will allow for
<br />continued mining and/or reclamation operations at the
<br />site.
<br />The Golden Eagle Mine is a/an underground operation
<br />located in Las Animas County, approximately 20 miles
<br />West of Trinidad, Colorado. Coal interest is private, and*
<br />the surface to be affected is private land. The permit area*
<br />encompasses approximately 1.20 acres. s
<br />This proposed decision is based on a finding that the,*.;
<br />proposed operation will comply with all requirements oto'
<br />the Colorado Surface Coal Mining RectamaflWAct,P.
<br />Section 34 33 101 et seq., C.R.S., and the regulatlonso
<br />promulgated thereunder.
<br />A copy of the "Proposed Decision and Find! of44t,
<br />Compliance", including any stipulations, is orXlor4"
<br />public inspection at the Colorado Division of Reclamation,
<br />Mining and Safety, Room 215 Centennial Building; ;a313'w,
<br />Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203, and at V Las'
<br />Animas County Clerk and Recorder, 200 East First Street,:
<br />Room 205, Trinidad, CO 81082; . Persons with an; st f*
<br />that may be adversely affec*,4 the pjdoos ld Psion
<br />may request a formal heahA§ Yore tha,"Weojond
<br />osed
<br />Reclamation Board on the propdorF;, ch
<br />request must be; made within thirty (30) dayi,# the initial.,•;
<br />publication of this notice, must be in writing, arg'Mt**
<br />state with reasonable specificity asons"fi9i'the*
<br />request and the objections to the. sed deggion
<br />PUBLISHED: July 17, 24, 2015 - 58901
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<br />Ui`4 L iEUMAKER
<br />; '_IC, STATF OF COLORADO
<br />My Comm. Ex,) res August 26, 2015
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