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PUBLIC NOTICE <br />New Elk Coal Company, LLC, 12250 State Highway 12, Weston, CO 81091, the operator <br />of Lorencito Canyon Mine, Permit number C-96-084, has submitted to the Colorado <br />Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, a technical revision to the Lorencito Canyon <br />Mine Permit C-1996-084. <br />The Lorencito Canyon Mine is located approximately 20 miles west of Trinidad, <br />Colorado on State Hwy. 12 in Townships 33 and 34 South, Range 66 West, Section 33 <br />and other unplatted lands on the Hill Ranch. The Hill Ranch is generally located <br />southeast of Weston Colorado between the South Fork of the Purgatoire River on the <br />west, Highway 12 on the north, Lorencito Canyon on the east and Little Alamosa Canyon <br />on the South. These lands can be located on USGS 7.5 minute Little Pine topographical <br />quadrangle map. <br />The technical revision modifies the Revegetation Success Criteria section of the mining <br />permit and the Summary of Standards for Bond Release. A copy of the permit revision <br />application is available for public inspection at the Clerk/Recorder's Office located in the <br />Las Animas County Court House and at the offices of the Division: 1313 Sherman Street, <br />Denver, Colorado 80203, telephone number (303)866-3567. <br />Any written comments, objections or request for an informal conference on this permit <br />renewal may be submitted to the Division at the above address within ten (10) days of the <br />last date of publication of this notice. <br />Date of publication: <br />