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<br />February 22, 2017
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<br />Howard Strand
<br />Office of Surface Mining
<br />Western Region
<br />1999 Broadway, Suite 3320
<br />Denver, CO 80202
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<br />Re: Colowyo Coal Mine (Permit No. C-1981-019)
<br /> Technical Revision Application No. 110 (TR-110)
<br /> Geotechnical Drilling
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<br />Dear Mr. Strand:
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<br />The Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety hereby issues notice, in accordance with Title 34,
<br />Article 33, Section 118, Paragraph 3, of the Colorado Revised Statutes, that on February 22, 2017 ,
<br />an application to revise coal mining operations at the Colowyo Coal Mine was considered
<br />complete for the purposes of filing. All review and comment periods as provided in the Act and
<br />the Regulations initiate from this date of filing.
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<br /> TR-110 proposes four geotechnical drill holes adjacent to the Wilson Reservoir and State
<br />Highway 13. These borings are necessary to obtain data for future boring under State Highway 13
<br />to install a raw water pipeline to support the Collom mining ope ration, and to obtain data to
<br />construct a new pump house at Wilson Reservoir. The applicant is not proposing additional
<br />surface disturbance outside of the area currently approved for disturbance.
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<br />The surface coal mining operation is on land located approximately 28 miles South of Craig,
<br />Colorado. The permit area is further described as follows:
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<br />All or portions of Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, and
<br />30 in Township 3 North, Range 93 West; Sections 7, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26,
<br />27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 in Towns hip 4 North, Range 93 West; Sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12,
<br />13, 14, 15, 22, and 23 in Township 3 North, Range 94 West; and Sections 12, 13, 23, 24, 25, 26,
<br />27, 34, 35, and 36 in Township 4 North, Range 94 West (all in 6th Pr ime Meridian).
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