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Public Notice
<br />Mountain Coal Company, LLC (MCC), P.O. Box 591, Somerset, CO 81434, (970) 929-
<br />5015, has filed a complete application for Permit Renewal No. RN -07 to MCC's Mining
<br />and Reclamation Permit No. C-1980-007 with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation
<br />Board (Board), under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation
<br />Act of 1979. The permit was originally issued by the Board in July 1981, and
<br />subsequently renewed in August 1986, January 1993 (effective August 1991), July 1996,
<br />July 2001, April 2007 (effective July 2006), and November 2011 (effective July 2011.)
<br />The current five-year permit term expires July 31, 2016. The West Elk Mine five-year
<br />permit area contains lands in Sections 9-11, 13-36, T13S, R90W, 6th PM; and Sections
<br />23-26, T13S, R91W, 6ffi PM, and Sections 1-5 , 8-12, T14S, R90W, 6h PM in Delta and
<br />Gunnison Counties. The location of the lands can be found on the USGS 7.5 minute
<br />Somerset and Minnesota Pass Quadrangle Topographic Maps. The current permit area
<br />encompasses approximately 17,154.9 acres.
<br />The purpose of the proposed Permit Renewal application No. RN -07 is to continue
<br />mining and reclamation operations per MCC's Permit No. C-1980-007. No surface
<br />facilities or related surface disturbance is proposed in conjunction with this permit
<br />renewal application, and it would not result in any increase in production above currently
<br />permitted levels.
<br />Copies of the permit renewal application are available for review at the Colorado
<br />Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (CDRMS) office, Centennial Building,
<br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, phone (303) 866-3567, and
<br />the Gunnison County Planning Office, 221 N. Wisconsin, Suite D, Gunnison, CO 81230.
<br />Comments, objections, requests for informal conference concerning the application for
<br />permit renewal, or requests for a public hearing to determine whether the interests of the
<br />public and affected landowners will be protected, should be directed to the CDRMS at
<br />the above address not later than 30 days after the last date of publication of this notice in
<br />order to be considered. If a public hearing is requested, it would be held at a location in
<br />the area of the proposed operations.
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