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New Elk Mine (C-1981-012) <br />Section II <br />Status of Stipulations and Revisions to the Permit <br />The Review Process <br />The New Elk Mine, previously known as the Allen Mine, began operations in 1951. The New Elk <br />Mine operated under an interim permit issued by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division (the <br />"Division") on 25 January 1978, pursuant to the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. CF&I Steel <br />Corporation, the previous owners, submitted an application for a new permit on 4 February 1981, <br />pursuant to Section 34-33-109 of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act. The Division <br />reviewed that application and a proposed decision was issued on 19 December 1983. <br />The New Elk mine permit has been transferred on four occasions. Permit rights were transferred from <br />CF&I Steel Corporation to Wyoming Fuel Company on 31 January 1984. Permit rights were <br />transferred from Wyoming Fuel Company to Basin Resources, Inc. (BRI) on 29 March 1993, (SOI). <br />In April 1997, permit rights were transferred from BRI to Picketwire Processing, LLC (SO2). And <br />finally, the permit was transferred from Picketwire Processing, LLC to New Elk Coal Company LLC <br />on 19 March 2007, (S03). In March 2010, New Elk Coal Company (NECC) provided information <br />that Cline Mining Corporation had purchased New Elk Coal Company (MR91). NECC provided <br />notification in November 2011 (MR98) that NECC would continue as the permittee, but TK Mining <br />Services LLC, would be the mine operator. In March 2012 (MR 108), TK Mining Services, LLC, was <br />removed as mine operator and NECC resumed its status as mine operator. <br />This is the seventh midterm review of the permit since it was originally issued in accordance with Rule <br />2.08.3 <br />Permit Revisions since the last Mid Term Review (Mid Term Review 6) Approved 29 October 2012. <br />Revision Number Description Proposed Decision Date <br />PR 4 I Permit Boundary Expansion 11 December 2013 <br />Table 1: Permit Revisions since 29 October 2012. <br />Technical Revisions since the last Mid Term Review (Mid Term Review 6) Approved 29 October 2012. <br />Revision Number <br />Description <br />Proposed Decision Date <br />TR 70 <br />Amend design of RDA haul road <br />24 March 2015 <br />TR 69 <br />Ditch reconfiguration <br />13 May 2014 <br />TR 68 <br />Response to 2012 Midterm Review <br />13 February 2015 <br />TR 67 <br />Installation of new dewatering pumps <br />17 January 2014 <br />Table 2: Technical Revisions since 2012. <br />New Elk Mine C1981 012 Mid Term 7 Page 4 <br />Date: August 2016 Prepared by: R. Reilley File location: M:\Coal\Findings <br />